List of Slovenian musical artists and groups
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- Adi SmolarAdi SmolarAdi Smolar is a Slovenian singer-songwriter and composer.He made his first appearance in 1981 with a full repertoire of his own songs. He continued to perform for eight years before releasing his first tape Naš svet se pa vrti in 1989...
- folk pop rock - Alenka GodecAlenka GodecAlenka Godec is one of the most prominent Slovene jazz and pop singers.- Albums :- External links :*...
- pop - Alenka GotarAlenka GotarAlenka Gotar is a Slovene soprano singer, born in Rodica pri Domžalah in 1977. With the song “Cvet z juga” , she represented Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland...
- ethno pop, pop - AlyaAlya (singer)Alya is a Slovenian pop singer.-Singles:* Fluid * Alya * Omama * Exxtra * Zvezda Večera * Občutek / Občutek...
- pop - Ana PupedanAna PupedanAna Pupedan is a musical group from Pivka, Slovenia. The band was founded in 1992 by Simon Avsec , Boštjan Požar , Peter Žnidaršič , and Marko Doles ....
- pop - Anzej DezanAnžej DežanAnžej Dežan Anžej Dežan Anžej Dežan (born June 17, 1987 in Šentjur (near Celje, Slovenia) is a Slovenian singer.-Biography:Anžej began his musical career by winning the TV show Karaoke only ten years old...
- pop - Anja RupelAnja RupelAnja Rupel is a Slovene pop singer, songwriter, radio announcer, and journalist. Her father Fedja Rupel is a flautist and a professor at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana, and her uncle is the politician and diplomat Dimitrij Rupel....
- pop - Atomik HarmonikAtomik HarmonikAtomik Harmonik is a music group from Slovenia. Their debut single "Brizgalna Brizga" managed to stay at #1 in the Slovenian pop charts for several months...
- turbo-folk-pop - AvsenikAvsenikAvsenik:* Slavko Avsenik* Slavko Avsenik, Jr....
- polka
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- Beneški fantjeBeneški FantjeBeneški fantje is a Slovene folk music band from the region of Venetian Slovenia, in Italy. It is the oldest Slovene popular musical ensemble. Founded by Edi Bucovaz from San Leonardo, Italy in 1952, the band has remained active for more than fifty years....
- popular music ensemble - Big foot mamaBig Foot MamaBig Foot Mama is a rock band from Ljubljana, Slovenia. It is one of the most popular Slovenian pop rock bands of the 1990s.The group started their career in 1990...
- pop rock - BorghesiaBorghesiaBorghesia is a Slovenian electronic music / rock music group, created in Ljubljana in 1982. The band was formed by members of the alternative theatre group Theatre FV-112/15. Borghesia created its aesthetics using the imagery of prohibited, tabooed and repressed...
- early ebm - BuldožerBuldožerBuldožer was Yugoslav-Slovenian progressive rock band from 1970s and 1980s. They were one of the first bands in communist Yugoslavia that could be considered alternative, and forefathers of the Yugoslav New Wave...
- rock
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- Lačni FranzLacni FranzLačni Franz was a rock band from Slovenia. The band was formed in Maribor in June 1979. Their name, meaning hungry Franz, is a pun on the name of a character from the novel Catch-22, Hungry Joe, and describes hunger for rock music....
- rock, Yugoslavian new wave, progressive - LaibachLaibach (band)Laibach is a Slovenian avant-garde music group associated with industrial, martial, and neo-classical musical styles. Laibach formed June 1, 1980 in Trbovlje, Slovenia . Laibach represents the music wing of the Neue Slowenische Kunst art collective, of which it was a founding member in 1984...
- industrial - Lara-B - modern rock
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- Majda SepeMajda SepeMajda Sepe was one of the most successful and well recognized Slovenian singers for the time of Yugoslavia.-Early life:...
- popular - Mi2MI2MI2, the British Military Intelligence Section 2 , was a department of the British Directorate of Military Intelligence, part of the War Office. It was originally set up to handle geographic information. MI2a handled the Americas , Spain, Portugal, Italy, Liberia, Tangier, and the Balkans...
- rock - MelodromMelodromMelodrom are: Mina Špiler , Matevž Kolenc , Miha Žargi , Matej Nolda and Polona Janežič . The band create everything by themselves: from music and lyrics through videos to design....
- alternative, electro - Murat & JoseMurat & JoseMurat&Jose are a Slovene hip hop duo of writers, producers and MC. They guys were both born in 1978 in Ljubljana, Slovenia where they still live. Together with Nikolovski they were performing some time under the name Nedotakljivi...
- hip hop
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- N'TokoN'tokoMiha Blažič, better known by his stage name N'toko, is a Slovenian rapper and lead vocalist of Moveknowledgement.He is well known for his socially critical lyrics, which gave him acclaim in the underground Slovenian hip-hop scene...
- rap - NeishaNeishaNeisha , born on January 5, 1982 in Ljubljana, is a Slovenian pianist and pop singer.Being born into a music family, Neža's music talent were noticed during her childhood so she entered a music school and continued at Ljubljana's...
- pop - Negligence (band)Negligence (band)Negligence is a Slovenian thrash metal band, formed in 2000. The group is currently signed to Metal Blade Records and has released two albums, the last one in 2010.-History:...
- metal - NietNietNiet is a punk rock and hardcore punk band from Ljubljana, Slovenia. They were one of the most iconic and influential music groups of the Slovenian punk movement and the Punk in Yugoslavia in general...
- punk rock - NikolovskiNikolovskiNikolovski , a Macedonian surname, and may refer to:* Martin Nikolovski* Goce Nikolovski* Igor Nikolovski, Macedonian footballer* Jane Nikolovski, Macedonian footballerin female form it is Nikolovska:* Monika Nikolovska* Rosica Nikolovska...
- rap - Nuša DerendaNuša DerendaNuša Derenda is a Slovenian singer who represented Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2001 in Copenhagen, Denmark where achieved 7th place.-Biography:...
- pop/popular
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- PankrtiPankrtiPankrti were a punk rock band from Ljubljana, Slovenia, active in the late 1970s and during the 1980s. They were known for provocative and politically engaged songs and billed themselves "The First Punk Band Behind The Iron Curtain"...
- punk rock - Peter Lovšin - rock
- ProspectProspect (Slovenian band)Prospect is a Slovenian progressive metal band from Ljubljana founded in 1991. Their influences include Queensrÿche, Fates Warning, Dream Theater and Iron Maiden. To be directed at the international market, the band writes all their lyrics in English....
- progressive metal - PureHPureHPureH is a slovenian electronic music group formed in 1993, when their first clips “Inertia” appeared. Before that they were gathering experiences as musicians in several bands The group initially consisted of a producer and video artist. After performing at the festival Break21, the group was...
- experimental
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- Sestre - pop
- SiddhartaSiddharta (band)Siddharta is a five-piece Slovenian rock band founded in 1995. They are named after the popular novel by German writer Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha.- History :...
- pop rock - Slon in SadežSlon in SadežSlon in Sadež is a Slovenian musical group, formed in 2001 by Jure Karas and Igor Bračič . They perform music of various genres. Their music is humorous and mostly politically orientated.They discuss topics such as family violence, drug prohibition, entering NATO and violence in Guantanamo bay...
- various, humorous
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- Zablujena generacijaZablujena generacijaZablujena generacija is a Slovene "saloon" punk - alternative rock musical group from Idrija.The group started out in 1994. The original lineup, who took their lead from the legendary American punkers The Ramones, was Primož Alič , Ramon , Aljoša and Igor Seljak...
- punk rock - Zaklonišče prepevaZaklonišce prepevathumb|220px|Zaklonišče Prepeva in concertZaklonišče Prepeva is a Slovenian rock band from Nova Gorica. Most of their lyrics are in Serbo-Croatian with certain amount of yugo-nostalgia....
- punk/rock - ZmelkoowZmelkoowZmelkoow is a Slovenian rock band, founded in Koper in 1993. The band's members include Goga Sedmak , Žare Korenika , Damjan Barut , and Teo Kahrimanović .- Albums:* Čista Jajca?...
- rock - Zoran PredinZoran PredinZoran Predin is a Slovenian singer-songwriter from Maribor. In the 1980s, he was the front man of the folk-rock band Lačni Franz. He also writes music for film, television and theatre....
- rock