Astral People are stoked to announce Kornél Kovács is heading to Australia’s shores for Sugar Mountain Festival in 2017.

Kornél Kovács’ perambulations in music began early and have continued at a pace ever since. Raised on that classic, enviable diet of “proper” music training plus parents with killer music taste, Kovács’ daytime lessons were given texture at night as everything from Kraftwerk and Art Of Noise to King Tubby and Boogie Down Productions wafted through the house.

After a few years in this exquisitely premature retirement, Kovács picked his headphones up again in the mid-00s, and exciting things followed. An unsurprisingly important stint at Red Bull Music Academy in 2008 was followed by the formation of Studio Barnhus with his best friends Axel Boman and Petter Nordkvist.

Kovács’ debut album, The Bells, is out on Studio Barnhus and was recorded during an intensive two-week session in Gothenburg with his friend Matt Karmil. Giving your debut LP the same name as the most influential techno track in history certainly takes balls. But after hearing how the album draws together Kovács’ natural festive musicality and his long-standing love of club rhythmics, you can certainly forgive his confidence.