Balkan Riddims | en

Pop, dance and folk elements blend in music of Boston-based trio from the former Yugoslavia, examining questions of modern life through ancient means. BALKAN TRIBES was formed in 1995, as a reflection and a reaction on what was going on in the region of former Yugoslavia, where all the members of the band are from. Two founding members, MILAN KOVACEV, from Belgrade, Serbia and DAMIR PRCIC, from Tuzla, Bosnia met some 15 years ago while serving the mandatory military service in (then) still peaceful and unified country. The initial mutual interest in music and technology over time grew into a...

The project was brought into completion 6 years ago and has performed ever since on many international festivals and concerts. The music and the story are recorded on a double CD and DVD, which participate in the BBC 3 radio competition in the "World Music" section. This debut on the air of the world-famous radio station has provoked huge interest. Unfortunately the lack of a precise musical category to fit this multi-national band was a sufficient obstacle to cancel its participation for the future. However, the indisputable success of this first and unique musical mega project in the domain of...

Zlatne Uste (Golden Lips) is an internationally known group of American-born musicians playing traditional music of the Balkans, primarily representing Serbian, Slavomacedonian, Bulgarian and Romany traditions. Four-time invited guest at the Dragachevo Brass Festival in Gucha, Serbia, the 12-piece band is among the foremost presenters of traditional Balkan dance music in the United States. Each year Zlatne Uste hosts and produces the Golden Festival, New York's biggest and best Balkan music festival with an astounding 40 or more bands and something for everyone. Zlatne Uste brings you the exuberant music of the brass bands of Bulgaria, FYROM, and Serbia. From...

Boris Balkan loves melodies, melancholy and nostalgia; mainly influenced by house music, idm, techno or even indie, he tries to capture in his works that certain something. ‘El mejunje de la vida‘ is a consequence of the author’s musical freedom: ‘I Always work experimenting, it will come out as it must. It is not like,-now I’m going to produce a tune like this, another which sounds like that, and one that looks like someone’s other just because I like it..,- music is for having fun and relieveing stress. I should have called it ‘That moment in my life’s result’. The...

LAS BALKANIERAS are 3 beautiful women that can write hits, sing, dance, cook, wash and clean... They are originating from the Mediterranean side of the Balkans and from Russia but currently residing in Düsseldorf/Germany... They call their music Turbo-Electro-Folk-Pop with Dancehall influences and yes... they love to entertain you... and everybody! Of course very soon you can buy the songs, then LAS BALKANIERAS will make a very nice pric€ for you... They are not stupid and so they teamed up with PIONIR aka PIONEAR - Europe's most prolific Dancehall producer - to create a unique sound for their outlet. To...