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Klarisa Jovanović & Della Segodba

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Vocalist Klarisa Jovanović has joined forces with a collective of musicians – multi-instrumentalists, leaders of their own music projects, composers of theatre music for young and old, and regular guests of Slovenian and international jazz festivals – to form the Della Segodba ensemble. Della Segodba’s repertoire includes Mediterranean folk songs and musical settings of Slovenian poems. Their sound is noted for the unparalleled voice of its lead vocalist and the amusing instrumental antics of the backing band.

Klemen Klemen

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Klemen Klemen is a rapper from Ljubljana. He first made his mark as a musician in 2000. He has since collaborated with Simon Stojko Falk and other famous musicians such as Vlado Kreslin and Ali En.

KLON

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The KLON band focuses its musical output on the legacy of rock n roll and its subgenres.

Koala Voice

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The four-member Koala Voice was formed in 2010. Sporting a mixture of rock, pop, disco and punk, the band perform extensively both at home and abroad, with appearances ranging from Russia and Liverpool to The Netherlands, from Germany, Bratislava and Budapest to Skopje. The British magazine DIY hailed them as one of the five biggest discoveries of the 2016 Eurosonic Noordeslag music showcase.

Kokosy

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Their laid-back, humorous and unique musical expression transcends the boundaries of modern pop and rock. Kokosy is synonymous with novelty and undoubtedly one of the most promising Slovenian acts right now.

Kontradikshn

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The Kontradikshn Trio aptly combines the incompatible and attracts even those who are less often on the dance floor to a hypnotic dance. The band's fusion of broken rhythms, synth punk, modern electronica and more has been described by Sigic as a meeting of The Prodigy, Laibach and The Chemical Brothers. Rockline, meanwhile, praises the band's ability to stay one step ahead of the times, and the band is also singing its praises in the countries of the former Yugoslavia, where Kontradikshn has been performing since its very beginnings - including winning 2nd prize out of a field of 400 competitors at the region's biggest festival for new bands, Demofest in Banja Luka in 2013.

Krka Wind Orchestra

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Krka Wind Orchestra was established in 1957 in Straža, Slovenia. Krka Wind Orchestra is a group of amateur musicians who are dedicated to perform music at the highest possible level of excellence. Audiences benefit from hearing artists performing a classical and contemporary repertoire. Their concert performances are full of spirit, precision and enthusiasm. Besides bringing the new musical repertoire to our community, the Krka Wind Orchestra also contributes to the music education of young people. The orchestra has played with some of Slovenian's leading soloists as well as with international ones. Conductor of the orchestra is Matevž Novak. The achievements show that the orchestra is internationally recognized and is progressing constantly. In 2005 the orchestra won a gold medal with distinction at the World Music Contest in Netherlands. It is a multiple winner of the International Band Competition FLICORNO D’ORO in Italy (1995, 1997, 1999, 2015) and winner of Bamberg in Germany (2002) and in Pécs in Hungary (2010). The orchestra is five-time winner of the Slovenian National Championship, including twice in the top Excellence Category in 2006 and 2012.

Ladies' Vocal Quartet Gallina

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Gallina, ladies’ vocal quartet (Ljubljana, Slovenia) dedicates special attention to Slovenian (folk) music, diverse choral music from the Renaissance to the contemporary period, music of the golden era of Slovenian popular song as well as foreign vocal jazz and pop compositions. The vocation Gallina considers of great importance encouraging young composers to write new choral pieces, thus enriching the treasury of compositions for female voices. In Gallina, four female voices meet: Maša Simčič, Živa Kolenc, Ana Plemenitaš and Višnja Fičor under the artistic leadership of Ana Erčulj.

Lagard

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Lagard create and perform jazz-inflected music (jazz, swing, soul).

Laibach

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In addition to music, the creativity of music group and cross-media collective Laibach (German historical name for Ljubljana) finds its expression in design, painting, theatre and other artistic practices. The group formed on 1 June 1980 in Trbovlje. In 1982, Laibach announced their crucial manifesto, “The 10 Items of the Covenant”, first published in Nova revija (No. 13/14). Here the group describes itself as a collective practising anonymity, with membership hidden under the four pseudonyms (Eber, Saliger, Keller and Dachauer), committed to joint authorship and industrial type of work modelled upon totalitarianism and under the leadership of the Immanent Consistent Spirit. According to their creed, creativity steers a path between politics and popular culture, and each art is subjected to political manipulation, except from the one that speaks the language of that same manipulation. In 1984, in collaboration with the painters from the art group Irwin and several consecutive theatre groups/projects initiated by Dragan Živadinov, Laibach co-established the Neue Slowenische Kunst (NSK) art collective. Laibach have won worldwide acclaim and are one of the internationally most prominent Slovenian music bands. Their music blends different genres, from the experimental industrial sound, to symphonic, i.e. militant, classicism and electronic music. They have formulated the so-called retro-avant-garde art form (together with other groups constituting the NSK art movement/collective) and recently reassumed the name they used at the onset – Laibach Kunst – to present their multi-media and art projects and exhibitions. Garnering a lot of attention for their music, the collective are also noted for their overall avant-gardism and have been surrounded by controversy since the very beginning. Their provocative ideological offensives evoking the rhetoric and rituals of totalitarian regimes provoked strong reactions from political authorities, causing serious setbacks for the group at the beginning of their career.