MUSIC

Serbia, an audio travelogue by Eastern Daze

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Easterndaze is a project exploring the best new music from Central and Eastern Europe through a variety of channels. Their 2010 audio odyssey through Serbia was finally aired last week on London’s Resonance FM and you can now grab it

Serbian techno connection: from Belgrade to New York

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Belgrade’s PART collective brings fresh air to the NYC club scene. And they got Matthew Dear to play their New Year’s Eve party “It’s been done before”, say used-to-be-clubbers and aging hipsters who spent the 90’s in techno and house

Help us understand what Indira is singing

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The song you’re about to hear is probably a historic one. It’s the first attempt to try and transfer the authentic Balkan-style turbo folk emotion into French language. The only problem we have is that we cannot understand the lyrics.

Your country needs you: Rita Ora, from Pristina to Portobello Road

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The London girl from Kosovo is Jay Z’s future star. Believe it or not, she’s doing it for her country In today’s world of fame manufacturing, it is not unusual for a record label to build a fan base for

“La Boheme” by 1000names (Svetlana Industries)

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Video for ‘La Boheme’ from Svetlana Industries’ latest vinyl release The Machine City by Bulgarian beatmaking duo 1000names. A brilliant piece of Krafwerkesque machine pop, filtered through a low res CDR instructional video/love story that captures an eery feel of

One hell of a ride: thirty years of Lepa Brena

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The biggest folk star in the Balkans turns fifty. You can’t say the ride was a dull one What would you do if you were a beautiful, twenty-something Muslim blonde in 1980s Yugoslavia, having an incredible voice and even more

Interview: Toby Brundin (Svetlana Industries)

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The owner of Svetlana Industries talks about the shady business of running an international music label from Belgrade via London, the art of slipping through borders and how to market upcoming artists from Eastern Europe I first met Toby Brundin

A short journey through psychedelic Balkan folk music

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We’ve asked Milan Djuric from Shazalakazoo to compile us a YouTube playlist of lesser-known folk music from the Balkans. As expected, the result is a stunning 10 track collection of sheer musical madness, ranging from Macedonian Gypsy bands, through Albanian

Laibach: Manipulation of the Manipulation

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If Goran Bregovic sells the West the stereotypes of the romantic Balkans, Laibach, on the other hand, balkanise the romanticism of stereotypes for the same West. Nazipop icons? Ingenious! The impossible is possible* Laibach are not, of course, Slovenia, just

Keep that bass rolling: Rimming Show is on

Rimming Show

Sweaty, fast-paced beats in various incarnations of bass music and all things body moving, via Belgrade and Novi Sad, Serbia. Currently running on Exit Festival’s Elektrana stage radio. Online every monday from 21h CET. Hosted by Ana, Jung B, Felony