about
Never Sol is the alias of Prague-based musician, composer, and producer Sara Vondrášková. With modular synths and vocal at the forefront of her creative process, she creates emotionally charged compostitions that fuse analog synths, reverb-heavy production and cathartic vocal textures.
Once rooted in cinematic dark pop, her music has shifted into a more heavier, noisier sound full of distortion- processed vocals are treated both as narrative and abstract sonic elements and rythmical foudnations lay grounded in heavy industrial drums. There’s an existential sonic urge unfolding inside all the decaying synths and reverb-drenched textures, marked by the post-industrial grit of Eastern Europe.
Built on feedback, drone, glitch, and deep introspection, her new language embraces also fragile resistance and vulnerability- invoking a world of slow-burning tension.
Her latest release Tell The Sea I’m Coming Back (Stoned to Death) is a 23-minute long mini album consisting of three compositions for pipe organ and voice. With solo project Never Sol she released two studio albums: Under Quiet (Denovali Records) and Chamaleo (Supraphon) with which she toured in Europe and performed in venues and festivals like Lunchmeat Festival, Superbooth Berlin, Eurosonic Noorderslag, Pohoda Festival, Colours of Ostrava, Electronic Music Festival EMAF Tokyo, Knockdown Centre, Union Pool, Alphaville, Non Plus Ultra, Open The Portal, Essen Denovali Festival, Haldern Pop Festival and more.
DANCE/THEATRE
Since 2015 Sara also composes music for contemporary dance performances and theatre, working with dance ensembles like Spitfire Company, Pocket Art, Manus Marketa Vacovska, TYhle, Burki and composed music for City Theatre of Žilina or Prague City Gallery . In 2021 she has been awarded with Czech Dance Platform Music Award for the performances Seperated (Marketa Vacovska) and Constellations III (Spitfire Company).
OTHER
Sara hosts a radio show at Czech National Radio Vltava focused on alternative adn experimental music scene.