Past events

The A38 Ship, that has become an alround art-centre and the leading venue for progressive art, entertainment and cultural promotion in Budapest celebrates its 8th birthday with some of his most important colleagues, friends and mates. DJ Palotai is Hungary’s determining legendary underground DJ, the founder of electronic music, drum and bass and breakbeat scene. From 1991 he has been the music editor at the radio station “Tilos” .and also present in the underground music world for more than 20 years with his Futuremusic lineup. Uncountable international and Hungarian festivals have featured him as their pearls. With the aim to present his whole dj-career in its full depth, we start a serie of his gigs, that are going to present one by one all the different epochs of his work. As its first step, in an introductory part he is going to play a gigaset, that will present the main points of his twenty-year long dj-career, without guests, only him focussing on his very best.

True East-European retro image quoting the sixties that goes along with an excellent ska, funk, punk sound and drift. The greatest fun coming from Slovakia! Entry free!

The A38 Ship, that has become an alround art-centre and the leading venue for progressive art, entertainment and cultural promotion in Budapest celebrates its 8th birthday with some of his most important colleagues, friends and mates. Peter Brotzmann has led a number of internationally renowned large ensembles since the late 1960s. Chicago Tentet, is the best among all of them: burstingly powerful, like a cataclysm, yet beautiful and all-round cathartic. The support comes from the great Hungarian saxophone player, István Grencsó's band.

High and deep, funny and sad, drifting and kicking - Erik Sumo Band presents its latest EP in the company of great musicians, lunatic friends and true mates.

An old serie is becoming new and frsh again: the Polvax nights featured the discussions on freedom and democracy in the seventies and the eighties, and will now start again in the good old manner featuring music, ideas, fun, wit and a lot of humour.

Gonjasufi is a rapper, singer, disc jockey and yoga teacher from San Diego, who,coopertates with Gaslamp Killer and Flying Lotus. His voice was described by Pitchfork Media as "a scraggly, scary, smoked-out croak that creeps like the spiritual offspring of George Clinton and Leadbelly".

"Heavy Metal Kings" is a group featuring veteran rappers Ill Bill (Non-Phixion/La Coka Nostra) and Vinnie Paz (Jedi Mind Tricks/Army of the Pharaohs). In 2006, Ill Bill was featured on the single "Heavy Metal Kings" by hip hop duo Jedi Mind Tricks, released through Babygrande Records. The single was released in a limited edition blue vinyl pressing, with every copy signed by group vocalist Vinnie Paz. "Heavy Metal Kings" is the lead single from the group's fifth album, Servants in Heaven, Kings in Hell. The song features a sample from "Boiling Rage (Estuans Interius)" by German composer Carl Orff, taken from his famous cantata Carmina Burana, and a vocal sample from "Front Lines (Hell on Earth)" by Mobb Deep for the chorus. The song's music video was released shortly before the album's release, and featured guest appearances from the group's DJ, DJ Kwestion, and R.A. The Rugged Man.

Az excellent duo from Sweden, whose music world is quite common with Björk's, and its not by any chance that they met great admiration by the audience when they performed on Sziget festival's A38-Wan2 stage last summer. The other act is also experimental and dreamlike by the excellent Singas from Hungary.

Headhunter is a dubstep producer / DJ from Bristol, England, currently signed to Tempa. Starting off with twitchy minimal half-step rhythms on the label Ascension he set up with flat-mate Tech Itch (aka Technical Itch), his sound now occupies a niche section of the dubstep scene , sitting comfortably between the ultra-heavy bass styles of Skream, Benga and his Tempa stablemates, and the deeper Berlin influenced techno side of the dubstep coin, favoured by the likes of Scuba, 2562 & Martyn. His debut album ‘Nomad’ was released in September 2008 on Tempa.

The 25th birthday gig of one of the most original and unique East-European rock bands ever, the Tudósok, that has played from New York's Knitting Factory to Moscow's DOM in some of the best clubs and festivals of the wiorld. A night with an album-release gig, an exhibition, a book-presentation and a huge joy of music insanity .

DJ Format & Mr. Thing bring you closer to god with a mix of breaks , beats & extraordinary music found on unlikely religious records unearthed from charity shops & bargin bins from all around god's green earth.

Darkstar are a 3 piece electronic band from the north of England. Their first LP “North” was released in October 2010 on Hyperdub imprint. Band members include Aiden Whalley (synths,) James Buttery (vocals,) and James Young (beats and bass.). They come in the Decknology serie along with two great Hungarian producers.

Nana Kitade is a Japanese rock and pop singer, songwriter and musician. She is particularly famous for dressing and designing Gothic Lolita fashion, something that many of her fans have in common with her. Many of her songs were used as anime, TV shows, dramas and movie opening/ending/image themes.

An exhibition dedicated to the phtographic genious of József Pécsi whose equisit works have been paraphrased by young photographic talents, who will exhibit their works parallel to the originals. The exhibition will be on show between April 4th and 21st daily from 3 pm to 7 pm at the A38 Exhibition Hall.

The illusionist world champion (meant literally) Soma Hajnóczy presnts his brand new theatre of illusions and humour featuring his excellent fellow artists as well. A night dedicated to magic, wit, humour in the form of an all-round art that is true fun.

A powerful, funny and heartbreaking indie punk rock noise duo right from the very heart of the Los angeles underground along with their great Hungarian mates.

Talent contest featuring more than 650 bands. This night will feature those who got into the semi-.finals and will be in contest to get into the finals. Great music, great talents, great fun!

A long long time ago in a galaxy far far away, two of breakbeats biggest names (Inch from Ctrl Z & Ken Mac from somewhere else) decided to form a new super act for the breakbeat masses. After much discussion with the Breakbeat supergods (Terry Wogan & Rab C Nesbitt) they were given the name "Pyramid".The mission was simple, to tear dancefloors apart and become as big as The Cheeky Girls.Check it out and you will see!

Magashegyi Underground

Environmental film club with promotions of ideas, discussions, screenings, meetings, all with the aim to make the Earth a greener planet.

North London based DJ/producer Alix Perez is one of the strongest young producers in the drum and bass scene and undoubtedly one of its most prolific up and coming DJs. On this night he will present along with his elite friemds the direction in which the future of the dubstep takes.

Folk-punk pub-rock featuring those horrible masters, that will mix for you anything in music just to make you happy and filled with the joy of life. Two great bands, one Irish and one Hungrian on a stormy night!

The number one on the jazz-noise scene, Merzbow's Akita with his companion, the number one and youngest trash-noise-metal-pop genious of Balázs Pándi will present their album in the company of great and heavy guests.

Talent contest featuring more than 650 bands. This night will feature those who got into the semi-.finals and will be in contest to get into the finals. Great music, great talents, great fun!

A night with the most delicate and powerful in new music: the ex-Napalm Death drummer Scorn's uniquely outrageous solo-project, and one of the greatest avant-jazz electronica masters Submerged, who played from Pharoah Sanders to John Zorn, while from home the two leading heroes, Cadik and Palotai will smash.

Folk-funk, etno-punk, psycho-Hendrix and voodoo-jive, it is all the best, craziest and funniest you can wish for on the album-release night of the great Kerekes Band supported by the kicking Shapat Terror formation.

Pop, rock, jazz, blues, hiphop, d'n'b, r'n'b, it is all in one on a stormy night with the passionate funmakers, it is the true betyárs of Hungarian pop.

The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble started off as an audiovisual project, influenced by old silent movie directors such as Murnau and Lang, but also the animations of Jan Svankmeijer or the films of the Quay Brothers that six great musicians play live music along with. Failotron brings stunning jazz to rock sounds, while Cadik will finish the night with his futruristic beats to move all feet. After their stunning debut on the Ship in November now they return to perform with their alter-ego formation, the Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation and two great Hungarian DJs.

Last year's The Best Hungarian Wine-Producer prize-winning vinery will introduce its rarities and specialities along with a refined five-course dinner at a 10.000/pp price.

Watcha Clan are the fierce posse of musical nomads to watch out for lately, their multi-ethnic, multi-groove infusions whip audiences into a dance frenzy, regardless of where in the world W-Clan happen to be on their never-ending tour trail. Along the way they've met talented DJs, fellow musical travelers on dance floor journeys in the languages of dub, ragga, reggae, drum'n'bass and electro, sung to melodies traditional or modern, with arabic and Mediterranean flavorings.

Talent contest featuring more than 650 bands. This night will feature those who got into the semi-.finals and will be in contest to get into the finals. Great music, great talents, great fun!

A huige chartity concert to support the devastated Japan! The best djs on the Hungarian scene unite and play for free to make a huge party of never seen size! All income will be transferred to the Japanese Embassy in Budapest.

Two truly lyric rock bands will smash the hearts and move the bodies in the good old-time club ambient that will end up in a huge party.

The playful genious of Luke Vibert in his Wagon Christ version this time in the form of an album-release fun-wit party featuring the greatest Hungarian masters in the field as well.

With a name that means "new wave" in English and "bossa nova" in Portuguese, Nouvelle Vague's moniker neatly sums up the group's concept: remaking classic new wave singles with a Brazilian pop twist.