We bring you some of the most extraordinary Yugoslav electronic gems recently rediscovered through a bunch of existing and upcoming compilation releases in Europe and the US. Read the part two here In the last couple of years, various collections…
Last week’s U21 football game between Serbia and England ended with racist chants yelled by a great number of Serbian fans to black English players, spurring an internet debate on whether all Serbs are racist. The article originally featured on…
What do Russian businessmen see in contemporary art? This year’s Vienna International Art Fair – The New Contemporary, gathered 122 galleries from 26 countries, in four days in September. The event’s artistic directors, Christina Steinbrecher (Kazakhstan) and Vita Zaman (Lithuania),…
Belgrade Pride has been banned once again. After a lesbian flash mob wedding in the city centre, a controversial art exhibition on sex, politics and religion is on its way. God-fearing ultranationalists are ready to strike and the government is…
When thinking of Croatia the first thing that comes to mind is probably its magnificent Adriatic coast. And where there’s beautiful beaches… surf’s up! Although rather far from the sea, Sisak’s The Bambi Molester’s obviously know how to surf with…
He is probably one of the best slap-bass players around. From jamming with street musicians on the pavements of New Orleans to trading licks with Slim Jim Phantom of Stray Cats and Lemmy of Motorhead, he has performed and toured…
It was the type of doowop you’d play in a haunted house, ‘50s and ‘60s rock n’ roll, stripped bare and thrust into a post-industrial soundscape. Every eye in the audience fixated on the enigmatic figure on stage, lurching back…
The fascinating music project by Serbian sound artist Lukatoyboy continues in Amsterdam. Musicians are invited to play “blind” solo performances mixed in invisible “blind quartets” The idea behind the project is simple. Each artist records one take in a small,…
Piece of Shh, a.k.a Goran Simonoski has been around for a while now. After experimenting in jazz-influenced electronica in the early naughties, he embarked on a more deeper exploration of syncopated rhythms before arriving comfortably at his signature minimal-meets-dubstep sound.…
The Slovenian melodramatic rock band returns with a new line-up and some exciting, fresh material. You can catch them live in Maribor on September 5th, supporting the Icelandic legends Sigur Ros The month of August saw the Slovenian band Melodrom…
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
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The Soviet erotic alphabet picture book from 1931 This precious discovery from the vaults of Stalinism sheds new light on the supposedly sexually repressive communist society of the former S...
The original hipsters: a piece of Yugoslav streetwear history The real hipsters started their journey in ex Yugoslavia. Welcome to 1985 Split, Croatia, the cradle of the hottest legs in the Balkans
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A piece of history: Nazi propaganda posters in Serbia during World War II No Photoshop, no Illustrator, just plain ol' hand-painted Nazi advertising. Though obviously not as cool as the Soviet
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