Beata Hlavenková and Trio Snů Pianist, composer, singer, arranger and producer, she is one of the most distinctive contemporary musicians with an unmistakable supra-genre authorial style. Her main asset is courage – the courage to experiment, to seek unconventional harmonies and arrangements. Genre freedom, based on a deep awareness of jazz, modern classical music, pop and songwriting, is intertwined in all her projects with a clearly recognizable focused and sensitive interpretation.
Manon Meurt – Beauty, noise and vibration. Manon Meurt are masters of contrasts between quiet and noisy passages and are also typical of the epic gradations of their songs. They have been on the scene since 2012 and the current line-up consists of drummer Jiří Bendl, singer, guitarist and bassist Kateřina Elznicová and guitarists Vojtěch Pejša and Kryštof Korčák. After the eponymous debut EP, their first album MMXVIII from 2018 was produced by the legendary Jan P. Muchow. The recording was nominated for the Apollo Czech Critics Award and the Anděl Award in the Alternative and Electronic Music category. Ida the Young – Strange flowers, black lipstick, hungry seagulls, wrinkled hands in the bathtub, volcanoes and murderous cowboys – all this makes up the world of Ida The Young. This five-piece band stands out for both intimate, straightforward vocals and captivating lyrics, as well as colorful instrumentation that is not afraid to mix genres.
Koňe a Prase – The band was formed in 2013 on the initiative of Martin and Viktor, originally as a project intended to play at openings. In 2015, Lenka joined them and the band gradually began to take shape into its current form. Kpt. Krab – Jára Cimrman village discos. A show full of songs, spoken word, unconventional humor, love, a joke about a horse in a bar, dance beats and catchy choruses.
Plum Dumplings – Brno alternative rock band with almost twenty years of history is known for its raw, yet poetic sound. In 2025, they released their third album Bezpečí on Indies Scope, which delves into the themes of isolation, introspection and escapism. Adéla Polka's characteristic, chilling vocals, together with a strong literary inspiration, create a strongly personal and at the same time universal statement. The band's work is accompanied by subtle irony and a gradual shift from noisy walls of sound to a more enlightened, although still dark rock sound. The inhabitants of the brick house combine the sound of a classical piano with punk to metal-tuned rhythms and female vocals. Their genre spread is wide – from chanson tenderness to jazz playfulness to punk urgency. OCD can handle both straightforward (and relatively hard) burners and more complicated prog rock songs interspersed with frantic rhythmic changes.
DVA (Jan Kratochvíl and Barbora Ungerová) have found their place on the Czech and international scene over the past 18 years. The band transcends the boundaries of established musical genres and literally speaks its own language, which only they understand, yet they have managed to gain many fans all over the world.
The roots of the playful and original band Hm… go back to 1994. That's when Marek Doubrava, then guitarist of the band Tata Bojs, started rehearsing his own songs with his friend Viktor Ekrt. From these inconspicuous meetings, a band gradually grew, which soon won over the audience with its cheerful and imaginative concerts - already under the name Hm... The music group Tajíledy entered the Moravian scene in 2025 with a gentle, unobtrusive poetics, which is based on the long-standing authorial work of Jakub Navrátil, known from the projects Láska and Listolet. Together with bassist David Škoda and drummer Jan Janečka, they form a mature trio built on strong songs and sensitive arrangements. The band currently also performs at concerts with guitarist Radek Pelikán.
The project was created from the collaboration of Zhenia Purpurovsky (UA), active in the fields of production, sound art, authorship and multi-instrumental playing, and sound artist Paul Chilton (UK). Their work is driven by a strong anti-war, anti-fascist and anti-ecocide stance, along with a deep commitment to artistic freedom and innovation. Brno-based band Jack the Hipper combines post-punk with elements of shoegaze and atmospheric synthesizers. The result is dynamic and hypnotic concerts. They have released two albums. Doomer Music was released in 2023, following on from their 2018 debut Songs for David. Mr. Pink and The Bad Thoughts – The rock and roll band has evolved into something resembling bedroom-pop on a feather. The lyrical songs, which take heart, are based on dark synthesizers, stumbling electronic beats and innocent girl backing vocals. The depressingly dreamy atmosphere is further underlined by the tapping guitar, which gives the whole project a slightly western feel.
