Svojat is a Ljubljana based power trio, high roping above or cascading down no-wave, avant-garde blues, Saharan punk, Beefhearty luddism, and free improvisation.
The band’s key ingredient is Andrej Fon’s Buñuelesque poetry, rendered in such an expressive manner that even listeners who do not speak Slovene are not robbed of aesthetic pleasure. Poderžaj’s electric bass combines the functions of both rhythm and solo instruments thus shifting and expanding harmonic vectors of the guitar and reeds. Drawing from his jazz and free improv background, Drašler’s drumming is mathematically intriguing while sonically poetic.
In 2020, their eponymous debut album Svojat was voted the best Slovene album of the year by Radio Študent,a progressive independent radio based in Ljubljana.
Group members:
Andrej Fon - vocals, guitar
Ivo Poderžaj - bass
Vid Drašler - drums
