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Turbo-folk is a subgenre of Serbian contemporary pop music that initially developed during the 1990s as a fusion of techno and folk. The music glorified the lavish lifestyle of personalities such as Željko Ražnatović (a.k.a. "Arkan"), who were allowed to proliferate during the rule of Slobodan Milošević .
Rodoljub Vulović ( Serbian Cyrillic: Родољуб Вуловић; born on 1 May 1955), more commonly known by his stage name Roki Vulović ( Serbian Cyrillic: Роки Вуловић ), is a Bosnian Serb folk singer and songwriter. He is often described as a turbo-folk singer and is known for his Serbian nationalist songs. [ 1] He is best ...
Slatki Greh. Musical artist. Fahreta Živojinović ( née Jahić; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Фахрета Живојиновић, née Јахић; born 20 October 1960), known by her stage name Lepa Brena ( Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Лепа Брена ), is a Yugoslav singer, actress, and businesswoman. With around 40 million sold records, she ...
The album was recorded under the work title Melos, but was eventually renamed due to the usage of the phrase in turbo folk music. [10] During the same year, the band performed live in the play Rat/Sećanja (War/Memories), co-directed by Đorđe Marjanović and Indonesian writer Putu Wijaya and performed in Atelje 212 theatre. [6]
Darko Lazić (Serbian Cyrillic: Дарко Лазић, born on 13 October 1991) is a Serbian turbo-folk singer. Born in the south Vojvodina village of Brestač, he rose to prominence as the winner of the fourth season of the televised singing contest Zvezde Granda in 2009. His debut album was released the same year under Grand Production.
After the album release, the band organized a live promotion of the album with a concert Odbrana Beograda (Defending Belgrade), on April 5, 1995, alluding on the growing popularity of turbo folk music in Serbia.
A rock music event that marked the decade, but also the Yugoslav rock history in general, was the Bijelo Dugme's concert at Hajdučka česma in Košutnjak Park in Belgrade on August 22, 1977, which was attended by around 80,000 people. (Parts of) the recorded material were released on the live album Koncert kod Hajdučke česme.
The klapa music is a form of a cappella singing that first appeared in littoral Croatia during the middle of the 19th century. [3] The word klapa is derived from a word in slang Italian spoken in Trieste at the time. It refers to "a group of people" and the singing style traces its roots to liturgical church singing.