The DJ & The War Crimes

balkan-scenes editorial

12.01.2023

Just before New Years, Rolling Stone dropped a bomb of investigative journalism — Thirty years after a death squad massacred civilians in Bosnia, none of the infamous Arkan’s Tigers have stood trial for their alleged part in those crimes. And for the past few decades, one of them has been spinning trance records at European festivals and clubs.

There is no need to re-write this or comment, the original article is simply something anyone who is curious about the state of the Balkans and its positioning of rotten people in the every sphere, including the cultural one (and even electronic music). These people are everywhere, in every form, in every former Yugoslav country. There is no place for fascists in music, in culture, in society. Death to fascism, freedom to the people!

Two-faced techno people in the Balkans, and future of our editorial content

editorial

23.09.2022

In post-pandemic world, I hoped for things to become better in the techno sphere, as I believed people would finally appreciate what we’ve lost for years in the isolation. But in my eyes, the opposite has happened — the “techno scene” is going all bonkers with these headlining festivals, Instagram DJs are becoming more and more prevalent, the divide between quality and like/follower quantity is becoming bigger and bigger, etc. There are exceptions to this, but this is the general picture right now, techno is sadly cooler (or trendier) than ever before. The underground is mainstream.

Introductory: 3diz

introductory

03.02.2022

Mighty distinct electro with specific flares of acid, topped with old-school sampling give 3diz’s sound a very powerful punch. Perfect for the dance-floor, but also when working as the head-nodding isn’t a problem for his sound at all.

How-to Decode Fake News?

editorial

07.12.2021

The mystique that’s priorly narrated is often finished by the time you are viewing your third Google result, and the path of the journey you took to process the news information disappears as cheap WordPress templates reveal the low-effort fake news outlets.

The Rave Scene of Bulgaria: Stamina

balkan-scenes editorial

03.12.2021

Stamina is a party crew based in Sofia founded in 2017 that has its portfolio colored with various of techno monsters such as Stanislav Tolkachev, Codex Empire, Ancient Methods, Lag, Scalameriya, Remco Beekwilder, 999999999, Perc… should we continue?

Introductory: Viagra Boys

introductory

27.11.2021

A Swedish band fusing jazz, hip-hop, rave and tons of gonzo that ventures in the sea of new-coming post-punk acts. The vocal Sebastian is a very charismatic and on-point antihero that recites his abstractly dark hedonistic lyrics, being the main groove output while the band is fusing these dance music-based beats with majestic diversity and energy each time.

Dubstep: Behind the capitalist cringe word lies a UK scene rooted with anti-war hypnosis of unity through bass

editorial

03.09.2021

Because dubstep hasn’t died for a brief second, but took its beating from the music industry, I’m going to try to defend it and give you an insight of how things were always standing with this specific genre in mind and how the word dubstep ended up being a dirty word in the electronic music scene even today.

The Rave Scene of Kosovo: Hapësira

balkan-scenes editorial

07.06.2019

We have one of Hapësira’s founders Uran Badivuku answer some questions for us about Boiler Room, reaching from 50kg to 500kg donation food on their events and more in-depth information about one of the biggest rave nurturing organizations in Kosovo.