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Turbofolk is a genre that sprung up in the then Yugoslavia during the 80's and is a fusion of the local folk tradition  with various western styles such as pop, rock, eurodance & hip-hop plus also sometimes elements from Greek & Turkish folk. During it's earlier years the genre was rife with plagiarism as well there wasn't much that could be done about it.

The genre has a lot going on and includes wild stuff such as the genres biggest star Ceca being married to tiger owning warlord & war criminal Arkan, being involved in an embezzlement scheme with FK Obilić & being subject a prison sentence following the murder of the reformist prime minster Zoran Đinđić.

For futher reading on the genre the links below are worth a read.

Not even past
Balkan insight

Over the other side of the former curtain the genre is best known for being a soundtrack of sorts  to the Balkan conflicts of the 90's with TV & radio getting involved at times in a propaganda push.

This first number from the Serbian side by the group Koridor has a title aimed at then Bosnian leader Alija Izetbegović. The song goes on to not only slander him but also the Bosnian nation & people as whole with terms such as 'Muslim degenerate' plus  making of light of starvation & famine & general hatred towards Bosnia wanting to be free from Yugoslavia.

 

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From the Croat side here's the band Thompson with a song called 'Bojna Čavoglave' (Cavoglvave Battalion about a fictional battle in vocalist's Marko Perković home village of Čavoglave.

Thompson still have a following in Croatia albeit not without controversy due to glorification of the fascist Ustaše regime that ruled during WWII as a nazi puppet state & general Serbophobia. Examples of this include playing the song 'Jasenovac i Gradiška Stara' bearing the name of the concentration camps of Jasenovac &Stara Gradiška & is a glorification of the Ustaše's persecution & atrocities against ethnic Serbs plus Jews & Roma. The opening line of 'Bojna Čavoglave' Za dom spremni (for home land - ready) which was the salute of of the Ustaše akin to the Nazi's sieg heil & is often heard as a chant at the band's concerts along with ubiti Srbina (kill a Serb). The band have been banned from performing abroad in Switzerland, Germany, Slovenia & Austria due their extremist connections & content.

Perković was seen as part of the welcoming party for the Croatian national team after their 2018 world cup exploits.

 

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