not sure this is exactly what daavid's looking for but I just found Bashkortostan's entry for last year's Turkvision Song Contest and I love it
Yes it is!
― daavid, Sunday, 11 April 2021 21:27 (three years ago) link
Would love to know more about Balkan rap. I was watching videos about the Pink Panthers, a Serbian luxury goods theft ring, and they had some awesome music, but what I've found on Spotify sucks. I do like Balkan music!
― "We prefer these lightweights to those music assholes" (I M Losted), Monday, 12 April 2021 08:09 (three years ago) link
Balti - Ya Lili feat. Hamouda (Tunisia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJHPpTYtIqk
I remember this being a crossover hit a few years ago.
― daavid, Monday, 12 April 2021 19:06 (three years ago) link
“Sekret” by Ronela Hajati, this year’s Albanian Eurovision entry, is more than worth a thread revive. There’s several different versions to choose from - I can’t, so here’s all three of them:the original all-Albanian version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NczxScmhajwlive performance in the national final, partly in English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuLIDqZ3waQthe brand new revamped international video version, English + Albanian and featuring some strategically interspersed Spanish elements: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMu47raqbcc
― celebrating ten years of constant posting (breastcrawl), Saturday, 5 March 2022 15:10 (two years ago) link
^I love this! Prefer the Albanian version.
― daavid, Sunday, 27 March 2022 18:10 (two years ago) link
Also, this one from Cyprus, which I think is fitting for the thread:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM8CY08UT6I
― daavid, Sunday, 27 March 2022 18:11 (two years ago) link
Eurovision strikes again:Albania always a favourite of mine, but this year it looked like they botched it with a mess of a song [update: that was the live version] - but lo and behold, they dusted it off and remixed it, and now it sounds awesome, love the drill bass (!) that's in there at some points, just a fabulous melange of modern and traditional sounds and instruments:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp8OG4ApocIAlbina & Familja Kelmendi • Duje
― at bottom, wrapping my arms around some tripe called "Quest" (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 17:08 (one year ago) link