Mopcut & MC Dälek

What happens when virtuoso improvisation meets the raw power of noise rock and the political urgency of experimental hip-hop? Expect a thrilling, genre-bending experience: the elite trio Mopcut will be performing in an expanded line-up featuring MC Däle – the voice of one of the most influential avant-garde rap groups of the last decade.

The trio Mopcut comprises experimental vocalist and electronic musician Audrey Chen, French guitarist Julien Desprez and Austrian drummer Lukas König. Their music functions as a concentrated chain reaction. The voice shatters into rhythm and noise, the guitar transforms into an electrical impulse, and the drums can shift in an instant from intricate sonic craftsmanship to overwhelming physical energy. Their latest album, RYOK (featuring guest appearances by activist and poet Moor Mother and turntablist Mariam Rezaei), takes this line-up into new territory, straddling free jazz, post-punk, electronica, noise and hip-hop. On stage, the trio is joined by MC Dälek, whose dark, precise and politically charged vocals transform Mopcut’s sonic whirlwind into a new form of industrial hip-hop.

Supported by public funds from the Arts Support Fund and the Bratislava City Foundation.