After several years, Bernays Propaganda returned to us in a some kind "best of" formation two nights ago in Močvara (Zagreb).
With Kristina Gorovska (vocals), Vasko Atanasoski (vocals, guitars) and Deni Krstev (electronics), the band is joined by Rade Jordanovski (bass) and Kristijan Lafazanovski (drums). Parallel to the recently released EP ''Ništo nema da ne razdeli'' and the new album "Druga mladost, treći svetski rat" that is announced for the autumn of this year, Bernays Propaganda is on tour where in 150minutes they perform 33 songs. Apart from the tracks from the Bernays Propaganda catalog, the repertoire will also include some of the songs of other bands in which the band played and still plays (XaXaXa, My Tear, 21st Century and Vasko Atanasoski).

I photographed the concert for music portal Soundguardian

PHOTO GALLERY

Equipment:
Camera: Canon 6D
Lens: L 24-105mm f4
Software: Adobe Lightroom

About Bernays Propaganda :
Skopje-based disco post-punk activists Bernays Propaganda are definitely one of the region's most successful and internationally acclaimed underground music acts.

So far, the band has released four critically appraised full-lengths on Moonlee Records ("Happiness Machines", 2009; "My Personal Holiday", 2010; "Zabraneta Planeta", 2013; "Politika", 2016), toured Europe countless times (more than 100 concerts in 2013 alone) and even toured the US for six weeks in Spring 2014.

2015 opened a new chapter in the band’s history. After a few lineup changes, Bernays Propaganda was reincarnated with a new sound and renewed vision. The result was their full-length "Politika" (released March 2016), which flirted with pioneering new wave. Jangly guitars were set in the background while a stomping drum machine was put to the forefront, dictating a new dancefloor-oriented pace. The new material recalled the sound of New Order and other new wave artists from the early 80s as well as the tropes of German indietronic acts such as The Notwist, a band that underwent a similar sonic transformation on their album “Neon Golden”.

After a brief hiatus between 2017 and 2018, during which Vasko Atanasovski, Rado Jordanovski and Deni Krstev focused on their project 21 vek, an expanded Bernays Propaganda returned in December 2018 with a fresh EP. 3-tracker "Ništo nema da nè razdeli", out on Moonlee Records, Geenger Records, Balkan Veliki and Pop Depresija, comes as an appetizer for the upcoming full length, “Druga mladost, treči svetski rat”, which is set to be released in September 2019.
(Moonlee Records)