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Berlin Bazzar > Music > Reviews > Mostar Sevdah Reunion – Lady Sings The Balkan Blues MusicReviews Mostar Sevdah Reunion – Lady Sings The Balkan Blues Posted by berlinbazzar November 21, 2022 November 21, 2022 Shares READ NEXT Altın Gün – “Yol” Mostar Sevdah Reunion is a Bosnian institut...
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Berlin Bazzar > Music > Vintage Interviews: Magnifico, the King of Balkan Bling Music Vintage Interviews: Magnifico, the King of Balkan Bling Posted by berlinbazzar November 19, 2022 November 19, 2022 Shares READ NEXT Invisible Archives w/ Max Weissenfeldt (Philophon Records) Robert Pešut is Mag...
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Berlin Bazzar > Music > Reviews > Shotnez – Dose A Nova MusicReviews Shotnez – Dose A Nova Posted by berlinbazzar November 18, 2022 November 18, 2022 Shares READ NEXT Crimi Now that the Balkan Beats hyperbole appears to be out of fashion, erstwhile pioneers of the genre Ori Kaplan and Tamir Mus...
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Berlin Bazzar > Berlin > Balkan Beats Diary BerlinParallel Societies Balkan Beats Diary Posted by berlinbazzar November 15, 2022 November 15, 2022 Shares READ NEXT Istanbul – Balkan Beats Book Somewhere in the noughties: The other day I met with Robert Soko and Arthur Engelbert in an Italian ...
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Berlin Bazzar > Music > Reviews > Kottarashky & The Rain Dogs – Doghouse MusicReviews Kottarashky & The Rain Dogs – Doghouse Posted by berlinbazzar November 10, 2022 November 10, 2022 Shares READ NEXT Crimi All is quiet on the Balkan front. One exception from the region is this jazzy new release...
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Berlin Bazzar > Immigration > An Interview with Ozan Ata Canani ImmigrationMusicParallel Societies An Interview with Ozan Ata Canani Posted by berlinbazzar October 23, 2022 October 23, 2022 Shares READ NEXT Kolektif Istanbul – Kismet In 2013, Turkish-German author, music compiler and DJ, Imran Aya...
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Berlin Bazzar > Music > Reviews > “Istanbul is Like a Rebellious Woman” – An interview with Gaye Su Akyol MusicReviews “Istanbul is Like a Rebellious Woman” – An interview with Gaye Su Akyol Posted by berlinbazzar October 22, 2022 October 22, 2022 Shares READ NEXT A Monumental Mission: T...
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Berlin Bazzar > Berlin > An Interview with Imran Ayata BerlinImmigrationMusicParallel Societies An Interview with Imran Ayata Posted by berlinbazzar October 16, 2022 October 16, 2022 Shares READ NEXT Derya Yıldırım Imran Ayata (1969) is a Turkish-German author, music compiler and sometime DJ. Tog...
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Berlin Bazzar > Music > “A Chassid in Amsterdam”-Balkan Beats Book Music “A Chassid in Amsterdam”-Balkan Beats Book Posted by berlinbazzar October 10, 2022 October 10, 2022 Shares READ NEXT Q***r, Turkish and Muslim? OMFO: I come from Odessa – an area that is closely linked with Balkan cul...
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Berlin Bazzar > Parallel Societies > The “Clans” – On the Trail Parallel SocietiesTransit The “Clans” – On the Trail Posted by berlinbazzar October 12, 2022 October 12, 2022 Shares READ NEXT Alec Kopyt, “Hedonist to the Core” Bright and early I set out from my hotel in the middling K...
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Berlin Bazzar > Music > Reviews > Derya Yıldırım – Dost 2 MusicReviews Derya Yıldırım – Dost 2 Posted by berlinbazzar September 29, 2022 September 29, 2022 Shares READ NEXT Rap Story – Ethnique Punch Derya Yıldırım’s vocal style may not be to everyone’s taste. Compared to Anadolu ...
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Berlin Bazzar > Music > Mad in Japan MusicParallel SocietiesTransit Mad in Japan Posted by berlinbazzar September 25, 2022 September 25, 2022 Shares READ NEXT Rakija & Roll – Billy Gould from Faith No More on the Balkans Robert Soko: It was Tokyo, November 2015, and the crowd was going mad like on...
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Berlin Bazzar > Music > Balkan Beats in Japan MusicParallel Societies Balkan Beats in Japan Posted by berlinbazzar September 2, 2022 September 2, 2022 Shares READ NEXT Gastarbeiter Rock – the Story of Uzelli Kaset Robert Soko: So, Chiku, our goal is to interview you about your affinity for Balkan...
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Berlin Bazzar > Transit > Biking to Bosnia Transit Biking to Bosnia Posted by berlinbazzar August 19, 2022 August 19, 2022 Shares READ NEXT It Must be Love – Shantel on Istanbul It was 2004, and I decided to approach the Balkans from another end, this time through Bosnia. As I set forth from Berli...
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Kolektif Istanbul's critique of the new Istanbul.
Berlin Bazzar > Music > “Squeeze it like a Lemon” – Kolektif Istanbul on the new Istanbul MusicTransit “Squeeze it like a Lemon” – Kolektif Istanbul on the new Istanbul Posted by berlinbazzar August 15, 2022 August 15, 2022 Shares READ NEXT Amsterdam Klezmer Band Fortuna I have to say th...
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Berlin Bazzar > Music > Protected: The Black Panthers of Belgrade MusicTransit Protected: The Black Panthers of Belgrade Posted by berlinbazzar August 5, 2022 August 6, 2022 Shares READ NEXT Discourse on Turkish hip-hop part 1 – An introduction This content is password protected. To view it please...
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Berlin Bazzar > Immigration > “When it’s for the Balkans, you can’t Bullsh*t” – an Interview with Peter Stan ImmigrationMusicParallel Societies “When it’s for the Balkans, you can’t Bullsh*t” – an Interview with Peter Stan Posted by berlinbazzar August 3, 2022 August 3, 2022 Shar...
Berlin Bazzar > Transit > Protected: Edirne – Gateway to the Balkans Transit Protected: Edirne – Gateway to the Balkans Posted by berlinbazzar July 28, 2022 July 28, 2022 Shares READ NEXT Rakija & Roll – Billy Gould from Faith No More on the Balkans This content is password protected. To view ...
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Berlin Bazzar > Berlin > A PKK Member Comes Clean BerlinParallel Societies A PKK Member Comes Clean Posted by berlinbazzar July 25, 2022 July 26, 2022 Shares READ NEXT An Interview with Taner Akyol What can you say? Maybe a little bit about yourself to begin with. I am not a Gastarbeiter. I came ...
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Berlin Bazzar > Politics > American James Bond in the Šumadija (part 1) PoliticsTransit American James Bond in the Šumadija (part 1) Posted by berlinbazzar July 27, 2022 July 27, 2022 Shares READ NEXT Montenegro – Land of Heroes Right here, at the very tip of Belgrade, on the Kalemegdan fortress...
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OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Berlin Bazzar > Music > “This is not a playground; it’s the Balkans” – Balkan Beats in New York MusicParallel SocietiesTransit “This is not a playground; it’s the Balkans” – Balkan Beats in New York Posted by berlinbazzar July 23, 2022 July 23, 2022 Shares READ...
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Berlin Bazzar > Transit > High Times on the Čakor Pass Transit High Times on the Čakor Pass Posted by berlinbazzar July 20, 2022 July 20, 2022 Shares READ NEXT Montenegro – Land of Heroes I had come to northeastern Montenegro from Novi Pazar because I wanted to take the 1849 meter high Čakor mo...
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Berlin Bazzar > Parallel Societies > The Two-sided Allure of Istanbul Parallel SocietiesTransit The Two-sided Allure of Istanbul Posted by berlinbazzar June 30, 2022 June 30, 2022 Shares READ NEXT Slamming the Muslims You could say that all big cities are, by their very multifaceted natures, places....
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Berlin Bazzar > Uncategorized > On Being a Macho Do*****ag – Robert Soko Talks with Gypsy Box Uncategorized On Being a Macho Do*****ag – Robert Soko Talks with Gypsy Box Posted by berlinbazzar May 19, 2022 May 19, 2022 Shares READ NEXT Muslim Reverts Robert Soko: Here we have water and wine. Gy...
Berlin Bazzar > Music > Rakija & Roll – Billy Gould from Faith No More on the Balkans Music Rakija & Roll – Billy Gould from Faith No More on the Balkans Posted by berlinbazzar May 7, 2022 May 7, 2022 Shares READ NEXT Getting Down with the Sufi Dub Brothers Robert Soko: We are about to compose ...
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Berlin Bazzar > Immigration > Interview with Gino Srđan Jevđević of Kultur Shock ImmigrationMusicParallel Societies Interview with Gino Srđan Jevđević of Kultur Shock Posted by berlinbazzar April 24, 2022 April 24, 2022 Shares READ NEXT Alec Kopyt, “Hedonist to the Core” Gino Srđan Jevđe...
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Berlin Bazzar > Berlin > Von Kamchatka bis Angola, Alle Kennen Coca-Cola – Ivana Stancheva talks BerlinImmigrationMusicPolitics Von Kamchatka bis Angola, Alle Kennen Coca-Cola – Ivana Stancheva talks Posted by berlinbazzar April 19, 2022 April 19, 2022 Shares READ NEXT Shivers in my body any how...
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Berlin Bazzar > Music > An Interview with Amira Medunjanin Music An Interview with Amira Medunjanin Posted by berlinbazzar April 6, 2022 April 7, 2022 Shares READ NEXT Gal Kadan Locks Horns with “Orientalism” How did it come about that your English is so perfect? I don’t know. I picked it up o...
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Berlin Bazzar > Music > Reviews > Lalalar – Bi Cinnete Bakar MusicReviews Lalalar – Bi Cinnete Bakar Posted by berlinbazzar April 5, 2022 April 5, 2022 Shares READ NEXT Anadol – Felicita While it is true that young people in Turkey are getting clued in on their 70s Anadolu psyche heritage thro...
The deeper I got into the Balkans the more I began to feel the magnetic pull of Istanbul. As of Novi Pazar, everything started to tilt towards the Bosphorus. The food, the music, the language, the mannerisms, all began to assume a Turkish touch. I realized that if ever I were to unwind the knotty issue of the Balkans in my mind, I would have to seek the beginning (or the end) of the thread in Istanbul.
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Berlin Bazzar > Music > Adventures in Balkan and Turkish Music MusicTransit Adventures in Balkan and Turkish Music Posted by berlinbazzar July 23, 2021 March 13, 2022 Shares READ NEXT Rap Story – Ethnique Punch The deeper I got into the Balkans the more I began to feel the magnetic pull of Istanbu...
What is the connection between Montenegro, The Great Gatsby, Roman Abramovich and James Bond? Read here.
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Kloster Ostrog in einer Felswand, Montenegro, Europa Berlin Bazzar > Transit > Montenegro – Land of Heroes Transit Montenegro – Land of Heroes Posted by berlinbazzar March 12, 2022 March 12, 2022 Shares READ NEXT Adventures in Balkan and Turkish Music The train line from Prijepolje in the south ...
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Berlin Bazzar > Music > Reviews > Şatellites, Oriental Rock & Roll MusicReviews Şatellites, Oriental Rock & Roll Posted by berlinbazzar February 17, 2022 February 18, 2022 Shares READ NEXT Holding Pattern Şatellites are at one and the same time a brilliant Tel Aviv Turkish-psyche cover band – a...
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Berlin Bazzar > Music > Reviews > Anadol – Felicita BerlinMusicReviews Anadol – Felicita Posted by berlinbazzar February 7, 2022 February 7, 2022 Shares READ NEXT Dogs Bark… Anadol claims to be influenced by traditional Turkish pop, “such as Anadolu rock and Arabesk music from this coun...
https://balkanbeats.eu/sasha-propositions-me/
Sasha and I go to Ziko’s, an old Serbian establishment off of Kantstrasse, just north of Stutti. Ziko’s used to be a popular meeting spot for the Yugo diaspora in the eighties. Back then there were Gypsy musicians and famous sports stars, in particular boxers. Today, the place makes most of its ...
Berlin Bazzar issue 2 is out.
https://balkanbeats.eu/sasha-dreams-the-american-dream/
A couple weeks ago, I introduced to you to the figure of Sasha, a kind of hero-in-his-own-mind small-time Balkan criminal. I mentioned I knew him through an Albanian tailor, named Bajram. There is little doubt in my mind that Bajram collaborated with Sasha on some of his deals, acting as a middleman...
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My German cousin Georg and I share a love for Balkan music. With me no one knows quite where this came from. With Georg I am sure it has to do with the fact that he grew up in Dresden, which is something of a gateway to East Europe – and once you are in … My German Cousin Georg Read More »
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So I finally managed to make it to Yenilmez, the village of the “clans”. It was really a one horse town with not a single shop around, on account of the inhabitants growing all their own vegetables and raising their own livestock. Most of the houses were poor mud-brick structures, some o...
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Greetings from Midyat, a completely random city in the east of Turkey, close to the Iraq-Syria border where I feel I am the only Western tourist in one of the few hotels in town, which are dirt cheap by German standards. Personally, though, I am wondering what I’m doing here. It all goes back to...
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Bjonko
Berlin Bazzar > Music > Reviews > Bjonko – Enigma MusicReviews Bjonko – Enigma Posted by berlinbazzar August 3, 2021 August 3, 2021 Shares READ NEXT Crossing into Albania Although he was born in Copenhagen, both Bjonko Stosic’s parents hail from Macedonia, and it is there that his sound is ine...
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