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Set up in the late-nineties, [[Street Explosion]] used to be a conglomerate of people active in the so-called urban culture. Joining hip hop, breakdance, graffiti and video artists and enthusiasts, this urban movement had its first festival emanation in [[established::1999]]. Musicians both from Slovenia as well as abroad were invited to perform alongside other 'street' modes of expression and a number of these ''Street Explosion'' events were being held at various venues like [[Klub K4]], [[Trnfest]] and [[Kodeljevo Castle]] until 2003. Their music programme, which was not limited to hip hop, featured – among others – [[Elvis Jackson]], [[Srečna mladina]], [[Cancel]], Eyesburn (SR), Masta Ace (USA), [[Moveknowledgement]], The Beat Fleet (HR), Bolesna brača(HR),... | Set up in the late-nineties, [[Street Explosion]] used to be a conglomerate of people active in the so-called urban culture. Joining hip hop, breakdance, graffiti and video artists and enthusiasts, this urban movement had its first festival emanation in [[established::1999]]. Musicians both from Slovenia as well as abroad were invited to perform alongside other 'street' modes of expression and a number of these ''Street Explosion'' events were being held at various venues like [[Klub K4]], [[Trnfest]] and [[Kodeljevo Castle]] until 2003. Their music programme, which was not limited to hip hop, featured – among others – [[Elvis Jackson]], [[Srečna mladina]], [[Cancel]], Eyesburn (SR), Masta Ace (USA), [[Moveknowledgement]], The Beat Fleet (HR), Bolesna brača(HR),... | ||
− | One of | + | One of their more special events was the first big hip hop festival in Slovenia, which happened in 2002 and was held in the Sport hall Triglav. It attracted a crowd of more than 2000 people with musicians like General Woo, Bolesna Brača, Edo Maajka, [[Murat]] & [[Jose]], [[6Pack Cukur]], [[Klemen Klemen]], [[Nikolovski]], [[Trkaj]], a number of other Slovenian hip hop artists and DJs and also an international 'breakdance battle'. |
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Revision as of 11:47, 29 July 2015
In 2014, the festival was once again – under the name Street Explosion »Back to the Roots« – held at Cvetličarna venue and hosted both some of the artists from the 2002 and a number of others. There were, for example, Edo Maajka, Bad Copy, Kiša Metaka, Don't Make New People collective, Yugovinil and quite a few others.