Alter Lego Tour: Francis Tuan + Cinemon + Pozory + Black Radio

Four different rock bands from four cities will present four different styles and temperaments on a joint tour of Poland.

What they have in common is that they are playing with their music like colourful building blocks – and at the same time quite seriously and consistently building a new alternative guitar scene. If you want to listen to fresh playing, without the production powder and hints of algorithms, you'll get the whole package at Alter Lego. Black Radio, Cinemon, Francis Tuan and Pozory have been stirring up the Polish underground for a few years now, surprising with new albums and singles. Their music can be both fanciful and rough – the direction is dictated by the imagination, just like when constructing a building from bricks.

Pozory is a power trio from Warsaw, which made its debut in the Polish alternative scene in 2021 - but at the same time, they’re very much experienced in playing together, having previously co-founded the bands The Procrasters and The Y. They made their debut as Pozory with the release of 9 tracks in 9 months, which make up the band's first album Wahania. They describe their lyrics as "a little bit nostalgia and a little bit party,” and the music as influenced by the likes of Jack White and Queens of the Stone Age.

Black Radio is a Lodz, Poland rock band formed in 2008. Their music is energetic, melodic rock, inspired by the likes of Foo Fighters or Kings of Leon. They were finalists of the TV talent show Must Be the Music, winners of twenty-five national music festivals, and have played more than 300 shows, including at major Polish rock events.

A rock power trio from Krakow, on stage since 2005. Described by Jarek Szubrycht as the best American band in Krakow, the lineup is inspired by classic rock, grunge and contemporary alternative rock; in their own words, they mean to be catchy, noisy and real. They have eight releases to their credit, on which they have collaborated with Mikołaj Trzaska, Misia Furtak, Mark Rains (Rival Sons), Denis Blackham (Eric Clapton, Black Sabbath), Mark Szwarc (Pink Freud, Lao Che, Natalia Przybysz), among others.

Francis Tuan (born Fryderyk Nguyen) is a musician with Polish-Vietnamese roots. Contemporary alternative, indie pop and even typically Polish rock harmonise in his music with oriental instrumentation and dirty guitar sounds. Francis describes the world from the perspective of a sensitive male and alludes to issues affecting today's young adults. He has played at Open'er, Halfway Festival and Slot Art Festival.