Mykki Blanco

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Queer rap chameleon, multifaceted artist, poet and performer Mykki Blanco is returning to MeetFactory after ten years, presenting his new album Café Paradiso, a record dedicated to all city kids wandering around the concrete jungle.
 

“If there is one thing I know how to do, it’s how to get the most out of life. Yeah, sure, not everything is perfect. You fuck up. You make mistakes. But hopefully, you’re achieving more than you’re fucking up. Overall, I would say I do well, milking life for all it’s got.”       

When asked which earlier versions of himself appear here, Blanco is unequivocal: “None.” On Café Paradiso, Mykki Blanco is completely reborn, trading the persona-driven theatrics of his previous releases for something more interior and exacting. The album draws on diverse, everyday, yet deeply personal situations from the artist’s life on the road. Shabby diners on Wall Street, drinking beer and playing pool in Belleville, long afternoons spent in tea houses in Tangier… The album is the soundtrack of a man who wanders through the city and moves through spaces where being alone doesn’t necessarily mean being lonely.
 

“Café Paradiso is a record for city kids. It’s heavily inspired by New York, but the New York of now, which isn’t parochial but transatlantic. Café Paradiso is also global. It’s a series of vignettes that speak to the lives lived inside the concrete jungle.”

The night will open with Laokoon – a duo obsessed with sampling reality, driven by a constant impulse to create and push rap beyond conventional musical form. The name is borrowed from the 1970 animated short Laokoon and also references the Trojan prophet Laocoön – as a symbolic warning against deception, glitter, and cheap creation.

Laokoon will bring their fourth studio album Srdcerváč to MeetFactory – a new record that moves into a more personal and exposed territory. The duo has previously opened for artists including Danny Brown, Model/Actriz, dälek and Ecko Bazz.

Tickets:
550 CZK in presale
300 CZK CZK for students with ISIC
650 CZK at the door

Before your visit to MeetFactory, we recommend checking out the page Information for visitors. 

The event is a part of the project Hudební horizonty – podzimní edice, organized in collaboration with dramaturg Václav Havelka and support from the State Fund for Culture of the Czech Republic.