Cuvious

Founder and leader of Lilian Goth Art Prod., operating since 2007. DJ, promoter, event organizer.

In the early to mid-2010s, during the initial phase of the post-punk and darkwave revival, he was one of the first to introduce to a broader domestic audience bands that were either unknown or barely known in Hungary at the time, such as Lebanon Hanover, She Past Away, The Beauty Of Gemina, Linea Aspera, Minuit Machine, Kaelan Mikla, Ash Code, Boy Harsher, Selofan, and The Soft Moon. He also played a key role in popularizing the Dutch Clan of Xymox and the Italian The Frozen Autumn in Hungary.

Before the Russian post-punk trend emerged, he began playing music by Slavic-language bands that also touched on post-punk, such as Kino, Siekiera, Borghesia, Morbidi I Mnoci, Notchnoi Prospect, and Ploho. Under the name 'KONEC FILMA', he has organized seven successful "Russian post-punk" events – being the first in Hungary to thematically feature this music genre at public events.

He has long been involved in promoting French coldwave, Neue Deutsche Welle, and relevant Italian, Greek, Latin American, and Spanish bands. His 'NOCHE TRISTE' party (with REVERIE) was the first Hungarian attempt to give Latin American and Spanish bands a more prominent presence, with a whole evening program focused on them.

His repertoire includes notable 1980s rarities, the latest releases, as well as seminal, defining bands. With his 'DARK DISCO' series in 2016, he showcased newer, darker music (synth, minimal wave, dark techno). His more eclectic series, 'HEROES (1972-1996),' which presented music beyond just dark and post-punk scenes, also ran successfully for years. He has organized several memorial events for DAVID BOWIE.

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The main directions around which he organizes his events and DJ sets include:

DARKWAVE, GOTHIC, POST-PUNK, MINIMAL WAVE, COLDWAVE, ELECTRO-PUNK, NDW (Neue Deutsche Welle), EBM (Electronic Body Music), TBM (Techno Body Music), INDUSTRIAL, DEATHROCK, SHOEGAZE, DREAMPOP, NEW WAVE, SYNTHWAVE, DARK SYNTH, SYNTHPOP, FUTURE POP, INDIE, DARK ELECTRO, NEOFOLK, MARTIAL INDUSTRIAL, MEDIEVAL MUSIC, DARK CABARET, PROTO-PUNK, GRUNGE, NEO-PSYCHEDELIA, AVANT-GARDE, EXPERIMENTAL, DARK POP, SUBPOP.

He has held events at several clubs in Budapest or been invited to perform at them.

Among them: A38, Dürer Kert, Akvárium Klub, the former RoHAM Bár on Dohány Street, R33 Klub, ShowBarlang, Turbina Kulturális Központ, Edith, Auróra, KAZI, Alcatraz, Szabad az Á, Riff, Zeg Zug, 101 Klub, S8 Underground Klub, Fészek Kulturális Központ.

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Under the name LILIAN GOTH ART PROD., he has organized over 200 smaller and larger events. He was the organizer of the first performances in Hungary (2014, 2015) by the now cult-status Turkish darkwave band She Past Away and the legendary Italian band The Frozen Autumn.

He has been a guest at the FEKETE ZAJ FESTIVAL several times. For example, in March 2022, at the invitation of ZAJ, he performed a 2-hour darkwave DJ set at AKVÁRIUM KLUB, prior to the now essential band LEBANON HANOVER.

In collaboration with Black Head Agency, he has conducted video interviews with prominent bands such as Frontline Assembly, Leæther Strip, Project Pitchfork, Covenant, VNV Nation, Clan Of Xymox, and Front 242.

He has had the opportunity to showcase his work three times in Vienna (Kraftwerk After Show, Schattenwelt Festival), and is one of the lucky few to have performed in New York. There, he played in an underground radio show and a Brooklyn goth club.

His events are occasionally enhanced with literary introductions, interludes, and for several years, a hypnotic 3.5-hour video compilation has accompanied him to every venue, consisting of footage from art films, avant-garde works, and film etudes as a visual experiment.

He was the chief editor for many years of the now inactive Facebook page **Mindennapi Kortárs Magyar Vers (**Daily Contemporary Hungarian Poem), which had 13,000 followers.