Kin Teal | poppyseed | mʊdʌki | Sturmherta | ZEL.ζ

KIN TEAL

Kin Teal (Bálint Haller) is a Budapest-based producer who makes organic and tactile music rooted in club culture. So far, he has released two EPs through London-based Tropopause Records and New York-based Human Pitch. His latest release, "Undercurrent," was a single on Scuffed Recordings. The main aim of his project is to express the contrast and connection between nature and humanity by juxtaposing natural textures with machine-made ones — a sensibility that is clearly present in his latest work, *circadian*.

POPPYSEED

Poppyseed (a.k.a. Csenge Csató) is a Budapest-based graphic artist and music selector. Her mixes and DJ sets often span a wide range of genres, typically with a focus on bass-heavy tracks. She is one half of the DJ duo Lazy Calm Raga, which also hosts a biweekly show on Lahmacun Radio.

mʊdʌki

Polina Khatsenka is a Belarusian audiovisual artist and sound designer based in Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic. Her work explores spatial audio, site-specific installations, and sonic performance, often through collaborative and self-organized projects. A PhD candidate at Jan Evangelista Purkyně University, she also teaches at Kunstuniversität Linz and co-runs the phonon~ crew, curating experimental music and sound art in immersive formats.

STURMHERTA

STURMHERTA’s *RESi* exists on the edge of sound art and post-club experimentation — a dense, tactile body of work shaped by physical feedback, resonant materials, and sculptural compositional methods. Created through live performance, re-recording, and the sonic manipulation of objects such as cymbals and snares, the album transforms digital synthesis into raw, spatial sound. Released by phonon~, a collective dedicated to marginal music and media art, *RESi* reflects a shared pursuit of embodied sonic experience and new listening environments.

ZEL.ζ

ZEL.ζ is a Taiwan-born freelance artist, DJ, and model recently introduced to the Budapest scene. Her creative practice is deeply influenced by her connection to nature, often exploring the tension between the natural world and industrial society. As an emotionally rich storyteller, she blends experimental elements with high-intensity energy. She is a resident host on Hong Kong Community Radio (HKCR) with her show *ζETACORE*, where she focuses on abstract sound, deep emotions, and heavy drums. Her mixes have appeared on platforms in Melbourne, London, Bologna, Budapest, Milan, and Prague.

phonon~

phonon~ is a collective and association based in Ústí nad Labem since 2017, dedicated to experimental electronic music and spatial audio. Through events, releases, workshops, and research, they support quadraphonic, octophonic, and Ambisonic formats. phonon~ collaborates with local institutions, offspaces, and international artists, and has been featured at festivals such as M3, LUFT, and TRAŤ, as well as at venues like Pragovka and Schafhof.

EXILES

Exiles Electronics (EXILES) is a Budapest-based independent record label that has been showcasing experimental music from Hungary and Central & Eastern Europe since 2016. Operating without cultural funding or traditional distributors, the label has released 93 albums (on cassette, vinyl, and digital) and organized over 100 immersive events in clubs, listening bars, festivals, theaters, and churches across Budapest, Vienna, Prague, and Bratislava.

Artwork by Márton Tóth