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My Favourite Regional Releases of 2026 So Far
Halfway through 2026, ten albums from across the former Yugoslav region that have genuinely stuck with me. From Skopje’s emerging underground to Slovenian avant-garde jazz, Dalmatian black metal to Belgrade hardcore.
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Rok Zalokar Zhlehtet – Intention, Intensity, Shuffle
A ‘meditative, playful, and unpredictable sonic journey’, Zhlehtet draw from their spiritual jazz, improv and electronic music backgrounds to craft a musical diary spanning years of concerts, performances and shared creativity.
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TBF – Ping-pong (Umjetnost zdravog đira)
TBF’s 1997 debut is widely considered the first complete hip-hop album in Croatia; dark, abstract, and nothing like the crowd-pleasing band they’d later become. A necessary entry point into a side of ex-YU music that doesn’t get nearly enough attention.
Cam
Cam is a music writer and the founder of EX-YU Music: the English-language home for music from the former Yugoslavia and the modern Balkan region. Based in Zagreb.
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