DUK Intro Strahinja Babic Serbia DUK Intro was a new branch of the DUK festival, a separate music event dedicated to the local alternative music scene. The 昀椀rst edition took place in front of the abandoned factory during the mural painting process on a defunct 34-meter-high silo. A live alternative music event with regional bands revived the local alternative music scene, and created a new venue for alternative culture. Funkylvania Krisztina Koszorus Romania Funkylvania functioned as a creative space where musicians could create music together. In its 昀椀rst season it functioned as a weekly live video show on Youtube, encouraging collaboration between bands. In its second season it functioned as a creative camp, where musicians from di昀昀erent ethnic minorities of Romania created music and recorded audio and video on the spot. An important addition to this second season was the launch of a musical multilingual podcast under the name Funkylvania Talks. Folk Rocks Altin Gjoni Albania Folk Rocks was an EU-funded project, with the goal of bringing back Albanian traditional music to the mainstream through Live Studio Sessions of reimagined Albanian folk songs by emerging local & international artists from the UK and Europe. It created an industry-standard online presence and digital campaign, which involved artists and music professionals; and created a blueprint of one of the 昀椀rst online folk music promotional campaigns in Albania. It all culminated in a live show named “Echoes,” blending the modern and traditional nature of the project. 113

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