FOLTIN

F O L T I N

(Bitola, Macedonia)

PSEUDO – EMIGRANT CABARET

Music for wasted jumpy fingers

Foltin in short, is an unusual cast, whose music is hard to define, and every attempt to insert it into a musical genre would not be very successful (ethno-punk, disco, klezmer etc.).

Foltin’s music is surreal, passionate and witty, characterized with a frantic dance atmosphere, which is achieved with the fast Macedonian rhythm.

Even though they use standard musical elements, their approach in creating the atmosphere is unpredictable and above all, original. In their musical identity the Anglo - Macedonian hybrid, a collision between the East and West.

Their language is an imaginary mixture or phonetic imitation of the world languages like: Spanish, French, Romanian, Portuguese.. Their “spontaneous Esperanto”.

Foltin are describing themselves as pseudo - emigrant cabaret, and often their concerts are turning into real performances.



It is not a strange thing to imagine all that when you consider the fact that they have worked on a music for theatre performances, in which they are famous for using the ready-made “instruments” or creating ambient sound with objects from unmusical primer function, construction of some kind sculptures and installations. Their last project is “Davy The Bowie + Fallen from Mars” - cover versions on David Bowie’s songs, sounding very special being performed by Foltin. Foltin exist since 1995 and so far released four albums.

They took part in many musical and theatre festivals in Macedonia, Croatia, Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, France and they have been awarded for their work many times.

Lithium Records presents : Ljubojna

The band has impassionedly played Macedonian music for six years already and announced it through the vocal expression of Vera Miloshevska. It is believed that she is a successor of the renowned Vanja Lazarova, Mirvet Belovska… A number of actors have recognized her divine voice. The critics call her Vera the Nightingale. Last but not the least people talk of her as a café singer.

Two words brought Ljubojna to life, love (ljubov) and battle (boj). Its music is tied to the Macedonian life and founded on the Macedonian traditional music.


The idea of the band is to utter music as one universal language. A great experience lies behind the musicians’ devotedness and an art passed down from the masters of this music.


Then the music itself, European deep inside, though with fashions and influences from the East, creates a mix of sweet n’ salty tastes and elegance relieved by the feelings that sway and lead you to joyful sorrow. With an elegy dreamt, enlivened and shared between both sides of Via Egnatia, the East and the West, Ljubojna sings of the past and the present, of the unrepeatable, the genuine and the forever modern beat.

Lithium Records presents: SUPERHIKS

The band is formed by three high school friends: Petar Mladenovski (the frontman and bass guitar player), Boris Minov (guitar player) and Zoran Žežov (drums), up in the early 1990s, starting with mixture of ska and hardcore punk music. After several personal changes, today, the 6 membered band also features a 3–piece horn section consisting of trombone Branko Ilievski, trumpet Aleksandar Spasovski and flugel horn Dimitar Todorovski as well as drums and percussion set played by Darko Popov-Daro.

Superhiks shared stages with many world famous acts such as: Manu Chao and Radio Bemba, Fun Lovin Criminals, Fishbone, Tito and Tarantula, Henry Rollins, Rico Rodriguez, H-Block and many others.

The band’s debut release, Čekaj be vikam, kade be malku (“Wait a second…”) was released on the Lithium Records label in 2000 and received radio air and TV play on all commercial stations nationwide. The album was reviewed in national and international publications and received critical acclaim for its distinctive sound and socially conscious attitude. The video for its third single Rade was shown on MTV France and MTV Israel as well as the other European TV stations.

Superhiks had appeared on numerous national and international compilations such as Ska Generation (BRP Records), I Woke up in motion (H.O.P.S. Contact Recs.), Ska Factor Positive (Ohoho Records) and others.


Their follow-up album Trumano was released in November 2003 again on the Lithium Records label. During the first month it was sold out in 25000 copies. Trumano's 4 singles followed Rade's success and occupied all the radio and TV charts in Macedonia as well as the Balkans. The record is being supported by aggressive touring nationwide and around Europe in 2004. The tour finished with 3 hour show in their hometown Skopje playing in front of 5000 people.

In 2006 Superhiks released their third (live) album from their biggest concert. It was printed in 35.000 copies and it was sold out for less than 7 days.



April 2008 , the new album was released named : “ And now…what?” , referring to the situation in Macedonia after the Rejection of the entrance in NATO.
Superhiks were awarded for the best Macedonian band in 2001, 2002 and 2004 and their Skopje Fair concert was awarded for the best rock concert in 2004 in Macedonia

View at: Lithium Records, Macedonia

Lithium Records is organization that promotes communication, cooperation and integration among young people in Macedonia and Europe. Through active and cultural cooperation with European organizations Lithium Records wants to contribute to an open and tolerant society. Lithium Records acts in two forms as a private organization and also as a non profit , politically independent organization named Taksirat ( Destiny) . Lithium Records and Taksirat bring together all young workers and volunteers in Macedonia with the activities and the promotion of campaigns as Be a volunteer, campaign that was promoted as MTV Movement, in collaboration with MTV Adria.
By encouraging travel and mobility, stimulating discussion and organizing common projects Lithium Records and Taksirat attempt to overcome national, cultural and ethnic divisions and to create a vision of young people’s Europe.
The main fields of action of Taksirat and Lithium Records are : promoting the music as a universal language, organizing festivals, campaigns, promoting the active citizenship, cultural exchange ...

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