About - AUTUMNIST

AUTUMNIST AKA Vlado Durajka had initially under the moniker Abuse released several EP’s as well as critically acclaimed album The Great Outdoors (2005). The eponymous opus The Autumnist (2009) was music critics’ Album of the Year at the prestigious Slovak Radio_Head Awards. The following offering Sound Of Unrest (2013) experimented with minor change of musical direction, away from electronica and towards more organic sound. Autumnist’s next sonic outing False Beacon (2018) was again very well received both by the listeners and critics, reaping another Album of the Year award.

The new studio album Anatomy of Shadows, which featured several well-known singers such as Nina Kohout, Gabriel Kain, and Matus O, was released in September 2024 and met with enthusiastic reactions from critics and fans.

AUTUMNIST’s live line-up comprises from six to eight seasoned instrumentalists and singers backed by evocative dreamy visuals. The band has enjoyed performing at number of renowned international festivals and venues, such as Eurosonic Noordeslaag, SXSW, Sziget, Pohoda, Colours of Ostrava, BuSH or Cargo, and supported the likes of Recoil, Laika, Cinematic Orchestra, Mouse on Mars or Coldcut.