Brainswitch are a five-member outfit from Mostar, one of the oldest and most iconic cities in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Known around the world for their Ottoman-era bridge and its tragic fate and resurrection, the city is also home to contemporary sounds that could be placed in Berlin or New York, just as well.
Damir Avdić (Balkan Express 167)
To bill Damir Avdić as a musician is doing a great disservice to every other aspect of his work. But seeing as Balkan Express on Ara City Radio is primarily intersted in music, this is what we're focusing on that. And at any rate, his music is integral, or at least complementary to his other works, as well.
Laka (Balkan Express 146)
Laka was a latecomer to the Bosnian musical scene. At least in terms of recording his first track which he did in only in 1998, almost at the age of 30. But by then he had already acquired a bit of a rebelious streak.