Atomik Harmonik

Atomik Harmonik is a Slovenian group from Kamnik, formed in 2004, which sets the harmonica and guitar of Slovenian folk-pop music to a dance beat; English Wikipedia files it under turbo-folk and comedy music. The group has always been led by its singer and manager Jani Pavec, and Slovenian Wikipedia credits him and Dare Kaurič with writing the group's music and lyrics. Its records come out on Menart Records.

The group arrived in 2004 by winning the Melodije morja in sonca festival with "Brizgalna brizga". The song held the number one spot in the Slovenian pop charts for several months and was the most-played song on Slovenian radio that year. The debut album Brizgaaaaj!, reissued in 2005 as Brizgaaaaj! še več in dlje, also carried "Hop Marinka", "Na seniku" and "Turbo polka", and was certified diamond for more than 25,000 copies sold.

"Turbo Polka", the English version of their first hit, took them abroad with promotion from Sony BMG and reached number 34 in Germany and number 64 in Austria. In January 2006 they came third at EMA, the Slovenian Eurovision selection, with "Polkaholik", from their second album Vriskaaaaj!, released that autumn. German versions of its songs followed in 2008, and Traktor polka came out in August 2011.

The singers beside Jani Pavec have changed many times. The first line-up had Špelca Kleinlercher, Špela Grošelj and Dejan "Frai Toni" Čelik, and later voices included Mateja Vuk, Mateja Poročnik and Maja Ramšak.

Atomik Harmonik toured the United States and Canada in 2010 and Canada again in 2017, recorded the Planica anthem "Skoči" in 2013 and sang at the MIK festival in 2016 and 2017. In April 2022 the original line-up returned with "Baloni". In October 2025 Jani's daughter Sara Pavec took Špela Grošelj's place, and new songs written with Aleš Čadež and Boštjan Konečnik were presented that month.