Japodian Echoes

Japodian Echoes

Japodian Echoes is an audio-visual project by a Bosnian artist Adi Dizdarević which is based on the rich history of the Japodes an extinct Balkan tribe which existed even far back as the 9th century BC in the area of the Bosnian Krajina in Bosnia, and Lika and Gorski Kotar in Croatia.Having spent his childhood in the Japodian Pounje (area around the river Una), and after years of researching this culture as a spectator and through books, Adi has tried to combine authentic motifs and imbue them with a specific musical expression while cruising through a wide spectre of genres, but still maintaining the melodic and ambient basis.Even though most of the work is based on facts and tangible evidence (from artefacts and existing locations of the former settlements), it