MENT Ljubljana
Organised byKino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture
Festival dates21.02.2024 - 24.02.2024
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| name = MENT Ljubljana | | name = MENT Ljubljana | ||
| local name = MENT Ljubljana | | local name = MENT Ljubljana | ||
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| − | | festival dates = 4.2.2015 - 6.2.2015, 3.2.2016 - 5.2.2016 | + | | festival dates = 4.2.2015 - 6.2.2015, 3.2.2016 - 5.2.2016, 1.2.2017 - 3.2.2017, 31.1.2018 - 2.2.2018, 30.1.2019 - 1.2.2019, 5.2.2020 - 7.2.2020, 3.6.2021 – 11.6.2021, 8.6.2022 – 10.6.2022, 29.03.2023 - 31.03.2023, 21.02.2024 - 24.02.2024 |
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| contacts = {{Contact | | contacts = {{Contact | ||
| name = Matjaž Manček | | name = Matjaž Manček | ||
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| + | | name = Andraž Kajzer | ||
| + | | role = Artistic director | ||
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| + | | email = andraz.kajzer@ment.si | ||
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| name = Miran Rusjan | | name = Miran Rusjan | ||
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| − | | name = | + | | name = Jaša Bužinel |
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https://twitter.com/mentljubljana | https://twitter.com/mentljubljana | ||
http://www.facebook.com/MENTLjubljana | http://www.facebook.com/MENTLjubljana | ||
| + | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCljP2HIJ2o9kJaYibSDngxw | ||
http://instagram.com/ment_ljubljana | http://instagram.com/ment_ljubljana | ||
https://mentljubljana.bandcamp.com/ | https://mentljubljana.bandcamp.com/ | ||
}} | }} | ||
| − | {{Teaser| | + | {{Teaser |
| − | Established in [[established::2015]], [[MENT Ljubljana]] is an international music showcase festival taking place at various Ljubljana venues. | + | |image=MENT 2023 photos by Konstantin Kondrukhov 2023 photo by Konstantin KondrukhovIMG 7686 70.JPG |
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| + | Established in [[established::2015]], [[MENT Ljubljana]] is an international music showcase festival taking place at various Ljubljana venues beginning of February. It is comprised of a series of music acts (fresh artists joined by established head-liners), a conference programme dealing with the intricacies of music businesses, and additional events such as exhibitions or workshops on new art and media technologies. Moreover, MENT is a year-long project intended to help Slovene musicians and music professionals with promotion and networking. To this end, MENT enlists and accompanies them to other showcase festivals. | ||
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| − | == | + | ==Mission and strategy== |
| − | MENT was set up foremost to be a platform | + | MENT was set up foremost to be a platform for improving the ways in which the Slovene music scene relates with the international music business circuit. As such, it works to equip those active in this field in Slovenia with the necessary understanding and skills for optimally crafting their careers as well as offers various networking opportunities. This mission is served not only through the festival, but through activities year-round. For example, a workshop series co-organised with [[SIGIC, Slovene Music Information Centre|SIGIC]], which has featured foreign mentors like Sanjin Đukić (Los Angeles Agency, HR), Login Kočiški (Password Agency, MK), and Hannes Tschürtz (INK Music, AT). Last but not least, MENT acquaints the Slovene audiences with exceptional, if slightly less recognised, musicians from around Europe as well as from the USA. |
| − | + | MENT Ljubljana is produced by [[Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture]] and co-produced by [[SIGIC, Slovene Music Information Centre]]. In 2017 it won the prestigious European Festival Award in two categories: The Best Indoor Festival and The Best Small Festival. [[MENT Ljubljana]] is a member of the ''Innovation Network of European Showcases'' (INES), a platform led by GET a GIG GmbH (DE). | |
| − | === | + | ===Venues=== |
| − | + | Festival happenings take place at the [[Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture]] and the adjacent M Hotel, the clubs in [[Metelkova mesto Autonomous Cultural Zone]] ([[Klub Menza pri koritu]], [[Klub Channel Zero]], [[Gala Hala]], [[Klub Gromka]]), the [[Stara Elektrarna - Old Power Station]], [[Klub K4]], [[Pritličje]], the [[DobraVaga]] gallery, the cafeteria of the [[Slovene Ethnographic Museum]], and also [[Kinodvor Cinema]] for film screenings. | |
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===Music programme=== | ===Music programme=== | ||
| − | The showcase usually | + | The showcase usually presents about 50 musicians and bands invited from all over Europe, with a somewhat special bias toward the Balkans and the Baltic and some additional guests coming from the USA. |
| − | Some of | + | A significant portion of the acts are local artists of varied musical persuasions, from big bands and rock acts to techno producers. Some of them are [[Jardier]], [[Your Gay Thoughts]], [[Werefox]], [[The Canyon Observer]], [[Koala Voice]], [[Nina Bulatovix]], [[It's Everyone Else]], [[Moveknowledgement]], [[Štefan Kovač Marko Banda|ŠKM Banda]], and [[Ludovik Material]]. |
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| + | {{Image|Ment Ljubljana 2015 New Wave Syria.jpg}} | ||
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===Conference programme=== | ===Conference programme=== | ||
| − | The conference events take the form of either lectures | + | The conference events mostly take the form of either lectures or speaker panels, with the topics varying from discussing festival strategies, analysing business models and explaining digital marketing, to introducing lesser known music scenes (such as the Belarus one) and organising listening sessions where an elected cast comments on anonymous tracks. The 2016 edition has a special focus on the Balkans region and among other things features a networking session with that specific market in mind. |
| − | Some of the keynote speakers and guests whom MENT has invited | + | Some of the keynote speakers and guests whom MENT has invited include Scott Cohen (The Orchard, UK), Chris Eckman (GlitterBeat Records, SI/US), Helen Sildna (Tallinn Music Week, EE), Ruud Berends (Eurosonic Noorderslag, NL), John Robb (LouderThanWar, UK), Michal Kaščák (Pohoda, SK), Ivan Novak ([[Laibach]], SI), Andrej Sevšek ([[Punk Rock Holiday]], SI), Dan Panaitescu (Sziget, HU), Martin Elbourne (Glastonbury Festival, UK), Jeff Owens (Ghostly International, US), Sasho Yerchenko (tlas Weekend Festival) and Dartsya Tarkovska (Soundbuzz Records)(UA). |
==International activities== | ==International activities== | ||
| − | In a way acting as a | + | In a way acting as a Slovene music export agency, MENT has been crucial in enlisting Slovene performers to international festivals and showcase events such as Tallinn Music Week, INmusic Festival, Reeperbahn Festival, Eurosonic Noorderslag, Waves Vienna & Bratislava (in collaboration with the [[Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA)]]), Liverpool Sound City, and Taksirat Festival. In 2015, 12 acts carried out 31 performances at these events via MENT, which also sent its own delegations. |
| − | MENT | + | MENT participates in the European Talent Exchange Programme (ETEP), a network of 90 European festivals that encourages the flow of new talent among European festivals. |
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| + | MENT is a member of the Innovation Network of European Showcases (INES), next to 7 showcase festivals: Budapest Showcase Hub (HU), Enea Spring Break (PO), Linecheck (IT), Live at Heart (SE), Liverpool Sound City (UK), Monkey Week (ES), Nouvelle Prague (CZ), Sonic Visions (LX), Waves, Vienna (AT), Westway LAB (PT). One of its subprogrammes is the INES#talent program, in 2018 among the selected 104 new #talents are 10 bands from Slovenia: [[Blaž]], [[čunfa]], [[Leni Kravac]], [[Lynch]], [[MRFY]], [[Natriletno kolobarjenje s praho]], [[NOAIR]], [[Werefox]], [[Zala Kralj]] & [[Gašper Šantl]] and [[КУКЛА]]. | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.ment.si/ MENT Ljubljana website] | *[http://www.ment.si/ MENT Ljubljana website] | ||
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.sigic.si/?lang=en Sigic website] |
| − | *[ | + | *[https://www.etep.nl ETEP website] |
| − | *[https://mentljubljana.bandcamp.com/releases | + | *[https://www.ines-festivals.eu/ INES website] |
| + | *[https://mentljubljana.bandcamp.com/releases Compilations featuring songs of Slovene participants at MENT 2020] | ||
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| + | {{Gallery}} | ||
[[Category:Music]] | [[Category:Music]] | ||
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[[Category:Support services]] | [[Category:Support services]] | ||
[[Category:Workshop organisers]] | [[Category:Workshop organisers]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Funding,_professional_and_support_services]] | ||
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Three concerts of the Slovenian delegation at the Waves Vienna festival, which this year consists of pop/electronic funk group Masaž, indie-rock musician Dora Tomori and folk/pop musician KiKi. Presented by Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), SIGIC, Slovene Music Information Centre and MENT Ljubljana.
at the Waves Vienna
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13 Nov 2019
15 Nov 2019
Lynch, Kukla (Kукла), supported by MENT Ljubljana, and Peter Baroš (SIGIC, Slovene Music Information Centre), supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest,
at the Budapest Showcase Hub
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27 Sep 2019
28 Sep 2019
Zalagasper (Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl), Neomi and Noair, via INES#talent, Innovation Network of European Showcases, in cooperation with the MENT Ljubljana Festival and SIGIC, Slovene Music Information Centre, in the frame of Slovenian moMENTs, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA),
at the Waves Vienna Music Showcase Festival and Conference
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26 Apr 2019
27 Apr 2019
Slovakia Bratislava Nová Cvernovka
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27 Sep 2018
28 Sep 2018
Futurski, Haiku Garden and Bowrain via INES#talent, Innovation Network of European Showcases, in cooperation with the MENT Ljubljana Festival, Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture and SIGIC, Slovene Music Information Centre, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna),
at the Waves Vienna Music Showcase Festival and Conference
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26 Sep 2018
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26 Jun 2018
27 Jun 2018
Concerts by Koala Voice and Futurski via INES#talent, Innovation Network of European Showcases, in cooperation with the MENT Ljubljana Festival,
at the InMusic Festival
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5 May 2018
6 May 2018
A concert by Futurski via INES#talent, Innovation Network of European Showcases, in cooperation with the MENT Ljubljana Festival,
at the Sound City Festival
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27 Apr 2018
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19 Apr 2018
21 Apr 2018
Concerts by Bowrain, Haiku Garden, and Futurski, supported by MENT Ljubljana,
at the Enea Spring Break Festival
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17 Apr 2018
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12 Apr 2018
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7 Apr 2018
8 Apr 2018
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28 Sep 2017
30 Sep 2017
Slovenian moMENTs with Persons from porlock, Daniel Vezoja and КУКЛА in cooperation with the MENT Ljubljana Festival, Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture and SIGIC, Slovene Music Information Centre, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna,
at the Waves Vienna Music Showcase Festival and Conference
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25 Nov 2016
26 Nov 2016
A MENTprizent tour of Koala Voice, Čao Portorož and Blaž in cooperation with the MENT Ljubljana Festival, Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture and SIGIC, Slovene Music Information Centre at the PIN Music Conference and
at the Taksirat Festival
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29 Sep 2016
1 Oct 2016
Slovenian moMENTs with The Canyon Observer, Karmakoma and Jardier in cooperation with the MENT Ljubljana Festival, Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture and SIGIC, Slovene Music Information Centre, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna,
at the Waves Vienna Music Showcase Festival and Conference
Mission and strategy
MENT was set up foremost to be a platform for improving the ways in which the Slovene music scene relates with the international music business circuit. As such, it works to equip those active in this field in Slovenia with the necessary understanding and skills for optimally crafting their careers as well as offers various networking opportunities. This mission is served not only through the festival, but through activities year-round. For example, a workshop series co-organised with SIGIC, which has featured foreign mentors like Sanjin Đukić (Los Angeles Agency, HR), Login Kočiški (Password Agency, MK), and Hannes Tschürtz (INK Music, AT). Last but not least, MENT acquaints the Slovene audiences with exceptional, if slightly less recognised, musicians from around Europe as well as from the USA.
MENT Ljubljana is produced by Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture and co-produced by SIGIC, Slovene Music Information Centre. In 2017 it won the prestigious European Festival Award in two categories: The Best Indoor Festival and The Best Small Festival. MENT Ljubljana is a member of the Innovation Network of European Showcases (INES), a platform led by GET a GIG GmbH (DE).
Venues
Festival happenings take place at the Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture and the adjacent M Hotel, the clubs in Metelkova mesto Autonomous Cultural Zone (Klub Menza pri koritu, Klub Channel Zero, Gala Hala, Klub Gromka), the Stara Elektrarna - Old Power Station, Klub K4, Pritličje, the DobraVaga gallery, the cafeteria of the Slovene Ethnographic Museum, and also Kinodvor Cinema for film screenings.
Music programme
The showcase usually presents about 50 musicians and bands invited from all over Europe, with a somewhat special bias toward the Balkans and the Baltic and some additional guests coming from the USA.
A significant portion of the acts are local artists of varied musical persuasions, from big bands and rock acts to techno producers. Some of them are Jardier, Your Gay Thoughts, Werefox, The Canyon Observer, Koala Voice, Nina Bulatovix, It's Everyone Else, Moveknowledgement, ŠKM Banda, and Ludovik Material.
New Wave Syria performing in Klub Channel Zero at MENT Ljubljana, 2015
Conference programme
The conference events mostly take the form of either lectures or speaker panels, with the topics varying from discussing festival strategies, analysing business models and explaining digital marketing, to introducing lesser known music scenes (such as the Belarus one) and organising listening sessions where an elected cast comments on anonymous tracks. The 2016 edition has a special focus on the Balkans region and among other things features a networking session with that specific market in mind.
Some of the keynote speakers and guests whom MENT has invited include Scott Cohen (The Orchard, UK), Chris Eckman (GlitterBeat Records, SI/US), Helen Sildna (Tallinn Music Week, EE), Ruud Berends (Eurosonic Noorderslag, NL), John Robb (LouderThanWar, UK), Michal Kaščák (Pohoda, SK), Ivan Novak (Laibach, SI), Andrej Sevšek (Punk Rock Holiday, SI), Dan Panaitescu (Sziget, HU), Martin Elbourne (Glastonbury Festival, UK), Jeff Owens (Ghostly International, US), Sasho Yerchenko (tlas Weekend Festival) and Dartsya Tarkovska (Soundbuzz Records)(UA).
International activities
In a way acting as a Slovene music export agency, MENT has been crucial in enlisting Slovene performers to international festivals and showcase events such as Tallinn Music Week, INmusic Festival, Reeperbahn Festival, Eurosonic Noorderslag, Waves Vienna & Bratislava (in collaboration with the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA)), Liverpool Sound City, and Taksirat Festival. In 2015, 12 acts carried out 31 performances at these events via MENT, which also sent its own delegations.
MENT participates in the European Talent Exchange Programme (ETEP), a network of 90 European festivals that encourages the flow of new talent among European festivals.
MENT is a member of the Innovation Network of European Showcases (INES), next to 7 showcase festivals: Budapest Showcase Hub (HU), Enea Spring Break (PO), Linecheck (IT), Live at Heart (SE), Liverpool Sound City (UK), Monkey Week (ES), Nouvelle Prague (CZ), Sonic Visions (LX), Waves, Vienna (AT), Westway LAB (PT). One of its subprogrammes is the INES#talent program, in 2018 among the selected 104 new #talents are 10 bands from Slovenia: Blaž, Čunfa, Leni Kravac, Lynch, MRFY, Natriletno kolobarjenje s praho, NOAIR, Werefox, Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl and КУКЛА.
See also
- Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture
- SIGIC, Slovene Music Information Centre
- Metelkova mesto Autonomous Cultural Zone
External links
- MENT Ljubljana website
- Sigic website
- ETEP website
- INES website
- Compilations featuring songs of Slovene participants at MENT 2020
Gallery
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