5 Video Clips from Macedonia
«It’s a hard task to peek five music videos from Macedonia, especially in the period from 2013 till now.» That’s what the Macedonian band Foltin answered, when we asked them to compile 5 video clips from the Republic of Macedonia. Finally they did the list but not without noting the following: «I think there is a creative gap for the Macedonian music in this time limit, except for the standard pop & pop-folk music pornography, they have been extremely creative for years.»
Artist: Bei The Fish
Track: Instant Generation
A very intelligent, West influenced, electro-pop sounding band from Skopje. Unfortunately, they’ve announced their career break a few months ago.
Artist: Molokai
Track: Duckdiving The Tsunami
They are very young and natural sounding surf-punk band from Bitola.
Artist: Parketi
Track: Republika Frankenstein
More than 20 years Parketi are on stage. With their wicked R’n’R–Punk approach, and often a Bitola-dialect lyrics, they have been searching their place under the sun, from extremely alternative stages, to Eurovision song contest.
Artist: Bernays Propaganda
Track: Леб и игри
This band from Skopje won the hearts of the audience very quick with their powerful live sound and socially – active lyrics, which they gained touring aggressively through Europe.
Artist: Kiril Džajkovski feat. MC Wasp & TK Wonder
Track: Jungle Shadow Woodstock Festival 2013
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Kiril is a Balkan maestro of the mass dance parties. His bombastic groove is always precisely spiced with live samples of the local entertaining gipsy brass music. And the cherry on the top is the erotic hip hop of TK Wonder. Party, Party, Party!
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Published on October 24, 2014
Last updated on February 02, 2023
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