#Hip Hop Balkanic

[belog-grada-crna-princeza]

"ništa ti ne znaš" - uglavnom tako završi

možda i ne znam al ne želim ni da naučim.

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ART BOX portal interview with Joker Out’s Bojan Cvjetićanin and Kris Guštin

“NEW WAVE: JOKER OUT – A NEW GENERATION OF THE OLD SOUND”

Interviewed by: Sara Stojev

The Slovenian band Joker Out performed for the first time in Belgrade, at this year's Beer Fest. Joker Out was formed in 2016 and has been present on the Slovenian and Balkan scene for seven years. They have two successful albums Umazane misli and Demoni. At this year's Eurovision Song Contest, the band represented Slovenia with the song Carpe Diem. They took 21st place in the final, but the band achieved significant success after the Eurovision. In addition to the previously planned Balkan tour, Joker Out is performing throughout Europe this summer. While they performed in Ireland in June, they have a scheduled Great Britain tour in July, and in September they are expected to tour the countries of Scandinavia: Finland, Sweden, and Norway (T/N: Finland is not a part of Scandinavia).

Joker Out. Photo: Ursa Premik

Joker Out attracted a lot of public attention in Serbia as well. At the Beer Fest, they performed in front of a large audience and created a phenomenal atmosphere. This band is proof that Slovenia has a music scene that can conquer the Balkans and achieve the success that the Serbian, Croatian and Bosnian music scenes achieved. The band consists of singer Bojan Cvjetićanin, guitarist Kris Guštin, guitarist Jan Peteh, drummer Jure Maček and bassist Nace Jordan.

We spoke with frontman Bojan and guitarist Kris ahead of their performance at Beer Fest.

Your music is a fusion of different genres. You stated that you do not define the band through one specific genre. How would you describe that fusion?

Bojan: All the members of the band listened to different music while growing up, but we all met in some English indie rock. Each instrumentalist expresses his own musical taste. For example, Jan prefers a mix of metal and hip-hop, while Kris is a big fan of the Beatles, Fleetwood Mac and Dire Straits, i.e. classic rock. I grew up with ex-YU rock. We all listened to some Slovenian bands such as Siddhartha, Big Foot Mama, and Dan D.

Kris: We actually have a definition of our sound, which is Shagadelic Rock n' Roll. We took Shagadelic from Austin Powers, and we think that phrase describes us the best.

Music is a broad concept in itself. We can conditionally divide it into pop music and the cultural-artistic scene. Your music certainly belongs to the cultural-artistic scene. How do you perceive such scene in Slovenia and in the Balkans in general? How does Joker Out fit into it?

Bojan: After talking with colleagues from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia, we can conclude that the Slovenian rock and roll scene is currently the most active and receives the most attention. There are many bands in Slovenia that perform at gigs and festivals and also have the possibility of doing independent concerts. Those bands cover a wide range of generations who are fans of such music. In this spirit, a large number of fashion designers and graphic designers, for example, have appeared in the last five to seven years. Slovenia currently has a very positive view of the music scene and culture in general.

Kris: At the same time, we don't have a pop scene like there is in Serbia.

Bojan: That kind of music and the raft and club culture does not exist in Slovenia in the same way. Folk music is certainly played, but it often happens that these performers perform in the same place where some rock and roll bands perform, for example.

Joker Out, Belgrade. Photo: Vida Orahek

The band was formed in your teenage years. What were those beginnings like?

Bojan: We formed the band in high school. Joker Out was the product of a larger goal. Before Joker Out, I founded the band Apokalipsa in 2012. Kris and Jan formed their band Buržuazija a little later. We achieved minimal but significant success with Apokalipsa in a smaller circle in Ljubljana. Kids used to come to our gigs. Kris and Jan used to come, too. Everything was at the beginner level. Our wish was to raise it to a higher level. I went to a concert where I heard Kris and Jan play, I liked it and that's why I invited them to form a new band. Thus, in 2016, Joker Out was born.

What moment do you consider crucial for the transition from an amateur band to the successful band that you are today?

Kris: There are a few moments like that. The first is when we won the Špil League in 2017, the biggest band competition in Slovenia. Our second single Omamljeno telo was released after that, which achieved the first major success. We released the single Gola in 2019. The song was quickly picked up by major and commercial radio stations. We already knew then that we are going to do something big. I think that our decision to perform at Eurovision was also crucial because it happened at the right moment.

You have two albums behind you, Umazane misli and Demoni. How are they different and how are they similar? What is authentically Joker Out about them?

Bojan: We see more similarities than differences. We wanted them to be different, but it didn't happen to the extent we expected. Both albums are quite melodic. I think the first album had a slightly lighter tone, both thematically and sonically, and I would say a little less experimentation. The first album was the result of two years of making music, some singles developed into an album, so I wouldn't say it has a thread. Demoni had that, it was made as an album and we worked on it actively for five months. We stepped out of our comfort zone for the first time and went to other studios where we had not played before. I would say the second album is more coherent.

What will you change on the next album compared to the previous two?

Kris: We don't have any plans for the third album yet, but we want it to be a bit more thick, like the songs A Sem Ti Povedal on the first and Katrina on the second album. Also, we want it to have songs in other languages as well. In addition to Slovenian, we hope that there will be songs in Serbian, Croatian, English, Spanish and French.

Joker Out, Belgrade. Photo: Vida Orahek

This year you represented Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest. What was the experience like for you? How do you explain the success you achieved after Eurovision?

Bojan: Eurovision was a very positive experience for us. Everything we hoped for in our careers has happened after Eurovision. Our goal at the Eurovision itself was to remember the year 2023 as a year where the Slovenian national team was good, as well as to see if we could gain fans outside of Slovenia, which turned out to be possible. Eurovision is one of the biggest spectacles in the world. There certainly are big and powerful players there, it was the same this year. Although we didn't get the best place, we think we did a great job. The success we achieved is much more important to us than winning without anything happening in our career after the competition.

You are now doing a summer tour that will last until the end of September. What can we expect after the tour?

Kris: There will be new music for sure. We are planning a new single at the end of summer. The tour covers Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina in our area. In addition, we will be touring the UK and Scandinavia. After the tour, we will hold our biggest concert to date at Arena Stožice in Slovenia on October 6th, which is already sold out. We will have two performances in Zagreb in November. We are performing in Novi Sad in October. We are planning more European and Balkan tours after all these events, as well as new music.

Collaborator of the Art Box portal with the band Joker Out in Belgrade. Photo: from a private archive

As Kris and Bojan mentioned, Joker Out returns to Serbia on June 28, with a performance at Arsenal Fest in Kragujevac. The band announced this week they will also be performing at SKCNS, at Fabrika.

Article translation by: Teo @/yiboego on Twitter DO NOT REPOST!

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Year-End Poll #65: 2014

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As mentioned in the previous poll, we're now seeing streaming services like Spotify taking over music consumption. Much like how Billboard had to adapt to individual retail sales in the 1950's, MTV rotation in the 1980's, Nielsen SoundScan in the 1990's, and YouTube views in the early 2010's, Spotify streams are now going to be incorporated more into Billboard's charts, with their album charts adapting to this shift in late 2014.

But before we welcome in another chart, 2014 is the year we'll also have to say goodbye to one. It feels like just yesterday we were talking about the rise of the ringtone. But as musical ringtones were starting to fall out of favor in the general public (with streaming people were growing accustomed to no longer having to pay 99 cents for a song -- they weren't going to pay 2 dollars for a snippet of one), Billboard's ringtone charts were retired in 2014, with Taylor Swift's Shake It Off as the final number 1 ringtone in America.

In 2014, we're seeing the continuing rise of retro-inspired production, with the neo soul of Pharrell Williams' Happy, the doo-wop pastiche of Meghan Trainor's All About That Bass, and the funk elements of Ariana Grande's Problem. And with Jason Derulo's Talk Dirty sampling its hook from Balkan Beat Box's Hermetico, it seems like this was a pretty good year for brass samples. Also fun fact about Happy, apparently that song was Pharrell Williams' tenth attempt at writing a song for the Despicable Me 2 soundtrack. Sadly, we will never hear those other 9 versions. Or else I would have put all of them on this poll.

Speaking of musical influence, we're also starting to see trap starting to rise in mainstream popularity. Trap music is a style of rap originating out of the southern hip-hop scene, notable for its 808 drums, snares, and triple-timed hi-hats. The origins of the style can be traced back to the 1990's during the rise of southern rap, with many trap acts coming out of Atlanta and Memphis. In fact one of the guest rappers on today's poll, Juicy J on Katy Perry's Dark Horse, is one of the pioneers of this style with his group, Three 6 Mafia. While Three 6 Mafia is associated with a variety of subgenres (gangster rap, horrorcore, crunk, etc), the trajectory of trap music can often be traced back to them. I don't usually give out homework on these polls, so instead I will just strongly suggest that you check out Mystic Stylez if you haven't already. We'll have to wait a few years until we see the explosive growth of the modern trap movement in the mainstream.

[barstoolblues]

kind of funny to criticize this sites music taste for being white and insular and then say you listen to mainly balkan music and list almost exclusively white balkan hip hop and rock bands

[longeyelashedtragedy]

get to know me tag from @heffer-wen this is a good one!

tagging: @perfectpiety @echthr0s @colorsofmyseason @kvaradonaa @protect-daniel-james @thundercrack @arsenalgbt @steeple-sinderby-wanderers @lamperry4ever (this is all optional of course!!!)

1. Do you make your bed?

I only properly make my bed when I change my sheets, but I can't stand to have the bed looking janky when i come home, so I wrestle with my thicc blanket until it's decently even and neat on the bed, and if the pillows have gone wild I'll straighten them out a little. if any of my over 9000 stuffed animals are on the floor I'll pick them up of course.

2. Favourite number?

24! my birthday, and a nice solid good number, can fit lots of other numbers into it. 17 has been an Important number for my bff and me, and I have a religion based fondness for 18...but 24 it is.

3. What's your job?

my job is very cool and specific and I love it, but it's not one I would ever want to mix with my online persona for various reasons. in fact I've always worked in an "industry" that I think should never mix with my nsfw ways on here. always happy to talk about it in private!

4. If you could go back to school would you?

oh hale to the FUCK no. I hate school. I haven't liked school since I graduated high school. my brain can't be made to think like that and do so much work to other people's specifications--and then there's sitting in class and having to listen to other people talk, I couldn't give less of a shit if I tried! I'm a voracious self directed learner--I want to learn something new like, every second--but this doesn't translate well into a school setting.

unfortunately--a job I think would be really cool to have, I'd have to get a master's and certification, and while I think I'd be great at the job, I'd be right shit at the kind of work the degree requires you to do to pass. (I could easily do the job with good mentoring and maybe like...one course, but that's how so many things are.) Maybe if I marry rich I'd go back! Frank lampard step the fuck up!

5. Can you parallel park?

I could do it just to pass my driver's test and have done it like. twice since. I'm terrible 😭 I have visual-spatial-perceptual whatever deficits and just can't do it. I also have a spot missing from my peripheral vision on my left side so parking on that side is even more confusing. my sister however is great at those things and yet she also can barely parallel park, you should see the two of us try to do it together, it's a full on yakety sax comedy. the WORST is here in the city, people stop on the street and give you unsolicited advice while you park and this gives me so much anxiety that I can't even remember what to do.

6. Do you think aliens are real?

not really? I suppose there's sentient life somewhere but is it likely to be humanoid? I'm terrified of space (I'm one of those would rather go to the bottom of the ocean than outer space freaks) so I try not to think about it

7. Can you drive a manual car?

what to heck,,,,,,,,,,,,of course I can't 🇺🇸 shamed by having to pay more to rent an automatic when I've driven in Europe

8. Guilty pleasure?

disregarding my dietary restrictions? I also have the bad habit of reading what scents my hot favs wear and then buying cheap samples. today one arrived that I forgot I'd ordered so now my wrists smell like chanel allure. I'm indifferent? it smells like Ladies' Perfume

what else...idk, I'm not too guilty about my pleasures really

9. Tattoos?

none--I have a couple of ideas, but have never been tempted to actually do it?

10. Favourite colour?

black and pink!

11. Favourite type of music?

I like things that are loud and repetitive and insistent. sometimes screechy. I like listening to other languages. my favorite instrument is the bagpipes (how do I say that in a grammatically correct way ffs) if that helps! will always go for: good rap/hip hop, 80s thrash metal, eastern european/balkan folk music, techno (the darker and more berghainy the better), other weird electronica, the beatles, most things that came out of the 80s

12. Do you like puzzles?

the kind with pieces? those are fun, I just don't have any room to spread one out. other kinds, like logic and shit, absolutely not, my brain doesn't work like that at all

13. Any phobias?

insects, and the main one: food contamination, but not the kind you're thinking--I definitely am more anxious than the average person about the food I eat being contaminated, but what the phobia actually is is more like...places where food shouldn't be being contaminated by bits of food...It's very specific and I've always had it but it's getting worse as I get older. like, imagine if you go into a restaurant and there's a couple of crumbs on the chair, or like, a bit of dirt on the underside of the waiter's tray. you'll just brush them off, right? or like, just not care about the bottom of a tray? I feel sick to my stomach and my heart is racing a bit just imagining this. what a privilege!

I'm also fucking terrified of being alone in elevators, but I'm not sure if that counts as a phobia? (I'm afraid of getting stuck in one by myself--as long as there's another person in there I don't care lol)

14. Favourite childhood sport?

swimming was my only one--I begged for lessons, started young, and was pretty good, did a swim team and everything. otherwise I am horrible at sports--I can't run (never could), and have no hand-eye coordination (did some occupational therapy at age 18 but it was Too Late), and again, those visual perceptual spatial issues! I wasn't terrible at floor hockey and volleyball in gym class I guess. footy was my worst 😭 in 8 years of gym I scored one goal--an own goal

15. Do you talk to yourself?

Not really.

16. What movies do you adore?

hmmm...I am not a huge movies person, but here's a list:

mulholland drive

mary poppins

the producers (mostel/wilder, 1967)

willy wonka & the chocolate factory (gene wilder version ONLY)

little miss sunshine

moulin rouge

cabaret

my cousin vinny

run lola run

y tu mamá también

the sound of music

chicago

kill bill vol. 1

cidade de deus

diarios de motocicleta

buena vista social club (not without its problematic side, but the musicians/music is so joyous)

the wedding singer

anklaget/the accused (weird danish movie that I don't think anyone i know has heard of?)

le dîner de cons

kamchatka

imagine me and you

ghostbusters 2016 (i will DIE on this hill)

brokeback mountain

team america: world police

rear window

amadeus

the crow

the incredibles

spaceballs

a shot in the dark

airplane!

romeo + juliet

school of rock

american psycho

uncut gems

rebecca

dial m for murder

17. Tea or coffee?

coffee! please. tea makes me feel a bit sick

18. First thing you wanted to be growing up?

I wanted to be an opera singer and a "lady mover" (we moved twice in the span of like, 2 and a half years when I was little)

[magnoliamyrrh]

there's few things i love on this planet more than balkan music and african music (including diaspora) and thus. things such as romanians mixing traditional music with blues and bruegrass, and waves of romanian hip&hop and rap mixed w traditional music, and everyone once in awhile some romanians mixing actual traditional romanian music w traditional african music is 👌👌

thus whatever this is that i just came across????? heLLO

[lexiklecksi]

10 songs (tag game)

Thanks for tagging me @captain-kraken & @writernopal <3 I'm tagging @hraewordsmith @kirkshiresloss @zettelkaestchen to put a playlist on shuffle and share the first 10 songs that come up without cheating! ;-) Also this is an open tag so whoever wants to do that, tag me in your post

I put my "liked songs" Spotify playlist on shuffle which consists of 2700 songs and now that I see what comes up I can't even say I have a taste in music, I just like random songs haha also beware of my oversharing of why I like these songs because I feel like I have to explain myself XD

This is a perfect mash-up! Miley Cyrus is an icon and I also love "Where is my mind?" by The Pixies (and the end scene of Fight Club), but if someone told me a few years ago that Miley Cyrus would perform a mash-up of her song "We can't stop" and "Where is my mind?" on stage, I couldn't believe that it would turn out so awesome.

Solar-based hip-hop based on sun-drunk sounds! I have high hopes for her, she's still a newcomer and her music style is so unique.

Balkan Beats from Germany <3 also yes, we are still here to tell our stories!

Two of my favourite German singer-songwriter bands (Milky Chance & AnnenMayKantereit) having a jam session with Suzanne Vega's song, and it's ... it is perfection! I like it more than the original. The voices of the lead singers are raspy and sexy, but you can also hear them smiling while singing, and that makes it so much better.

This song still makes me cry ... that's all I have to say really, it's perfect fantasy music, but it's also a captivating piece

If you watched the Eurovision Song Contest in 2021 you get it. And if you haven't, go watch their winning performance. Yes, Italian rock won the ESC and I am still amazed by that.

This is probably the best German hip-hop song with an actual political message for Christmas. The music video is pure art, you will understand the themes even if you don't speak German ;-)

Arya Lee is a German singer, YouTuber, actor and film director. He fled from Iran and this song is about his refugee trauma. We should reinforce refugee voices and this hip-hop song demands to be heard. I had a roommate who also fled from Iran, so this song has a special place in my hear, because it made me understand better what he had to endure to make it to a safe place.

You're a part of the dawn where the light comes from the dark You're a part of the morning and еverything matters Herе we are, an atom and a star You're a part of the movement and everything matters

Quand la lumière veut nous voir Quelque part dans le monde Un oiseau s'endort sans bruit Toi et moi, dans la nuit on trouvera Quelque part où déposer les fleurs qu'on a cueillies

If I could write just one poem in my whole life that comes near Aurora's and Pomme's songwriting, I can die in peace. We are so blessed that these faeries share their wisdom with us trough music.

A cellist who is also a songwriter and I'm one of 36 monthly listeners (yes this is a humble brag)

[simonzico]

Babylon #57 #worldwide #playlist selected by @simonzicodj

@simonzicodj selecciona #playlist para @soyuzzzz los sonidos globales desde 2015: reggae, soul, hip hop, balkan, swing, blues y sonidos mundiales. Más info: https://simonzico.wordpress.com/ Escucha la playlist de Simón Zico Babylon #57: Detalle de la portada de Alambda

[omagazineparis]

3 artistes outre-Atlantique à découvrir d’urgence !

Exit les pop stars américaines à l’image policée. Aujourd'hui, nous prenons l’avion direction la Bulgarie, la Jamaïque et l'Algérie pour découvrir ces 3 artistes déjà incontournables. Tous maîtres dans leur domaine, ces stars suivies de près, n’ont rien à envier aux plus grands de l’industrie ! Prêts ? Allez, je vous emmène... Azis, le roi de la pop bulgare Chanteur de tchalga, ce roi de la pop à la sauce bulgare a réussi l’impossible : imposer son style extravagant dans un pays ultra conservateur. C’est avec son tube aux sonorités orientales Sen Trope que le chanteur se fait connaître dans les Balkans. En 2006, il participe à l’Eurovision en duo avec Mariana Popova où ils iront jusqu’en demi-finale. Il apparaît également  dans de nombreuses émissions télévisées bulgares comme Big Brother ou la version locale de l'émission Your Face Sounds Familiar. Engagé dans le paysage politique de son pays, il candidate aux élections parlementaires en 2005 sous le parti Euroroma. Mais sans grand succès.  Véritable icône de la jeunesse chinoise, c’est sur le média Bilibili que le vidéoclip Hop du chanteur devient viral. Bonne nouvelle : si vous avez eu la chance d'écumer les clubs maltais ou turcs, vous vous êtes probablement déjà déhanchés sur du Azis ! Spice : la reine du dancehall jamaïcain La chanteuse de 38 ans, signée chez VP Records, débute sa carrière dans les années 2000. Plus tard, elle collabore avec des artistes de renom : Jimmy Cliff, Vybz Kartel, mais également Missy Elliott, MYA ainsi qu’Asap Ferg. C’est avec le premier titre de son album So mi like it qu’elle entre dans les charts, jusqu’à s'élever au rang de reine du dancehall. Pop star en Jamaïque, elle se tient prête aujourd’hui à conquérir l'Amérique. C’est grâce à sa participation à l’émission de télévision Love & Hip Hop, suivie par des milliers de personnes aux USA, que la chanteuse booste sa notoriété sur le marché US. Et ça marche ! Sa notoriété grandissante lui a valu les éloges de la célèbre chanteuse Nicki Minaj. Cette dernière l’aurait félicité pour son titre Indicator sur un post Instagram. L’admiration est visiblement réciproque puisque Spice lui aurait répondu avec un flot de compliments. Fin 2018, la chanteuse fait le buzz en abordant le thème du colorisme dans le clip Black Hypocrisy qui comptabilise plus de cinq millions de vues sur YouTube. Raja Meziane, rappeuse du hirak algérien Chanteuse depuis ses 14 ans, alors qu’elle étudie le droit à Tlemcen, en Algérie, elle participe à Alhane wa chabab, l’équivalent de la Star Academy algérienne où elle terminera finaliste. Carrière lancée, elle sortira deux albums. Elle choisit en 2015 de s’expatrier en République Tchèque pour se consacrer pleinement à sa carrière musicale. En effet, après avoir refusé de participer à un concert de soutien au président Bouteflika, elle se voit refuser son attestation d’avocate ne lui permettant pas d’exercer en Algérie. Suivie par près d’1,5 million d’abonnés sur Instagram, elle reste une figure forte du mouvement Hirak. Par ailleurs, la chanteuse pro-démocratie figure à la 61ème place du classement BBC 100 Women 2019. Comme on dit, loin des yeux, près du cœur, la chanteuse d’Allô le système continue de suivre le mouvement de très près grâce aux réseaux sociaux. Alors, convaincus de ce voyage musical ? Quel est l’artiste international qui vous a le plus marqué en 2020 ? Read the full article

[lasirenedesiree]

I feel like I’ve lost and found myself so many times, I wanna go through a timeline of all of my aesthetics..

2014: being myself, liking girly pop music and watched shows like pretty little liars, was feminine, and shy

2015: grew into myself more, was more confident, was really into street style and hip-hop culture, took inspiration from Fergie and liked a lot of rappers like YG and Big Sean

2016: I really got into old school 90s rap and alternative rap, I liked the psychedelics aesthetic, some old school rock as well, I feel like I lost myself here and was following the crowd when it came to my interests, I stopped being delicate and tried to be tough, also wanted to be rebellious

2017: was a complete opposite of the prior year, I was more chill personality wise, I had a gypsy and bohemian aesthetic, I listened to reggae nonstop especially Bob Marley, but mood wise I was super sad

2018: was a mess, I was totally disconnected from myself and didn’t realize it, my music taste wasn’t mine, my aesthetics were copied and not what genuinely felt good to me, wasn’t a good time

2019: the year I really started reconnecting to myself, I began listening to the music I did in 2014 like Gwen Stefani and was connecting to my feminine side again, I liked girly things, I liked the diva aesthetic and also the soft girl aesthetic

2020: I deeply fell in love with old Hollywood glamour, all the girls like Rita Hayworth, Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Gene Tierney, Sophia Loren, and more; I would just binge watch these films and listen to vintage music, I started doing my makeup and hair vintage inspired, I learned about Dita Von Tease and fell in love with the glamour and the luxurious aesthetic, it was also a very hot pink inspired time

2021: I was still in my vintage phase but it turned to being more inspired by vintage Europe because it felt more free spirited than American films did, I listened to a lot of Dalida and was really inspired by the femme fatale archetype in films, as a result became obsessed with jazz music especially Amy Winehouse, I partied a lot at a friends house and was always there, I started really exploring with cosmetics, was my super artsy experimental phase, color palette turned to baby pink, but mostly wore black

2022: was my year of healing and on a mindful journey towards self discovery and authenticity, I felt lost again and wanted to find myself, began to be more modern aesthetic wise

2023: I really began finding myself and took all the parts from each of my phases and combined them all in one, I don’t have to choose but instead accept all of these different parts of myself, I feel like I’ve really become me again, the Croatian girl who is artsy and so much more

Current times: I love the feminine aesthetic like the dollette and have so many parts that I love like the soft girl aesthetic, the clean girl aesthetic, bohemian, witch, mermaid, siren, sea nymph, Adriatic Sea, Balkan girl, vintage aesthetic, old Hollywood glamour, femme fatale, assassin, Mediterranean girl, coconut girl, Hawaii girl, princess, gypsy, angel aesthetic, and so much more; I realized I don’t have to choose one but all of these parts are represented in me

This was fun to analyze and process, sending love out there

[belog-grada-crna-princeza]

Pređem ulicu kada neću da se javim Ako odeš onda neću da te pustim da se vratiš Ulica te shvati, shvati al' ne pomogne A neke reči nikad neće stati da me progone Dal je to podsvest il' je to nonsense? Neću da ti kažem, eto shvati kako hoćeš

[xx-sharpfawngz-xx]

@claudia-nomusaabara tagged me in a top six albums game and I'm a guy who according to spotify spent 44,590 minutes listening to music and this is the perfect opportunity to share some of the albums I've been obsessed this year (with spotify links!) and also I'm in my Anthony Fantano era lmao

DREAMER by Nabihah Iqbal

This is such a good dreamy album perfect for winter and her spoken vocals are so good! The song that got me into this album was This World Can't See Us and it slaaaps!

2. Kuća Zabave by Spejs Noksi

Kuća Zabave has been one of the most interesting hip hop/rap albums production wise that I've found of the local ex-yu scene! There's this really cool vibe to the instrumentals and he mixes so many different genres it's just so good! The song off the album I have on repeat is Ego and it has this really cool deep house-y vibe!

3. Beneath the Turning Wheel by Holy Locust

I've been obsessed with Holy Locust for the longest time and every new release they do just gets better and better! They mix punk and folk so well together as always and the stand out sond from my first listen was Dead Wake!

4. Za Tebe by Senidah

She was my top artist, the song Zauvek from this album was my top played song and I can't get enough of her! Senidah is, to me, the queen of the Balkan trap pop era! The song I push to people is Femme Fatale because it showcases her vocals and this wonderful sensual vibe so well! Love her! I would also like to tell y'all about the song Senida which has both this traditional choir vibe AND a drum and bass beat which I think is amazing and works so well!

5. Živa by Živa

In the little spotify blurb her genres are Slavic-pop, trip-hop, darkwave, and R&B which is so cool on it's own but her vocals and production captivates me as well as the choice to make it bilingual! I've been following her work for over a decade at this point and I'm really loving this new direction! The stand out track to me is Voices!

6. SINNER GET READY by Lingua Ignota

This album has been with me since 2021 however I used it as a huge inspiration for my MA work and man I don't even know where to begin with this so I will just encourage your own research into her music! I remember reading about how her music is anthems for abuse victims and it's so good, go listen to her! I suggest I WHO BEND THE TALL GRASSES as a nice little starter :3

[gabrielafashion55]

Romani Music Mood Board

Romani music is different in each country as the style of music depends on the geographic area and origin of the romani people. Roma are best known for their musical talents as they have reshaped many styles of music such as Hungarian music, Balkan music, Middle Eastern music, flamenco, Russian music - these are also fussed with jazz, western art and even hip hop. Usually these are all sung in Romanes - the Rom language.

[mishkakagehishka]

And i think that my playlist naming conventions are just fine (<- has a playlist of her fave paralive and hypmic songs titled [in dialect] "hip-hop for cringe/embarrassing people" and a playlist of animusic that sounds like something you'd hear in a balkan nightclub titled "balkan cafe but if anime boys colonised balkan")

[orum]

A home knitted sweater of the kind that slovenian friends tell me were extremely popular after the split up of slovenia draped across a Lupina chair designed by **Niko Kralj, who is sometimrs called the founder of Slovenian industrial design, in the 60ies.** On the sweater plastic gold letters read "rethink the past, change the future". A variation of hip-hop back patches on jeans jackets that were so popular in early days of danish hip-hop. In those distant times before the internet, we had only indirect and occasional access to low-resolution black and white images of graffiti and breakdance, and a single tape with a few minutes of rap recorded from the Danish national radio. We did not know where to go or who to ask, but we all agreed that none of what was offered up at the local youth club or in the mainstream media was of any interest.  What little we knew of hip hop offered an escape from what seemed to be an inevitable absorption into the dreary mainstream of pop culture. Our localized version of the hip-hop culture remained an imaginary, fundamentally misunderstood and now long forgotten minor version of the global hip-hop culture I later came to know. However, fashioning the everyday into something with new meaning, as we attempted to do with the jeans jackets, carries within it the seeds of an alternative future and the possibility of changing the present order of things. A forgotten and unwritten local tradition, very much in line with the historical avant-gardes. This is a connection that I hope to make visible and relevant through the Tank Hip Hop project, as a way to open up new possibilities and alternative histories. Retroavantgarde a comprehensive group exhibition based on the late avant-garde movement that unfolded in the Balkans in the 1920s, and more specifically on its communicative imprint as manifested in the two art magazines "Zenit" and "Tank". The show runs untill the 18. december 2022 at @kongegaarden amd my contribution was generously supported by the @statenskunstfond #tankhiphop #ahistorythatneverwas #Retroavantgarde #sculpture #spraypaint #graffiti #avantgarde #hiphop #alternatehistory (at Kongegaarden) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl4ciEWssDT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[madewithspice]

Random question to both Kiki and Markie: type of music you listen to?

Well I listen to anything from kpop to rock to ballads depending on my mood.

I also really like Korean hip hop and rnb. Albanian/ Balkan music too. Just everything except country music lol

I make playlists as my attempt at therapy 👀 - Kiki.

I listen to almost everything but classic music. Well maybe sometimes when I'm in a romantic mood.

Language isn't a barrier so music from every country is acceptable.

Also I like dirty songs. The dirtier the better. R&b fits that category. -Markie