MUSIC

N’toko

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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 rappers. Why? Because N’toko’s undeniably legit spitting skills (which include

MKDSL

MKDSL

With his own unique treatment of sleazy, minimal electro and acid beats, MKDSL (stands for ‘Mom Says I’m Pretty’ in Serbian) has been uplifting the local clubbing auditorium since the early 2000s. Equally influenced by Aphex Twin and Laurie Anderson,

Marko Nastic

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By far the biggest Serbian DJ star, Nastic made his name in the 1990s when just a teenager, taking up residencies in Belgrade’s iconic club Industria and playing gigs all over the Balkan region with his bandmate Dejan Milicevic as

Incurabili

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 were for real. One just can’t resist some good old

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Demeter

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 Miha Zbašnik. With Demeter, they effortlessly capture the elusive zeitgeist

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MangulicaFM

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One of the most talented young Serbian producers, Luka Papic a.k.a MangulicaFM feels comfortable in the sound of contemporary indie electronics that’s based in dub and instrumental hip hop. Mangulica filters these two through a palette of local ethnic melodies,

Noctiferia

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 black metal band in 1994 morphed into a very serious

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SKM banda

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 from the far northeast corner of the country. They play

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Repetitor

photo by Stanislav Milojkovic

If you thought Belgrade’s short on punk rocking bands with skinny guitar playing frontmen backed by all-girl rhythm sections, think twice. Meet Repetitor, the explosive young trio in the limelight of the recent Balkans rock revival scene. After winning the

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Felony Flats

Felony Flats

This kid sure knows how to get the booties shaking. The hipster crowd’s all favorite Felony Flats is the new breed of the Eastern European ground, raised on a multiplicity of music genres, from black metal to nu rave to