MANIFESTO
Balkan Beats is truly a genre within world music, something which generated itself and will only survive in cosmopolitan culture.
CULTURE - RECYCLING
BalkanBeats Project was founded in 1993 in Berlin by Robert Šoko [online]
More than a project, BalkanBeats is a cultural battle; by playing original or remixed versions of traditional Balkan tunes, the BalkanBeats project not only gives them a space within the world music scene and on the dance floors, but also in the memories of young people.
Dear friends & foes,
My name is Robert Šoko — imported from Bosnia, refined in Berlin.
A long time ago, when I was young, fearless, and my pockets were emptier, I started spinning Balkan records for myself and a bunch of homesick comrades. I called it “BalkanBeats” — and suddenly the whole thing grew legs, arms, and started dancing on its own.
It’s been a wild ride: glorious highs, ridiculous lows, and plenty of noise in between. I’m thankful to you, the universe, and maybe even my neighbours (who still haven’t called the cops).
Since then, the madness has gone worldwide:
I’ve dragged my Balkan circus around the globe — more then 150 cities, over 40 countries, about 700 events, 30+ years — which is also my scientific proof that the Earth is definitely not flat (try DJ-ing on an edge, it doesn’t work).
And guess what? I’m still not done — see you on the next dance floor… ✨
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Global BalkanBeats Tour (So Far)
✨ Germany
Berlin, Hamburg, München, Köln, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Dresden, Leipzig, Nürnberg, Bremen, Hannover, Freiburg, Karlsruhe, Mainz, Bonn, Darmstadt, Würzburg, Ulm, Erlangen, Bielefeld, Rostock, Greifswald, Lübeck, Osnabrück, Flensburg, Schwedt, Wittenberg, Wittenberge, Jena, Perleberg, Plauen, Torgau, Potsdam, Schwerin, Konstanz, Oldenburg, Kottbus
✨ Japan
Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Nagano, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Fukushima, Chiba, Gifu, Matsuyama, Yamaguchi
✨ China
Beijing, Hong Kong
✨ USA
New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco
✨ UK & Ireland
London, Bristol, Brighton, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dublin
✨ Italy
Torino, Milano, Roma, Trieste, Ariano
✨ Switzerland
Zürich, Geneva, Bern, Lausanne, Basel, Aarau, Sainte-Croix, Interlaken
✨ Portugal
Porto, Lisboa
✨ Spain
Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Valencia, Sant Sadurní d’Anoia
✨ France
Paris, Marseille, Bordeaux, Nantes, Lyon, Tulle, Strasbourg, Montpellier, Narbonne, Biarritz
✨ Belgium
Bruxelles, Antwerpen, Ghent, Leuven
✨ Netherlands
Amsterdam, Den Haag, Ede, Haarlem, Lelystad, Tilburg, Eindhoven, Venlo, Leeuwarden, Enschede, Maastricht
✨ Luxembourg
Luxembourg
✨ Scandinavia
Stockholm, Lund, Helsinki, Oslo, Bergen
✨ Poland
Warsaw, Gdynia, Mysliborz, Olsztyn
✨ Lithuania
Vilnius
✨ Czechia & Slovakia
Praha, Brno, Ostrava, Karlovy Vary, Usti nad Labem, Bratislava
✨ Austria
Vienna, Graz, Linz, Klagenfurt, Feldkirch
✨ Hungary
Budapest
✨ Balkans & Eastern Europe
Zagreb, Varaždin, Pula (Croatia)
Belgrade (Serbia)
Ljubljana (Slovenia)
Sarajevo, Banja Luka (Bosnia)
Sofia (Bulgaria)
Athens, Thessaloniki (Greece)
Istanbul (Turkey)
Yerevan (Armenia)
✨ Americas
Mexico City, Playa del Carmen, Oaxaca, Aguascalientes (Mexico)
Managua (Nicaragua)
Recife, São Paulo (Brazil)
✨ Africa & Oceania
Cape Town (South Africa)
Nouméa (New Caledonia)
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VIDIMO SE 👀