Stiropor Collective

Though nominally established in 2014, the Ljubljana-based Stiropor Collective has been setting up clubbing and festival events for quite some time now. That is because until 2014 the core of the collective headed Bikofe, a cult and now defunct bar that served as a meeting place for many artists and creative workers of the younger generation. Catering to a somewhat hip clientèle, the bar also had regular clubbing and concert evenings, staging an international mix of very varied musical acts.

In the spring of 2014 it became obvious that due to the neighbours' complaints, Bikofe would not be able to set up events any more. As a result, its managers announced the Stiropor Festival, which presented a very strong line-up that included a number of local artists (most of them also regular visitors of the bar) and a curious selection of contemporary dance music acts, from techno to grime and r'n'b (Dean Blunt, Jessy Lanza, Om Unit, etc). While this festival has an annual frequency, the crew also started setting up monthly club events in the autumn of 2014, bringing artists like Illum Sphere (UK), Mndsgn (US) and Conforce (NL). While they use different venues for their events, their preferred locations can be found in Metelkova mesto Autonomous Cultural Zone.

Festival STIROPOR by Urban Roof on YouTube

Stiropor also acts as a label. Its first release, a double vinyl LP that showcased a choice selection of the Slovene protagonists of the beats scene, accompanied the first edition of the festival. Besides compilations like this, they also started releasing mix-tapes on cassettes. Here it could also be mentioned that, due to Bikofe being the node for many a visual artist and designer, the releases and various promotional materials of Stiropor usually boast quite imaginative designs.

External links

Stiropor Collective

See also

External links

Operated by

Financed by