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Maluridé (HU)

Lilli Lou — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 11:28:54 +0000

Maluridé is an alternative electronic dream-pop formation from Hungary. Their style comes from the basis of pop and electronic music. However, with their lyrics and lyrics-centered vocal score, they use classical harmony tools.

Their songs create an atmosphere that balances emotional sensitivity with subtle enthusiasm, offering listeners new perspectives on everyday experiences and inner states.

The band maintains a strong live presence with their album release concerts and performing at Hungary’s main music festivals.

In 2025, Maluridé collaborated with an Athens-based contemporary classical composer on the track Shape of Broken Light. The band’s singer and songwriter Júlia Viszkeleti created an EP with Nikos called Past is Prologue.

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Danai Nielsen (GR/DK)

konstantinos — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 22:45:29 +0000

Danai Nielsen is a Greek-Danish musician known for her space-pop / dream-pop and
avant-garde sound. She crafts her music using samples, loops, synthesizers, and vocal
effects, while also focusing on visual storytelling—often designing her own costumes and
directing the artistic vision of her projects.
In 2021, she released her debut album, Who Are They, a conceptual work exploring the
relationship between a futuristic robotic alter ego and a human woman. She has
performed at events like TEDxAthens, as well as festivals and showcases across Greece
and Europe. Additionally, she has composed music for theatre productions, commercial
projects, and television music programs.
Since the release of her debut album, one of the most transformative experiences in her
life has been becoming a mother, bringing her new inspiration and perspective. She is
currently in the studio working on her second album, a deeply personal project that
reflects where she is now, both artistically and creatively.

Links:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danai_nielsen/?hl=en
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpvuJ90zEss0C6R_g6DNkRQ

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Buckwise (IT)

konstantinos — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 23:11:40 +0000

Buckwise is a dream pop and IDM musical project from Puglia, active since 2018 and constantly evolving. The first album “Turning Point” (La Rivolta Records – 2019) traced the coordinates of an original sound, contaminating indiefolk-pop with full and layered electro sounds. After a first debut tour, the band took a new artistic direction, veering towards a more mature and refined sound where the indietronica attitude merges with synthetic orchestrations and pressing rhythms, thus creating a dreamlike and engaging atmosphere. The lyrics in English offer an introspective vision of reality, accompanying the listener on an emotional journey between ethereal melodies and deep reflections. Subsequently they signed a publishing contract with Bonimba by Francesco Cerasi, composer of soundtracks for important productions (Amazon Prime Video, BBC, Rai, Sky Cinema). In 2023 they joined the roster of Dischi Uappissimi: an independent collective-label with a strong focus on research and musical innovation. The entry into these new artistic families led to the release of new singles on digital platforms, obtaining excellent feedback from audiences and critics, also managing to export their live shows beyond national borders at the PROtFest in Bijeljina in Bosnia, at the Tallinn Music Week 2024 in Estonia, at the FIMU Belfort 2024 in France and at the prestigious Ypsigrock Festival 2024 and TEDx Barletta 2023. They also shared the stage with artists such as Explosions in the Sky, Ermal Meta, Santi Francesi and many others. With their constantly evolving sound and their ability to combine catchy melodies with profound lyrics, Buckwise released their second studio album “NEON” on November 29, 2024 via Dischi Uappissimi/Bonimba and distributed by Artist First.

Links:
Website: https://www.thebuckwise.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheBuckwise
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebuckwise/
Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thebuckwise
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1cIMT3RmGMVybq-dPK10SQ

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Atomic Love (GR)

admino — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 15:30:20 +0000

Οι εγγενείς μελωδίες της Εύας, οι indie και ψυχεδελικές κιθάρες του Πάνου και οι εμπνευσμένες ενορχηστρώσεις του Παύλου στα πλήκτρα συνθέτουν το κράμα των Atomic Love. Σε ενεργό δράση από το 2017, μόλις κυκλοφόρησαν το πρώτο τους album με τίτλο “Vol/1”.

Η παράδοση του ελέγχου είναι αυτό που μας κινεί να ζήσουμε τον έρωτα και αυτό που μας κάνει να τον χάσουμε, επιζητώντας την ανάκτησή του. Όταν ο έλεγχος επιστρέψει σε εμάς επιστρέφει κ η ανάγκη να τον χάσουμε ξανά και ξανά σε μια ατέρμονη λούπα. Οι Atomic Love μέσα από τις μελωδίες και τους στίχους τους προσπαθούν να εξερευνήσουν αυτό το παράδοξο, την ανάγκη της εξέλιξης και της αυτοκαταστροφής, τις σκέψεις και τα συναισθήματα από το πρίσμα του ενός μέσα σε μια ερωτική σχέση.

Βασικές επιρροές τους οι: Bjork, Αlt-j, Radiohead, Foals, London Grammar, Portishead, Florence and the Machine, Lykke Li μεταξύ άλλων. Έχουν εμφανιστεί δίπλα σε ονόματα όπως οι Kodebostany, Tamsyn, Marina Satti, Universe 217, Nomik κι έχουν μοιραστεί τις μουσικές τους από το stage Festival όπως Zero Festival, Burger Fest – Αθήνα 2019, Ziria Music Festival, Happening Now Fest, Rudu Fest.

Τέλος, έχουν πραγματοποιήσει και μια εμφάνιση στο πλαίσιο του TEDxAUATHENS.

Atomic Love | Band Members

Εύα Βασιλονικολού | Πάνος Λιάπης | Παύλος Μόρφης

Δες το Official Video: Ithaka

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Johnny Labelle (GR)

Wed, 19 May 2021 21:39:27 +0000

Johnny Labelle is a singer/songwriter and producer born and based in Athens, Greece. His tunes are dark, inward-looking and varying from styles like ambient pop to post-punk, are completed by his lyrical baritone singing.

His debut LP “Cold Fruit”, released independently in 2019 and co-produced with filmmaker Aaron Khandros, featured cross-disciplines collaborations – Berlin-based pop artist Magic Island, poet Rae Armantrout, filmmakers Martha Colburn, Zachary Epcar, and Karissa Hahn.

A year later, Johnny Labelle returned with his second album “XVIII” from Inner Ear records, completed together with producer Vasilis Dokakis. The result of this collaboration is an alloy of electronic pop and ambient with dark elements, based on lethargic synthesizers, cinematic strings and Labelle’s crooning vocals that give a familiar, and at the same time uncanny sense of pop standards of a previous century.

Over the past two years he has shared the bill with Minami Deutsch, Jaakko Eino Kalevi, Magic Island and Discovery Zone and has performed in Greece and Europe.

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