Beginning in June 2017, Mieke Renders will be the new Managing Director of Trans Europe Halles. Mieke was born in Belgium in 1975 and is passionate about culture and languages, having lived in several countries. She is a strong believer in the independence of cultural operators, and their capacity to self-organise in networks in order to achieve greater impact.
A playlist for the final week of March – we go from Mexico to Russia, singing, whistling and dancing along the way!
We spoke to Brian Lopez, a member of American band XIXA, ahead of their INDEKŠ lesson gig.
A quick backstage interview we did with entertaining Croatian indie rockers Jonathan ahead of their gig in February.
MENT Festival was shrouded in a bit of mystery for me. Embarrassing but true: upon agreeing to make the trip, I had to consult an atlas to figure out where exactly it was I was going. (Slovenia. Border countries: Italy, Austria, Hungary, Croatia, and the Adriatic Sea.) Likewise, the bands were a bit of a mystery. After Deerhoof dropped off the bill due to illness, I was only acquainted by name with a handful of others slated to perform.
In the end, all that remains are memories, pictures and this video.
We headed to MENT Festival in Ljubljana and quite frankly had a lovely time.
By LTW’s Richard Foster and John Robb (LTW boss and frontman of the Membranes) running from venue to venue…
After Deerhoof had to cancel their European tour, including a show at MENT, due to illness, a void gaped in the opening night programme …
We regret to inform you that Deerhoof, who were scheduled to perform at Kino Šiška on the opening night of the MENT Ljubljana festival, had to cancel their entire European tour due to illness.
Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture
Trg prekomorskih brigad 3, 1000 Ljubljana
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