Kočani Orkestar
(Kocani Orkestar)
A traditional Macedonian gypsy band, Kocani Orkestar indirectly owes its success
to Emir Kuturica's film Time of the Gypsies (1989). The group was then
discovered by the Belgian label Crammed Discs and the producers of the group
Taraf de Haïdouks. In 1998, Kocani Orkestar released the highly acclaimed
L'Orient Est Rouge. The group went on to perform all over Europe, followed by
Gypsy Mambo in 1999. Unfortunately, Kocani Orkestar then ran into problems of
internal rivalry, which led to the birth of two offshoots of the original group,
King Naat Veliov & the Original Kocani Orkesta...
