Mala Herba
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Biografía
- MALA HERBA is a solo project of a sound artist and queer music activist Zosia Hołubowska. Their sets fluctuate between minimal darkwave, experimental interpretation of Eastern- European traditional music, noise soundscapes, and dark techno.Based on traditional music, magic and demonology of Eastern Europe, Mala Herba explores queerness and sex-positivity. Powerful, witchy vocals are weaved into hypnotic beats, cold baselines, and romantic synthesizer melodies. There's something gothic and dramatic to it but nevertheless "this" makes you dance. Sometimes the melody cracks, the voice becomes a magic spell and the song transforms into a noise soundscape. But then the arpeggio kicks back in and your bones resonate with the italo-disco inspired bass and rhythm. Since their first gig in Vienna in 2017 and a debut art tape released by TRANSFORMER, MH has extensively toured Europe, playing shows in Austria, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Poland, Serbia, Croatia, and the Czech Republic, including festivals like Pop Fest (AT), Bent Fest (UK) and Tauron Nowa Muzyka (PL). In 2018, their tracks were featured on compilations by DKA, Transformer, Saudade and Rusted Teeth Records. Mala Herba is a member of Oramics, a Polish collective dedicated to empowering women, non-binary and queer people in the electronic music scene, and an independent booking agency. Holubowska is also a founder and curated of Sounds Queer?, a flying feminist synthesizer laboratory, which organizes workshops on electronic music and queer sounds, performances, and concerts showcasing everything that's odd, weird and queer.̸2017 debut art demo tape // Transformer 2018 "Szczodre Gody", contribution to DKA Tape Program Part II 2018 "Do Ognia Pani", contribution to Saudade and Rusted Teeth benefit tape for White Helmets in Syria 2018 "Wszystko Marność", contribution to Transformer VA tape
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