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Shukar Collective

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Shukar Collective (from the Romani word Shukar or Şucar, meaning "fine") is a Romanian musical group which fuses traditional Romani and electronic music. It is especially known for using traditional rhythms employed by the Ursari section of the Roma minority with contemporary electronic sampling. They generally mix various sounds produced by tapping spoons or other domestic objects with those produced on analog synthesizers.

The core members of Shukar Collective are Tamango, Clasic and Napoleon, who enlisted the collaboration of various disc jockeys. Recently, they have been collaborating with Romanian multimedia artist Mircea Florian.