Kornel Šeper has been an active participant in Zagreb’s alternative culture for many years, an enthusiast and initiator of many initiatives on the scene. He was born in 1971 in Zagreb, where he graduated in comparative literature and Russian language at the Faculty of Philosophy. He gained his first experiences working from 1986 to 1990 as a DJ, program editor and organizer of concerts and film screenings at the Črnomerec Youth Club. He is one of the founders of the bands Šumski (1991), Zli bumnjari (1992), Shine Design (1992) and Stampedo (1993). In 1992, he founded the independent record label Kekere Aquarium, which published 25 releases by Croatian and foreign bands until 2000. From 1996 until today, he has been collaborating with the musical and visual artist Milan Manojlović Mance as an editor, producer and publisher of his albums, and he just published an extensive Mance monograph in collaboration with Aleksandar Zograf. In 1996, he joined the Association for the Development of Culture “URK”, a group of young people who at that time relaunched Zagreb’s dying alternative music scene and participated in almost all URK projects, such as the Ponikva eco-cultural festival (1997-2002), Otokultivator – summer school of culture on the island of Vis (2001-2003), Human Rights Film Festival (since 2002), art workshop project Močvarin laboratorij (since 2004), co-founding of the institution Pogon – Zagreb Center for Independent Culture and Youth (2008) .) and the co-founding of the Klubtura Association of Associations, the Operacija Grad Association of Associations and the Association of Concert Promoters Promo. He is one of the founders of the iconic URK club Močvara, where he still works today. Over the years, he has worked as a DJ on the programs Roots of Apparitions, White Rabbit, Swamp of Love and SubNoir. He is the editor of the extensive monograph “The Swamp and the Story of URK”, which was published in 2018.