MENT is announcing the first 6 acts of the 6th edition!

DAKH DAUGHTERS - seven Ukrainian theater actresses armed with 15 instruments, 

BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD - the latest discovery by Speedy Wunderground, one of the hottest UK labels in the game,

LALALAR - a groovy psychedelic baklava from Istanbul,

IT’S EVERYONE ELSE – noisy Slovenian industrial synth duo presenting its new full length

MOLCHAT DOMA – the best of post-punk and new wave directly from the mystical Minsk 

KATARZIA & ISAMA_ZING - a Slovak folk singer and a daring producer creating exploratory post-trap. 

This year's conference, held at Kino Šiška and M hotel between 6 and 7 February, is divided into four interconnected sections:

EX-YU, DIGITAL, LIVE, AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN

THE FIRST CONFIRMED SPEAKERS ARE:

ROB CHALLICE (Paradigm Agency) – co-founder of Coda Agency which recently merged into the American agency Paradigm, a longtime representative of Bon Iver, Warpaint, Beirut, Yo La Tengo and many others, CLEMENCE RENAUT (ATC Live), an agent with a heightened sense of the NEW, representing Black Midi, Aldous Harding, Mac DeMarco and Black Country, New Road, LUCY ATKINSON (Earth Agency), an agent with a diverse rooster of new music – Skinny Pelembe, Iglooghost, Teebs, Nina Las Vegas, ALY GILLANI (Bandcamp) – the spokesperson of European labels at Bandcamp, the alternative to streaming services,
CHRIS ECKMAN (Glitterbeat Records) – founder of Glitterbeat, a label specialized in vibrant global sounds that has yearly won the Womex best label award since 2014, and MARKUS LINDE (Thag’s Agent),
whose agency takes care of music sync licensing in German and international films and advertising campaigns.

Source: MENT Ljubljana