YEAH is an international project supporting young electronic music artists from Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary and Ukraine.
It’s designed for those who want to grow their music careers – even if they’re just getting started.
The first edition of YEAH took place in 2024, beginning with a series of online workshops where participants explored topics such
as navigating the music industry, effective online promotion, music production, and strategies for sharing their work. Selected artists also had the chance to perform live at the Ravekjavik festival.
The result of the project is a database of emerging artists from the V4 countries and Ukraine. You can explore it below.
YEAH aims to level the playing field and support the export of talent from Central and Eastern Europe to the international stage. The project is funded by the International Visegrad Fund.
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Lumara, the artistic name of Tamara Lutsenko, is an Ukrainian singer, musician, songwriter and music trainer. Her style of performing consists of live singing with keyboard or a band. Her music, on the other hand, is a mix of alternative, indie, soft rock and electronic music. She speaks Ukrainian, English and Polish.
Daniil, born in Luhansk, Ukraine and raised there until 2014. When the war started he had to relocate to a small town Kreminna which was also in Donbas. Started producing beats and recording over them in 2018. Mostly makes music in Russian and Ukrainian, also in English. Gained over 600k streams overall, yet still growing. Open to collaborations with various artists from all over the world!
An electroacoustic improvisation project that grew out of the experimental music scene of Ukraine. TRANCEDÆNCE's music combines the aesthetics of trance, noise, psychedelia, and progressive electronics, and each new live session is unique and tries to convey the atmosphere of the environment, as well as implements academic avant-garde techniques in an accessible form for any electronic music lover.
Urbik is an up and coming DJ from Prague. In the early 2000's he discovered drum & bass and has enjoyed attending parties and discovering new music ever since. In 2015 he started playing clubs around Prague, such as Carcoolah and the Sparing Club using just a computer and a Korg mixer which he bought for a couple of crowns from his friend. Fast forward to the present day and he's ready to present you his own style and mix of dark atmospheric and psychedelic drum & bass.
A multi-genre singer, songwriter, artist, actress from Slovakia, musically fusing together dreamy pop melodies with a dash of electronics, blues, house and soft-rock. In 2021, she put out her first collection of songs (Wisdom Tooth (Mixtape)), which earned her three nominations in the Radio_HeadAwards (Slovak national radio) and international recognition, especially with her chill melancholic song “California dream”, which quickly hit more than 1 million streams on Spotify alone.
Following his motto Hard Times = Hard Techno, in his sets he always tries to make people forget about their problems, using deep, acidic, dark, industrial techno to create a distant, emotional atmosphere. Founder of Undercontrol Collective and resident of RE|VEAL. He had the opportunity to play at events such as Szepty, RE\VEAL, BLENDER, MIXXXER in clubs such as Luzztro, Czech Sauna, Fabryka Biedermann, Backsteet Bar and others.
Industrial darkwave duo from Warsaw, Poland. The project was born during the pandemic, hence the name. They combine cold, dark synthesizer sounds with deep electronic bass and strong female vocals, with the occasional distorted guitar. Unsettling yet energetic music that you can dance to with your eyes closed, deeply immersed in the sound.
Stroon has been a vibrant element on the Slovak music scene for more than a decade. Not only thanks to vibraphone, typical of him, but also because of countless projects and cooperations where he leaves his imprint. Dreaminess, contemplation, strife for weightlessness, conceptualism - all those are ideas behind his music. Modality, rhythmic structures, minimalism, distortion, synth- scapes and proto-melodics are the music itself.
Budapest-based interdisciplinary artist, singer songwriter, producer and performer. Delving into spiritual realignment, dream spaces and societal critique, they fearlessly explore the shadows to find inner light. SAWA mixes heavy, distorted soundscapes with ethereal vocals, creating a unique blend that cuts through the noise of our electric age.
Originally from Slovakia, now residing in Prague, Czech Republic. Sabiani's sets range from house, tech-house, and techno to electro, breakbeat, and downbeat. If you enjoy progressive cybersound, you'll love his performances. His tracks and remixes were released on labels like Mecanoplastica, XION, Deep Garnet, Pokerflat, Diablo Loco and CLSRM Digital to name a few. In 2012, he founded his own music label, Digital Paradox Records.
(acc Pola Trabinska) - instrumentalist, vocalist and music producer constantly being inspired by quasi-jazz, uncovential electronic and minimalistic sounds. Previously associated with Avant Art Festival, Glissando magazine, The Stage Song Review, Instytut Dźwięku and Sztuka Ciała Theatre. As a female solo artist she still believes in a concept of inclusiveness and diversity in music and sound.
Hungarian sound artist and experimental music performer. She seeks to push the boundaries of drone and ambient genres. She is deeply connected to nature, allowing her field recording and organizing activities, as well as her synthetic soundscapes, to inspire each other. This is related to the ecological trends that advocate for the intertwining of nature and human-created technology as the guarantee for the survival and flourishing of life on Earth.
Polish artist Piotr Gadziński from Poznań. He creates and performs original synthesizer-based compositions through hardware-only live acts, entirely free from software or computers. Each unique show takes the audience on a journey into the depths of thrilling rhythms and uncompromising sounds of sublime electronic music, oscillating between house, techno, and electro.
Polish duo that plays pop-electronic music. The project was formed in 2013 in Krakow and consists of Dagmara Zapart as the vocalist and lyricist, and Michał Zapart as the producer. Their music is a blend of melancholic vocals and modern beats that are reminiscent of the 90s. To achieve their unique sound, they use synthesizers, acoustic instruments, electric guitars, and vocal processors in their music.
Dj, producer and synth maniac, member of Castel Gandolfo Trio, based in Łódź, Poland. His musical inspirations revolve around electronic and techno music as well as jazz and free improvisation. People say that no one plays like Leszek Gwiazda. He doesn't believe it and is still looking for soul mates to play at his parties - Techno Lumpex. In 2018/2019 he worked as a sound designer and lecturer at China's Jilin Animation Institute in Changchun.
🐣 the lactose-free artist, based in Gdańsk, Poland. She produces, DJs, and creates visual art. She's all about mixing up fast-paced beats with unexpected sounds, backed by lively percussion that really gets you going. Her sets are a mix of powerful bass, expressive reggaetons, intense hard drums, and catchy baile funk tunes.
Khrystyna Kirik is a sound artist in experimental improvisational music. In her work, she explores the sensory state of sound perception using electronic hardware, double bass prerecorded samples, voice, field recordings, and diy sounding objects. She creates sound collages combining sensual, mistic, contemplative, dreamy, subtle and minimalistic.
INA WEST is a Polish producer, singer and pianist based in Berlin. She experiments along the border of electronica, neoclassical and jazz, diving into raw techno areas and tribalism, which takes you by your hand and invites you to dance. Her live performance serves a combination of instruments – drums, bass guitar, percussions, synthesizers - with dance bits and raw vocal harmony.
Hypovolaemia — Aleksandra and Volodymyr, a Polish-Ukrainian duo of priests, who explore their solar consciousness through sound waves weaving. Music becomes kind of a magical tool in their hands, giving the possibility to travel through various corners of the mind - they use it to examine and consecrate themselves, as well as to build a deeper relationship with everyday life. Each performance — an improvised marriage of ritual and artistic act — is a trans-sensory journey focused on work with specific, usually planetary energy, as well as on experiencing together ‘Here and Now’ by both the observer and the creator.
A genre-bending producer and vocalist from Budapest. She has been creating energetic and bubbly electronic tunes in her home studio since 2018. Inspired by an eclectic sound of kawaii, electropop, drum & bass, and hardstyle. She is a dynamic performer known for her improvisational live sets, mixing beats with vocals, flute, and dance choreography.
An electronic music producer, singer, and live performer from Kharkiv, Ukraine. She moved to Berlin in March 2022 due to the full-scale invasion of russia into Ukraine. Working in Ukrainian electronica and downtempo genres, she turns the realm of subconsciousness into sound and visuals, guiding the audience toward self-connection.
Her name is Protsenko Karyna. Her artist name is Anna Karina. She is 23 years old and hails from Kyiv, Ukraine. Now she lives in Berlin. She has been playing music for 17 years. She sings opera and her own indie pop music. A year back, she started writing electronic music in Ableton, and currently, she is trying to develop experimental electronics. Her goal is to perform more with her voice and her electronic music to heal people's hearts.
Prague-based musician and DJ, also known as 1/2 of Lofn. Given Anna’s years spent DJing and promoting a wide spectrum of techno and experimental music as Anna Myschkin or KinA and releasing her songs via the project Anakver, it’s clear where the qualities of her style comes from – ethereal, almost-sacral, drone-ish, soothing yet uneasy.
Andriy Kostyukov aka Andriy K., also well known as ‘cusoon dj’ is a Kyiv-born and Prague-based producer and dj. Andriy skillfully combines experimental club music and deep listening downtempo. His live performances were presented at many leading events in Ukraine and Europe. Some of the key festivals were he showcased his spectre of sound - ICKPA Berlin, ODS, Voyage Culturel, Na Chasi, Brudnyy Pes, Nearbyrave, Rehole.
Ancestral Vision is a Prague-based producer, DJ, sound designer & co-founder of hybrid club label and radio show Unizone. He is often shifting gears between genres, rhythms, tempos and moods, sometimes even within a single track. Both his music and mixes is a deep melting pot of hybridized club forms, self-collected field recordings and both alien and organic textural sound design.
Electronic producer and singer from Prague. With a bachelor degree in Sound Engineering, she's fully focusing on the audio world. Her music turns around a bit aggressive yet still melodic productions that try to stand between a contemporary and pop. She accompanies her live shows with visuals that she creates herself, adding a layer of audio reactive visual experience.
Unique musical project created by a married couple Tomas and Emerencia. The gentle and mysterious voice belongs to Emerencia, while Tomin is in charge of composition, production and post-production. Their music is based primarily on the following five main pillars: live vocals, own-recorded sounds from nature, orchestral and instrumental instruments, deep, mysterious and hypnotic atmosphere, spiritual undertones of lyrics in Sanskrt, English or Hungarian language. It helps to get the mind into its most creative states: Alpha and Hypnotic(a) – alpha and theta brainwaves.
An electronic music producer and DJ from Ukraine, born in Dnipro, currently located in Kyiv. He works with genres such as techno, electro, house and idm. His musical influences range from the classic sounds of Kraftwerk and Daft Punk, to more underground artists like Richie Hawtin, Yan Cook and underground ukrainian techno scene. His productions are characterized by minimalistic beats, pulsing basslines, and sparse yet powerful melodies.
Polish producer, singer and pianist based in Berlin. She experiments along the border of electronica, neoclassical and jazz, diving into raw techno areas and tribalism, which takes you by your hand and invites you to dance. Her live performance serves a combination of instruments – drums, bass guitar, percussions, synthesizers - with dance bits and raw vocal harmony.
From Bytom, lives in Tychy. Music was always part of his life, he’s been playing for a couple years. He feels the best when it comes to 140 bpm techno. (Although, he has no problem playing slower (warm-up) or faster (closing) 🙂 )
In private - Hubert Fiołek, DJ, multiinstrumentalist i.a. didgeridoo, producer. His music journey began in 2003. He’s passionate about expressing himself through improvised music. His main focus is making connections with others through deep trust by being a medium that harmonizes with the world. He’s mostly creating with his voice and didgeridoo.
Alexis, DJ based in Warsaw and an Instytut Dźwięku graduate. He had a chance to play at such parties like Panie Proszą Panów (2023 and 2024) or Instytut Techno (Instytut Dźwięku stage). She likes to play beyond the genres (or not care about genres at all). If you want to be specific, you can usually hear in hes sets a mix of electronic, techno, bass, breaks, groove, latin or baile funk.
Hungarian musician, multiinstrumentalist, producer based in Budapest. The master of creating chilling atmospheric moods. Mostly building on downtempo, ambient and modern classical cores, he invites the listener to an inner travel. His eclectic music taste allows him to create vast textural soundscapes that combines vintage elements and modern impressions. His goal is very simple: make you have an eargasm. The project was born in 2021 under the pandemic lockdown. Since then has been played in more than 10 countries and still counting.
Lavern Quinn (real name Wojtek Królak) is a singer, musician and songwriter from Poland that released 2 singles so far. The songs are set in electropop/dance pop/slap house vibe. Lavern Quinn also took part in the TV talent show The Voice of Poland 14 and was in Justyna Steczkowska's team. Currently he's working on next singles (not only in electro genre) and enlarging his presence on social media.
Bearing the genus name of black henbane — a hallucinogenic herb used in European witchcraft — Hyos is, naturally, a devoted Trance music aficionado. In his DJ sets, he blends various subgenres of Trance with an admixture of mercurial techno and airy electronica, creating deeply intoxicating, hypnotic potions. His self-produced music is, conversely, barely club-oriented. Hyos takes his listeners on a journey through their inner subtle realms. Will you dare to rub in the flying ointment on your forehead, lose your mind and feel it going?
His most preferred genres are deep house and melodic house, however, in his current sets and tracks can also be found elements of chill-out electronica, progressive and dub techno. He is able to keep this diversity in a deep, trippy, hypnotic and emotional atmosphere. Tomin literally lives with the electronic club music which is reflected in his sensitive approach to it, as well as in his life-giving communication with the audience during his energetic and technically sophisticated sets.
Zsüd - digital witchcraft. Imagine meeting your shadows and demons and imagine you coming out healed from that journey. She makes the soundtrack for that. She loves experimenting with cinematic and electronic elements, wandering not too far from pop genres. She studied classical piano and music theory, music production and sound design, but also got the master's degree in engineering. Now is co-owner and manager of imPro, Budapest School of Music and Technology. Her live acts are about embracing the light AND the darkness
Laszlo on weekdays is a metrologist, working with dosens of measuring instruments and cables, on weekends he is a live-techno performer, where working with dosens of musical instruments and cables. He based in Hungary. In 2023 august published his first full performance video “Dark Acid Live” on Youtube, ahead of an industrial background, in a port in his hometown, Dunaujvaros. Than organized an album release party. Laszlo focusing live performances and making video contents about. You can find more new performance and edited music videos on his social net profiles.