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Sega Bodega (UK)
Music producer with a reputation as one of the most innovative British creative minds of today. In addition to his two critically acclaimed albums, Sega Bodega AKA Salvador Navarrete has collaborated with a wide range of contemporary international stars such as FKA Twigs, Oklou or Shygirl and, in addition to music, his work crosses over into film and fashion. We're thrilled that Sega Bodega will make his Slovak premiere at Flaam 2022, where he will be closing the main stage on Saturday night.
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HMLTD (UK)
Punk, glam, electronica, hip-hop, folk, or something in between? Wild British avant-garde five-piece HMLTD started out as part of the South London scene alongside Shame, Black Midi and Sorry and gained a reputation for energetic and wildly unpredictable gigs. We've been wanting to welcome HMLTD at Flaam for over three years now and we're confident that the band, who have played alongside the likes of Nine Inch Nails, The Jesus and Mary Chain and Pussy Riot, will win over anyone who hasn't heard of them before.
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Saul (SK)
Slovak version of The Weeknd? The singer, performer and music producer Saul is a member of the artistic group We Love Very Simple, which interconnects the young generation of musicians, artists and creators from eastern Slovakia. His debut album Niekde v oblakoch (Somewhere in the Clouds) with a contemporary electronic sound and RnB influences hit both the pop and alternative Slovak scene. We are convinced that with his creative approach and sensitive expression Saul will fit perfectly into this year's line-up.
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Sykur (IS)
Despite their insane live shows and innovative approach to dance pop, the members of the Icelandic dance whirlwind Sykur (translated as sugar) already describe themselves as veterans of the Icelandic music scene after three albums. Glittering synth lines, thumping bass that will resonate your chest, and the playful yet powerful vocals of the charismatic vocalist Agnes - Sykur is not something to miss on Saturday after dark!
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FVLCRVM (SK)
Slovak producer, DJ, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist FVLCRVM, current winner of the Electronic Music genre “Record of the Year” category award for his Attentioncore EP at the Radio_Head Awards. With a name borrowed from a Russian fighter jet, FVLCRVM has found his way in inconsistency, somewhere on the bleeding edge of mainstream and underground. He combines distorted and irregular ADHD production of club genres with pop lines, in which you can hear a strong inspiration of 90's sounds.
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LUVVER (SK)
Really? LUVVER at Flaam? After the release of their debut “It Is VVhat It Is”, our local trio Tom, Mišo and Zajo are back on the festival and club stages and Flaam is not to be missed. LUVVER is a project that presents a cohesive club sound, in which the guys are not ashamed to admit the influences of foreign pop stars like The Weeknd or The Neighbourhood combined with an inventiveness and rejection of musical pigeonholes inherent to them.
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Isama Zing (SK)
At fifteen he was captivated by the combination of cello, vocals and electronics. Later, he became fascinated with experimentation inspired by the Warp label sound and the 90s scene, finally arriving at the crossroads between deconstructed club music and experimental pop production. Isama Zing is Jonatán Pastirčák, a producer and film music composer. He released his debut EP in 2017 and his debut album Blurry AF in 2021. He is currently touring with an impressive AV show with set design by Teres Bartůňková.
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Poly Chain (UA)
Poly Chain is a project of Sasha Zakrevska - a music composer, DJ, curator, designer and presenter from Kyiv. Her aim is to bring a breath of fresh air to the electronic music scene, which she succeeds in doing with her ambient and dance-club textures with a hypnotic electro imprint. After settling into the Polish scene, her hypnotic performances were seen at a number of parties such as Syntetyk and Brutaż, as well as Unsound and Next Sound festivals.
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God and Eve (SK)
God and Eve are Richard and Eva, students of music composition, currently working on their debut album. They use live instruments and electronics in their eclectic songs, with Eva sometimes singing awfully quietly and sometimes screaming horribly. Live, the band is accompanied by Marek Buranovský on guitar, Jakub Kačic on bass and Tomáš Hríbik on drums. But sometimes not.
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Bulp dj set (SK)
Bulp is the alter ego of the electronic music producer Samo Štefanec. At Flaam 2022, Samo will present a dj set that combines dance club music based on break beat and leftfield techno, and intertwines it with a variety of cultural influences. Bulp is the winner of the Newcomer award at Radio_Head Awards 2015 and the Album of the Year - Electronic Music award at Radio_Head Awards 2017. He recently released an energetic new single Mahri and earlier this year he also performed at Europe's most prestigious showcase festival Eurosonic Noorderslag.
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Tamara Kramar (SK)
Young musician from Bratislava, currently living in Brighton. Her career took off with several collaborations, which she followed up with her single So Sweet. This led to her winning the Newcomer award at Radio_Head Awards. Her second single, Hey Pretty Girl, was featured on BBC Radio Introducing, where it became the Song of the Day. Inspired by neo-soul, jazz and the London underground scene, she brings groove and honest emotion to the stage in her own songs and several originally transformed covers.
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P/\ST (CZ)
Alternative/experimental rap overlapping into hard electronics. An attempt to go beyond the classic rap clichés. Theater. Show. Movement. Hype. Two guys and one stage. When it's not loud, they say it doesn't work. They're not crew. It's just two of them. But they impersonate the whole crew. The czech duo P/\ST are a convincing proof that rap can be done differently, harder, funnier, livelier - come see for yourself on Saturday at Kriaky Stage.
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Marhule (SK)
With the release of their first album Dno Dien, Marhule confirmed that it is not necessary to constantly reach for new heights. No. You might as well go in the opposite direction - plunge into raw emptiness, hit rock bottom hard, and find yourself in the midst of an uncouth yet authentic primitivism. There is no such thing as "too much" or "enough is enough". No. Just keep digging within the tightly set course.
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Monster (PL)
Monster has become a star of the Polish scene in recent years, making a name for herself with her truly unforgettable dj sets. Her meteoric rise is no surprise - the talented DJ has a decade of experience and an omnivorous taste in euphoric and fun music - be it house, techno, acid, trance, breaks or... Rihanna. Among other things, she is a member of Oramics, a Polish platform that helps create a better environment for women, non-binary and queer people within the electronic scene.
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TIMEA (SK)
TIMEA emerged on the music scene in late 2020 when she released her debut EP "Confusion of Warmth". She was soon hailed as one of the biggest discoveries of the year, opening in Jazz Dock and Rock Cafe clubs alongside names like Madison McFerrin (US) and Mighty Oaks (DE). In atmospheric performances marked by distinctive Indie-Soul Pop combined with strong, emotive vocals, she is accompanied by a band consisting of Mattia Muller, Lukáš Hlaváč and Michal Šelep.
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Hyphen Dash (UA)
Kiev trio Hyphen Dash are righteously nicknamed the Ukrainian mix of BADBADNOTGOOD and The Mars Volta – because of their combination of hip-hop groove, progressive jazz, electronica and precise beat. Despite difficult conditions in their home country, they are currently working on a new album, and we're extremely excited to hear the tracks from it at Flaam 2022.
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Nina Kohout (SK)
The singer-songwriter Nina Kohout studies at The BRIT School, a prestigious London music school. Last year she won the Newcomer award at Radio Head Awards 2020 and earlier this year she released her debut EP Pandemonium, featuring Moonlight, which became Song Of The Day on KEXP, to great reviews. Her music combines mysterious shades of old Slovak folklore, classical music and the freshness of innovative trip-hop. Consequently, she creates her own timeless, at times uncomfortably strange and anarchistic musical world.
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Zabiť Františka (SK)
Zabiť Františka is a Slovak alt-folk singer-songwriter who combines indie-pop and Czech-Slovak folk in his work. A distinctive element of Zabiť Františka's performances is his plaintive and captivating vocal delivery, underlining the intertextually rich lyrical part of the music. He released his eponymous debut album in March 2021.
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Clutch at Straws (AT)
Dreamy, hazy, colourful, harmonious, barenaked. Austrian screamo/progressive-hardcore trio Clutch at Straws impressed us at the Bratislava Garages with their uncompromising and confident hard-hitting delivery, shattering of the traditional punk structures and a crazy energy, which they pass over from the stage to the crowd below naturally. They recently released their new album Do stories shape our reality, or does reality define our stories?, which they will present at Flaam 2022.
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Small Town Life (SK)
A garage-rock band whose music balances on the edge of the dirt and roughness of the 90's and the naive melodies of 60's pop. They complement their blend of guitar noise with raw vocals with a dirty yet catchy urgency. They've supported international bands such as Repetitor (SRB) and Soviet Soviet (IT) and have played several festivals such as United Islands of Prague and Pohoda.
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LDY OSC (MX)
LDY OSC, real name Alyssa Barrera Auvinen, is a music producer and DJ from Mexico based in Vienna. Alyssa chose her artistic pseudonym after her lifelong passion - synthesizers, to which she dedicates hours in her workshop where she repairs, designs and builds them. After studying music and sound engineering in New York, she moved to Europe where she continues to pursue her music, which is created using a wide variety of synths, unexpected vocal lines, and her own dark fantasies.
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New Magic Media (CZ)
Somewhere between punk and club, between roots and new leaves: surprising contexts and unpredictable connections. That's New Magic Media, the artistic pseudonym of the Prague DJ and resident of Radio Punctum and Fuchs 2. In her regular radio sets under the name Wenom, as well as in her club ones, she reflects her free-techno and noise-punk roots in the form of an unsettling rave and techno sound.
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wnchnz & odm (SK)
wnchnz & odm - also known as Michigan Boooi & Stupavský Gunner - join forces again. The guys have reportedly been practicing transitions at home and have recently shown that they still can do it. They will play the music they are currently enjoying on the Kriaky stage and rumour has it that everyone in Nitra will immediately understand who dictates the style. The end of the first night of the festival will be in their hands, because good guys finish last. Half rice & half chips, sweet & sour or wnchnz & odm = Friday closing slot at Flaam.
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Bilčo (SK)
Can you get by with a guitar? He can. Having a band and having nothing at all at the same time is a challenge that Bilčo embraces with open arms. That is his friendly name, which he uses after taking off the epidermis of his musical projects such as the band Marhule, Matej Tále or Noeho Kanoe. By himself, the last decent person on the Klokočina estate, he manages to deliver a profile of curated tracks without anyone having to count him off first. Love will ooze from your aortas, served with cucumber soda.
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Dedinský rozhlas DJs (SK)
The indestructible and annoying excursionists into the archives of the hits of yesteryear who traditionally wake Saturday Flaam up alongside breakfast and morning hygiene from the main stage. Žbirka, Vondráčková, Matuška, Grigorov, you can't wake up to anything nicer after two hours of sleep.