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Gramatik, the Slovenian file sharing hero

The Slovenian-born music producer’s global popularity is only rivaled by his commitment to global freedom of information. And yes, he’ll let you rip his latest release Most of you are…

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Ones to Watch 2012: Oknai

We bring you a selection of Balkan-related artists to keep your eye on in the coming year Why Oknai? Because his beats are fatter than Dwight Schrute’s. Because his wobble…

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Metelkova: eighteen years of utopian freedom in a city within a city

Copenhagen has Christiania, Berlin has Tacheles and Ljubljana has Metelkova City, its very own autonomous cultural center and a positively wondrous place Metelkova is situated in the former barracks of…

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Krasni Novi Novi Val

This loose collective of Slovenian filmmakers is a real breath of fresh air in a country where film is usually associated with bad acting, bad storylines and general dreariness. They…

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Menza pri koritu

What makes this place so special is its programme which is stunningly diverse even for Metelkova City’s standards. There are weekly gigs for the jazz crowd here, but these de…

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N’toko

Although he’s just as clever a wordsmith as Sage Francis and Aesop Rock are, we would be doing a disservice to Miha Blažič by merely paralleling him with relatively conventional…

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TAGS: hip hop miha blazic n'toko slovenia

Incurabili

Niko Novak and Bruno Subiotto, two wily vets of the Slovenian rock ‘n’ roll scene, formed Incurabili in 2009. It didn’t take long for people to notice that these guys…

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MUSIC

TAGS: blues incurabili rock slovenia

Demeter

It’s not seldom these days for former punk rockers to try their luck in mellower musical outfits, but a rare few do it with such aplomb as Jure Engelsberger and…

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MUSIC

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Noctiferia

Despite being one of the oldest and most popular metal bands in Slovenia, these guys never rest on their laurels and keep reinventing themselves. What started out as a pagan…

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SKM banda

A quartet that’s named after a Slovenian World War II partisan, Štefan Kovač Marko banda are one of the cool bands signed to the ever-fertile God Bless This Mess label…

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