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Balkan Tribes
5+ albums
worldfolkbalkan
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Pop, dance and folk elements blend in music of Boston-based trio from the former Yugoslavia, examining questions of modern life through ancient means. BALKAN TRIBES was formed in 1995, as a reflection and a reaction on what was going on in the region of former Yugoslavia, where all the members of the band are from. Two founding members, MILAN KOVACEV, from Belgrade, Serbia and DAMIR PRCIC, from Tuzla, Bosnia met some 15 years ago while serving the mandatory military service in (then) still peaceful and unified country. The initial mutual interest in music and technology over time grew into a deep respect for each other and a friendship that transcended the thousands of miles that separated them while DAMIR was studying Film Scoring at Berklee College of Music in Boston and MILAN recording and producing records in Belgrade. Eventually, MILAN joined DAMIR in Boston to pursue studies in Music Business and Management. The war raging in their country affected DAMIR and MILAN profoundly. They realized that if they were still back home, there was a very real possibility of being drafted and having to fight on the opposite sides, MILAN being Serbian and DAMIR being Bosnian. Fight like so many other people have - some of them close friends as they are. This concept was completely unimaginable to the founders of Balkan Tribes. "We though to ourselves, the best way to deal with this heartbreaking situation was to turn all that negative energy into positive music" says MILAN. They wan
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