Hard graft and good fortune have combined to pay big dividends for rising European DJ talent Aleksandar Glisic.

Bosnian Serb disc-spinner Aleksandar (aka DJ Alex) has been slogging away for five years in his native Republika Srpska, building an audience at grassroots venues as well as warming larger crowds for techno luminaries such as Marko Nastic and Valentino Kanzyani.

Now his floor-filling sets are reaping rewards, including a recent (June 2008) booking from an experienced UK promoter to play London’s prestigious Pacha club alongside some of Britain’s most talked-about talent. With a London booking under his belt, Aleksandar is hotter than ever in Bosnia and surrounding nations.

Aleksandar comes from the potent DJ breeding ground of South Eastern Europe, where he has carved out a name playing the region’s best known venues alongside play-mates Sinisa Tamamovic and Mladen Tomic (Night Light Records: Banja Luka).

With his electro and minimal house sets, Bosnian Alex, 23, couldn’t be better placed to benefit from the clubbing explosion in the Balkan region. Banja Luka is rapidly becoming party central for techno and minimal lovers, staking its claim alongside Belgrade and the region’s other club zones: Skopje, Sarajevo, Ljubljana and Zagreb.

Using borrowed equipment and blagging lifts, Aleksandar got his first gigs in 2003, securing residencies at popular bars in Banja Luka. Two years later he had enough money to buy the decks he had coveted in imported trade magazines and he was well and truly on the road.

That was the start of an endless string of gigs on the Bosnian clubbing circuit, developing his style, reputation and sound. Now boasting experience alongside some of techno’s leading lights, Alex is advancing to the next international chapter in his career.

Alex namechecks some of the region’s major players as key influencers who have propelled him this far… and look set to take him further still: Marko Nastic, Valentino Kanzyani, Dejan Milicevic, Sinisa Tamamovic, Mladen Tomic, Alexander Koning, Thomas Schumacher, Guy Gerber, Sven Vath, John Tejada, Oliver Huntemann, Tiga, Tiefschwarz, Pacco, Oxia, Mark Romboy and Preach. 

In late 2009, Maia and Joanna bonded over whiskey and salt bagels.
The pair began emailing each other song ideas and soon began writing music together as Mitten. Written entirely over email, the duo completed a shimmering collection of songs, writing lyrics on buses and at rest stops between Brooklyn and Boston. See You Bye was produced, recorded, and mixed in Katcher’s Manhattan office, rising to #24 on Hype Machine’s “Most Popular” list.

Mitten has performed their energetic live set with DEVO, Psychedelic Furs, Tom Tom Club, The Blow, MEN and The Shondes and plays to packed venues all over the east coast. Mitten has been featured on MTV and Out Magazine and their music is currently playing in stores including GAP, Forever 21, Victoria’s Secret, Pinkberry, Vans and Puma and has been placed in various commercials and films.

Mitten was honored to be included in NPR’s guide to CMJ this year and toured the southeast in January 2012 with Allison Weiss. Maia & Joanna regularly produce video blogs for homoground.com and are currently in the studio completing their debut full length album.

Thought provoking and empowering hip hop music aimed at capturing minds in order to expand awareness of self and the world.


Since I was younger I’ve always had a deep love and crazy passion for music. It’s my life blood! I can appreciate all types of music, but the most expressive form to me is hip-hop/rap. It only made sense to express both my poetry and my love for music in one artistic form.

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