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Maťkovia were a [[:Category:Czechoslovakia|Czechoslovak]] group of studio musicans led by [[Martin Burlas]], active from 1982 to 1986. They are considered the founders of the alternative / indie rock scene in [[:Category:Slovakia|Slovakia]].
 
Maťkovia were a [[:Category:Czechoslovakia|Czechoslovak]] group of studio musicans led by [[Martin Burlas]], active from 1982 to 1986. They are considered the founders of the alternative / indie rock scene in [[:Category:Slovakia|Slovakia]].
  
Their music was influenced by punk, new wave or synth-pop bands, adding a taste for the ironic. Their songs were recorded in legal studios (mostly in IRŠ Tlis studio) and distributed on cassettes or reel-to-reel tapes underground due to disapproval by the communist government.
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Their music was influenced by punk, new wave or synth-pop bands, adding a taste for the ironic. Their songs were recorded in legal studios (mostly in IRŠ Tlis studio) but distributed on cassettes or reel-to-reel tapes underground due to disapproval by the communist government.
 
   
 
   
 
After fall of communism in Czechoslovakia in 1989, they released a compilation LP on Zoon Records in 1991.
 
After fall of communism in Czechoslovakia in 1989, they released a compilation LP on Zoon Records in 1991.
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Mat'kovia. Photo sourced from Discogs

Maťkovia were a Czechoslovak group of studio musicans led by Martin Burlas, active from 1982 to 1986. They are considered the founders of the alternative / indie rock scene in Slovakia.

Their music was influenced by punk, new wave or synth-pop bands, adding a taste for the ironic. Their songs were recorded in legal studios (mostly in IRŠ Tlis studio) but distributed on cassettes or reel-to-reel tapes underground due to disapproval by the communist government.

After fall of communism in Czechoslovakia in 1989, they released a compilation LP on Zoon Records in 1991.

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