Turbotronik – On the Border between the Local Music Scene and a Genre in the Making

Authors

  • Ana Banić Grubišić Institute and Department of Ethnology and Anthropology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Serbia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4563-8481
  • Nina Kulenović Institute and Department of Ethnology and Anthropology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Serbia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21301/eap.v14i1.1

Keywords:

music scene, music genre, turbotronik, turbo-folk

Abstract

This paper shows preliminary results from an ethnographic study of the modern musical phenomena that gathers “authors from the Serbian scene”, who’s creations are based on the mixture of the newly composed folk music and turbo-folk, along with various alternative music genres and styles. The research is conducted through the technique of semi-structured interviews with the artists and event organizers, as well as attending different events (concerts, compilation promotion, festivals Zasram and FESRAM), and using written and audiovisual materials that are accessible on the Internet. One of the main aims of this study is to designate the form of “turbotronik” phenomena in the context of music genre and scene, as well as recognizing its local characteristics. Through the analysis of different processes that influence the formatting of a specific music genre (name of the genre, the narrative on genre origin, visual identity, specific sound, the thematic of the songs and characteristics of the genre’s public) “turbotronik” is being observed as sort of a “genre in the making”.

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2019-02-25

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Banić Grubišić, Ana, and Nina Kulenović. 2019. “Turbotronik – On the Border Between the Local Music Scene and a Genre in the Making”. Etnoantropološki Problemi Issues in Ethnology and Anthropology 14 (1):23-46. https://doi.org/10.21301/eap.v14i1.1.

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Vol. 14 No. 1 (2019): Issues in Ethnology and Anthropology: Thematic Issue - Anthropology of Music, Part III

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