El Kachon

This RockLine piece is all about albums by Slovenian artists that dropped last year and are so good they deserve a special shout-out. But still... Not every album by a Slovenian artist released last year actually made it to our…

"»Mi nismo« is, as said, the best El Kachon album released to date. A sextet of outstanding musical characters, delivering an extraordinary blend of full-blooded emotion, passion, brilliant creative freshness and eclecticism that's rooted…

Location: Kobarid / Trg svobode / SloveniaDate: Saturday, 20.07.2019 Summer is hot. Finally. Ahh, too hot. After July's concert onslaught, when we got drenched at gigs in Zagreb for Whitesnake, then at Križanke (Marcus Miller,…

place: Tolmin / Sotočje / Slovenia date: 18.08.2018 If day one of Motörcity festival was the more colorful one internationally, day two, with six acts in total, was all about waving Slovenian and British flags. Around midday the sky…

Bottom line: in its second year, the festival passed yet another baptism by fire on its way to firmly establishing itself among the colorful lineup of festivals that graces the Tolmin confluence every year.

Label: CelinkaRelease year: 2016Production: Dejan RadičevićAlbum length: 26.22 minGenre: Rock / Blues El Kachon are a hard-working, enterprising bunch. The dust from their second studio album "Permanently Lubricated Nuts" had barely…

The switch from English to Slovenian has worked out completely. With the new album, the band has kept its authorial stamp and its recognizable musical character. The artistic maturing, then, goes on.

"El Kachon don't surprise anymore with »Permanently Lubricated Nuts«. With the new album they're cementing their recognizable spot on the Slovenian music landscape."

On their new album, the band keeps carrying the torch for the visionary musical direction already laid out on their excellent studio debut »In The Bush« (2013).

"Lukna was really going off that night. The night was long, and the buzz about El Kachon's great new live show didn't fade for ages after the gig. "

Lukna, the famous club in the famous little village of Prečna near Novo mesto, is up and running again, and El Kachon were the first to play it! A crew with a killer retro sound that blends blues, R&B and rock daring, dressed up with a…

Location: Zagradec / Park "Loka" / SloveniaDate: Saturday, 07.09.2013 This time it went off in Lower Carniola! Between Žužemberk and the Krka! Near Zagradec. A stone's throw from one of the most beautiful rivers in Slovenia. I'm…

From a distance, the venue looked like we'd gone back to the 18th century, when they were making charcoal. Up close, though, you'd be hard pressed to find a better setting for a rock 'n' roll orgy!

"In the Bush" is without a doubt a standout for the Slovenian music scene and one of the best records the Slovenian market received in 2013."

This is an album that came out about 43 years later than it should have. El Kachon are a true progressive psychedelic blues rock outfit, hitting fresh, creative, captivating and above all organic in their songwriting honesty!

"El Kachon blew us away with their perfection and precise tuning, which reaches the level of a flawlessly running Swiss watch. This is a band that Slovenia is short on, so let's hope it gets the spotlight it deserves on the scene going…

Meet a seven-piece band that smells of tradition and brings passion and love to everything they take on. Intricately built and loaded with expressive melodies, this is the story of El Kachon, a juicy new progressive blues rock stew from…

"And so the music side of the five-day Otočec came to an end. The festival kept mostly undemanding visitors happy with its music and its side entertainment, but the worrying part is that their numbers stagnate from year to year."

Rock Otočec kept mostly undemanding visitors happy with its music and side entertainment program, but the worrying part is that attendance has been stagnating year after year.