Guides

New to Ex-YU music? Or just trying to make sense of its many eras, styles, and crosscurrents?

These guides are here to help — introductions to the sounds, artists, and histories that shaped the region. From rock to jazz rock, from Novi Val to electronic experimentation, this is where to start exploring the canon.

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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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