"Zaffer 9 know how to be angry and evil, and it's powerful. There's something fascinating, subversive about a girl coming up and screaming at you. Mother Lode creates a space for the audience to express their anger." Zaffer 9 for Swine Daily
ZAFFER 9 - DEPART
| upcoming shows | |
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| 09.05.26 | Káznice, Brno → |
| 10.07.26 | Vivat Vila VI, Prachatice → |
ZAFFER 9
hypnotic post-club screams
Zaffer 9 brings tenderness into aggressive chaos, crafting a sound that is as confrontational as it is deeply emotive. Their music fuses aggressive beats, witchy synths, and post-club electronics with visceral vocal delivery that oscillates between spiritual chant, folk-inflected singing, and raw, punk-like screams. The result is a tense collision of intimacy and disruption, where vulnerability is masked by sonic brutality.
Zaffer 9 have established an international presence with appearances at Dancity Festival in Italy, performances in Ljubljana, Slovenia (including the MENT Ljubljana), and Fengaros Festival in Cyprus, in addition to an extensive performance history across the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Their live performances erupt with physical intensity, operating on the edge of experimental electronics and dark club aesthetics, while their audiovisual work expands this impact into a distinct visual language. Since the release of their debut EP MILK on the Slovak experimental label Weltschmerzen in March 2023, Zaffer 9 have developed a strong visual identity that mirrors the emotional force of their sound. This is most clearly articulated in the music videos for ALLURE and DEPART, where haunting, post-apocalyptic imagery meets raw emotional exposure.
Their latest and most radical statement to date arrives with the LP MOTHER LODE, released on June 6, 2025. MOTHER LODE is so far their most personal and radical work, a map of their own fictioning landscape bending the boundaries between harsh dystopian sound and soothing promise of redemption. It’s s a drilling probe into the depths of long lost collective trauma and intimate rage that reflects itself through the lens of the digital era. Here, Zaffer 9 pull not gold from the ground, but something far more precious - elusive and heavy raw material that they translate unfiltered into layers of distorted synths, screams, pulsating beats and disturbingly beautiful moments of silence between notes.
Zaffer 9 have established an international presence with appearances at Dancity Festival in Italy, performances in Ljubljana, Slovenia (including the MENT Ljubljana), and Fengaros Festival in Cyprus, in addition to an extensive performance history across the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Their live performances erupt with physical intensity, operating on the edge of experimental electronics and dark club aesthetics, while their audiovisual work expands this impact into a distinct visual language. Since the release of their debut EP MILK on the Slovak experimental label Weltschmerzen in March 2023, Zaffer 9 have developed a strong visual identity that mirrors the emotional force of their sound. This is most clearly articulated in the music videos for ALLURE and DEPART, where haunting, post-apocalyptic imagery meets raw emotional exposure.
Their latest and most radical statement to date arrives with the LP MOTHER LODE, released on June 6, 2025. MOTHER LODE is so far their most personal and radical work, a map of their own fictioning landscape bending the boundaries between harsh dystopian sound and soothing promise of redemption. It’s s a drilling probe into the depths of long lost collective trauma and intimate rage that reflects itself through the lens of the digital era. Here, Zaffer 9 pull not gold from the ground, but something far more precious - elusive and heavy raw material that they translate unfiltered into layers of distorted synths, screams, pulsating beats and disturbingly beautiful moments of silence between notes.