SKELDOS
An indefinite longing, with a watercolour core running through the music. Unhurried landscapes, echoes of melancholy. The drone ambient music project, which has been around for more than a decade and has been performing very rarely lately, is preparing a special programme for Juodaragis. Vytenis, the author of the project, who used to play in […]
ŽENKLAS X
We are very pleased to announce the legendary pioneers of contemporary Baltic sound – the art group Ženklas X !!! At the video concert we will see a premiere of their elaborated musical film, which will be presented by 5 band members. The band Ženklas X was founded in 1988 at the Vilnius Academy of […]
DJ DO
Ten years have already/only passed since DJ Do’s last performance at MJR. Dovydas Bluvsteinas is the legendary figure of independent music inLituania. On MJR DJ Do will presenta setlist made of the best rock tracks selected for his radio program broadcasts of the 2023-2024 season, including electronic and world rhythms. See you on the air […]
BALTIC BALCAN
A phenomenon that has been raising the roofs for 15 years already! A crew of three men and a dog Pitchka has been creating a musical storm made of mix of klezmer music, Gipsy, Lithuanian and electronic melodies of North Africa and delivered performances almost the entire globe. „It is a great honor and pleasure […]
GIRNŲ GIESMĖS
A cult post-industrial project, MJR’s peer and collaborator since the early days. During its long creative journey, the sound of the Girnų Giesm4s has undergone various sonic changes, but has retained a secret resonance of an archaic, naturalistic worldview. Laurynas Jukonis, the chief miller of the project, has contributed to countless underground bands and projects […]
EDM TRIO
It was 2014, when the Mėnuo Juodaragis was held in Skinderiškis Denrological Park in Kėdainiai district. The theme of the festival wasDreams. DJ Ryklys, the last DJ to play, at the end of a long night, unexpectedly ended his set by playing… M. K. Čiurlionis’ (most famousLituanian composer, The Magus of Music and Art) music […]
SALA
There is always a beginning and an end. And in between, there is ISLAND (Sala), that unpredictable kraken of chaos, always teetering on thebrink of extinction, from whose tentacles confusing rainbows of sound fly out… Audrius Šimkūnas have been guiding the MJR since the veryfirst night in Verbiškės. Sala have started this magical trail from primordial […]
WEJDAS
WEJDAS (ancient Prussian word for God) will dive into the waves of midnight ambient sounds, accompanied by the live lyrics of theonce-existing band AKYS, plucked for Juodaragis from the first pages of the Lituanian fenzines of 90s X I learned the art of cursing by the olddark lake, where only the moon shines, where the […]
MERKŪ
All three girls – Adelė, Saulė and Lina – have been singing Lituanian folk songs and sutartines for many years in various groups and contexts,and this spring we started singing together. You will hear them singing the sutartines in the mornings at the athete by the Juoadargis Great Oak. https://www.facebook.com/merku.folk/
SELUONA
A deep sound of Zarasai region traditions, probably the first Zarasai ensemble to appear at MJR 17 years ago. The winners of the mostprestigious Lituaniain folk music Award, the Zarasai Culture Centre group Seluona cherish culture of their native Selonia and lead ethnotours. The ensemble was founded 35 years ago by Rimutė Vitaitė, a traditional […]
