In the organizer's words:

Silvan Strauss presents Bricknasty at his Two Band Festival

If you don't know Silvan Strauss yet, you should definitely get to know him: his dynamic live performances are characterized by groovy beats and experimental sounds, seamlessly merging jazz, hip-hop and beatmaking into what could be called the jazz of tomorrow. His debut LP "FACING" (via KFR 2021) was a grandiose collection of Madlib-infused beats with foggy contemporary jazz and showcased his talent for loops and bounces. On his latest album "FLUKIN" (January 2025), he's now doing what he does best: playing and capturing the organic moments of communication in real time and making every idea sound really clear and strong. More improvisation, less programming and, above all, more interaction.

Bricknasty

With its infectious energy, soulful chords and soft, lilting vocals, Bricknasty's music moves effortlessly between RnB, neo-soul, jazz and psych, with influences from D'Angelo, MF Doom and Timbaland. As the band members grew together, their music evolved - each contributing to the existing demos as well as the overall identity and vision of the collective. Their palpable harmony and musical synchronicity is particularly evident in their live performances, which generated a lot of word of mouth in Dublin and beyond.

At the heart of Bricknasty's story are the experiences of frontman Fatboy, who grew up in the Dublin suburb of Ballymun - an area known for social problems such as unemployment, high crime rates and drug abuse and closely associated with the heroin epidemic in Dublin in the 1980s and 1990s. External prejudices further reinforced this reputation, meaning that residents rarely had the opportunity to present their own views.