Festival Povaleč

Music like the one played by UJD is hard to find anywhere else. It is wild in a punk way, urgent, yet the composition is complex and elaborate with timeless lyrics. The typical features are the trumpet sound, the incredible tempo and the live performances filled with intense energy and humor. This is perhaps the reason why the band as well as their audience don’t seem to get any older.

This German-British crew has the potential to absolutely wreck the stage—in the best way possible. Expect a breakbeat explosion in the form of a live DJ set, fused with pounding drums and loud, in-your-face vocals. Whatever you do, don’t miss these maniacs. It’s gonna be pure mayhem.

Prague-based rapper Pain, aka Malej Zee from the group DOTS, is one of the most prominent young faces in Czech rap in recent years. His rap and grime are often layered over hard drum'n'bass beats, paired with Pain's mischievous smile.

The French duo Moaan Exis are storming back to Povaleč, louder and wilder than ever. Get ready for a massive blast of industrial metal mashed up with raw, no-compromise, in-your-face electronics. Their sound is pure energy — it hits hard, shakes your body, and messes with your head in the best way. Step into the chaos, let the noise wash over you, and ride those waves of intensity straight into a collective trance. And who knows — maybe you’ll come out the other side reborn.

He wears his arrogance on his sleeve, with ironically self-parodying lyrics that hold up a mirror to today’s society, and a sound that fuses hyperpop, rap, and folk. His latest album Nesu Oheň—in his own words—is for people who sit on benches and drink just to get drunk. The fast tempo puts you in a trance, but if you really listen to the words, you will hear Mat213 reminiscing about the last beautiful summer, or raging against politicians for building cities that clearly aren’t made for people.

He’s a hyperpop outsider making music for people who don’t want to feel like people. A sad boy hiding his sensitivity and melancholy behind absurd, tragicomic lyrics—because admitting he is serious would probably just make him feel awkward.

The debut album LEPSIE NEBOLO NIKDY DOBRE NEBUDE (BETTER WAS NEVER GOOD IS NEVER GOING TO BE) is an honest and political statement of the times. The lead singer and guitarist of Shallov has traded English for Slovak, in which he touches on troubling, bleak and radical topics with even greater urgency and musical diversity. Musically, he has moved away from live drums and guitars and added piano, sampling or synths. The result is a combination of urgent epics in the form of radio pop songs along with the cynicism, unease and uncomfortable truthfulness of the lyrics.

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Cringe Prince is not a prince, but a king. Period. His atmospheric funky samples will make your body move, his often improvised verses seamlessly transition from pensive melancholy to rapid-fire mode. Whether the subject of his lyrics is a critique of contemporary society or just a whimsical idea to stab Dominik Feri, he always remains authentic, topical, perfectly understandable, and most importantly, addictive. So if you don't know him, come in for a free first dose.

Space Love is an intergalactic audiovisual romance created by VJ Aka47 and music producer VOODOO808. Fast beats, cybernetic vision and digital art and post-rave culture are the basis for an immersive, experimental show. Genres range between hyper-techno, punk, EBM or trance. Aggressive, raw yet emotive vocals are complemented by an underground, boundary-pushing psychedelically dreamy visual ethos rooted in club culture. This really needs to be seen.

Bratři (who are literally brothers) are like a hurricane on the Czech electronic scene. The twins Jiří and Ondřej move between EDM and techno. Live drums + modular synths = BFF. You can expect an uncompromising flow of electrifying energy.