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This Belgrade-based band has survived the rise and fall of Slobodan Milosevich, the NATO air strikes, the war with Kosovo, and the ultimate disintegration of Yugoslavia. And that's just for starters. The state even took over their label, Radio B92, in 1998, but the band continued to record and produce. Darkwood Dub formed in 1988, experimenting with electronic effects, reggae, psychedelia and whatever caught their fancy. They developed a devoted underground following in Belgrade, which eagerly snapped up their 1994 debut Paramparcad and its follow-up U Nedogled. But in 1997 it became clear the band had truly arrived: they were asked to create the soundtrack for a stage production of Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting. Their subsequent release, Elektropionir, was delayed due to the conflict, but it wowed critics when it was finally released in 1999. As the political situation in Serbia has cooled, the band's striking mix of introspective lyricism, spare drumming and judicious electronica has gained an even broader audience.