DJ Shadow is a pioneer of instrumental hip-hop, turntablism, trip-hop, and sampling. In his work, he uses a large sound bank and personal collection of more than 60,000 recordings. The Time magazine ranked his album Endtroducing among the 100 greatest albums of all times and Pitchfork placed on the seventh place in the ranking of 100 greatest albums of the 90s. The album has also a recording in the Guinness Book of Records as the first completely sampled album. On 6th July 2015, he began work on the fifth solo album; it will be released 24th June this year. Two weeks later, he will introduce it, along with other compositions, to the visitors of Pohoda. → read more

Róisín rose to fame in the nineties as a singer of the band Moloko and had world famous hits “Sing It Back” and “The Time is Now”. After the breakup of the band, she started her solo career, which brought her the recognition of critics, and she became the first lady of electro-pop. Róisín with her extravagant sense of fashion paved the way for singers like Lady Gaga. Hairless Toys, her third studio album, was produced by Eddie Stevens, Jana Kirschnerʼs spouse. The album was nominated for the Mercury Prize, it received the average rating of 80% on Metacritic, and The Guardian wrote about it as of pure stimulating elegance. → read more

The Irish singer Róisín Murphy (also known as a member of the band Moloko) and DJ Shadow, a pioneer of turntablism and trip-hop, are some more great names from other countries at Pohoda. Our line-up also features Jana Kirschner, David Koller, Bjarki, and many others. There will be a new sheltered stage Red Bull Music Academy. Pohoda will bring the project which unites music enthusiasts through artists performances, lectures, and workshops for the first time in Slovakia and the Czech Republic. → read more

This year's Pohoda Deň_FM is bringing great concerts in the studio no. 5 of the Slovak Radio and several novelties of the 20th edition of Pohoda will be announced there. Visitors will be able to see the magic pieces of the magician Talostan and listen to the music of the Slovenian experimenter Lifecutter, DJs Rafo & Pure, Núku, DJ Gabanna and Billy Barman. The top of this year's event will be performances of Jana Kirschner and Lola Marsh. → read more

Business Insider ranked our festival among the seven best festivals in the world. Thus, we ended up among events such as the Lollapalooza Chicago, Roskilde, and Sonar. → read more

Due to a great interest in attending Pohoda_Day_FM, tomorrow at 12 PM on Facebook event, we are going to launch an online reservation system for evening concerts at Studio No. 5. Those who wish to attend can make a reservation of up to two seats per person. The studio seats 120 people. Event: www.facebook.com/events/1620538901605443/ → read more

The fans of harder genres should sit up with the band Landless. They were recommended to us by Rudi Rus from FM Radio (Headbanger) and when we first heard them, it was clear we wanted to have them too at Pohoda. Young boys from the Žilina neighbourhood play modern post-hardcore and metalcore. Their music is decorated with a huge portion of energy, various and striking rhythm, and technical sophistication. → read more

If anyone is to be seen as the embodiment of the anti-fascist stance in music in Slovakia, it is the guys in the band RozpoR. They founded the band at the end 90s, and since then, they have been expressing themselves uncompromisingly against neo-Nazis in their music and lyrics as well. It is the time for their “Oi!” and hard-core music with occasional ska and reggae adventures to be played also at Pohoda 2016.   → read more

If there was a voting for the most hipster band of Slovakia, Bratislava Hot Serenaders should win it. With their hipster hairstyles and Hot Jazz played on vintage instruments, the band performs better than any DJ at the extremely popular dance parties. Add the dandy and the funniest glossarist in Slovakia, Milan Lasica... Pack you brillantine and get quickly to Pohoda. → read more

The Czech big band The Tap Tap has released three studio albums and two “live albums” recorded in the Czech State Opera House. The band has collaborated with artists such as Vojta Dyk, Xindl X, Dan Bárta, David Koller, and many others. The video for their great satirical song “Ředitel autobusu” (Director of the Bus; based on the personal experience of one of the band members) has five million YouTube views. Nowadays you can see the band in the performance “The Tap Tap: Nefňuká” (The Tap Tap does not Whimper) on the New Stage of the Czech National Theatre and at Pohoda 2016 at the beginning of July. → read more