Join us for a night of dreamy darkwave, and Slavic-inspired live show as ŽIVA returns with new music, joined by special guests Punko and horlin.
Ž𝓘𝓥𝓐 (Croatia/Melbourne)
Lucija Ivšić, former frontwoman of an established Croatian post-punk band Punčke, is the creative force behind ŽIVA, a bilingual music project combining Slavic-pop, darkwave, and experimental electronica. Based in Melbourne, ŽIVA’s energetic live shows feature Lucija building songs in real-time using live looping, vocal processing, and instrumentation, and have sold out across Victoria and Europe. In 2023, her debut album gained worldwide recognition, earning acclaim from Croatian and Australian media. Lucija has won the “Best Electro&OFF” Artist of the Year award and has been featured on KEXP Radio, SBS, 4ZZZ, PBS, and Area3000 radio.
Punko is the solo electronic project of Naarm/Melbourne-based musician and producer, Liv Jansz. Punko is an outlet for channelling stories that reside in the body and the otherworld, fusing elements of pop, ambient and post-punk to create a rich and hypnotic soundscape of synths and layered vocal harmonies.
Since releasing their debut album “Plants Singing” in 2022, they are currently exploring a DIY approach to dance music. Punko’s latest body of work explores the spectrum of isolation and connection, the ocean, the esoteric and evokes a feeling of fertile new-life energy.
horlin is the mononym of Jaak Horlin – a songwriter, vocalist and producer based in Naarm/Melbourne. horlin creates dark, glossy, glitched-out pop music, channeling their heart and vulnerability through a corroded digital lens.
