Slovenia: Find Me In The Damp Basement*

byJasa Buzinel
April 14, 2022

A special report from Ljubljana on electronic music in Slovenia, a country with an exciting and thriving scene headed up by Laibach, but boasting a host of less-celebrated bands, producers, labels and more

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Jasa Buzinel

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