By Keith Walsh

I just messaged Enej Mavsar in Slovenia to ask how the COVID19 situation is affecting him and the music scene in his region. And though he told me there are no cases of the virus yet in his small country town of Krško, there are fears that the new conservative government will use the crisis as a pretense to transition to martial law.

Before the crisis hit, Mavsar was busy with his three guitar based bands as well as his electropunk group Karmakoma. We were doing “some great shows with Yamamai,” he told me. “The new music is promising.” As for his other bands: “Body Says No, the new single is out when the video is done. Then another song coming later.” Mavsar’s other rock band, Suzi soprano, (lowercase intentional) is on hold for a bit, though he tells me 8 new studio tracks are already recorded.

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“I live in a small town village,” Mavsar says. “No cases of Corona yet, in our area, but the quarantine is here also.” He has heard, as of yesterday, that there are 300 diagnosed cases of the COVID19 virus in all of Slovenia, though conventional wisdom there would put that number at 1000.

As of now, all of Slovenia, like most of the world, is restricted to doing essential activities. This of course, includes time with our families and working on music at home.

For additional info about Mavsar’s experiences in Slovenia and his synth band Karmakoma, visit our sister site, synthbeat.com.

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Header Image Credit: CMK (L-R: Enej Mavsar, Martin Ukmar)