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# EX-YU Music

Archive & Reviews

## Sitemaps

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## Posts

- [Manja Ristić: Sound, Memory and the Body](https://exyumusic.org/2026/07/27/manja-ristic-sound-memory-and-the-body/) - A conversation with Manja Ristić, a Belgrade-born violinist, sound artist, published poet, curator, and researcher, currently based on the island of Korčula, Croatia.
- [Golemata voda: One Big Community](https://exyumusic.org/2026/08/10/golemata-voda/) - Golemata Voda's self-titled debut is one of my favourite records from the region this year, and our conversation about creative freedom, the Skopje underground, and the Great Water explains why.
- [V/A - VOL 1: gledaju nas kao ptice](https://exyumusic.org/2026/08/03/v-a-vol-1-gledaju-nas-kao-ptice/) - Eighteen bands from across the former Yugoslavia, documented in a single release. Gledaju nas kao ptice is both an archive of a thriving underground and proof that the scene doesn't care about borders.
- [TMUR - Pustohija](https://exyumusic.org/2026/07/26/tmur-pustohija/) - A Skopje quartet who built their sound through live performance before committing it to record, TMUR's debut is hypnotic doom metal filtered through the ancient sound of the Balkan tambura.
- [KOIKOI - O sreći u snovima](https://exyumusic.org/2026/02/03/koikoi-o-sreci-u-snovima/) - O sreći u snovima marks a slightly more introspective chapter for the Belgrade-based band.
- [Mostar Sevdah Reunion - Mostar Sevdah Reunion](https://exyumusic.org/2026/07/29/mostar-sevdah-reunion-mostar-sevdah-reunion/) - Mostar Sevdah Reunion's 1999 debut is a raw, unfiltered document of sevdah revival. Culturally significant and best understood as a foundation for the far more refined work that followed.
- [Block Out - San koji srećan sanjaš sam](https://exyumusic.org/2026/07/21/block-out-san-koji-srecan-sanjas-sam/) - Block Out's third album is a genre-defying masterpiece of late-90s Serbian rock. Psychedelic, vast, and emotionally suffocating in a way that feels like it predicted Yugoslavia's final collapse before it happened.
- [My Favourite Regional Releases of 2026 So Far](https://exyumusic.org/2026/07/01/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.
- [Rok Zalokar Zhlehtet - Intention, Intensity, Shuffle](https://exyumusic.org/2026/06/15/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.
- [TBF - Ping-pong (Umjetnost zdravog đira)](https://exyumusic.org/2026/06/27/tbf-ping-pong-umjetnost-zdravog-dira/) - 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.
- [Yugoslav Funk in the USSR: From Belgrade to Melodiya](https://exyumusic.org/2026/05/18/yugoslav-funk-in-the-ussr-from-belgrade-to-melodiya/) - A package from Latvia containing three Yugoslav records pressed on Soviet vinyl turns out to be a window into one of the strangest and most overlooked corners of Cold War music history.
- [Anarchy in the Adriatic: Rijeka's Punk Scene](https://exyumusic.org/2026/06/30/rijekas-punk-sound/) - Emerging in the late 1970s, Rijeka’s punk scene evolved from raw rebellion into a diverse and enduring alternative movement that reshaped Yugoslav rock through experimentation, dissent, and cultural defiance.
- [Haustor's Bolero: Dancing on the Edge of Dislocation](https://exyumusic.org/2026/04/13/haustors-bolero-dancing-on-the-edge-of-dislocation/) - A vibrant, genre-blending record on the surface, Bolero reveals itself over time as a deeply introspective album about identity, escape, and the quiet impossibility of belonging.
- [Tomaž Pengov - Odpotovanja](https://exyumusic.org/2026/06/21/tomaz-pengov-odpotovanja/) - For my 100th review, I picked something quietly devastating instead of something obvious: Tomaž Pengov's 1973 debut Odpotovanja, recorded in a student flat in Ljubljana and still one of the most beautiful records to come out of the region.
- [Beginner's Guide to EX-YU Music](https://exyumusic.org/2025/05/15/beginners-guide-to-ex-yu-music/) - Introduction Yugoslavia was unlike any other socialist state. It refused to align with either the Soviet bloc or the West, with the Non-Aligned Movement creating a cultural opening that most countries behind the Iron Curtain never had: Western records, films, and ideas circulating freely. Foreign artists toured across the region — supported by local bands
- [Laibach - Laibach](https://exyumusic.org/2026/05/30/laibach-laibach/) - Laibach's self-titled debut is a fascinating but demanding historical document — abrasive, ritualistic, and politically charged, more compelling as an artistic statement than as a consistently engaging listen.
- [Katalena - Meja](https://exyumusic.org/2026/06/05/katalena-meja/) - Katalena's Meja is a quietly rewarding progressive folk record built around the western Slovenian border — forty minutes of Slovenian folk tradition colliding with progressive rock, held together by lush string arrangements and a strong sense of place.
- [Suplexx - FUCK LIFE](https://exyumusic.org/2026/06/04/suplexx-fuck-life/) - Suplexx arrive fully formed on their debut EP — ten tracks of Belgrade hardcore filtering raw aggression through sludge metal, industrial noise and emo, with a title track breakdown unlike anything else coming out of the region this year.
- [Haustor - Bolero](https://exyumusic.org/2025/01/17/exploring-haustors-bolero-a-genre-blending-gem-of-the-ex-yu-new-wave-scene/) - Haustor’s Bolero, released in 1985, stands at the pinnacle of the EX-YU new wave scene, seamlessly blending various genres to create a timeless classic. Acting as my introduction to music of the former Yugoslavia, Bolero left a profound impact, not only through its innovative sound, but also its rich cultural, historical and emotional depth. The
- [Boa - Boa](https://exyumusic.org/2025/03/02/exploring-boas-self-titled-lp-an-art-rock-and-new-wave-masterpiece-of-the-ex-yu-underground/) - Released in 1982, Boa is the self-titled LP from the Zagreb-based art-rock band Boa. Formed in the early '80s, Boa emerged as a key player in the Croatian underground music scene, combining post-punk, new wave, and gothic elements into a unique blend that stands out even today. With their atmospheric soundscapes, dark mood, and innovative
- [Pop Mašina – Kiselina](https://exyumusic.org/2025/03/06/pop-masina-kiselina-a-journey-through-acid-rock-prog-rock-and-psychedelic-folk/) - Kiselina (unsurprisingly translating to "acid") is a striking example of Pop Mašina’s mastery in blending acid rock with psychedelic, progressive, and even folk influences, marking the band as one of the standout acts in the EX-YU rock scene. The album showcases a breadth of styles, each track adding a new layer to the group’s evolving
- [U Škripcu - Godine Ljubavi](https://exyumusic.org/2025/03/28/u-skripcu-godine-ljubavi/) - U Škripcu's debut album, Godine Ljubavi, feels like the lesser-known sibling of Idoli's seminal Odbrana i Poslednji Dani, but in its own quirky, offbeat way, it still demands attention. Released in 1982 and recorded with the bass-playing talents of Zdenko Kolar from Idoli, this album presents a fascinating snapshot of post-punk and avant-garde experimentation from
- [Bajaga I Instruktori - Prodavnica Tajni](https://exyumusic.org/2025/04/05/bajaga-i-instruktori-prodavnica-tajni/) - There’s immediately something disarming about Prodavnica tajni. It was the perfect gateway for myself, a Brit, interested in exploring music from the former Yugoslavia. It encompasses a variety of the sub-genres that make up the EX-YU scene; floating somewhere between charming pop and folk rock and shadowy post-punk, yet never sounding disjointed. Bajaga's third instalment
- [Tihomir Pop Asanović - Majko Zemljo](https://exyumusic.org/2025/04/13/tihomir-pop-asanovic-majko-zemljo/) - Released in 1974, Majko Zemljo is often cited as the first solo album by a rock keyboardist in the former Yugoslavia. And yet, beyond that milestone, the record carries a weight of its own. It’s fluid, groovy, and carefully assembled - loose in all the right ways, but never careless. By this point, Tihomir Pop
- [Idoli - Odbrana I Poslednji Dani](https://exyumusic.org/2025/04/25/idoli-odbrana-i-poslednji-dani/) - The first full-length studio album from Idoli, Odbrana I Poslednji Dani isn’t just a record - it’s a statement, a cultural artefact, and for many (myself included), a turning point. Coming off the back of their wildly successful debut EP VIS Idoli, this 1982 LP would have felt like a bold detour: abstract, experimental, and
- [Bijelo Dugme - Kad Bi' Bio Bijelo Dugme](https://exyumusic.org/2025/04/29/bijelo-dugme-kad-bi-bio-bijelo-dugme/) - Released in 1974, Kad Bi’ Bio Bijelo Dugme marked the beginning of something big – not just a debut album, but the spark that lit the fuse of what would become known as 'Dugmemania'. And while Bijelo Dugme would go on to evolve, expand, and dominate the Yugoslav rock scene, there’s something raw and lively
- [Daliborovo Granje - Hainin](https://exyumusic.org/2025/05/02/daliborovo-granje-hainin/) - Released quietly in 2020, but with undeniable force, Hainin is the sophomore album by Croatian five-piece Daliborovo Granje - and it feels like a discovery. Word has spread beyond their hometown of Čakovec, but a copy of the record itself remains hard to find, and it’s not hard to see why it’s gained a cult
- [Josipa Lisac - Dnevnik Jedne Ljubavi](https://exyumusic.org/2025/05/09/josipa-lisac-dnevnik-jedne-ljubavi/) - Dnevnik Jedne Ljubavi is one of those records that doesn’t just reflect its time (no pun intended, considering Time collaborated on the album) - it becomes it. Released in 1973, it arrives steeped in the sonic signatures of its era - psychedelia, prog, funk, soul, pop - but never gets stuck in any one. Instead,
- [Ekatarina Velika - Ekatarina Velika](https://exyumusic.org/2025/05/12/ekatarina-velika-ekatarina-velika/) - The second album from the Belgrade outfit, EKV, marked a clear rebirth. With founding member Mihajlović gone - taking the name Katarina II with him - the band re-emerged as Ekatarina Velika. They also lost drummer Vdović (citing drug issues), but gained Luna’s powerhouse Ivan “Firchie” Fece, whose propulsive drumming helps drive much of the
- [Indexi - Indexi](https://exyumusic.org/2025/05/19/indexi-indexi/) - Indexi — or The Indexes — were one of the earliest and most influential Yugoslav rock bands. Formed in Sarajevo in the early ‘60s and shaped by the Beatles...
- [Bijelo Dugme - Bitanga I Princeza](https://exyumusic.org/2025/05/26/bijelo-dugme-bitanga-i-princeza/) - Bitanga I Princeza ("The Rascal and the Princess"), the fourth studio album from notorious band Bijelo Dugme, is often cited as their finest work.
- [Ekatarina Velika - Samo Par Godina Za Nas](https://exyumusic.org/2025/05/30/ekatarina-velika-samo-par-godina-za-nas/) - Samo Par Godina Za Nas is the fourth studio album from the iconic Ekatarina Velika, released in 1989 — just before the storm of the 1990s would reshape the region forever.
- [Nemeček - Prokletije II](https://exyumusic.org/2025/06/02/nemecek-prokletije-ii/) - Zagreb-based trio Nemeček return with Prokletije II, the second chapter of their ambitious trilogy named after the ominous, rugged Accursed Mountains straddling Montenegro, Kosovo, and Albania. Released in 2024, Prokletije II didn’t just solidify Nemeček’s emerging status — it elevated them to a new creative plane.
- [The Bambi Molesters - Sonic Bullets: 13 From The Hip](https://exyumusic.org/2025/06/06/the-bambi-molesters-sonic-bullets-13-from-the-hip/) - The Bambi Molesters were a Croatian instrumental surf rock band formed in Sisak in 1995 — a time and place where this kind of sound must have felt like it came from another planet.
- [Darkwood Dub - U Nedogled](https://exyumusic.org/2025/06/09/darkwood-dub-u-nedogled/) - Darkwood Dub’s second album U Nedogled (”Into Infinity”) came out in May 1996 and immediately carved out a space of its own — raw, cerebral, restless
- [Zabranjeno Pušenje - Das Ist Walter](https://exyumusic.org/2025/06/13/zabranjeno-pusenje-das-ist-walter/) - Das Ist Walter, the debut album from Sarajevo’s Zabranjeno Pušenje, landed in 1984 wrapped in explosive satire. Chaotic, cheeky, and fiercely local, it was unlike anything else coming out of the Yugoslav rock scene at the time.
- [Izvir - Izvir](https://exyumusic.org/2025/06/16/izvir-izvir/) - Released in 1978, this was the sole LP by the Ljubljana-based jazz-rock band, who split soon after its release due to conscription. But what a swan song it is: a bright burst of virtuosic energy that lingers like sun on water.
- [Lufthansa - Далеку од вистинското нешто](https://exyumusic.org/2025/06/20/lufthansa-далеку-од-вистинското-нешто/) - Since forming in 2020, this Skopje sextet has crafted a striking resume — each track a carefully sculpted eruption of longing, anxiety, and transformation.
- [Zdenka Kovačiček - Frka](https://exyumusic.org/2025/06/23/zdenka-kovacicek-frka/) - Blending soulful vocals, groovy funk and sophisticated pop, with occasional prog touches, Frka is a stylishly rare record by Croatian powerhouse Zdenka Kovačiček.
- [Hladno Pivo - Džinovski](https://exyumusic.org/2025/06/27/hladno-pivo-dzinovski/) - Raw, fast, and fiercely self-aware, Džinovski ("Giant") is the kind of debut that grabs you by the collar and doesn’t let go for 30 minutes.
- [Sedmina - Melita & Veno Dolenc](https://exyumusic.org/2025/06/30/sedmina-melita-veno-dolen/) - Formed in the alpine town of Tržič in 1977, Slovenian duo Melita and Veno Dolenc created something quietly dreamy with their debut album — a poetic folk record that feels timeless and fleeting.
- [Janko Nilović - Soul Impressions](https://exyumusic.org/2025/07/04/janko-nilovic-soul-impressions/) - Soul Impressions is a record made by a composer with one foot in the Balkans and the other in every record bin from Paris to Harlem.
- [Siddharta - Rh-](https://exyumusic.org/2025/07/07/siddharta-rh/) - Rh-, their third studio album, is oddly hollow — an ambitious release that at times lacks both spirit and substance.
- [Denis & Denis - Čuvaj Se!](https://exyumusic.org/2025/07/11/denis-denis-cuvaj-se/) - There’s something almost otherworldly about the title track that opens Denis & Denis’s Čuvaj Se. A drum machine pulses like a heartbeat, synths shimmer in cyberpunk neon, and Marina Perazić’s voice slinks in—sultry and magnetic. It’s 1984, but it might as well be 2084.
- [YU Grupa - YU Grupa](https://exyumusic.org/2025/07/14/yu-grupa-yu-grupa/) - There’s a mythic weight to YU Grupa’s self-titled debut — not just because it helped shape the sound of Yugoslav hard rock in the '70s, but because it feels like a record born out of stubborn vision.
- [Zoster - Srce Uzavrelo](https://exyumusic.org/2025/07/18/zoster-srce-uzavrelo/) - Zoster, the long-running Mostar group known for their offbeat reggae beginnings, sound like they’ve taken that pressure, and let it simmer into something more fiery and guitar-driven.
- [Laibach - Opus Dei](https://exyumusic.org/2025/07/21/laibach-opus-dei/) - What do you do when your very name gets banned in your own country? If you’re Laibach, you lean into it. You double down. You build an entire mythos from irony and absurdity — and then you put it to music that sounds like a tank rolling through a factory.
- [Đorđe Balašević - Pub](https://exyumusic.org/2025/07/25/dorde-balasevic-pub/) - After leaving Rani Mraz and stepping out on his own, Đorđe Balašević released Pub, his 1982 solo debut, which feels less like a traditional pop rock record and more like a half hour spent at the pub (or kafana) with a wise old fellow — one who never runs out of tales to tell.
- [Crvena Jabuka - Crvena Jabuka](https://exyumusic.org/2025/07/28/crvena-jabuka-crvena-jabuka/) - Pop rock band Crvena Jabuka, originally from Sarajevo, formed in 1985 following the breakup of Elvis J. Kurtović & His Meteors. This self-titled LP, released in 1986, marked their debut — but was soon overshadowed by tragedy: members Dražen Ričl and Aljoša Buha died in a car accident on the way to what would have been their first concert in Mostar.
- [Šarlo Akrobata – Bistriji Ili Tuplji Čovek Biva Kad…](https://exyumusic.org/2025/08/01/sarlo-akrobata-bistriji-ili-tuplji-covek-biva-kad/) - Short-lived but legendary, Šarlo Akrobata were a Belgrade post-punk trio that burned bright and fast.
- [Haustor - Haustor](https://exyumusic.org/2025/08/04/haustor-haustor/) - Haustor released their debut LP in 1981 through Jugoton. Formed just two years earlier in Zagreb by the charismatic duo of Darko Rundek and Srđan Sacher, they arrived already brimming with ideas.
- [Repetitor - Sve Što Vidim Je Prvi Put](https://exyumusic.org/2025/08/08/repetitor-sve-sto-vidim-je-prvi-put/) - Repetitor's 2008 debut Sve Što Vidim Je Prvi Put arrived like a gut-punch to the late-2000s Serbian rock landscape.
- [Duško Gojković - Swinging Macedonia](https://exyumusic.org/2025/08/11/dusko-gojkovic-swinging-macedonia/) - Released in 1967, Swinging Macedonia is believed to be Gojković’s first LP as a bandleader. Recorded in Cologne and produced by Eckart Rahn, it’s a pioneering piece of Balkan jazz fusion
- [Time - Time](https://exyumusic.org/2025/09/01/time-time/) - Time’s 1972 self-titled debut broke like a tide across the region, reshaping the landscape for everything that followed. It was the moment progressive rock truly arrived in Yugoslavia, an album that opened doors, set standards, and hinted at just how far the music of this region could go.
- [Beograd - Remek Depo](https://exyumusic.org/2025/09/05/beograd-remek-depo/) - Listening to Remek Depo, you can hear why it stood out. It doesn’t always hit perfectly — a few tracks wander a little too far into abstraction — but when it works, it really works, offering some of the freshest synthpop and electronic textures to come out of Yugoslavia at the time.
- [Miha Kralj - Andromeda](https://exyumusic.org/2025/09/09/miha-kralj-andromeda/) - Often dubbed the “Yugoslav Jean-Michel Jarre,” Kralj was a pioneer of synthesiser music in the region, blending new age, ambient, and electronic textures at a time when most of his peers were still grounded in rock, jazz, or folk traditions.
- [Leb i Sol - Leb i Sol](https://exyumusic.org/2025/09/12/leb-i-sol-leb-i-sol/) - In 1978, four young musicians from Skopje stepped onto the Yugoslav scene and offered something unlike anything else of the time. Calling themselves Leb i Sol — literally “bread and salt,” a phrase symbolising a traditional Macedonian welcome — the band carried that same sense of warmth into their music, inviting listeners into an entirely new sound world, one where Balkan folk tradition fused seamlessly with jazz-rock and fusion experimentation.
- [Bonton Baya - Elpi](https://exyumusic.org/2025/09/15/bonton-baya-elpi/) - Bonton Baya were a different breed of band in early ’80s Sarajevo. While much of the new wave scene across Yugoslavia thrived on raw energy, irony, and experimentation, Bonton Baya carried themselves with an air of intellect — the most “educated” of the lot.
- [Svemirko - Tunguzija](https://exyumusic.org/2025/09/19/svemirko-tunguzija/) - Svemirko arrived on the Croatian scene in the late 2010. The Zagreb-based group makes no secret of their influences — they are revivalists, openly channeling the synthpop and new wave textures of the Ex-YU ‘80s, with Darko Rundek and Haustor casting a particularly long shadow. But they aren’t a nostalgia act either.
- [Električni Orgazam - Električni Orgazam](https://exyumusic.org/2025/09/22/elektricni-orgazam-elektricni-orgazam/) - Električni Orgazam’s 1981 debut is one of those rare records that instantly reels the listener in. You can hear Belgrade in every note: the restless urban energy of a city just on edge.
- [Suba - São Paulo Confessions](https://exyumusic.org/2025/10/03/suba-sao-paulo-confessions/) - You might ask yourself: why is a Brazilian record on an Ex-YU music page? Well, let me explain how I stumbled upon what would become one of my favourite albums of all time.
- [September - Zadnja Avantura](https://exyumusic.org/2025/10/10/september-zadnja-avantura/) - By 1976, Ljubljana was quietly becoming one of the most musically adventurous corners of Yugoslavia. Beneath the mainstream rock scene, a vibrant community of classically trained musicians had begun experimenting with jazz-rock, funk, and progressive composition — a world I explored in my piece on Ljubljana’s jazz-rock underground.
- [Parni Valjak - Gradske Priče](https://exyumusic.org/2025/10/06/parni-valjak-gradske-price/) - In the second half of the 1970s, Yugoslav rock was entering a golden age. Bands like Bijelo Dugme ruled the airwaves, but under the surface, a new generation was forming — one that would bring sharper guitar riffs, punk attitude, and a touch of melancholy to the sound of the region.
- [Dino Dvornik - Dino Dvornik](https://exyumusic.org/2025/10/13/dino-dvornik-dino-dvornik/) - By the late 1980s, Split had already given Yugoslavia its share of pop heroes — but few could’ve predicted the arrival of someone quite like Dino Dvornik. The son of actor Boris Dvornik, Dino grew up in the spotlight, first as a child actor and later as a musician with Kineski Zid, a short-lived funk outfit he formed with his brother Dean. When the band split, Dino went his own way — spending time in London, absorbing the pulse of Western funk and soul, and returning home determined to bring that sound to the Adriatic coast.
- [Riblja Čorba - Kost U Grlu](https://exyumusic.org/2025/10/17/riblja-corba-kost-u-grlu/) - In 1978, Belgrade welcomed a new force in rock: Riblja Čorba. Fronted by the unmistakable nasally voice of Bora Đorđević and powered by Momčilo “Bajaga” Bajagić’s guitar, the band immediately carved out a space for themselves in the Yugoslav music scene.
- [Goribor - Goribor](https://exyumusic.org/2025/10/20/goribor-goribor/) - Their self-titled debut, released in 2007, is often described as the creative peak of Serbian music in the 21st century — and it’s hard to argue with that. It’s dark, hypnotic, and deeply human.
- [Divlje Jagode - Divlje Jagode](https://exyumusic.org/2025/10/24/divlje-jagode-divlje-jagode/) - Divlje Jagode’s self-titled debut is a hard rock record that sits somewhere between youthful enthusiasm and unpolished craftsmanship. Formed in Sarajevo in 1977 by guitarist Sead Lipovača, vocalist Anto “Toni” Janković, bassist Nihad Jusufhodžić, drummer Adonis Dokuzović, and keyboardist Mustafa “Muc” Ismailovski, Divlje Jagode (“Wild Strawberries,” named after the Ingmar Bergman film) quickly became one of the loudest forces in Yugoslav rock.
- [Psihomodo Pop - Godina Zmaja](https://exyumusic.org/2025/10/27/psihomodo-pop-godina-zmaja/) - By the late ’80s, Yugoslav rock had reached a strange crossroads. EKV were turning post-punk anxiety into poetry, Haustor were flirting with world music, and the underground was shifting toward darkness. Then came Psihomodo Pop — loud, fun, and unserious in the best way possible.
- [Oko - Raskorak](https://exyumusic.org/2025/10/31/oko-raskorak/) - By the mid-1970s, Ljubljana’s underground scene had become a quiet playground for adventurous musicians who lived between genres. Jazz-rock outfits like Izvir, Predmestje, and September were fusing improvisation with jazz and progressive rock, searching for something uniquely Yugoslav while remaining globally tuned.
- [Videosex - Videosex](https://exyumusic.org/2025/11/03/videosex-videosex/) - Formed in 1982, Videosex embodied a strange, glamorous kind of rebellion. Fronted by Anja Rupel, whose sensual, magnetic vocals became a symbol for the era that the band’s very name resembled.
- [Smak - Smak](https://exyumusic.org/2025/11/10/smak-smak/) - In 1975, the Serbian rock band Smak emerged from Kragujevac with their five-piece self-titled debut — a fusion of blues rock, jazz-rock, and progressive psychedelia that showcased the individual talents of its members.
- [Grupa 220 - Naši Dani](https://exyumusic.org/2025/11/17/grupa-220-nasi-dani/) - Naši Dani, considered the first proper Yugoslav rock LP, was a landmark record in every sense. Released in December 1968 on Jugoton, Grupa 220’s debut marked the moment when domestic popular music stepped out from behind the “vocal-instrumental ensemble” (aka VIS) curtain and announced itself as a movement of its own.
- [Paraf - Izleti](https://exyumusic.org/2025/11/21/paraf-izleti/) - Formed in 1976 as one of the country’s earlier punk outfits, Paraf were loud and confrontational, playing raw, jagged anthems — something different to the synth-stained post-punk sound that would define this record.
- [Nemanja - Voodoo Beat](https://exyumusic.org/2025/11/24/nemanja-voodoo-beat/) - Luka Šipetić (aka Nemanja), hailing from Pula, has spent years weaving together a trilogy of esoteric albums, culminating in the final instalment — Voodoo Beat — the most colourful chapter yet.
- [Plavi Orkestar - Soldatski Bal](https://exyumusic.org/2025/11/28/plavi-orkestar-soldatski-bal/) - Produced by Hus (frontman of Parni Valjak) and released in 1985, Soldatski Bal became a phenomenon almost instantly. With a Sgt. Pepper’s inspired cover, a long guest list, and a fresh-faced band barely out of their teens, Plavi Orkestar turned into overnight stars.
- [Oliver Dragojević - Poeta](https://exyumusic.org/2025/12/05/oliver-dragojevic-poeta/) - Oliver Dragojević needs no introduction. The man was a living legend — far more than a musician, known simply as Oliver. A Croatian singer and composer — he’s considered one of the most enduring musical stars and cultural icons in Croatia.
- [Predmestje - Brez Naslova](https://exyumusic.org/2025/12/08/predmestje-brez-naslova/) - Predmestje formed in Ljubljana in 1977, built around a tight five-piece lineup: Peter Gruden (guitar, vocals), Andrej Pompe (keys), Aleksander Malahovsky (sax), Gabriel Lah (bass), and Janez Hvale (drums). They’d go on to release four albums before disbanding in 1984, but Brez Naslova, their 1977 debut on PGP-RTB, is still one of their most inviting and well-rounded works.
- [Van Gogh - Van Gogh](https://exyumusic.org/2025/12/13/van-gogh-van-gogh/) - Before the stadium rock phase, the band started out much closer to Belgrade’s mid-80s post-punk landscape — and very clearly under the shadow of Ekatarina Velika.
- [Pankrti - Dolgcajt](https://exyumusic.org/2025/12/15/pankrti-dolgcajt/) - Pankrti (”The Bastards”) were loud, provocative, and deliberately confrontational. Formed in Ljubljana in the late 1970s, they were among the first Yugoslav bands to fully embrace punk as a sound and an attitude.
- [Širom - In the Wind of Night, Hard-Fallen Incantations Whisper](https://exyumusic.org/2026/01/05/sirom-in-the-wind-of-night-hard-fallen-incantations-whisper/) - Širom return with In the Wind of Night, Hard-Fallen Incantations Whisper, their fifth album and most fully realised statement to date. Following 2022’s The Liquified Throne of Simplicity, the Slovenian trio once again proves why they remain one of the most remarkable experimental folk projects in Europe.
- [Exterior Palnet - Haragma II](https://exyumusic.org/2026/01/11/exterior-palnet-haragma-ii/) - Seven years in the making, Haragma II marks a major step forward for Zagreb-based black metal outfit Exterior Palnet.
- [Manja Ristić - Sargassum aeterna](https://exyumusic.org/2026/01/12/manja-ristic-sargassum-aeterna/) - Sargassum aeterna, released via Rekem Records, presents four ambient compositions rooted in what has been described as “listening-as-speculation” — sound as a way of imagining futures rather than illustrating them.
- [Darko Rundek - Ruke](https://exyumusic.org/2026/01/16/darko-rundek-ruke/) - Ruke emerged from a ten-day improvisational residency in a converted watermill in Burgundy, where Rundek worked alongside Isabel (violin), Đani Pervan (percussion), Dušan Vranić (keys), and sound designer Vedran Peternel.
- [Raphael Rogiński - Bura](https://exyumusic.org/2026/01/19/raphael-roginski-bura/) - Bura is a deeply immersive collaboration in which Raphael Rogiński reanimates Serbian folk traditions through improvisation, ritual, and a vivid sense of history.
- [Begnagrad - Begnagrad](https://exyumusic.org/2026/01/23/begnagrad-begnagrad/) - Released in 1982, Begnagrad is a wildly unpredictable avant-prog statement where Balkan folk, free jazz, and satire spiral into a disorienting but strangely humorous masterpiece.
- [Plastika - Sijamski Blizanac](https://exyumusic.org/2026/01/26/plastika-sijamski-blizanac/) - Sijamski Blizanac is a short, vicious blast of Zagreb d-beat hardcore — raw, political, and relentlessly intense, delivering maximum impact in under fifteen uncompromising minutes.
- [Goran Bregović - Alkohol](https://exyumusic.org/2026/02/01/goran-bregovic-alkohol/) - Alkohol is a superficially energetic but deeply shallow record that exposes how “world music” is often praised in Western criticism for its exotic appeal rather than its artistic substance or cultural context.
- [Azra - Filigranski pločnici](https://exyumusic.org/2026/02/08/azra-filigranski-plocnici/) - A sprawling and emotionally charged epic, Filigranski pločnici captures Azra at their most ambitious — blending punk, blues, and poetic political satire into one of the defining statements of Ex-Yugoslav rock.
- [kaleido - Čiji je ovo pas?](https://exyumusic.org/2026/02/13/kaleido-ciji-je-ovo-pas/) - kaleido’s debut Čiji je ovo pas? is an intimate, autumnal blend of Midwest emo, post-punk, and subtle jazz textures that captures quiet urban melancholy with warmth and surprising confidence.
- [Zdravko Čolić - Ako priđeš bliže](https://exyumusic.org/2026/02/16/zdravko-colic-ako-prides-blize/) - Ako priđeš bliže is a landmark Yugoslav pop record that captures Zdravko Čolić at his charismatic peak, pairing anthemic hits with rich arrangements that make it both instantly accessible and deeply replayable.
- [Tidal Pull - Sve isto kao svaki put do sad](https://exyumusic.org/2026/02/20/tidal-pull-sve-isto-kao-svaki-put-do-sad/) - Sve isto kao svaki put do sad finds Tidal Pull refining their mellow, nostalgic indie sound into a warm, bittersweet power-pop record that balances catchy hooks with tender introspection.
- [Sončna pot - Sončna pot](https://exyumusic.org/2026/02/23/soncna-pot-soncna-pot/) - Sončna Pot is an understated yet evocative slice of Yugoslav ethno-jazz fusion, blending atmospheric textures, melancholic saxophone passages, and exploratory jazz-rock into a quietly ambitious and immersive listening experience.
- [Majke - Razdor](https://exyumusic.org/2026/02/27/majke-razdor/) - Raw, riff-heavy and emotionally charged, Razdor finds Majke channeling gritty blues-rock energy and wartime tension into a dark, powerful record packed with memorable guitar hooks.
- [Buč Kesidi - Euforija](https://exyumusic.org/2026/03/02/buc-kesidi-euforija/) - Euforija is a polished, synth-driven pop-rock album that captures the energy and immediacy of contemporary youth culture, offering catchy hooks and spirited production, but remains lyrically and thematically lightweight.
- [Dubioza kolektiv - Apsurdistan](https://exyumusic.org/2026/03/06/dubioza-kolektiv-apsurdistan/) - Apsurdistan is a high-energy, genre-blending album with occasional catchy moments, but its surface-level satire, corny pop sensibilities, and lack of lasting depth make it feel shallow and uneven.
- [Roj osa meets Rob Mazurek - Beton Kino](https://exyumusic.org/2026/03/09/roj-osa-meets-rob-mazurek-beton-kino/) - A chaotic but captivating collision of free jazz improvisation, IDM, and apocalyptic post-rock, Beton Kino is an unsettling and adventurous record that feels like ideas being discovered in real time.
- [Dunja Knebl - Fauna](https://exyumusic.org/2026/03/15/dunja-knebl-fauna/) - A quietly enchanting album, Fauna sees Dunja Knebl transform traditional Croatian folk songs about animals into a delicate, atmospheric meditation on nature, symbolism, and the emotional echoes between the human and natural worlds.
- [Disciplina Kičme - Sviđa mi se da ti ne bude prijatno](https://exyumusic.org/2026/03/22/disciplina-kicme-svida-mi-se-da-ti-ne-bude-prijatno/) - A radical, bass-driven experiment that pushes minimalism to its limits — uncompromising, innovative, and still unlike anything else in the Yugoslav scene.
- [Inside My EX-YU Record Collection (Hidden Gems, Novi Val & More)](https://exyumusic.org/2026/03/27/inside-my-ex-yu-record-collection-hidden-gems-novi-val-more/) - A deep dive into my EX-YU vinyl collection, spanning Novi Val essentials and lesser-known discoveries.
- [Rijeka Punk: Essential Albums](https://exyumusic.org/2026/04/07/rijeka-punk-essential-albums/) - A guided listening path through Rijeka’s alternative scene, tracing its evolution from late-70s DIY punk into post-punk, synth-pop, noise rock, and beyond.
- [Kanda, Kodža i Nebojša - Deveti život](https://exyumusic.org/2026/03/27/kanda-kodza-i-nebojsa-deveti-zivot/) - A moody, genre-blurring mix of space rock, dub, and alternative textures, Deveti život captures Kanda, Kodža i Nebojša at their most atmospheric — hypnotic at its best, but occasionally drifting into self-indulgence.
- [La Strada - La Strada](https://exyumusic.org/2026/04/02/la-strada-la-strada/) - A cold, atmospheric slice of Novi Sad post-punk, La Strada blends hypnotic basslines, melancholic vocals, and subtle melodic shifts into a cult record.
- [Korni Grupa - Korni Grupa](https://exyumusic.org/2026/04/06/korni-grupa-korni-grupa/) - A pioneering Yugoslav prog album, Korni Grupa fuses jazz, psychedelia, and symphonic rock into a technically brilliant and historically essential record.
- [ŽEN - I onda je sve počelo](https://exyumusic.org/2026/04/18/zen-i-onda-je-sve-pocelo/) - ŽEN’s I onda je sve počelo is a richly layered, genre-blurring debut that blends post-rock, noise pop, psych, and math rock into an atmospheric, evolving sound that balances technical precision with emotional depth.
- [Kayah i Bregović - Kayah i Bregović](https://exyumusic.org/2026/04/20/kayah-i-bregovic-kayah-i-bregovic/) - A commercially successful collaboration between Kayah and Goran Bregović that leans on polished, formulaic interpretations of Balkan and folk motifs, resulting in an accessible but ultimately shallow and inconsistent album that rarely delivers on its potential.
- [Film - Još jučer samo na filmu a sada i u vašoj glavi](https://exyumusic.org/2026/05/12/film-jos-jucer-samo-na-filmu-a-sada-i-u-vasoj-glavi/) - A warm, catchy and historically important Yugoslav new wave debut, Još jučer samo na filmu a sada i u vašoj glavi blends ska, power pop, and youthful rebellion into an enjoyable record that sits somewhere between the theatricality of Haustor and the sharper edge of Azra, even if it occasionally becomes repetitive.
- [Partibrejkers - Partibrejkers](https://exyumusic.org/2026/05/17/partibrejkers-partibrejkers/) - Partibrejkers' 1985 debut is an imperfect but essential blueprint — a no-bass, Koja-produced raw statement from the Belgrade underground that captured the band's punk-blues energy before they fully refined it.
- [Zabranjeno Pušenje - Dok čekaš sabah sa šejtanom](https://exyumusic.org/2026/05/20/zabranjeno-pusenje-dok-cekas-sabah-sa-sejtanom/) - Zabranjeno Pušenje's second album is broader, catchier and more musically adventurous than their debut — a band expanding outward with confidence, even if it trades some of the perfectly contained chaos that made Das ist Walter so razor sharp.
- [Iztok Koren & Raphael Rogiński - Nocturnal Consolations](https://exyumusic.org/2026/04/12/iztok-koren-raphael-roginski-nocturnal-consolations/) - Nocturnal Consolations is a quietly immersive, texture-driven collaboration between Raphael Rogiński and Iztok Koren that excels in creating a meditative, pastoral atmosphere, though its restrained palette and minimal variation can cause the album to blur into itself over time.
- [Golemata voda - Golemata voda](https://exyumusic.org/2026/04/26/golemata-voda-golemata-voda/) - A cohesive and atmospheric debut from Golemata voda that blends midwest emo, shoegaze, and post-punk influences into a nostalgic, emotionally charged sound that feels both familiar and distinctly their own within the regional Skopje scene.
- [Skopje's Emerging Underground](https://exyumusic.org/2026/04/30/skopjes-emerging-underground/) - A snapshot of Skopje’s emerging underground music scene, where interconnected artists are blending post-punk, midwest emo, shoegaze, and experimental rock into a cohesive, emotionally charged and distinctly local sound.
- [Interview: Tidal Pull — Identity, Growth, and the Zagreb Indie Scene](https://exyumusic.org/2026/04/23/interview-tidal-pull-identity-growth-and-the-zagreb-indie-scene/) - Tidal Pull reflect on their evolution into a defined part of Zagreb’s indie scene, discussing lineup changes, instinctive songwriting, and the more melodic, introspective direction of Sve isto kao svaki put do sad as they move away from urgency toward a more deliberate pace.
- [Interview: Eva Ras — Intensity, Identity, and the EX-YU Screamo Underground](https://exyumusic.org/2026/03/24/interview-eva-ras-intensity-identity-and-the-ex-yu-screamo-underground/) - An interview with Eva Ras’ Filip Stojiljković on identity, intensity, and documenting the social and political realities of the EX-YU underground through sound.
- [Suba: Producer of Novi Sad’s Hidden Gems](https://exyumusic.org/2026/03/16/suba-producer-of-novi-sads-hidden-gems/) - From Novi Sad’s post-punk scene to São Paulo’s electronic renaissance, this article tells the story of Suba’s journey, experimentation, and enduring musical legacy.
- [My Favourite Regional Releases of 2025](https://exyumusic.org/2026/01/02/my-favourite-regional-releases-of-2025/) - Here is the full list of a personal year-end reflection on regional records that I kept returning to in 2025.
- [5–1: My Favourite Regional Releases of 2025](https://exyumusic.org/2025/12/31/5-1-my-favourite-regional-releases-of-2025/) - The third and final part of a personal year-end reflection on regional records that I kept returning to in 2025.
- [10–6: My Favourite Regional Releases of 2025](https://exyumusic.org/2025/12/30/10-6-my-favourite-regional-releases-of-2025/) - The second part of a personal year-end reflection on regional records that I kept returning to in 2025.
- [15–11: My Favourite Regional Releases of 2025](https://exyumusic.org/2025/12/29/15-11-my-favourite-regional-releases-of-2025/) - The first part of a personal year-end reflection on regional records that I kept returning to in 2025.
- [Interview: Milan Mladenović Foundation on Legacy, Archives, and the Award](https://exyumusic.org/2025/12/01/interview-milan-mladenovic-foundation-on-legacy-archives-and-the-award/) - As an Ex-YU music blog, I think it would only be right if the topic of our first interview centres on the scene’s most enduring icon, Milan Mladenović.
- [The Jazz-Rock Underground of Ljubljana: 1970–Present](https://exyumusic.org/2025/06/18/the-jazz-rock-underground-of-ljubljana-1970-present/) - This guide traces Ljubljana’s jazz-rock story from its golden roots in the 1970s, through its more fragmented second wave in the 1980s, and into its modern-day echoes. It highlights essential albums, forgotten gems, and strange masterpieces that defined the scene — and proves that even in a small city, brilliant music can thrive far from the spotlight.
- [7 Hidden Ex-YU Albums You Need to Hear](https://exyumusic.org/2025/11/14/7-hidden-ex-yu-albums-you-need-to-hear/) - Over the last 50 years, musicians from Ljubljana to Sarajevo have been experimenting, blending genres, and reshaping what Ex-YU music can mean. Let's go beyond the usual classics and explore seven hidden gems that deserve another listen.
- [Echoes Across Europe: The Cure and EKV](https://exyumusic.org/2025/11/07/echoes-across-europe-the-cure-and-ekv/) - The Cure and Ekatarina Velika, two bands from opposite ends of Europe, two iconic frontmen, and two bands that rarely share the same sentence. Yet, their paths are eerily similar in style, evolution, and legacy.
- [Yugoslav Jazz: Essential Albums](https://exyumusic.org/2025/09/25/yugoslav-jazz-essential-albums/) - When people think of Yugoslav music, jazz is rarely the first thing that comes to mind. The region is most often remembered for its Novi Val (new wave) explosion in the early 1980s, with bands like Šarlo Akrobata, Azra, EKV, and Haustor, or for its enduring pop-rock and singer-songwriters. Yet beneath the surface, a rich jazz culture quietly flourished.
- [The Ex-YU Starter Pack: 5 Albums You Need to Hear](https://exyumusic.org/2025/05/29/the-ex-yu-starter-pack-5-albums-you-need-to-hear/) - Yugoslavia's music scene was as diverse, daring, and dynamic as the country itself. These five albums offer a powerful entry point into the world of Ex-YU music.
- [A Beginner’s Guide to the Sounds of Former Yugoslavia](https://exyumusic.org/2025/09/03/a-beginners-guide-to-the-sounds-of-former-yugoslavia/) - This is something I’ve wanted to make for a long time — a beginner’s guide to Ex-YU music, from the Yugoslav psychedelic pop rock of the '60s to the Novi Val scene of the '80s.
- [Azra - Sunčana Strana Ulice](https://exyumusic.org/2025/05/23/azra-suncana-strana-ulice/) - Released in 1981 through Jugoton, Azra's Sunčana Strana Ulice stretches across 24 tracks and a runtime of over an hour. A sprawling, poetic, and politically-charged journey, it remains one of the most iconic releases in Ex-YU rock history.

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- [post punk](https://exyumusic.org/tag/post-punk-2/)
- [new](https://exyumusic.org/tag/new/)
- [female vocalist](https://exyumusic.org/tag/female-vocalist/)
- [disco](https://exyumusic.org/tag/disco/)
- [frka](https://exyumusic.org/tag/frka/)
- [heavy](https://exyumusic.org/tag/heavy/)
- [raw](https://exyumusic.org/tag/raw/)
- [acoustic](https://exyumusic.org/tag/acoustic/)
- [introspective](https://exyumusic.org/tag/introspective/)
- [light](https://exyumusic.org/tag/light/)
- [library music](https://exyumusic.org/tag/library-music/)
- [montenegro](https://exyumusic.org/tag/montenegro/)
- [greece](https://exyumusic.org/tag/greece/)
- [paris](https://exyumusic.org/tag/paris/)
- [instrumental](https://exyumusic.org/tag/instrumental/)
- [synthpop](https://exyumusic.org/tag/synthpop/)
- [rijeka](https://exyumusic.org/tag/rijeka/)
- [synth](https://exyumusic.org/tag/synth/)
- [2010s](https://exyumusic.org/tag/2010s/)
- [2015](https://exyumusic.org/tag/2015/)
- [zoster](https://exyumusic.org/tag/zoster/)
- [mostar](https://exyumusic.org/tag/mostar/)
- [knezovic](https://exyumusic.org/tag/knezovic/)
- [contemporary](https://exyumusic.org/tag/contemporary/)
- [industrial](https://exyumusic.org/tag/industrial/)
- [martial](https://exyumusic.org/tag/martial/)
- [laibach](https://exyumusic.org/tag/laibach/)
- [ballad](https://exyumusic.org/tag/ballad/)
- [balasevic](https://exyumusic.org/tag/balasevic/)
- [rani mraz](https://exyumusic.org/tag/rani-mraz/)
- [pub](https://exyumusic.org/tag/pub/)
- [crvena jabuka](https://exyumusic.org/tag/crvena-jabuka/)
- [elvis j kurtovic](https://exyumusic.org/tag/elvis-j-kurtovic/)
- [new primitives](https://exyumusic.org/tag/new-primitives/)
- [disciplina kicme](https://exyumusic.org/tag/disciplina-kicme/)
- [novi val](https://exyumusic.org/tag/novi-val/)
- [ska](https://exyumusic.org/tag/ska/)
- [reggae](https://exyumusic.org/tag/reggae/)
- [haustor](https://exyumusic.org/tag/haustor/)
- [two tone](https://exyumusic.org/tag/two-tone/)
- [2008](https://exyumusic.org/tag/2008/)
- [noise rock](https://exyumusic.org/tag/noise-rock/)
- [hardcore](https://exyumusic.org/tag/hardcore/)
- [ex yu](https://exyumusic.org/tag/ex-yu/)
- [germany](https://exyumusic.org/tag/germany/)
- [balkan jazz](https://exyumusic.org/tag/balkan-jazz/)
- [modal jazz](https://exyumusic.org/tag/modal-jazz/)
- [post bop](https://exyumusic.org/tag/post-bop/)
- [cool jazz](https://exyumusic.org/tag/cool-jazz/)
- [ethnic jazz](https://exyumusic.org/tag/ethnic-jazz/)
- [1960s](https://exyumusic.org/tag/1960s/)
- [goykovich](https://exyumusic.org/tag/goykovich/)
- [funk rock](https://exyumusic.org/tag/funk-rock/)
- [dado topic](https://exyumusic.org/tag/dado-topic/)
- [documentary](https://exyumusic.org/tag/documentary/)
- [video](https://exyumusic.org/tag/video/)
- [ekatarina velika](https://exyumusic.org/tag/ekatarina-velika/)
- [milan mladenovic](https://exyumusic.org/tag/milan-mladenovic/)
- [zabranjeno pusenje](https://exyumusic.org/tag/zabranjeno-pusenje/)
- [beograd](https://exyumusic.org/tag/beograd/)
- [cold](https://exyumusic.org/tag/cold/)
- [balkan rock](https://exyumusic.org/tag/balkan-rock/)
- [ex yu muzika](https://exyumusic.org/tag/ex-yu-muzika/)
- [leb i sol](https://exyumusic.org/tag/leb-i-sol/)
- [macedonian folk music](https://exyumusic.org/tag/macedonian-folk-music/)
- [balkan fusion](https://exyumusic.org/tag/balkan-fusion/)
- [vlatko stefanovski](https://exyumusic.org/tag/vlatko-stefanovski/)
- [hitovi](https://exyumusic.org/tag/hitovi/)
- [ex yu rock](https://exyumusic.org/tag/ex-yu-rock/)
- [hrvatska](https://exyumusic.org/tag/hrvatska/)
- [svemirko](https://exyumusic.org/tag/svemirko/)
- [dance pop](https://exyumusic.org/tag/dance-pop/)
- [synth pop](https://exyumusic.org/tag/synth-pop/)
- [lofi](https://exyumusic.org/tag/lofi/)
- [darko rundek](https://exyumusic.org/tag/darko-rundek/)
- [sarlo akrobata](https://exyumusic.org/tag/sarlo-akrobata/)
- [paket aranzman](https://exyumusic.org/tag/paket-aranzman/)
- [yugoslav jazz](https://exyumusic.org/tag/yugoslav-jazz/)
- [yugo jazz](https://exyumusic.org/tag/yugo-jazz/)
- [dusko gojkovic](https://exyumusic.org/tag/dusko-gojkovic/)
- [bosko petrovic](https://exyumusic.org/tag/bosko-petrovic/)
- [balkan folk](https://exyumusic.org/tag/balkan-folk/)
- [essential yugoslav albums](https://exyumusic.org/tag/essential-yugoslav-albums/)
- [dzoni stulic](https://exyumusic.org/tag/dzoni-stulic/)
- [aki rahimovski](https://exyumusic.org/tag/aki-rahimovski/)
- [husein hasanefendic](https://exyumusic.org/tag/husein-hasanefendic/)
- [rock and roll](https://exyumusic.org/tag/rock-and-roll/)
- [parni valjak](https://exyumusic.org/tag/parni-valjak/)
- [nirvana](https://exyumusic.org/tag/nirvana/)
- [krist novoselic](https://exyumusic.org/tag/krist-novoselic/)
- [jazz fusion](https://exyumusic.org/tag/jazz-fusion/)
- [ostavi trag](https://exyumusic.org/tag/ostavi-trag/)
- [kendrick lamar](https://exyumusic.org/tag/kendrick-lamar/)
- [kendrick lamar sample](https://exyumusic.org/tag/kendrick-lamar-sample/)
- [duckworth](https://exyumusic.org/tag/duckworth/)
- [ljubljana jazz](https://exyumusic.org/tag/ljubljana-jazz/)
- [janez boncina](https://exyumusic.org/tag/janez-boncina/)
- [petar ugrin](https://exyumusic.org/tag/petar-ugrin/)
- [ratko divjan](https://exyumusic.org/tag/ratko-divjan/)
- [soul](https://exyumusic.org/tag/soul/)
- [dino dvornik](https://exyumusic.org/tag/dino-dvornik/)
- [synth funk](https://exyumusic.org/tag/synth-funk/)
- [kineski zid](https://exyumusic.org/tag/kineski-zid/)
- [split](https://exyumusic.org/tag/split/)
- [london](https://exyumusic.org/tag/london/)
- [r&b](https://exyumusic.org/tag/rb/)
- [bora dordevic](https://exyumusic.org/tag/bora-dordevic/)
- [bor](https://exyumusic.org/tag/bor/)
- [srbija](https://exyumusic.org/tag/srbija/)
- [trip hop](https://exyumusic.org/tag/trip-hop/)
- [aleksandar stojkovic](https://exyumusic.org/tag/aleksandar-stojkovic/)
- [goribor](https://exyumusic.org/tag/goribor/)
- [krasznahorkai](https://exyumusic.org/tag/krasznahorkai/)
- [dancing bear](https://exyumusic.org/tag/dancing-bear/)
- [divlje jagode](https://exyumusic.org/tag/divlje-jagode/)
- [davor gobac](https://exyumusic.org/tag/davor-gobac/)
- [frida](https://exyumusic.org/tag/frida/)
- [mtv](https://exyumusic.org/tag/mtv/)
- [ramones](https://exyumusic.org/tag/ramones/)
- [iggy pop](https://exyumusic.org/tag/iggy-pop/)
- [sexuality](https://exyumusic.org/tag/sexuality/)
- [anja rupel](https://exyumusic.org/tag/anja-rupel/)
- [videosex](https://exyumusic.org/tag/videosex/)
- [hi-nrg](https://exyumusic.org/tag/hi-nrg/)
- [the cure](https://exyumusic.org/tag/the-cure/)
- [robert smith](https://exyumusic.org/tag/robert-smith/)
- [wish](https://exyumusic.org/tag/wish/)
- [samo par godina za nas](https://exyumusic.org/tag/samo-par-godina-za-nas/)
- [echoes across europe](https://exyumusic.org/tag/echoes-across-europe/)
- [kragujevac](https://exyumusic.org/tag/kragujevac/)
- [rm tocak](https://exyumusic.org/tag/rm-tocak/)
- [laza ristovski](https://exyumusic.org/tag/laza-ristovski/)
- [radomir mihajlovic](https://exyumusic.org/tag/radomir-mihajlovic/)
- [blues u parku](https://exyumusic.org/tag/blues-u-parku/)
- [oko](https://exyumusic.org/tag/oko/)
- [raskorak](https://exyumusic.org/tag/raskorak/)
- [izvir](https://exyumusic.org/tag/izvir/)
- [remek depo](https://exyumusic.org/tag/remek-depo/)
- [hidden gems](https://exyumusic.org/tag/hidden-gems/)
- [bonton baya](https://exyumusic.org/tag/bonton-baya/)
- [elpi](https://exyumusic.org/tag/elpi/)
- [miha kralj](https://exyumusic.org/tag/miha-kralj/)
- [daliborovo granje](https://exyumusic.org/tag/daliborovo-granje/)
- [hainin](https://exyumusic.org/tag/hainin/)
- [drago mlinarec](https://exyumusic.org/tag/drago-mlinarec/)
- [VIS](https://exyumusic.org/tag/vis/)
- [beatles](https://exyumusic.org/tag/beatles/)
- [vim cola](https://exyumusic.org/tag/vim-cola/)
- [joy division](https://exyumusic.org/tag/joy-division/)
- [psychedelia](https://exyumusic.org/tag/psychedelia/)
- [luka sipetic](https://exyumusic.org/tag/luka-sipetic/)
- [voodoo beat](https://exyumusic.org/tag/voodoo-beat/)
- [neo psychedelia](https://exyumusic.org/tag/neo-psychedelia/)
- [world music](https://exyumusic.org/tag/world-music/)
- [pula](https://exyumusic.org/tag/pula/)
- [afro-caribbean](https://exyumusic.org/tag/afro-caribbean/)
- [nemanja](https://exyumusic.org/tag/nemanja/)
- [milan mladenovic foundation](https://exyumusic.org/tag/milan-mladenovic-foundation/)
- [nebojsa krivokuca](https://exyumusic.org/tag/nebojsa-krivokuca/)
- [suba](https://exyumusic.org/tag/suba/)
- [angel's breath](https://exyumusic.org/tag/angels-breath/)
- [balkan music](https://exyumusic.org/tag/balkan-music/)
- [dalmatian](https://exyumusic.org/tag/dalmatian/)
- [dalmatian folk](https://exyumusic.org/tag/dalmatian-folk/)
- [klapa](https://exyumusic.org/tag/klapa/)
- [klapa trogir](https://exyumusic.org/tag/klapa-trogir/)
- [oliver](https://exyumusic.org/tag/oliver/)
- [oliver dragojevic](https://exyumusic.org/tag/oliver-dragojevic/)
- [chanson](https://exyumusic.org/tag/chanson/)
- [ljubljana jazz rock underground](https://exyumusic.org/tag/ljubljana-jazz-rock-underground/)
- [the doors](https://exyumusic.org/tag/the-doors/)
- [psychedelic rock](https://exyumusic.org/tag/psychedelic-rock/)
- [van gogh](https://exyumusic.org/tag/van-gogh/)
- [jangle pop](https://exyumusic.org/tag/jangle-pop/)
- [novi sad](https://exyumusic.org/tag/novi-sad/)
- [punk rock](https://exyumusic.org/tag/punk-rock/)
- [dolgcajt](https://exyumusic.org/tag/dolgcajt/)
- [pankrti](https://exyumusic.org/tag/pankrti/)
- [2025 list](https://exyumusic.org/tag/2025-list/)
- [2025 music](https://exyumusic.org/tag/2025-music/)
- [2025 muzika](https://exyumusic.org/tag/2025-muzika/)
- [kaleido](https://exyumusic.org/tag/kaleido/)
- [kamra](https://exyumusic.org/tag/kamra/)
- [roj osa](https://exyumusic.org/tag/roj-osa/)
- [peach pit](https://exyumusic.org/tag/peach-pit/)
- [sijenke](https://exyumusic.org/tag/sijenke/)
- [balkans](https://exyumusic.org/tag/balkans/)
- [koikoi](https://exyumusic.org/tag/koikoi/)
- [eva ras](https://exyumusic.org/tag/eva-ras/)
- [tidal pull](https://exyumusic.org/tag/tidal-pull/)
- [manja ristic](https://exyumusic.org/tag/manja-ristic/)
- [field recordings](https://exyumusic.org/tag/field-recordings/)
- [dunja knebl](https://exyumusic.org/tag/dunja-knebl/)
- [croatian folk](https://exyumusic.org/tag/croatian-folk/)
- [serbian folk](https://exyumusic.org/tag/serbian-folk/)
- [sirom](https://exyumusic.org/tag/sirom/)
- [slovenian folk](https://exyumusic.org/tag/slovenian-folk/)
- [free folk](https://exyumusic.org/tag/free-folk/)
- [hardcore punk](https://exyumusic.org/tag/hardcore-punk/)
- [black metal](https://exyumusic.org/tag/black-metal/)
- [avant garde metal](https://exyumusic.org/tag/avant-garde-metal/)
- [dissonant metal](https://exyumusic.org/tag/dissonant-metal/)
- [exterior palnet](https://exyumusic.org/tag/exterior-palnet/)
- [raphael roginski](https://exyumusic.org/tag/raphael-roginski/)
- [plastika](https://exyumusic.org/tag/plastika/)
- [dinosmashers](https://exyumusic.org/tag/dinosmashers/)
- [In the Wind of Night](https://exyumusic.org/tag/in-the-wind-of-night/)
- [Hard-Fallen Incantations Whisper](https://exyumusic.org/tag/hard-fallen-incantations-whisper/)
- [free jazz](https://exyumusic.org/tag/free-jazz/)
- [avant garde jazz](https://exyumusic.org/tag/avant-garde-jazz/)
- [improvisation](https://exyumusic.org/tag/improvisation/)
- [spiritual](https://exyumusic.org/tag/spiritual/)
- [atmospheric metal](https://exyumusic.org/tag/atmospheric-metal/)
- [dissonant black metal](https://exyumusic.org/tag/dissonant-black-metal/)
- [metal music](https://exyumusic.org/tag/metal-music/)
- [haragma](https://exyumusic.org/tag/haragma/)
- [sargassum aeterna](https://exyumusic.org/tag/sargassum-aeterna/)
- [field recording](https://exyumusic.org/tag/field-recording/)
- [non music](https://exyumusic.org/tag/non-music/)
- [electroacoustic](https://exyumusic.org/tag/electroacoustic/)
- [rekem records](https://exyumusic.org/tag/rekem-records/)
- [isle of arran](https://exyumusic.org/tag/isle-of-arran/)
- [mljet](https://exyumusic.org/tag/mljet/)
- [singer songwriter](https://exyumusic.org/tag/singer-songwriter/)
- [polish](https://exyumusic.org/tag/polish/)
- [serbian folk music](https://exyumusic.org/tag/serbian-folk-music/)
- [avant folk](https://exyumusic.org/tag/avant-folk/)
- [serbian music](https://exyumusic.org/tag/serbian-music/)
- [ruzicniak tajni](https://exyumusic.org/tag/ruzicniak-tajni/)
- [begnagrad](https://exyumusic.org/tag/begnagrad/)
- [avant prog](https://exyumusic.org/tag/avant-prog/)
- [slovenian folk music](https://exyumusic.org/tag/slovenian-folk-music/)
- [rock in opposition](https://exyumusic.org/tag/rock-in-opposition/)
- [bratko bibic](https://exyumusic.org/tag/bratko-bibic/)
- [slovenian rock](https://exyumusic.org/tag/slovenian-rock/)
- [dbeat](https://exyumusic.org/tag/dbeat/)
- [croatian punk](https://exyumusic.org/tag/croatian-punk/)
- [goran bregovic](https://exyumusic.org/tag/goran-bregovic/)
- [alkohol](https://exyumusic.org/tag/alkohol/)
- [romani music](https://exyumusic.org/tag/romani-music/)
- [gypsy music](https://exyumusic.org/tag/gypsy-music/)
- [balkan brass band](https://exyumusic.org/tag/balkan-brass-band/)
- [romani](https://exyumusic.org/tag/romani/)
- [brass band](https://exyumusic.org/tag/brass-band/)
- [dream pop](https://exyumusic.org/tag/dream-pop/)
- [nova srpska](https://exyumusic.org/tag/nova-srpska/)
- [boris leiner](https://exyumusic.org/tag/boris-leiner/)
- [folk rock](https://exyumusic.org/tag/folk-rock/)
- [filigranski plocnici](https://exyumusic.org/tag/filigranski-plocnici/)
- [croatian music](https://exyumusic.org/tag/croatian-music/)
- [croatian rock](https://exyumusic.org/tag/croatian-rock/)
- [midwest emo](https://exyumusic.org/tag/midwest-emo/)
- [zagreb rock](https://exyumusic.org/tag/zagreb-rock/)
- [zdravko colic](https://exyumusic.org/tag/zdravko-colic/)
- [europop](https://exyumusic.org/tag/europop/)
- [jedina](https://exyumusic.org/tag/jedina/)
- [eurovision](https://exyumusic.org/tag/eurovision/)
- [yugoslav pop](https://exyumusic.org/tag/yugoslav-pop/)
- [power pop](https://exyumusic.org/tag/power-pop/)
- [majke](https://exyumusic.org/tag/majke/)
- [vinkovci](https://exyumusic.org/tag/vinkovci/)
- [goran bare](https://exyumusic.org/tag/goran-bare/)
- [dance](https://exyumusic.org/tag/dance/)
- [rob mazurek](https://exyumusic.org/tag/rob-mazurek/)
- [avant-grade](https://exyumusic.org/tag/avant-grade/)
- [improv](https://exyumusic.org/tag/improv/)
- [idm](https://exyumusic.org/tag/idm/)
- [2025](https://exyumusic.org/tag/2025/)
- [sao paulo](https://exyumusic.org/tag/sao-paulo/)
- [electronica](https://exyumusic.org/tag/electronica/)
- [ambient](https://exyumusic.org/tag/ambient/)
- [dusan kojic](https://exyumusic.org/tag/dusan-kojic/)
- [noise](https://exyumusic.org/tag/noise/)
- [screamo](https://exyumusic.org/tag/screamo/)
- [emoviolence](https://exyumusic.org/tag/emoviolence/)
- [yugoviolence](https://exyumusic.org/tag/yugoviolence/)
- [yugoslav underground](https://exyumusic.org/tag/yugoslav-underground/)
- [kornelije kovac](https://exyumusic.org/tag/kornelije-kovac/)
- [2026](https://exyumusic.org/tag/2026/)
- [balkan folk music](https://exyumusic.org/tag/balkan-folk-music/)
- [bregovic](https://exyumusic.org/tag/bregovic/)
- [indie](https://exyumusic.org/tag/indie/)
- [shoegaze](https://exyumusic.org/tag/shoegaze/)
- [alternative](https://exyumusic.org/tag/alternative/)
- [post-rock](https://exyumusic.org/tag/post-rock-2/)
- [film](https://exyumusic.org/tag/film/)
- [jura stublic](https://exyumusic.org/tag/jura-stublic/)
- [garage rock](https://exyumusic.org/tag/garage-rock/)
- [ussr](https://exyumusic.org/tag/ussr/)
- [essay](https://exyumusic.org/tag/essay/)
- [Archive](https://exyumusic.org/tag/archive/) - Archival
- [hip hop](https://exyumusic.org/tag/hip-hop/)
- [metal](https://exyumusic.org/tag/metal/)
- [alternative rock](https://exyumusic.org/tag/alternative-rock/)
- [interview](https://exyumusic.org/tag/interview/)
- [sevdah](https://exyumusic.org/tag/sevdah/)
- [sevdalinka](https://exyumusic.org/tag/sevdalinka/)
- [post-hardcore](https://exyumusic.org/tag/post-hardcore/)