Inner Ear: Macedonian Music for September by Jakub Knera

In North Macedonia the leftfield scene has thrived for decades in spite of a major lack of musical infrastructure. In his latest guide to the underground music of Central and Eastern Europe, Jakub Knera explores why

Sepak Se Vrti' Festival, Gostivar

“We have this inside joke: how many people from Stotrojka does it take to change a light bulb? How does it all work, and how on earth has that radio station survived for 35 years? I’ve no idea. It must be some glitch in the system,” says Gjorgji Janevski, one of those without whom it would be difficult to tell the story of Macedonian independent music.

This “glitch in the system” is a fitting metaphor for a scene that has thrived...

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