{"id":3310,"date":"2025-11-23T21:47:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T21:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musiclatvia.lv\/2025\/11\/23\/elizabete-balcus-and-makree-will-present-latvia-at-eurosonic-noorderslag-2008\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T21:47:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T21:47:00","slug":"elizabete-balcus-and-makree-will-present-latvia-at-eurosonic-noorderslag-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musiclatvia.lv\/en\/elizabete-balcus-and-makree-will-present-latvia-at-eurosonic-noorderslag-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabete Balcus and Makree will present Latvia at \u201cEurosonic Noorderslag 2008\u201d."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The annual music festival and showcase \u201cEurosonic Noorderslag\u201d will take place from the 17th till the 20th of January in Groningen, The Netherlands, and two Latvian artists \u2013 Elizabete Balcus and Makree are going to present Latvia this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEurosonic Noorderslag\u201d is the biggest showcase in Europe, gathering approximately 300 bands and musicians, 4000 industry professionals and more than 40 000 listeners overall each year.<\/p>\n<p>Elizabete Balcus is a musician and performance artist who creates neo-psychedelic dream pop that is simultaneously melodic and experimental. Her extraordinary records and visually impressive live performances have put Balcus in the spotlight, and her act in Groningen will be a stop in-between a two-week tour in Luxembourg, France, Italy, Germany, Hungary, Serbia and Romania.<\/p>\n<p>Makree is an electronic music producer and DJ, he appeared on the music scene in 2014 with his track Clouds, released with Swedish record label Metron Music. His music has been acclaimed by labels, radio stations and colleagues across Europe and a little while ago he produced a track together with chart topping artist Secondcity. Their track is set to be released next year with Sony\u2019 sub-labels; the legendary Ministry of Sound and Danny Howard\u2019s label Nothing Else Matters.<\/p>\n<p>10 delegates from several Latvian music companies will also participate in the \u201cEurosonic\u201d conference this year. 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