Novokompovana narodna muzika: Difference between revisions

While few sources will say that war music and turbo-folk were separate, they are often conflated. In "Music Wars: Blood and Song at the End of Yugoslavia", its author establishes a difference between turbo-folk and war music. At the end of the paper, the war music showcased is labeled as "turbo-folk".<ref name=":1" /> Contemporary articles often say that turbo-folk is nationalist on the grounds of either trying to make music sound more Serbian, or point out that one of the more prominent stars of turbo-folk, Ceca, was married/widowed to Željko "Arkan" Ražnatović. Ceca has stated that while she is a nationalist, she separates her work from her views and does not consider herself an artist within the genre.<ref>Rory Archer. ''"Paint Me Black and Gold and Put Me in a Frame": Turbofolk and Balkanist Discourse in (post) Yugoslav Cultural Space''. Central European University. May 2009. Retrieved 6 May 2024.</ref> While these sources say that they glorify gangsters, they do not provide specifics such as official statements, lyrics, and interviews to support this claim.<ref name=":2" /><ref>Alexei Monroe. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20111208072027/https://ce-review.org/00/24/monroe24.html Balkan Hardcore Pop culture and paramilitarism]". ce-review.org. 19 June 2000. Archived from [https://ce-review.org/00/24/monroe24.html the original] on 08 December 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2024.</ref><ref>Gordana Andric. "[https://balkaninsight.com/2011/06/15/turbo-folk-keeps-pace-with-new-rivals/ Turbo-folk Keeps Pace with New Rivals]". 15 June 2011. Balkaninsight.com. Retrieved 6 May 2024.</ref> Furthermore turbo-folk itself was actively being suppressed by the government with attempts to prevent the genre from airing on radio in 1995 and a Kitsch-tax  implemented to prevent it from airing on TV and radio 2000 which contradicts these statements.<ref>Čvoro, Uroš. "Turbo-Folk Music and National Identity in Former Yugoslavia". ''Turbo-folk music and cultural representations of national identity in former Yugoslavia''. 2014. ISBN 9781472420367. pp. 46-47. Retrieved 5 May 2024.</ref> Consequently, sources about war music produced in the 90's will misidentify the music as "turbo-folk".<ref>Isaac Chakyan Tang. "[https://hir.harvard.edu/turbo-folk-war-music-in-serbia/ Echoes of a Turbulent Past: Turbo Folk War Music in Serbia]". ''harvard.edu''. 22 April 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2024.</ref><ref>Joost Gisquière. "[https://libstore.ugent.be/fulltxt/RUG01/001/415/012/RUG01-001415012_2010_0001_AC.pdf TURBO-FOLK EN NATIONALISME IN SERVIË]". Universiteit Gent. 2007. Retrieved 6 May 2024.</ref><ref>Britannica Politica. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20220116232847/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMy_PaU5eS4 Serbian War Music Is Insane]". YouTube. 29 July 2021. Archived from [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMy_PaU5eS4 the original] on 16 January 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2024.</ref> The earliest term used to define these albums were known as "novopatriotskih" kaseta, but has only been documented once.<ref>Petar Luković. "Šta pevaju Srbi i Hravti". ''Vreme''. 30 November 1992. pp. 31. ISSN 0353-8028. Retrieved 6 May 2024.</ref> Novokompovana or the more common terms "ratna muzika" (war music) and "patriotska muzika" (patriotic music) are used to best describe war music.