that was far more open to UK and US developments than other Eastern European countries. openDemocracy Rock: The Arena Giants & New Wave
Then came the wars of the 1990s. The music did not stop; it fractured. (Zagreb) created melancholic, cabaret-infused pop about exile. Rambo Amadeus (Montenegro/Serbia) used absurdist, jazz-infused hip-hop to mock all nationalisms. Dubioza Kolektiv (Bosnian, multi-ethnic) became a global live sensation by mixing dub, punk, and rap, singing directly about war criminals, corruption, and post-traumatic survival. This music is not a nostalgic look back at a lost paradise, but a raw, ongoing negotiation with trauma, memory, and the absurdity of ethnic hatred. That is the substance of great world music. Ex-Yu Rock- Pop- Hip-Hop The Best Of World Music