High-profile guests include influential BBC radio presenter and DJ Gilles Peterson, Irish folk band Lankum, who topped The Guardian's 50 Best Albums of 2023 list, English art rock trio Still House Plants, whose latest album made many Best Albums of 2024 lists, and Greek pop artist Σtella, a protégé of the cult Sub Pop label.

The CE/MENT electronic music programme, launched last year, brings two specially curated nights at Metelkova and Kino Šiška. Alongside regional and local DJs, two of the most renowned representatives of UK electronic music, Special Request and Djrum, will make their Slovenian debut. Also worth highlighting are performances by members of Berlin's Soul Feeder collective and the premiere of a new AV performance by DJ Opium Hum and visual artist Tasya.

LINEUP

08080 (SI) / 2K88 (PL) / Ão (BE) / auto (SI)
Balkalar (HR) / beepblip (SI) / BibliBan (SI) / Bnnyhunna (NL)
BoLs/sLoB (CZ) / Catherine Graindorge (BE) / Decolonize Your Mind Society (HU)
DJ GHEPARD (DE, IT) / Djrum (UK) / Đoko (SI) / DUF (SI) / Duo Ruut (EE)
eat-girls (FR) / Ebbb (UK) / Florence Sinclair (UK) / Franek Warzywa & Młody Budda (PL)
Gilles Peterson (UK) / IDEM (HR) / Ingver in Gverilke (SI) / Jaša Bužinel (SI)
Jessica Kert (DE) / Kanalizacija (LT) / Kandela Solver (SI) / Karolina Beranova (CZ) Kosmonauci (PL) / Lakiko (BA) / Lander & Adriaan (BE) / Lankum (IE) / Laplander (RS)
Laundromat Chicks (AT) / Laura Agnusdei (IT) / Lowlander (SI) / Luka Rajić (RS)
Lukas Oscar (AT) / makrohang (HU) / Maša (SI) / Mladi Raziskovalci VIII. – Anja Kralj – es-/sún- thesis (SI) / Moving as a Giant (SI) / Nalax Temus (SI) / nastynancy (SI)
Neon Lies (HR) / Neven (RS) / Nevena Jeremic (RS) / nobena (SI) / Nulla (SI) / Obscur (SI)
Opium Hum pres.: Chronoextasy a/v (feat. Tasya) (DE, CZ) / patches.av (DE, SI)

SALÒ (AT) / Sinem (DE) / Širom (SI) / SMILE (DE) / Special Request (UK)
Still House Plants (UK) / Susobrino (BE) / t0ni (AU, IT) / Tadi (XK)
Texoprint (NL) / The Allegorist (HU) / Timothée Quost (FR) / Tramhaus (NL)
Trio Katastrofa (SI, SE) / Tschimy (SI) / TUNA DISPLAY (IT) / two round robins (SI)
Ugly (UK) / Use Knife (BE) / Vojdi (SK) / Vollmaier (SI)  / Warrego Valles (SI)
We Hate You Please Die (FR) / Woomb (BG) / Xarakiri (MK) / Yalla Miku (ER, MA, CH) Zaffer 9 (CZ, SK) / Zhlehtet (SI) / Zvèn (SI) / ZveN: Čaralice (SI) / Σtella (GR)

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CONFERENCE

The MENT Conference is the largest music conference in the region, attracting a colourful crowd of music professionals from around the world who come to Ljubljana every year for exciting gigs, networking and new insights into the music ecosystem. This year's programme includes 100 speakers, 27 panels, 6 MENTorships and 6 speed networking sessions. 

Speakers

Speakers include Gilles Peterson, legendary BBC radio presenter and DJ; Jude Rogers, acclaimed UK music journalist; Paul Jones, A&R at the iconic UK label Rough Trade; Scott Cohen, music industry visionary and founder of one of the first and largest digital distributors The Orchard; Bronne Keesmaat, head and founder of Rewire Festival; and Michal Kaščák, head and founder of Pohoda Festival. 

The CE/MENT conference, dedicated to electronic music and clubbing, is hosting Elisa Luengo, music programmer at Dekmantel Festival; Marcus Scott, label manager at Hyperdub; Rob Booth, label manager and A&R at Houndstooth; Michail Stangl, curator of the experimental music festival CTM, and many others.

Representatives from other festivals such as Glastonbury, ESNS, Exit, INmusic, Supersonic, OFF Festival and Beaches Brew, and booking agencies such as Earth Agency, Toutpartout, Qu Junktions, Gri Gri Music, Souyuz, Emerged Agency and Ekipa, will also be present.

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