If by any chance you came across Belgrade’s alternative music scene of the past decade, it’s unlikely you never heard any of bands these boys played. Names like 36 Daggers, Plus Life, Spitliver, Cut Self Not, While, Threesome would probably…
Not that you really care, but today is World Music Day. Two years a go, on June 21, we followed the Serbian sound artist Lukatoyboy performing his 21 microconcerts for 21 elevators in Belgrade, including a municipality, a hotel, a…
Merely a year has passed since their first couple of demo recordings but Ludovik Material already have an extensive local tour, a short European tour, and an a full-length release under their belt. Drawing on (post)punk, trip-hop, trance, electro, noise…
A year and a half after its debut compilation of Eastern European music, Eastern Daze is back with another brilliant selection of contemporary sounds from the region In their own words, “it’s hard to define the sound of the new…
One of Istanbul’s best live concert venues for world music – Babylon, organized yet another stellar festival to kick-start an eventful summer season Turks danced to electro swing beats of Caravan Palace (France), balkan-infused ska and trip hop beats of…
Part two of some of the best Yugoslav pro-gay music videos and song lyrics from the 1970s onwards. Ranging from post-punk to electro-pop to traditional folk, many of these tracks were written by some of the coolest regional artists, back…
We’ve compiled some of the best Yugoslav pro-gay music videos and song lyrics from the 1970s onwards. Ranging from post-punk to electro-pop to traditional folk, many of these tracks were written by some of the coolest regional artists, back in…
If you don’t know the gateways, you’re not in. But if you do, welcome to hell Everybody thinks Vienna is boring. Remember, Vienna is the origin of Decadent. There is no such city like the old, Austrian capital. White, pale…
BTURN magazine & SHARE Conference present: ACTRESS (live), REDSHAPE (live) Saturday, 28 Apr 2012, 23:00h / The Tube – 21 Simina, Belgrade (SER) Actress Music of this enigmatic London-based producer is pretty much based on the elements of lo-fi aesthetics,…
We need this woman to become a superstar Grotesque, bizarre and trashy at first glance, with her mutated, self-produced R&B that sounds like Ariel Pink and Night Jewel overdosing on auto-tune, the 26-year old Doris Bizetic Nygrin absolutely kills it.…
The real Croatian hipsters (Split 1980s) A piece of street history from Split, Croatia 1985 showing a high awareness of popular fashion of the time. Not much different from what...
Bulgarian prom day Yes, prom is that special event in your life when you celebrate the useless years you spent in high school getting drunk, cheating on ma...
The real Balkan prom Bulgarians know how to get to the point
Yes, prom is that special event in your life when you celebrate the useless years you spent i...
McDonald’s in the Balkans: a brief history From a source of national pride to a symbol of US imperialism, the American fast food chain has left its mark in the Balkans
In March...
