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[📝ENG Translation] FestiVal 202: Novi val (New wave)

An article by RTV Slovenia and an interview with Bojan Cvjetićanin from Val 202, both originally published on 19.03.2025.

English translation by @kurooscoffee, proofreading by @flowerlotus8.

Article translation and audio snippet below the cut 👇

FestiVal 202: Novi val (New wave)

On June 6th, music will take over the capital! Val 202, in collaboration with Kino Šiška, presents FestiVal 202 – a unique festival event that brings together the best of the Slovenian music scene in one place.

This first festival project by Val 202 and Kino Šiška continues the mission of public radio and supporting high-quality Slovenian music. FestiVal 202 is for all music lovers – regardless of age!

The stage will be bursting with unforgettable energy, featuring performances by Joker Out, Koala Voice, Jet Black Diamonds, and many more.

Photo by: Val 202 and RTV SLO

In addition to fabulous concerts, a diverse accompanying program is planned. A rich selection of food and drinks will ensure a complete sensory experience. At every turn, something special awaits you – surprises, creative corners, various games, and a space for relaxed socialising.

They are dedicating the first edition of the festival to the outstanding Slovenian music scene, which will captivate visitors of all ages at Ljubljana’s Križanke. Whether this is your first festival experience or you’re a seasoned festival-goer, FestiVal 202 promises to be an unforgettable event!

More information coming soon – stay tuned and don’t miss the first edition of this festival, which will write a new chapter in the Slovenian music story!

Tickets are available on Eventim.si

Bojan Cvjetićanin for Val 202 (19.03.2025)

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Bojan: A festival is essentially a very specific form of event and gathering, I would say, in general. It’s an event that suddenly brings together completely different people from all walks of life. To some extent, they are united by their taste in music, but nowadays, festivals are quite diverse, offering everything from electronic music to rock, folk, and a mix of it all in one festival.

So, in reality, it gathers different people from all over the world—or, in Slovenia’s case, mostly from across the country—and we literally see a spectrum of what people are. What youth is. We see all subcultures, all genres… But in most cases, the best part is that we see them together.

So, I would say that a festival is a zone of peace that naturally brings everyone together, where all masks and barriers simply fall away. We are quite "bare" as people when we sleep in tents, fight for a bottle of water in the morning, or try to get a spot in the shower. Everything returns to a very primal level, and… if a festival is well-organised, it truly becomes a beautiful oasis of peace.

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Izštekani We Can't Sleep At Night Val 202, petek, 23. 9. 2011 ob 22.25

We Can't Sleep At Night, nesporni zasavski prvaki v rockovskem razredu indie, bodo v petek 23.9.2011 nastopili v oddaji Izštekani na Valu 202. Skupina, ki je nabirala izkušnje tudi na tujih odrih, je na domačem terenu prizorišče delila z nekaterimi največjimi svetovnimi imeni svoje zvrsti, kot so MGMT, New Young Pony Club in Interpol. Za Izštekane obljubljajo temeljito prearanžirane skladbe. 

Začeli so leta 2004 v domačem kraju. Pravzaprav v dveh, v Trbovljah in v Kisovcu. Nedolgo zatem je študij večino odpeljal v Ljubljano, enega pa v Maribor. A Zasavje je ostalo njihova baza. Baza, iz katere izvajajo svoje zvočne napade na ušesa nič hudega slutečih poslušalcev, ki bi od trojice simpatičnih, ma kaj sipatičnih, prav luštkanih fantov pričakovali nekaj dosti bolj milozvočnega...

No, pa ne razumite narobe. Muzika We Can't Sleep At Night ni sila hrupna ali neposlušljiva. Daleč od tega. V iskanju pravega imena zanjo tudi sami ne pomišljajo ob besedi pop. No, morda je boljša tista, ki jo najdemo na njihovem myspacu: powerpop. Indie je tudi kar v redu, je dovolj nevtralna oznaka, da lahko podnjo stlačiš marsikaj. Nedvomno pripadajo »novemu novemu valu« ali »post post punku«, torej krogu skupin, ki je pred desetletjem potegnil na plano rockovsko pestrost in inovativnost prve polovice osemdesetih let ter na tem zgradil novi množični kitarski izraz tretjega tisočletja. A v vsem tem čisto ustreznem kontekstu so We Can't Sleep At Night še vedno posebni. Iz sijajno dopadljivih kitar na ritmu, ki je razpet med punk in disco, (kombinacija, ki nekaterim zagotavlja prva mesta na svetovnih lestvicah), že v naslednjem trenutku zdivjajo v nepredvidljiv, čudno neartikuliran odklop. Vskoči skoraj surferska kitara, tempo naraste, glas vreščeče podaja besedila, ki so bolj podobna visoko nabitim parolam kot kaki čustveni liriki, hrup pa izda njihove prave, punkerske korenine. A izkaže se, da vsak tak preval po prvem presenečenju več kot paše, da je prava stvar na pravem mestu. We Can't Sleep At Night so eden najbolj neulovljivih fenomenov na slovenskem rockovskem prizorišču. In prav zaradi tega eden najbolj zanimivih. Kajti v trenutku, ko njihova glasba postane »catchy«, ko te začne loviti v mreže svoje lepote, te iz njih izvrže in prisili, da začneš ti loviti njo. In ta lov je lahko prav divji. Ter zabaven.

Poleg kopice demo posnetkov so izdali dva albuma: »We Can't Sleep At Night« (2008) in »Dej še kazga zbudte pa ga sabo vzemte« (2009). Nabrali so si zavidljivo koncertno kilometrino in velikokrat pogledali onstran meja. Danes so nesporno eden vodilnih novokitarskih bendov pri nas, našli jih boste v domala vsakem koncertnem cvetoberu, ki da kaj nase. In dobri dve leti po izidu druge plošče, po obdobju, ko so si nabrali najbolj bleščeče reference, so se fantje znašli pred novim izzivom: povabilom v oddajo Izštekani na Radiu Slovenija. Ali se bodo pri tem spopadli z akustiko, je še neodgovorjeno vprašanje. Zagotovo pa kitarist in pevec Marko Lavrin, basist Gašper Vozelj, bobnar Jure Lavrin in zvočni supervizor Primož Vozelj obljubljajo temeljito prearanžiranje skladb, menjave instrumentov in znatne spremembe v zvoku. Kako bo vse skupaj zvenelo, odkrijte v petek 23. septembra 2011 ob 22.25 na frekvencah Vala 202!