Concert for the Attentive – Chór vážskych muzikantov
The event at Fuga will start with a gig by the underground band Chór vážskych muzikantov (a.k.a. CHVM). Thanks to the band, Trenčín became the center of Slovakian alternative scene. They helped many bands, including Bez ladu a skladu. Ľuboš Dzúrik with his Fukkavica Records was distributing underground recordings across Slovakia.
15. November 2019
Their first official concert was also the first year of Trenčínʼs Gympelrock festival, and the festival continues until today. The positive response from concert visitors was not shared by communist officials: they turned off the electricity during the concert, and the band was ʻenjoying similar pleasuresʼ up until 1989. Ľuboš Dzúrik and his Fukkavica Records spread underground recordings in Slovakia and the bandʼs concerts in Bratislavaʼs Primaf university club in 1983—1985 became legendary. Their three-hour concerts would include also spoken word, Alpine Riesling (cheap fruit wine, red wine, Alpa – spirit herbal solution, citrodeko – ascorbic acid with sugar, and sugar: all of these would be mixed in a 10 litre pot and the band would share it with the audience), or rolls with mustard. In 1985 and following the model of great Czech alternative bands, CHVM grew by more violinists and wind instrument players. In April 1989, they were invited to Rockfest Praha. The first years after the collapse of communism, paradoxically, brought less of the bandʼs activities. CHVMʼs second peak years were 2005—2010, when they recorded three albums in a short sequence. They celebrated their 30 years on the scene with a joint concert with The Stranglers at Pohoda 2010.
The eleventh edition of the Concert for the Attentive is moving to two exceptional venues: Umelka Gallery will host Bez ladu a skladu and Ještě jsme se nedohodli, and the club Fuga will host Chór vážskych muzikantov, The Wilderness and a world premiere of the Slovakian-Hungarian project titled Drť (Fragments). Admission fee to Umelka is 15€, to Fuga 9€ and a combo ticket to both venues, Umelka and Fuga, is priced at 19€.
More information here: www.pohodafestival.sk/en/news/concert-for-the-attentive-in-umelka-and-fuga-on-november-17
Tickets here: www.pohodafestival.sk/en/shop