Urgh...Nina Badrić. The Croatian music scene in general is pretty depressing at the mo. I'm hard pressed to think of anything (outside of The beat fleet, which I've already made a thread on a while back) others would find interesting. The only other thing I personally really enjoy is the collaboration between Zdenko Runjić and Oliver Dragojević. Runjić was one of the most talented songwriters from these areas but I'm not sure if other people would get the appeal of the music.

Here are a few noteworthy examples of their work:






Oh and here's a really nice song by Lvky with an appearance from Oliver with a pretty cool video:

Thank you, Scissorman and adidass, for sharing some songs from former Yugoslavia!

Scissorman, I liked the Serbian ethnic music with Sanja & Balkanika, which had the nice violin solo--very pretty. I wondered whether it sounds "Serbian" to you...I couldn't hear any particular sound that would make me think of Serbia, perhaps because I haven't heard a lot of Serbian music!

The song I especially liked of those you posted is "Misreality" by Vroom. You weren't sure how to classify it. I might call it "alternative jazzy folk rock rap!":) The lyrics are a little thought-provoking and critical, which I like.



adidass, the first three songs you posted, resulting from a collaboration between Zdenko Runjić and Oliver Dragojević, have a romantic muzak sound to me.

My favorite is your final video of the peppier song "Projav" by LVKY & Oliver. I'm guessing it is about a man remembering his (lost) romantic partner or relationship...which I assume didn't end so well due to the burned out car. My, it looks like the Mohawk is back, bigtime, in this video! That made me smile. Are those cypress trees in the video? The countryside reminds me of Italy, and the apartments remind me of East Germany.

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Thanks for giving it a go...:)
I posted the slower, more romantic songs but they have some more upbeat stuff too.

Anyhow, the scenery is exactly that, Mediterranean meets communism...:laughing:

I guess the song is about a lover trying to keep his love, he tells her how good he feels when he's with her etc. Standard love stuff, but I don't really place that much importance on the lyrics, I just really like the music. ;)

thanks 4 listening to it >D lol, that song by sanja ilic & balkanika doesn't actually sound like the rest of their work, although it is classified as Serbian ethnic music. I posted that song because that is the song that I myself like :D I'm glad that you enjoyed some of the music :)

Heh, and there's me thinking these countries just pretended they had bands & artists for Eurovision...

It's still a highlight of their career...:laughing:

lol eurovision :D only the shallowest musicians take eurovision seriously :D

So I'm adding these two to the list. They have been extremely popular lately, I personally don't know why, but maybe the genre just isn't my thing. They are actually sisters

Good call on Vrooom :thumb:
I would like to add some Serbian New Wave, post-punk and the like. Belgrade early 80's:

ELEKTRICNI ORGAZAM - "Nebo" (S/T 1981)


"Krokodili dolaze" (that would meen - the crocodiles are coming) from the same album


Only first two of their albums are very good, later they went totally mainstream.


ŠARLO AKROBATA had more funky influences
"Niko kao ja" was a great hit in ex-Yu


"Mali Čovek" (my favorite)


"Pazite na decu" (trans. watch for your kids) more experimental


Šarlo Akrobata released only one full album in 1981.


DISCIPLINA KIČME were the noisiest. Their lead Koja was previously in ŠARLO AKROBATA.
Early live 2 songs - "Nemoj" + "Pečati"


They were gradually developing toward more drum and bass based music.
"Cudna suma"


"Buka u modi" (trans. noise is trendy)



That's it for now. I can do more of this if anyone is interested and if the OP doesn't mind.

Thanks for these interesting videos! :)