★★★★☆ The second release from the upcoming Serbian label Sonic District is a collab between label owner Kepikei and Jackie Dagger, a DJ and producer from Novi Sad and one of the chief operators behind RMNG Show crew. The track…
SHARE Conference adds new artists to the night programme line-up, including Actress, Redshape and Roska Bturn presents: Actress (live) In the last 5 years of running the Werk label, Actress, a.k.a Darren J. Cunningham set himself apart as one of…
Remember our piece on the Yugoslav-Mexian music of the 1950s? Apparently, at the beginning of the Cold War, the socialist Yugoslavia had a thing for Mexican sound, with local mariachi bands spreading throughout the country, armed with sombreros and acoustic…
We bring you a selection of Balkan-related artists to keep your eye on this year In his own words, Neki Stranac was imagined as a Robin Hood of modern music – stealing tracks from famous artists, transforming them and giving…
“Euro Neuro don’t be sceptic / Hermetic, pathetic, analphabetic / Forget all cosmetic, you need new poetic / Aesthetic, ecletic, dialectic” Rambo Amadeus is one of the most important figures of the Serbian-Montenegrin alternative music scene of the 1990s. He’s…
Alva Noto a.k.a Carsten Nicolai, one of the most important audio-visual artists today, joins Blixa Bargeld, the frontman of the legendary German experimental-industrial band Einsturzende Neubauten for a performance at Belgrade’s Resonate media festival Nicolai and Bargeld had been contemplating…
Your worst nightmares about Eastern Europeans are about to come true. On YouTube, at least London-based comedian of Serbian origin David Vujanic has become an underground hit on YouTube with his character “Bricka”, a parody of an Eastern European migrant…
If she had participated in a Romania’s Got Talent show she would’ve left all home-sitting moms with a deep sigh in their hearts. But she’s not that kind of girl Let’s get this straight: Romanian pop music sucks. And it…
If you care about up-and-coming bass-driven music from the British Islands, chances are you might soon come across Brey, a 20-year-old producer behind the latest release of Serbian/British Svetlana Industries imprint. Born in Angola as Breyner Laurindo Da Silva Baptista…
You’d better watch out. Some of the world’s best chapters concerning the future of music starts unfolding in Bucharest The Romanian electronic scene has been responsible for quite a few surprises in the past years, whether you’re thinking of the…
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...
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 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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Hard bosom: top pro-gay tracks from ex-Yugoslavia (Part two) 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 ...
