To summarize shortly the first day: Balaton is cool, the fröccs is ice cold, but the artists are the coolest in Zamárdi. Wu-Tang Clan is still part of hip-hop's powerful artillery: the Ice Cream, the Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing Ta F' With or the C.R.E.A.M. still automatically lift the hands in the air. Crystal Castles blows up like a Molotov cocktail and foreigners love Hungarians. We love them too, but if we take a look at the program of Day 2, we'll love MasterCard Balaton Sound Festival even more.
If yesterday's massive dose of hip-hop was not enough; you're in for another ride at MasterCard Balaton Sound Festival. The iconic Hungarian novelty-rap band, Belga takes OTP Bank Stage starting from 4:30 PM where DJ Titusz's tunes could bring either a strong clap beat, or some old school Hungarian rock theme; you can never know. An hour later Nasir Jones aka Nas will show off his twister tongue on MasterCard Main Stage. His classic hip-hop album Illmatic came out twenty years ago, but last year's album (Life's Good) proved that Nas is not only more straight and honest than ever, but he's still full of epic sounds and lines.
If you would prefer to shift between genres, you have more than one possibility. Bin Jip - lead by a lovely young blond singer, Veronika Harcsa - plays music with trip-hop and jazz elements at OTP Bank Színpad. For some real minimal techno tunes, head to Telekom Terasz, because Jan Blomqvist would be a headliner in every disco in the capital of this genre, Berlin. If you're into house music, just stand still at Main Stage and wait for the Flying Dutchman.
Nick van de Wall aka Afrojack blew up the dance floor every time he crossed Hungarian borders. No wonder, he plays at party-series like David Guetta's deal Fuck Me I'm Famous; he has already won a Grammy; and he often works with A-list stars like Beyoncé, Pitbull or Chris Brown. If your legs still want to keep going, head to Sziget Lounge, because Bladerunnaz all-star's drum n bass rhythms will solve all your problems. DJ Ren, Aafro, Slanki, Husky Joe and Mentalien are regular guests of Budapest Jungle.
OTP Bank Színpad promises a bit more serious experience. The fans of Nero or Borgore shouldn't miss the brostep Modestep; the band mixes melancholic songs, dubstep and metal riffs. Matt-U is a Hungarian dubstep mage, who relies on Benga's early brutal sub-bass sounds. He will be accompanied by MC Kemon from Irie Maffia. Shaun Brockhurst aka Doctor P is another brostep master: he has already been to Hungary a couple of times, being a well-known and entertaining character of this genre. According to The Quietus "It's lairy, deliberately dumb, it sounds like a fat drunk bloke belching – and it is an absolute rave beast of a tune. It's really raw and groin level. It is, quite frankly, punk as fuck."
