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[[File:BalkanMapper Profile Picture.jpg|thumb|312x312px|Profile Picture for the BalkanMapper channel]] | [[File:BalkanMapper Profile Picture.jpg|thumb|312x312px|Profile Picture for the BalkanMapper channel]] | ||
I first became aware of Yugoslav war music around 2015 when | I first became aware of Yugoslav war music around 2015 when I stumbled across the Kocayine video for Jadna Bosno suverena. From there on I found channels like Sak0 and artists like [[Roki Vulović]] and [[Baja Mali Knindža]]. At that time it was all very surface level and was just something mildly interesting that I didn't think about much. | ||
My YouTube channel was made around April 2019 when I started doing mapping videos of dubious quality. Around that time I also regained my interest in Yugoslav war music and started looking a bit deeper into the topic. I wanted to find more albums, and learn about events from the war, and eventually I found | My YouTube channel was made around April 2019 when I started doing mapping videos of dubious quality. Around that time I also regained my interest in Yugoslav war music and started looking a bit deeper into the topic. I wanted to find more albums, and learn about events from the war, and eventually I found artists like [[Pirgo]]. | ||
I would go on to buy my first tape, [[Živeće ovaj narod]], on the 11th of February 2020, followed by [[Srpskim radikalima]], [[Gara iz Nemačke]], and many more after that. | I would go on to buy my first tape, [[Živeće ovaj narod]], on the 11th of February 2020, followed by [[Srpskim radikalima]], [[Gara iz Nemačke]], and many more after that. | ||
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Discogs seems like the perfect site, right? It's a giant database where you can submit albums, their covers and it even has a marketplace. Unfortunately, it's trouble in paradise that led to the creation of savez.net. | Discogs seems like the perfect site, right? It's a giant database where you can submit albums, their covers and it even has a marketplace. Unfortunately, it's trouble in paradise that led to the creation of savez.net. | ||
Around 3 years ago I submitted the album Glas Trebave - Tri planina, tri brata to Discogs, as a regular submission, not thinking much of it. Well turns out you're not allowed to submit stuff from the internet and especially not if the releases "don't even exist". Now, I really didn't know that izvorna dump channels remove label logos from their scans, but after finding that out and noticing that the Glas Trebave album had a doctored J-card scan, I decided to vote on the removal of the listing. Well turns out the Discogs moderators really didn't like that. | Around 3 years ago I submitted the album [[Glas Trebave]] - [[Tri planina, tri brata]] to Discogs, as a regular submission, not thinking much of it. Well turns out you're not allowed to submit stuff from the internet and especially not if the releases "don't even exist". Now, I really didn't know that izvorna dump channels remove label logos from their scans, but after finding that out and noticing that the Glas Trebave album had a doctored J-card scan, I decided to vote on the removal of the listing. Well turns out the Discogs moderators really didn't like that. | ||
''"Looks like the user's subs could use a bit of scrutiny, submitting photoshopped fantasy releases is a really bad sign."'' | ''"Looks like the user's subs could use a bit of scrutiny, submitting photoshopped fantasy releases is a really bad sign."'' | ||
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After this event I was in search of another site, a site what would offer us a better home than Discogs. We never found that site, and in the interest of being totally independent, we decided to make our own. | After this event I was in search of another site, a site what would offer us a better home than Discogs. We never found that site, and in the interest of being totally independent, we decided to make our own. | ||
== The Collection == | |||
'''How big is your collection?''' | |||
Let me count ...237 Cassettes, 7 CD's, 2 VHS tapes, 5 Vinyl and 1 Magazine as of March 2025. | |||
'''What's your rarest item?''' | |||
There are quite a few contenders and aside from izvorna tapes nobody has ever heard of (or cares about) here are some: | |||
[[Krajina nas zove|Mišo Šarić - Krajina nas zove]] | |||
[[Perica Ivanović|Perica Ivanović - Self titled]] | |||
[[Osveti me sine|Nedjo Kostić - Osveti me sine]] | |||
[[The Best Off|Baja Mali Knindža - The Best Off]] | |||
[[Otadžbina|Slaviša Guja Slaja - Otadžbina]] | |||
[[Za Srbiju Srbin živi|Zoran Đukić - Za Srbiju Srbin živi]] | |||
'''What's your favorite item?''' | |||
My favorite tapes have to be two 60 minute recordings of [[Srpski Radio Ozren]] from 1994 and 1995, it's got some real gems on there. Some lost media but also recordings of [[Koridor]] songs and cool commentaries by the hosts, like a song being dedicated to a brigade on the front line. Other than those, when it comes to commercial releases, either Perica Ivanović or Humanitarna kaseta iz Semberije. | |||
'''What's still in your wantlist?''' | |||
I could list a bunch here that I'm still on the hunt for, but if I had to narrow it down to one I want the most, it would be [[Minđušari - Armija Srpska]]. | |||
'''What do you digitize with?''' | |||
A pretty obscure unit called the Universum Pentagon 5000 for cassettes, although it is a combo unit, it certainly wasn't cheap when it came out and neither the hardware, nor the digitizations have disappointed. For vinyl I use a modern AT-LP120XUSB. CD's I digitize with a portable USB CD drive and Windows Media Player and I'm still working on a VHS setup. Scanning I do with a Canon CanoScan Lide 300. | |||
