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Jarboli is a Serbia
n alternative rock
band from Belgrade
.
, vocals), Boris Mladenović (guitar, vocals), Žolt Kovač (bass guitar
), and Nemanja Aćimović (drums
) whom, influenced by garage rock
and punk rock
, started to compose their own material and to perform in Belgrade clubs, mainly the club Bunker, Ljudmila Stratimirović fashion shows, and as a frequent opening act for Obojeni Program
and Instant Karma. The performances featured strange stage decorations, costumes and behavior not typical for a rock band
, which might be described as dada
istic. In 1993, they performed at the Palilula Culture Olympics as Džo i Jarboli (Joe and the Masts).
The following year, the band made studio recordings for the tracks "Industrija oko nas" ("The Industry around Us"), "Uticaj puteva na novi talas" ("The Influence of the Roads on New Wave"), "Ja opet biću tvoj" ("I Will Be Yours Again"), and "Da li je u stvari ona nije bila oprezna?" ("Wasn't She Actually Careful?") at the Belgrade Akademija studio. During the Spring of 1996, the previously recorded material appeared on the compilation album Čizmanoga (literal translation for Bootleg
), released independently by the band on compact cassette
only in 50 copies. Beside the studio tracks, the compilation featured live recordings made at the Belgrade N.U. Božidar Adžija, KST club, and Radio B92. In 1997, the band performed at a festival held in the German
city Erfurt
.
Their debut studio album was intended to be officially released on March 24, 1999, however, due to the beginning of the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia on the very evening, the promotion was never held. A few days later, the government took over the Radio B92, thus all of the 2000 album copies were confiscated, only to be returned to the record label after the bombing ended.
Goran Živković and Rikardo Bartez. In December of the same year, the band appeared on the various artists cover album
Korak napred 2 koraka nazad
(A step forward 2 steps backwards) with the cover version of the Đorđe Marjanović song "Đavoli" ("The Devils").
Samo ponekad (Just Occasionally), which beside the title track also featured three more songs recorded in home-made production. The following year Daniel Kovač went to serve the army and the vacant band member position was occupied by a being replaced by the keyboard player Sonja Lončar, who had previously worked with E-Play
. On December 5, 2001, the band released their second studio album Suvišna sloboda (Sufficient Freedom), recorded at the Factory studio during April and May of the same year, featuring saxophone
sections recorded by the former Plejboj
and Eyesburn
member Dušan Petrović and string sections
arranged by Sonja Lončar. The following year, the band participated in the Milan Mladenović
tribute album Kao da je bilo nekad... (Posvećeno Milanu Mladenoviću) (As If It Once Happened... (Dedicated to Milan Mladenović)) with the cover version of the song "Idemo" ("Let's Go")., originally released on the Ekatarina Velika
1991 studio album Dum dum
(Bang Bang).
In 2003, the album Čizmanoga was reissued on CD by Beopolis and as bonus tracks appeared the band's string compositions and a cover of the starogradska muzika
song "Tiho noći" ("Be Silent, Night"), featuring the lyrics written by poet
Jovan Jovanović Zmaj
. During the same year, the band released and a six-track EP Uslovna sloboda (Parole) through their own Odličan Hrčak independent record label
, featuring guest appearances by Veliki Prezir
frontman Vladimir Kolarić on backing vocals and the Horkešart choir. In 2005, the band released yet another EP, Jedan čovek jedna rezolucija (One Man One Resolution), featuring five tracks, four of which were recorded live on March 4, 2004 at the Belgrade SKC
. The only studio track on the release, "Rezolucija UN" ("UN Resolution"), was recorded in Aćimović's basement, Boris Mladenović's apartment, Vrbas
studio Kombinat Rekord and the Belgrade Desanka Maksimović studio. The EP was distinguished as one of the best releases of the year 2005 according to the critics of the Serbian webzine Popboks.
The track "Rezolucija UN" was also included on the third studio album, Buđanje proleća (The Mildew
of Spring
), produced by Boris Mladenović. With the album release, the band established itself as supporters and headliners of the wave of Serbian alternative bands known as the New Serbian Scene with their independent record label Odličan Hrčak. The album was selected as the fourth best album of the year 2006 according to the Popboks critics and their concert held at the Belgrade SKC during the album promotional tour was voted as the best concert in 2006. During the same year, the band performed at the Rock 'n' Roll Škola manifestation. In 2008, the band performed at the annual Jelen Pivo Live
festival and the following year they appeared at the Košutnjak
Supernatural festival and the Novi Sad
Exit festival
. During 2009, the band started working on a new album, and the single "Podrška je važna" ("Support Is Important") appearing on the first place on the Jelen Top 10 list on October. The single was voted the fourteenth best single and fifth best music video of the year 2009 according to the critics of the webzine Popboks.
. At the beginning of 2011, the Popboks critics selected the best domestic albums released in the previous decade on which Suvišna sloboda appeared on the seventh, Buđanje proleća on the forty-third place. In May of the same year, it was announced that the band was releasing their fourth studio album Zabava (Party) in mp3
format for free digital download
through the Exit Music label and as a double LP through Odličan Hrčak, without releasing the album in CD format. The download version of Zabava was released on May 11, featuring thirteen songs, including the previously released single "Podrška je važna", recorded live in the controlled conditions of the Digimedia studio and produced by Boris Mladenović.
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
n alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
band from Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
.
1990s
The band was formed in 1991 by Daniel Kovač (guitarElectric guitar
An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, vocals), Boris Mladenović (guitar, vocals), Žolt Kovač (bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
), and Nemanja Aćimović (drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
) whom, influenced by garage rock
Garage rock
Garage rock is a raw form of rock and roll that was first popular in the United States and Canada from about 1963 to 1967. During the 1960s, it was not recognized as a separate music genre and had no specific name...
and punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
, started to compose their own material and to perform in Belgrade clubs, mainly the club Bunker, Ljudmila Stratimirović fashion shows, and as a frequent opening act for Obojeni Program
Obojeni Program
Obojeni Program is a Serbian alternative rock band from Novi Sad. The band are pioneers of the Serbian alternative rock scene. The band is also famous for giving strange names to their albums, which is explained by the fact that the first letters of all the studio albums form an acronym of their...
and Instant Karma. The performances featured strange stage decorations, costumes and behavior not typical for a rock band
Rock Band
Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games and Electronic Arts. It is the first title in the Rock Band series. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were released in the United States on November 20, 2007, while the PlayStation 2 version was...
, which might be described as dada
Dada
Dada or Dadaism is a cultural movement that began in Zurich, Switzerland, during World War I and peaked from 1916 to 1922. The movement primarily involved visual arts, literature—poetry, art manifestoes, art theory—theatre, and graphic design, and concentrated its anti-war politics through a...
istic. In 1993, they performed at the Palilula Culture Olympics as Džo i Jarboli (Joe and the Masts).
The following year, the band made studio recordings for the tracks "Industrija oko nas" ("The Industry around Us"), "Uticaj puteva na novi talas" ("The Influence of the Roads on New Wave"), "Ja opet biću tvoj" ("I Will Be Yours Again"), and "Da li je u stvari ona nije bila oprezna?" ("Wasn't She Actually Careful?") at the Belgrade Akademija studio. During the Spring of 1996, the previously recorded material appeared on the compilation album Čizmanoga (literal translation for Bootleg
Bootleg recording
A bootleg recording is an audio or video recording of a performance that was not officially released by the artist or under other legal authority. The process of making and distributing such recordings is known as bootlegging...
), released independently by the band on compact cassette
Compact Cassette
The Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape sound recording format. It was designed originally for dictation, but improvements in fidelity led the Compact Cassette to supplant the Stereo 8-track cartridge and reel-to-reel...
only in 50 copies. Beside the studio tracks, the compilation featured live recordings made at the Belgrade N.U. Božidar Adžija, KST club, and Radio B92. In 1997, the band performed at a festival held in the German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
city Erfurt
Erfurt
Erfurt is the capital city of Thuringia and the main city nearest to the geographical centre of Germany, located 100 km SW of Leipzig, 150 km N of Nuremberg and 180 km SE of Hannover. Erfurt Airport can be reached by plane via Munich. It lies in the southern part of the Thuringian...
.
Their debut studio album was intended to be officially released on March 24, 1999, however, due to the beginning of the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia on the very evening, the promotion was never held. A few days later, the government took over the Radio B92, thus all of the 2000 album copies were confiscated, only to be returned to the record label after the bombing ended.
Goran Živković and Rikardo Bartez. In December of the same year, the band appeared on the various artists cover album
Cover Album
-Tracklisting:#Misono to Utaou! Animedley I # #...
Korak napred 2 koraka nazad
Korak napred 2 koraka nazad
- Additional personnel :* Škart — album cover [design]* Velja Mijanović — engineer [post-producer], mastered by- References :* * EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960-2006, Janjatović Petar; ISBN 978-86-905317-1-43...
(A step forward 2 steps backwards) with the cover version of the Đorđe Marjanović song "Đavoli" ("The Devils").
2000s
In 2000, the band independently released an EPExtended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
Samo ponekad (Just Occasionally), which beside the title track also featured three more songs recorded in home-made production. The following year Daniel Kovač went to serve the army and the vacant band member position was occupied by a being replaced by the keyboard player Sonja Lončar, who had previously worked with E-Play
E-Play
- History :The band was formed in 1997, initially having several lineup changes before the lineup consisting of Biljana Todorovski , Maja Cvetković and Jarboli member Nemanja Aćimović became the default one. The band also had a semi-official band member Sonja Lončar who played an analogous...
. On December 5, 2001, the band released their second studio album Suvišna sloboda (Sufficient Freedom), recorded at the Factory studio during April and May of the same year, featuring saxophone
Saxophone
The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
sections recorded by the former Plejboj
Plejboj
Plejboj was a Serbian punk rock/ska band from Belgrade.- Formation, rise to prominence :...
and Eyesburn
Eyesburn
Eyesburn is a Serbian hardcore punk/crossover thrash band with influences of reggae music.- 1990s :The band was formed in 1994, and the original line-up featured former Dead Ideas guitarist Nemanja "Kojot" Kojić , who simultaneously worked as trombonist in Del Arno Band and bass guitarist in...
member Dušan Petrović and string sections
String instrument
A string instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. In the Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification, used in organology, they are called chordophones...
arranged by Sonja Lončar. The following year, the band participated in the Milan Mladenović
Milan Mladenovic
Milan Mladenović was a Yugoslav and Serbian musician best known as the frontman of Serbian art rock band Ekatarina Velika.-Early life:...
tribute album Kao da je bilo nekad... (Posvećeno Milanu Mladenoviću) (As If It Once Happened... (Dedicated to Milan Mladenović)) with the cover version of the song "Idemo" ("Let's Go")., originally released on the Ekatarina Velika
Ekatarina Velika
Ekatarina Velika , sometimes referred to as EKV for short, was a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock group from Belgrade, being one of the most successful and influential music acts coming out of former Yugoslavia....
1991 studio album Dum dum
Dum Dum (Ekatarina Velika album)
Dum Dum is the sixth studio album by the Serbian rock band Ekatarina Velika, released in 1991. Srdjan "Žika" Todorović was here replaced by Marko Milivojević , who remained the band's drummer till the end...
(Bang Bang).
In 2003, the album Čizmanoga was reissued on CD by Beopolis and as bonus tracks appeared the band's string compositions and a cover of the starogradska muzika
Starogradska muzika
Starogradska muzika is an urban traditional folk music of Macedonia and Serbia.-In Serbia:...
song "Tiho noći" ("Be Silent, Night"), featuring the lyrics written by poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
Jovan Jovanović Zmaj
Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj
Jovan Jovanović Zmaj was one of the best-known Serbian poets. He was a physician by profession, like his literary predecessor writer Jovan Stejić ....
. During the same year, the band released and a six-track EP Uslovna sloboda (Parole) through their own Odličan Hrčak independent record label
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
, featuring guest appearances by Veliki Prezir
Veliki Prezir
Veliki Prezir is a Serbian britpop/alternative rock band from Vrbas.- 1990s :...
frontman Vladimir Kolarić on backing vocals and the Horkešart choir. In 2005, the band released yet another EP, Jedan čovek jedna rezolucija (One Man One Resolution), featuring five tracks, four of which were recorded live on March 4, 2004 at the Belgrade SKC
Studentski kulturni centar
Studentski Kulturni Centar , abbreviated as "SKC", is a cultural centre in Belgrade, Serbia.The center opened in 1971 in the building that had up to that point been used by state security agency UDBA. The opening of SKC was seen by many as the communist regime's concession to the youth of Belgrade...
. The only studio track on the release, "Rezolucija UN" ("UN Resolution"), was recorded in Aćimović's basement, Boris Mladenović's apartment, Vrbas
Vrbas (town)
Vrbas is a city and municipality located in Serbia at , in the South Bačka District in the province of Vojvodina. In 2002 the city had a total population of 25,887, while the municipality had 45,839.-Name:...
studio Kombinat Rekord and the Belgrade Desanka Maksimović studio. The EP was distinguished as one of the best releases of the year 2005 according to the critics of the Serbian webzine Popboks.
The track "Rezolucija UN" was also included on the third studio album, Buđanje proleća (The Mildew
Mildew
Mildew refers to certain kinds of molds or fungi.In Old English, it meant honeydew , and later came to mean mildew in the modern sense of mold or fungus....
of Spring
Spring (season)
Spring is one of the four temperate seasons, the transition period between winter and summer. Spring and "springtime" refer to the season, and broadly to ideas of rebirth, renewal and regrowth. The specific definition of the exact timing of "spring" varies according to local climate, cultures and...
), produced by Boris Mladenović. With the album release, the band established itself as supporters and headliners of the wave of Serbian alternative bands known as the New Serbian Scene with their independent record label Odličan Hrčak. The album was selected as the fourth best album of the year 2006 according to the Popboks critics and their concert held at the Belgrade SKC during the album promotional tour was voted as the best concert in 2006. During the same year, the band performed at the Rock 'n' Roll Škola manifestation. In 2008, the band performed at the annual Jelen Pivo Live
Jelen Pivo Live
Jelen Pivo Live is a musical festival held since 2006 in order to promote the Apatin brewery brand Jelen pivo. The organizers had the idea gather the finest Serbian rock bands at one place, but the following year beside Serbian bands, foreign acts were also included in the festival lineups.- 2006...
festival and the following year they appeared at the Košutnjak
Košutnjak
Košutnjak is a park-forest and urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is divided between in the municipalities of Čukarica and Rakovica .-Location:...
Supernatural festival and the Novi Sad
Novi Sad
Novi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river....
Exit festival
EXIT (festival)
Exit is an annual summer music festival in the Petrovaradin Fortress of Novi Sad, Serbia. It is staged annually since 2000 and usually lasts four days ....
. During 2009, the band started working on a new album, and the single "Podrška je važna" ("Support Is Important") appearing on the first place on the Jelen Top 10 list on October. The single was voted the fourteenth best single and fifth best music video of the year 2009 according to the critics of the webzine Popboks.
2010s
On April 2, 2010, the album was reissued by Exit Music online record label for free digital downloadMusic download
A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
. At the beginning of 2011, the Popboks critics selected the best domestic albums released in the previous decade on which Suvišna sloboda appeared on the seventh, Buđanje proleća on the forty-third place. In May of the same year, it was announced that the band was releasing their fourth studio album Zabava (Party) in mp3
MP3
MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
format for free digital download
Music download
A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
through the Exit Music label and as a double LP through Odličan Hrčak, without releasing the album in CD format. The download version of Zabava was released on May 11, featuring thirteen songs, including the previously released single "Podrška je važna", recorded live in the controlled conditions of the Digimedia studio and produced by Boris Mladenović.
Studio albums
- Dobrodošli (1999)
- Suvišna sloboda (2001)
- Buđanje proleća (2006)
- Zabava (2011)
Extended plays
- Samo ponekad (2000)
- Uslovna sloboda (2003)
- Jedan čovek jedna rezolucija (2005)
Other appearances
- "Industrija" (Gruvanje Live Vol. 1; 1995)
- "Industrija oko nas" (Mi za mir; 1995)
- "Da li u stvari ona nije bila oprezna?" (Ovo je zemlja za nas?!?; 1997)
- "Đavoli" (Korak napred 2 koraka nazadKorak napred 2 koraka nazad- Additional personnel :* Škart — album cover [design]* Velja Mijanović — engineer [post-producer], mastered by- References :* * EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960-2006, Janjatović Petar; ISBN 978-86-905317-1-43...
; 1999) - "08.02.1998." (Lepardov rep; 2000)
- "IdemoDum Dum (Ekatarina Velika album)Dum Dum is the sixth studio album by the Serbian rock band Ekatarina Velika, released in 1991. Srdjan "Žika" Todorović was here replaced by Marko Milivojević , who remained the band's drummer till the end...
" (Kao da je bilo nekad... (Posvećeno Milanu Mladenoviću); 2002) - "Glavu gore" (Rhythm changes; 2007)
External links
- Jarboli at MyspaceMyspaceMyspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
- Jarboli at FacebookFacebookFacebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
- Jarboli at YoutubeYouTubeYouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
- Jarboli at DiscogsDiscogsDiscogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...
- Jarboli at Rateyourmusic
- Jarboli at Last.fmLast.fmLast.fm is a music website, founded in the United Kingdom in 2002. It has claimed 30 million active users in March 2009. On 30 May 2007, CBS Interactive acquired Last.fm for UK£140m ....
- Jarboli at B92.fmB92B92 is a radio and television broadcaster with national coverage headquartered in Belgrade, Serbia. The network's key demographic is chiefly urban and young audience. Its programs, including the news cover topics with fairly liberal political painted attitudes...