Trupa Trupa / The Zew / Matte Glossy

TRUPA TRUPA are a band from Gdánsk, Poland. They play a strange yet beautiful mix of psychedelic and post punk. It’s like The Beatles meet Joy Division meet Public Image Ltd meets Sonic Youth. Add a bit of the vibe of Radiohead and you have Trupa Trupa.
Having played Waves Vienna 2017, the band returns to Vienna after a whopping 6 years with two new albums: Of The Sun (2019) and B Flat A (2022). It’s a band that not might strike you immediately as their strength lies in the build-up of moods and atmospheres. Monotonous parts with slight changes in the arrangement but sometimes pack a proper punch. Yet, their melodies, lyrics and song structures are immensely captivating. One of our absolute favourite bands. Trupa has been featured in Line Ups of a number of significant festivals worldwide. including: Primavera Sound, Desert Daze, Rockaway Beach, SXSW, and Iceland Airwaves to name just a few.TT also took part in a legendary NPR Tiny Desk Session and BBC Radio 6 music session (with Iggy Pop as one of their diehard fans).

THE ZEW plays lo-fi cyborg songs directly from the vault, creating celestial sound with guitar effects and vocals. Rooted in classic folk as well as "outsider" music, her lyrics deal with states of liminality and cognition. One of Vienna’s most captivating solo live acts, we’re very happy to have her at Fractal Nights for the very first time.

It’ll be one of those shows where you just close your eyes and let the music carry you away. Check out her new album “1FI1FO” released on Numavi Records:

Behind MATTE/GLOSSY hides Violeta, a former punk singer with classical vocal training, who started Matte/Glossy in Vienna in 2017 with the intention of learning to produce pop songs on her own. After spending time as a singer for several Madrid punk bands (Las Cruces, Primer Premio) she decided to try her hand at pop, but without abandoning her DIY spirit. Inspired by artists like Aldous Harding, Soap & Skin, María Arnal, Fiona Apple… and from her room with her computer and a couple of instruments she started writing songs. Compositions that give a twist to the traditional pop structures, without losing the catchy melodies and adding a halo of darkness thanks to the infinite harmonies and dissonances that accompany her voice, her main instrument of creation and undoubted protagonist of her music. The visual aspect is very important in Matte/Glossy. Violeta makes her own costumes for concerts and collaborates with graphic and visual artists to develop her artistic universe.

Her first performance was in June 2018 at the Praha Art Gallery in Brno (Czech Republic). In autumn 2018 she released her EP “First Recordings” in tape format under the Viennese DIY label Yakamoz and toured Spain and Austria. She has released her debut album in July 2021 under the labels Numavi Records (Vienna) and Snap Clap Club (Barcelona).