STDs: Bigger, Better, Harder Stuff That Doesn't Suck 12.08_18.08_Praha

Thursday 12th

Skinny Puppy@ Lucerna Music Bar

Name: Lucerna Music Bar
Street Address: Vodickova 36
Additional:
City: Praha
Postal Code: 110 00
Country: Czech Republic
Phone:
Start: 08/12/2010 - 21:00
End: 08/12/2010 - 23:59
Skinny Puppy@ Lucerna Music Bar

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STDs: Bigger, Better, Harder Stuff That Doesn't Suck 12.08_18.08_Berlin

Thursday 12th

Trouble vs. Glue, Sissters and Zebu@ Schokoladen

Name: Schokoladen
Street Address: Ackerstrasse 169
Additional:
City: Berlin
Postal Code: 10115
Country: Germany
Phone:
Start: 08/12/2010 - 21:00
End: 08/12/2010 - 23:59
Trouble vs. Glue, Sissters and Zebu@ Schokoladen
TROUBLE vs GLUE (Rome) // Toni Trouble and Mrs.Glue. They use toy keyboards, a sampler, a paddy drum maschine , guitar and drums to do their dance-y but wacky pop-punk. They sing often in fake english and hate to use pre-recorded loops...
An LP coming out in August for the German label URQUINAONA RECORDS
During their tours they supported or played with bands such as the Blow, Polysics, Aids Wolf, Japanther, An Albatross, God is my co-pilot, Death Sentence: Panda, BARR, Dirty Projectors, Fuck Buttons, Islands, Lydia Lunch....

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STDs: Bigger, Better, Harder Stuff That Doesn't Suck 05.08_11.08_Praha

Thursday 05th

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STDs: Bigger, Better, Harder Stuff That Doesn't Suck 05.08_11.08_Berlin

Thursday 05th

Zs + Cotton Ponies@ Schokoladen

Name: Schokoladen
Street Address: Ackerstraße 169/170
Additional:
City: Berlin
Postal Code: 10115
Country: Germany
Phone:
Start: 08/05/2010 - 21:00
End: 08/05/2010 - 23:59

Zs + Cotton Ponies@ Schokoladen

Zs // was founded in 2000 and has existed as a trio, sextet, and quartet, now touring in a new formation with Sam Hillmer (tenor sax and pedals), Ben Greenberg (electric guitar and electronics), Tony Lowe (electric guitar) and Ian Antonio (percussion and electronics).
While Zs' music has been variously categorized as no-wave, brutal-prog, and post-minimalist, it is primarily concerned with making music that challenges the physical and mental limitations of both performer and listener. Manipulating extended technique, unique instrumental synthesis, and near telepathic communication, Zs aims to create works that envelop the listener and unfold sonically over time, evoking unspoken past, present, and future rites and ritual.

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Helter Skelter Hostel
a review by Laurie Bossard

Vous avez dit auberge de jeunesse à Berlin ? La réputation des auberges de Berlin n'est plus à faire ! Helter Skelter Hostel : c'est le nouveau nom pour l'ancien Clubhouse Hostel. Sa situation centrale, son ambiance agréable, ses chambres complètement redécorées, et surtout son équipe internationale des plus amicales, font de cette auberge l'endroit idéal pour passer la nuit en toute simplicité et à un tarif avantageux... et tout ça au coeur de Berlin ! L’auberge de jeunesse Helter Skelter de Berlin est un concentré de l’ambiance berlinoise sur 2 étages.           

On y est reçut par des personnes accueillantes, jeunes, dynamique et toujours de la musique en fond sonore. Une cuisine, le Wi-Fi sont à notre disposition, à l’accueil on trouve des informations sur les visites à faire, de la bière pas chère et surtout Provokator!
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STDs: Bigger, Better, Harder Stuff That Doesn't Suck 29.07_04.08_Berlin

Thursday 29th

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STDs: Bigger, Better, Harder Stuff That Doesn't Suck 29.07_04.08_Praha

Thursday 29th

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STDs: Bigger, Better, Harder Stuff That Doesn't Suck 22.07_28.07_Praha

Thursday 22nd

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STDs: Bigger, Better, Harder Stuff That Doesn't Suck 22.07_28.07_Berlin

Thursday 22nd

The Gypsy Queens and Kings@ Haus der Kulturen der Welt

Name: Haus der Kulturen der Welt
Street Address: John-Foster-Dulles Allee 10
Additional:
City: Berlin
Postal Code: 10557
Country: Germany
Phone:
Start: 07/22/2010 - 20:00
End: 07/22/2010 - 23:59The Gypsy Queens and Kings@ Haus der Kulturen der Welt

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STDs: Bigger, Better, Harder Stuff That Doesn't Suck 15.07_21.07_Berlin

Thursday 15th

Vivian Girls@ Big Bang Club

Submitted by events.provokat... on Tue, 07/13/2010 - 21:28.
Name: Big Bang Club
Street Address: Neue Promenade 10
Additional:
City: Berlin
Postal Code: 10178
Country: Germany
Phone:
Start: 07/15/2010 - 20:00
End: 07/15/2010 - 23:59
Vivian Girls@ Big Bang Club
Vivian Girls started in Brooklyn, NY in March 2007 as the trio of Cassie Ramone, Kickball Katy and Frankie Rose. While only a band for a short while, they recorded a demo CD-R which included five original songs and a Wipers cover, and began to play locally in Brooklyn and Katy and Cassie’s home state of New Jersey.

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STDs: Bigger, Better, Harder Stuff That Doesn't Suck 15.07_21.07_Praha

Thursday 15th

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Les 10 meilleurs bar à Prague selon hostelbookers.com fans sur Facebook

From hostelbookers.com

Prague regorge de pubs et de bars qui servent les meilleures bières de République Tchèque, ce qui en fait le paradis des amateurs de cette boisson! Mais devant tout ce choix, le voyageur fraichement débarqué peut avoir du mal à faire un choix ! Pour que vous soyez sûrs de ne pas manquer les meilleurs établissements, nous avons demandé à nos fans sur facebook de nous aider à faire une sélection !
A la vôtre !

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STDs: Bigger, Better, Harder Stuff That Doesn't Suck 08.07_14.07_Praha

Thursday 8th July

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STDs: Bigger, Better, Harder Stuff That Doesn't Suck 01.07_07.07_Berlin

Thursday 1st July

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STDs: Bigger, Better, Harder Stuff That Doesn't Suck 01.07_07.07_Praha

Thursday 1st July

Pat Metheny Group@ Divadlo Hybernia

Name: Divadlo Hybernia
Street Address: Náměstí Republiky 4
Additional:
City: Praha
Postal Code: 110 00
Country: Czech Republic
Phone:

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STDs: Bigger, Better, Harder Stuff That Doesn't Suck 24.06_29.06_Praha

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Thursday 24th

Deftones@ Klub Roxy

Name: Klub Roxy
Street Address: Dlouha 33
Additional:
City: Praha
Postal Code: 110 00
Country: Czech Republic
Phone:

Deftones@ Klub Roxy

Deftones are an American rock band from Sacramento, California formed in 1988, consisting of Chino Moreno (lead vocals and guitar), Stephen Carpenter (guitar), Chi Cheng (bass), Frank Delgado (keyboards and turntables), and Abe Cunningham (drums and percussion).

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"You choose to live on your knees. I'd rather die on my feet". - Transplants
 
I smirked to myself as we were about to commence with my favourite part of any strip search, the "butt cheek spread".

click here for: CZECH VERSION | GERMAN VERSION | ITALIAN VERSION

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Are you facebook friends with any dead people? No? Well almost 5,000 people are friends with someone named Henio Zytomirski – a polish boy who died over 60 years ago.  Henio was born in Lublin, Poland in 1933 and was killed at the age of 6 with his father in a gas chamber during the Holocaust. Henio has been recently resurrected by Polish historian Piotre Brozek.  Piotre has gathered information and photographs about the young boy, and aims to share his short life-story with the facebook world. 

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STDs: Bigger, Better, Harder Stuff That Doesn't Suck_17.06.2010-23.06.2010_Praha

Thursday 17th

R N R Parade@ Cross Club

Name: Cross Club
Street Address: Plynární 1096/23
Additional:
City: Praha
Postal Code: 170 00
Country: Czech Republic
Phone:

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STDs: Bigger, Better, Harder Stuff That Doesn't Suck_10.06.2010 - 16.06.2010_Praha

Thursday

Mezilidi @ Alfred ve Dvoře

Name: Alfred ve Dvoře
Street Address: Františka Křížka 495/36
Additional:
City: Praha
Postal Code: 170 00
Country: Czech Republic
Phone:

Mezilidi @ Alfred ve Dvoře

Spiritual Barrier performance

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21/05/08

Castanets (Asthmatic Kitty) @ Skutecnost

 From Blue Valentines last week to Nick Cave next Saturday, Tom Waits seems to be the hippest musician in Prague right now : you can also add Castanets to the list of his most inspired students, specially on their latest album, the brooding and bittersweet In The Vines. Tonight, they're also the

representatives of Asthmatic Kitty, Sufjan Steven's famous record label.

22/05/08

Andre Sah @ Hush Café

Tonight, Hush Café is 365 days old... and a 3-days NON STOP party is on its way !

We start today with life concert of André Sáh, we continue on Friday with R&B warm up session and the top will be Saturday Anniversary celebration with Dj´s, free drinks and lots of fun.

Niceland @ Vertigo Club / 19:00

Niceland is here in Prague for an exclusive acoustic set - the best way to show us the strength of their tunes!

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Provokator goes high art as we present a short story by Garrett McNeill...

Her voice slid through the silence like an epidural needle. Any tension felt by those sitting in the room began to evaporate. Alcohol wasn’t working. Every eye-lash pointed towards her. The thing about anesthesia is it produces a sense of unreality and detachment from self. Absolved of identity, the room became a vacuum wherein the pulsating inflections of her voice were clung to by the rest in fungal acceptance.

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30/04/08
ism (us) @ Chateau Rouge
Like a kindler, gentler Nine Inch Nails, New York's ism--lower case letters, please--have constructed a debut that's equal parts alternative and industrial. It's also big, bold, and dramatic. Singer/guitarist Andre Mistier, a Yale grad with a degree in comparative mythology, describes the group's inaugural effort as an exploration of "the animal and organic versus the technological and inorganic." (He's joined by Gerard Toriello on guitar, Leigh Battle on bass, and Mike Higgins on drums.). Seeing them play live is an intense and inspiring experience. Do yourself a favor and don't miss that concert!

30/04/08
Sham 69 (uk) @ Rock Cafe
Is Sham 69 one of the worst punk bands of the 70s ? Forget the skinheads, the fightings, the National Front and puzzling slogans such as "If the kids are united, we'll never be divided", and you'll find they had their fair share of chart successes. Oi!

1/05/08
Liebe Macht Frei @ Modra Vopice from 20:00   

With Phil Shoenfelt, a veteran of the London, Manchester and New York punk and post-punk scenes, who formed in 1996 Southern Cross with Czech musicians Pavel Cingl, Pavel Krtous and Jarda Kvasnicka, and gradually gave his music a harder, rockier and more psychedelic edge, while still maintaining its roots in classic song structures.

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by William Yakowicz

Where: Kampa Island, Petrin Hill, Dvorce, and many more locations
When: The last night of April
Attractions: Bongo players, Fire poi, bag pipes, bonfires, umm….and pivo

    The origin of this celebration is debatable, but the tradition is not: big burning bonfires, grilled sausages, witches swooping around, and folks dancing to tribal drums and bagpipes. Pálení carodejnic ("The Burning of the Witches") takes place 30 April every year. The origin of this festival seems to be a brewing concoction of traditions and cultures.

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09/04/08
Electro Punk night at zero     

From !!! to Cansei De Ser Sexy, Electro Punk Night promotes, like their London Grime favorites Hadouken! would say, music for an accelerated culture : the sound of Electro reinventing itself.

10/04/08
Barbez at Chateau Rouge

This sextet from Brooklyn is experimental music at its best - they're unlike anything you've heard, but they sure know how to carry a tune.A one-of-a-kind post-cabaret, punk chamber ensemble.

10/04/08
Illusion of safety at Bunker     

Illusion Of Safety intrepidly charts the terra incognita where sound, silence, noise and music intersect. IOS hews sonic sculptures that deliberately provoke, mesmerize and even affront listeners...

12/04/08
Kaizers Orchestra at Akropolis from 19:30
Kaizers Orchestra is a hard-hitting, alternative rockband, with heavy eastern European influences. The three studio albums the band has produced presents a huge variety of songs, ever changing moods, smooth grooves, disharmonic noises and just plain beautiful tunes. Be expecting an intense live show on this saturday: Kaizers Orchestra is rocking Akropolis!

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By Stephan Delbos

The plan was deceptively simple: get addicted to alcohol and cigarettes as quickly as possible, ride high for two weeks, then drop the bad habits like....well, like bad habits, and write about it all before press time. But to quote Jello Biafra, the infamous (and ironically, staunchly anti-drug) role model of thousands of crack-addicted gutter punks, "Every theory has its holes when real life steps in”.

The first problem was getting addicted to alcohol. While I have certainly never been averse to a few martinis with dinner, or lunch for that matter, my ability to stomach large quantities of alcohol diminished in direct ratio to the increasing length of my hangovers. When, ten days into the experiment, I woke in an empty night tram covered in ketchup, it seemed like the end of the line; a good time to quit this portion of the experiment. Luckily, I was blessed with a strong constitution. Two days of cold sweats and nausea in a darkened room had me good as new.

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by Mark Basterfield

Day three of the Sperm Festival was by far the biggest in terms of things to see and do, ranging from live performances to watching films. Prostor Abaton made the perfect venue to hold such entertainment and a good change from La Fabrika Theatre which had held the two previous days of the Sperm Festival so well. Although there were many performances to watch and note, Herbert Weixelbaun and Bud Melvin stood out the most.

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By Becka McFadden 

Here's a brief review by Provokator.org of some of the hightlights of the One World Festival so far ........

Monday 10.03

Septembers by Spanish director Carles Bosch, follows the stories of seven competitors in a singing competition held each September in Spanish prisons.

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20/03/08
Tracy Gang Pussy (fr) at Rock Cafe from 19:30 

It all starts in 2002 in Paris, when Revlon, a guitar player in love with Scandinavian Rock & Roll and US Glam Rock, decides to found the first sleazy punk band in France. It takes nearly a year of searching in Parisian streets and shabby strip clubs to find the right people who will become Tracy Gang Pussy. They soon record 2 demos and start touring in bars and small clubs of the French Capital. The "Can't Stop That Rock n'Roll" tour begins with the GIVE IT A NAME festival with bands like AFI, Jimmy Eat World, Enter Shikari or Aiden and goes with more than 60 dates all around Europe (Scandinavian, Germany, France, Czech Republic, Poland...). TGP is now looking for a new record deal that can make them heard as loud as they deserve... Hide your daughters, hide your girlfriends, the sleaze invasion's coming to your town.

21/03/08

TOMÁŠ BÁRTA - "MAMVASRAD" from 17:00 at galerie A.M.180, Bělehradská 45, Praha 2.

21/03/08
Jessie EVANS  & TOBY DAMMIT at rostor SKUTEČNOST space, Francouzská 76, Praha 2 from 20:30. This is the last event at this venue until September. Don't miss it!

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by Catherine Park

In the beginning was the word
A cry out of the darkness…

 
Angel depicts the fall from grace of a drunken tramp who encounters an angel in a graveyard and sets up home with him. A unique blend of puppetry, contemporary dance and theatre, it transports us to an ambivalent world of dreams, curses and revelation. Does the angel bring a message, a judgment, or the kiss of death? Has the drunken tramp had one too many? Duda Paiva compellingly blends dance, puppetry and confessions into a magical tale of unholy love.

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by Mark Basterfield  

Day two of the Sperm Festival got under way with a great deal to live up to following the previous nights events and did not disappoint in anyway. Four live acts were featured at the La Fabrika Theatre; Semi Conductor, Ghostmother, Burbuja and Starcastic Djs. But where the previous nights acts used computer music and lights to stun the crowd, last nights performers provided more of a spectacle by using dancers, an Operatic performer and even a magician, amongst other things.

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PROVOKATOR.ORG : Ed Wood Would…Night

24.02.2008 / 17:30 / Kino Aero Biskupcova 31, Praha 3

info: www.otrlydivak.cz 

Glen or Glenda (1939) / Bride of the Monster (1955) / Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)

*films English with Cesky titulky

Free entry with Ed Wood character costume.

The father of such illegitimate film spawn Ed D. Wood Jr. arguably Hollywood's "Worst Film Director, is the honoree of Provokator.org's Ed Wood Would…Night.

Transvestism and classic horror begins with the double feature of Glen or Glenda (1953), showcasing the directors' acting talents, his then girlfriend bestowed with the title of Hollywood's Worst Actress and Wood's infamous preoccupation with fuzzy sweaters. Also showing Bride of the Monster (1955) highlighting the performances of loveable, drug addled Bela Lugosi as well as the concussion afflicted semi-pro wrestler Tor Jonson.

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by Stephan Delbos 

The most striking contrast in Jindrich Streit’s photography is also the most obvious: black and white. But there are other contrasts evident in Streit’s work, contrasts which lose no power for being subtle.

Streit’s dominant subject is life in Czech villages, particularly those in the Bruntal region, where he lived for some time. His photographs capture Czech villagers in a variety of moods and activities - work, rest, mourning and celebration being some of the more obvious themes of Streit’s work.

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The experimental, electronica cultural fest that is the Sperm Festival is back for a third year (sorry to those hoping to celebrate and sell their seed if they've been mislead by the title!). The Sperm Festival is in fact a pioneering festival propagating new artistic innovations in music, arts and visual culture.

Offering a glut of performances from Czech and international artists that is sure satisfy even the most progressive of the populace. The festival is taking place over three days (March 6/7/8) at various locations over Prague.

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Jan 21
Immaculate Machine (ca) + The Tower of Dudes (ca) @ Klub 007
The Tower of Dudes have long pretended to be from Canada to avoid
persecution for previous crimes against humanity, and they'll try to
absorb a little more good will of the donut and coffee loving
Immaculate Machine.  IM for their part have agreed to not sleep with their girlfriends.

Jan 22
UK Subs (uk) + The Vibrators (uk) @ Rock Cafe
Two old school punk rock bands will be in town for one night only to
remind us all how it's done.  Hopefully they don't beat up Immaculate
Machine too badly.

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23.12. / 19:30h - Skeptic Eleptic @ Klub 007 Strahov – The Joe Strummer Tribute Tour!

Short time ago I saw the movie „American Hardcore“. They were talking about DIY, attitude and energy.

That’s what SKEPTIC ELEPTIC is all about since they had their first sessions together in a small garage back in 1999. 4 little bored boys wanted to go out and show the world their imagine of rough underground guitar hooks, straight bass lines, hard drum beats and a pretty unique voice.

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[1] CTM.08 – UNPREDICTABLE: PROGRAM ALMOST COMPLETE

 // Date: January 25 – February 2, 2008
// Maria am Ostbahnhof and other venues, Berlin

The 9th edition our festival club transmediale 2008 – festival for adventurous music and related visual arts – will take place at various venues in Berlin from January 25 to February 2, 2008.

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Just in time for the holidays!  We can't help you with the frustration of finding that "perfect gift" or dealing with the in-laws, but we will help you improve your sex life. Give each other the "gift that keeps on giving" this Christmas season: tickets to "A User's Guide to Sexual Frustration", at Vsebaracnicka Rychta!

It's part standup-comedy routine, part seminar. "A User's Guide to Sexual Frustration" was first conceived as an entertaining teaching tool by Prof. Bernard Ludwig in Vienna. It helps couples find out what they want out of sex...and how to get it!

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If you're awake at 10:00 AM then you're probably about ready to go to bed.  Don't do that.  Instead make your way to Kino Aero where people from across the Gothic and Industrial community will be gathering and exchanging ideas on everything from make-up application to how to find the corset that's right for you.

Even if you don't need advice on how scare the shit out of your girlfriends parents it will be well worth all the jibberjabbing when the Gothic belly dancers will make it worth your time.

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…and of Scratch Acid, Jesus Lizard, Pigface
(19.11.2007)

30.11.2007 – 20:30h
Qui @ Rock Café

(Marika: To make a confession the Jesus Lizard was playing the Kennel Club in San Francisco (circa 1990) and I jumped up on stage and put a daisy down your pants.
David Yow: Oh, thank you.)

M: So, we are really excited about having Qui come [to Prague].
Y: I’m excited about going over there.

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Concerts: 30. 11 - Qui @ Rock Cafe
1. 12 - Dark Fest @ Kino Aero & Styx Club
5.12 - No Means No 

Alternativa Festival

Unijazz Association in cooperation with the City of Prague with financial support of the Czech Ministry of Culture and the Prague District 1 presents 15th international music festival

23rd–30th November

The Archa Theatre  27. 11.  20.00  190,-/250,-
Tucan (SK)
These two take what might seem like a very limited sound pallet use it to create something very personal and engaging.
Over4Tea (SK)
Headliners of the Slovak electronic scene Ján Boleslav Kladivo, Daniel Matěj a Roman Laščiak.
Milan Adamčiak (SK)
Pre-view of the document about Slovak musikoloq, composer and musician directed by Arnold Kojnok.

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