Promotéri v Budapešti: Küss Mich

Niekoľko marcových týždňov som strávila v maďarskej metropole Budapešť, kde som okrem eskalujúcej sa sociopolitickej situácie, mala tiež možnosť spoznať a navštíviť niekoľko zaujímavých promotérov a akcií.

Pohudobnom festivali Ultrahang, ktorý sme si vo Východiskách predstavili minule, sa v dnešnom vydaní zameriame na sériu akcií Küss Mich, ktorú predstavil jej organizátor Krisztián Puskár. “Ked organizujeme akcie, snažíme sa skončiť na nule, takže dokým budem mať zamestnanie, bude aj Küss Mich. Snažíme sa minimalizovať náklady, celé to funguje na báze DIY. Kapely bývajú u nás, na akcii hráme sami a nebookujeme ďalších DJov.”

Akcie organizujú na rôznych miestach v Budapešti, napríklad v klube Vittula alebo Toldi, pripravujú tiež podcast. A ako je na tom nezávislá hudobná scéna v Budapešti v roku 2013? “Sitácia sa zlepšuje, je tu stále viac koncertov. Je dôležité, že promotéri to robia po svojom. Paralely by sa dali nájsť – napríklad hudobníci začiatkom osemdesiatych rokov si vystačili s lacným syntetizátorom, a tvorili nie v centrách západného sveta, ale na jeho perifériách.”
Na najbližšej akcii KüssMichv piatok 12. apríla sa predstaví syntetizátorový Umberto z labelu Not Not Fun, začiatkom mája to zas bude Steve Summers zo značky L.I.E.S.

Küss Mich csütörtök #45 by Küss Mich on Mixcloud

Promoters in Budapest: Küss Mich
A culture which operates autonomously, on the principles of DIY, fortunately is not dependent on macro and microeconomic results and political decisions. Perhaps the age-old cliche can be applied here about the thriving of culture at times of crisis, such as during the late seventies and early eighties, even though these correlations might be superfluous.

I spent several weeks in Budapestin March, and apart from observing the escalating sociopolitical situation, I was able to meet and visit several noteworthy people, venues or events. After the acclaimed music festival Ultrahang, which we spoke about recently, this week we will focus on the event series Küss Mich, presented by its organizer Krisztián Puskár. “When we organise events, we try to break even. As long as I will have my day job, we will continue to do Küss Mich. We try to minimize the cost, the whole thing functions on a DIY basis. The bands stay at our places, and we DJ at our events and don´t book other DJs in order to keep costs at minimum.” They organise their events at various venues across Budapest, such as Vittula or Toldi, and prepare a regular podcast.

What is the state of independent music scene inBudapest in 2013? “The situation is improving, there are more and more concerts here. It is important that promoters do it their own way, independently. It is similar to the musicians who at the beginning of the eighties started to produce music on cheap synths and were based not in the centres of the western world, but in its fringes. They sang in their own languages, small independent labels were founded.”

The next Küss Mich event takes place on 12 April with the US synth hauntologist Umberto from Not Not Fun. In May they will bring L.I.E.S' Steve Summers toBudapest.