Boldly going where no band has gone before, Chui are an amazing mix of jazz, electro, hip hop, rock and science fiction. As well as science fact. A musical gem if there ever was one, this Croatian band more than deserved its place in the Balkan Express orbit.
Marshal Matters Makes Magic (Top of the EU Pops 09-09-24)
Eminem took over Estonian chart with a song whose title probably makes Dua Lipa a bit salty. On the other hand, the new Polish number one track seems like it tried too hard to rip off Taylor Swift Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me. Kuke might have tried hard with Taki Maly Ja, but the President of the Board, he is not.
Gušti (Balkan Express 164)
Today it seems weird, to borrow a phrase, thinking that it took Gušti this long to step behind the microphone and do his thing. But such is life. Check out this week's Balkan Express to learn more about this prolific singer/songwriter.
Masharik (Balkan Express 160)
Masharik hail from Radovljica, a town in North-Central Slovenia. They are a curious combination of old and new music as they carry more than a few references to the flower-power era, both musically and visually. Check them out in this week’s Balkan Express.
Pseća Plaža (Balkan Express 159)
Pseća Plaža hail from Croatian capital of Zagreb. And although they’ve been around only since 2016, they went through several lineup changes, eventually stabilizing as a five-member act, doing psychedelic surf rock. And yes, that’s a thing.
Masayah (Balkan Express 158)
Masayah is an outlier in the small hip-hop community of Slovenia. Not only because her unique dedication to her work but also because she didn’t really start out as an inveterate hip-hop artist. Check her out in this week’s Balkan Express on Ara City Radio.
Radio Luksemburg (Balkan Express 157)
The music of Radio Luksemburg sounds as if it was born old. Fully formed, without any infantile rage or teenage self-importance. The band came to this world for tell us their story and then blend into the background until it was needed again. In this, they are a rarity among contemporary Balkan bands who rarely know when to ease off.
Štrajk mozga (Balkan Express 154)
Štrajk Mozga are frontman Aleksandar Nikčević, bass guitarist Dušan Mijušković, guitarist Dušan Dobrilović and drummer Novica Stanišić. And if media reports are to be believed, this Montenegrin band is already hard at work on their second album. Check them out in this week’s Balkan Express.
Deca Loših Muzičara (Balkan Express 153)
If you thought nepo-babies are a recent invention then you haven’t heard about Deca Loših Muzičara, a tongue-in-cheek Serbian funk-rock band. They’ve been around since late ‘80s (more or less) and their tunes are still fun.
Tetkine Radosti (Balkan Express 150)
The wonderfully weird thing about Tetkine Radosti, a Slovenian DJ collective, is that they actually raid long-forgotten stashes of vinyl, singles, LPs and EPs, usually laying in some dusty corner of a non-descript antiques shop. In there, they will find musical rarities from former Yugoslavia and mix them all together into their signature sound.
Lufthansa (Balkan Express 147)
Unlike the airline everyone loves to hate, the North Macedonioan Lufthansa are a six-member crew of post-punk progressive psychedelic rock. They are also well worth your time.
Šumski (Balkan Express 145)
Šumski are a slightly psychedelic Croatian rock band, with a penchant for ethno motives, Dadaistic sounds and added noise, pretending to be pop-rock pieces. Think of them as the Croatian version of the Dutch band Focus, but sans the flute.