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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

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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The last superhero in the world

Martin Strel swimming through the Amazon river, 2007

A little fat and a little deranged, 57 year-old Slovenian Martin Strel swims the Amazon while drinking two bottles of wine a day. He is everything you are not. So why not go with him on a swimming tour? Described…

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Contemporary Slovenian design at Dutch Design Week

Black Cherry Lamp by Nika Zupanc for La Femme et la Maison / photo: Dragan Arrigler

After a successful premiere at London Design Festival, with more than 9,000 visitors in just four days, the exhibition Silent Revolutions: Contemporary Design in Slovenia is currently on display on Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven, Netherlands Bringing more than 25…

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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 black metal band in 1994 morphed into a very serious…

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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 from the far northeast corner of the country. They play…

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City of Women @Ljubljana (SLO)

One of the artists from this year's City of Women: Justyna Koeke, "Monument", performance in Paris, 2008.

October 5 – October 15, 2011, Ljubljana, Slovenia 17th International Festival Of Contemporary Arts: City of Women In October, the city of Ljubljana will transform into the City of Women. The common denominator for artists and other guests, hosted in…

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Laibach: Manipulation of the Manipulation

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…

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Jazz Club Gajo

As the old saying goes, every decent city needs a nice jazz club. And Jazz Club Gajo sure is nice. Founded by a renowned Slovenian jazz drummer Drago Gajo more than 15 years ago, the club is currently a summer-only…

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Gromka

Occupying the central position in Metelkova City with its pointy-roof open-air Schengen Kitchen, Klub Gromka and the wittily named Square With No Historical Memory in front of it are probably the most emblematic places of this club-filled area of Ljubljana.…

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