Formed in Zagreb, in 2009, the four-piece audio-visual band Žen combines intricate arrangments and immersive live visuals to create a fully authentic psy indie rock experience. Žen playfully dissects gender stereotypes and connects the boundaries of audio and visual art, evoking journeys through vocal harmonization submerged in a progressive symbiosis of guitar, bass, drums and synths. If we were to try to define them by genre, the closest we would get is a complex form of indie-rock, informed by various style and genre characteristics ranging from post-rock to shoegaze, math-rock, vintage synthwave and experimental electronics. Their debut album, I onda je sve počelo, was released in May 2013 under the queer feminist label Unrecords from Vienna, A. Žen was also included in several compilations: Bistro na rubu šume vol.2, Kompot berba 2013 and !OPASNA! Ženska Muzika, while the Balkan under the radar vol.2: The Black Wave compilation, contained a remix of the song Iskrenost je posebna (Andrea Giordani remix). Early August this year, they announced new album Jantar with a single Kraj Početak. The Album has been released on August 30th under the Unrecords label. Žen has played numerous concerts and gained a loyal audience in the wider region. They’ve played in Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, France, Italy, Denmark and Sweden. "…a surprise that will pin you down to the speakers while listening to the whole album—those wonderful guitar arrangements combined with perfectly blended vocals (...) are closer to Iceland’s Sigur Ros than to the regional rock scene." "They have the groove, the attitude, a unique expression, and they should be applauded for that." (Dubravko Jagatić, tportal.hr) "They create the most contemporary progressive indie-rock, submerged in influences ranging from shoegaze to psychedelia, noise and math-rock" (Vladimir Horvat, terapija.net) "The live performance (...) of these awesome girls left a great impression. Their post-punk/post-rock sound and coherent material, unveiled the hidden face of a different and better Croatian scene, outside of the mass media and autistic radios. (Zlatko Gall, Slobodna Dalmacija)"…a trip to the Bandcamp page and listening to ‘I onda je sve počelo’ was inevitable. And once I was there, there was no going back (...) this album is adorned with relentlessness by which Žen ride through their vision of post-rock. " (Emir Fulurija potlista.com) "Post-rock and experimental movements took the audience to another dimension, engulfing all of their senses." (Soundguardian.com)Žen are: Eva Badanjak – guitar, vocals, synths Sara Ercegović - drums, vocals, synths Ivona Ivković – bas, vocals, synths Tanja Minarik - live visuals
