Lira Vega
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Lira Vega is a Serbia
n alternative rock
band from Belgrade
.
The song "Alfa Akvari" (transliteration
for "Alpha Aquari"), which promoted the theatre piece appeared on the first place of the Radio B92 domestic singles list for several weeks. Following the success of the single, the band started performing frequently at Belgrade clubs and On March 1999, the band performed as an opening act for Obojeni Program
. On December of the same year, with the Pozorište Šešira theatre troupe, they had a tour of Slovenia
a a part of the Metelkova
culture centre anniversary. After the tour, the band went on hiatus.
, Bushcraft, Obojeni Program
and Let 3
. Their song "Kometa" ("The Comet") had been on the fist place of the SKC radio top list for several weeks. The band also performed at the Future Shock stage at the 2003 Exit festival
, the first Rijeka
Open Fest, Otokultivator festival at the isle Vis
and the Ljubljana
Trnfest held at the "France Prešern" club.
During the Summer of 2002, the band recorded the material for their debut album, but it was not until April 2004 that their eponymous album was released. The album presented the band as a unique alternative act featuring the song lyrics sung by the vocalist Zoja Borovcanin in an invented language. Borovčanin had also made guest appearances at the Neočekivana Sila Koja Se Iznenada Pojavljuje i Rešava Stvar
album Sunca (The Suns), released in 2002, and the Let 3
album Bombardiranje Srbije i Čačka (The Bombing of Serbia and Čačak
), released in 2005.
On October 2008, drummer Utvar left the band, thus the band remained a trio with bassist Aćimović switching to drums The lineup recorded their second studio album Sreća i ljubav (Happiness and Love), released by Beopolis in 2009.
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...
.
Pozorište Šešira (1998–2000)
The band was formed in 1998 as a part of the theatre troupe Pozorište Šešira (The Hat Theatre) by Zoja Borovčanin (vocals), Dejan Utrvar (drums), Nemanja Aćimović (bass guitar) and Vladimir Ðorđević (guitar), in order to compose the music for the piece Zima ili snovi ili putovanje u svim pravcima (Winter or Dreams or Travelling in All Directions). Under the Pozorište Šešira moniker, the band had their first live appearance in March 1998 at the Belgrade club "Underground", at the promotion of a hat fashion line by Ljudmila Stratimirović.The song "Alfa Akvari" (transliteration
Transliteration
Transliteration is a subset of the science of hermeneutics. It is a form of translation, and is the practice of converting a text from one script into another...
for "Alpha Aquari"), which promoted the theatre piece appeared on the first place of the Radio B92 domestic singles list for several weeks. Following the success of the single, the band started performing frequently at Belgrade clubs and On March 1999, the band performed as an 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...
. On December of the same year, with the Pozorište Šešira theatre troupe, they had a tour of Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
a a part of the Metelkova
Metelkova
Metelkova City is an autonomous social centre in the centre of Ljubljana, Slovenia. It is located on the site of former military barracks and was squatted September 1993. The site consists of seven buildings and was 12,500 m²...
culture centre anniversary. After the tour, the band went on hiatus.
Lira Vega (2002–present)
In 2002, after a work break, the band was reformed and renamed to Lira Vega. During the same year, they performed at the REFRACT festival (Regional Festival of Alternative Culture in Belgrade), held on the birthday of the Belgrade SKC Radio, along with the bands JarboliJarboli
Jarboli is a Serbian alternative rock band from Belgrade.- 1990s :The band was formed in 1991 by Daniel Kovač , Boris Mladenović , Žolt Kovač , and Nemanja Aćimović whom, influenced by garage rock and punk rock, started to compose their own material and to perform in Belgrade clubs,...
, Bushcraft, 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 Let 3
Let 3
Let 3 is a modern rock band from Rijeka, Croatia formed in 1987. The band frontmen are Damir "Mrle" Martinović and Zoran "Prlja" Prodanović. The band is popular in Croatia and other former Yugoslav republics due to their original approach to rock music and their obscene live performances...
. Their song "Kometa" ("The Comet") had been on the fist place of the SKC radio top list for several weeks. The band also performed at the Future Shock stage at the 2003 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 ....
, the first Rijeka
Rijeka
Rijeka is the principal seaport and the third largest city in Croatia . It is located on Kvarner Bay, an inlet of the Adriatic Sea and has a population of 128,735 inhabitants...
Open Fest, Otokultivator festival at the isle Vis
Vis (island)
Vis is the most outerly lying larger Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea, and is part of the Central Dalmatian group of islands, with an area of 90.26 km² and a population of 3,617 . Of all the inhabited Croatian islands, it is the farthest from the coast...
and the Ljubljana
Ljubljana
Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...
Trnfest held at the "France Prešern" club.
During the Summer of 2002, the band recorded the material for their debut album, but it was not until April 2004 that their eponymous album was released. The album presented the band as a unique alternative act featuring the song lyrics sung by the vocalist Zoja Borovcanin in an invented language. Borovčanin had also made guest appearances at the Neočekivana Sila Koja Se Iznenada Pojavljuje i Rešava Stvar
Neočekivana Sila Koja Se Iznenada Pojavljuje i Rešava Stvar
Neočekivana Sila Koja Se Iznenada Pojavljuje i Rešava Stvar Neočekivana Sila Koja Se Iznenada Pojavljuje i Rešava Stvar Neočekivana Sila Koja Se Iznenada Pojavljuje i Rešava Stvar (Serbian Cyrillic: Неочекивана Сила Која Се Изненада Појављује и Решава Ствар; trans...
album Sunca (The Suns), released in 2002, and the Let 3
Let 3
Let 3 is a modern rock band from Rijeka, Croatia formed in 1987. The band frontmen are Damir "Mrle" Martinović and Zoran "Prlja" Prodanović. The band is popular in Croatia and other former Yugoslav republics due to their original approach to rock music and their obscene live performances...
album Bombardiranje Srbije i Čačka (The Bombing of Serbia and Čačak
Cacak
Čačak is a city in central Serbia. It is the administrative center of the Moravica District of Serbia. Čačak is also the main industrial, cultural and sport center of the district...
), released in 2005.
On October 2008, drummer Utvar left the band, thus the band remained a trio with bassist Aćimović switching to drums The lineup recorded their second studio album Sreća i ljubav (Happiness and Love), released by Beopolis in 2009.
External links
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- Lira Vega 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 ....
- Lira Vega 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...