LAKIKO BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA FUTURISTIC MELANCHOLY, LOOPED CELLO Cellist extraordinaire Lakiko is an exciting and experimental artist going against all Balkan stereotypes, while still being unapologetically local and authentic. Lakiko is a cello – bowed, scratchy, repetitive and haunting. Lakiko is also a voice, singing about nomadic existence, nightmares, an archaic past and a dystopian future. Lakiko – aka cellist, singer and composer Lana Kostic – was created in 2016 in an EEG-machine, where Kostic experimented with the idea of free will. Using her brain waves as the instruction on what to play next, Lakiko created music that originates from beyond the depths of consciousness – a part of our brain buried deep inside. 43