Pop Mašina
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Pop Mašina was a former Yugoslav progressive rock
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

 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...

. Pop Mašina was formed in 1972, and released two studio albums and one live album before disbanding in 1978. After Pop Mašina disbanded, the band's former members formed a short-lasting hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...

 band Rok Mašina
Rok Mašina
Rok Mašina was a short-lasting former Yugoslav hard rock band from Belgrade. Rok Mašina was formed in 1980 by former members of the progressive/hard rock band Pop Mašina, and it is often considered a continuation of Pop Mašina.-1980 - 1982:The band was formed in 1980 by former Pop Mašina members...

, often considered a continuation of Pop Mašina.

Band history

The band was formed in Belgrade in 1972 by Robert Nemeček (a former Dogovor Iz 1804, Džentlmeni
Džentlmeni
Džentlmeni were a Serbian beat band from Belgrade.- Band formation and split :...

, and Intro member, bass guitar
Bass guitar
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, vocals), Zoran Božinović (a former Exelent, Rokeri, Džentlmeni, and Intro member, guitar
Electric 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), Ratislav Đelmaš (drums
Drum kit
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), and Sava Bojić (guitar, vocals). Bojić soon left the band (he would later join the band Tako
Tako (band)
Tako was a former Yugoslav symphonic rock band from Belgrade.-History:Tako was formed in 1974 by Dušan "Dule" Ćućuz , Đorđe Ilijin , Sava Bojić and Milan "Mića Žorž" Lolić...

), and during the same year Đelmaš left Pop Mašina and joined YU grupa
YU grupa
YU grupa is a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band. One of the pioneers in combining rock music with the elements of the traditional music of the Balkans, YU grupa is considered the longest-lasting rock band to come from Serbia....

. He was replaced by a former Intro and Siluete
Siluete
Siluete was a former Yugoslav and Serbian rock band from Belgrade, notable for being one of the pioneers of the former Yugoslav rock scene.-1961 - 1971:...

 member Mihajlo "Bata" Popović.

Pop Mašina was one of the first bands on the former Yugoslav rock scene
Popular music in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
SFR Yugoslav pop and rock scene includes the pop and rock music of SFR Yugoslavia , including all their genres and sub-genres. The scene included the constituent republics: SR Slovenia, SR Croatia, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SR Montenegro, SR Macedonia and SR Serbia and its subunits: SAP Vojvodina...

 that moved from the 1960s rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues
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 towards harder sound. They often organized free concerts, and in 1972 they organized a big free, open air concert at Hajdučka česma. The concert also featured bands S Vremena Na Vreme
S Vremena Na Vreme
S Vremena Na Vreme was a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band from Belgrade...

, Porodična Manufaktura Crnog Hleba
Porodicna Manufaktura Crnog Hleba
Porodična Manufaktura Crnog Hleba were a former Yugoslav acoustic rock band and a theatre group and one of the pioneers of the former Yugoslav acoustic rock scene....

, and others. In May 1973 they organized another free concert at Hajdučka česma, which featured bands Jutro
Jutro
Jutro was a Sarajevo-based rock band most notable as the immediate predecessor to Bijelo dugme. It existed from late 1971 to the very end of 1973 when it transformed into probably the most popular rock band to come out of former Yugoslavia – Bijelo dugme.Jutro was formed on the initiative by Ismet...

, Grupa 220, Med, Vlada i Bajka, and others. In 1973 the band released their debut album Kiselina
Kiselina
Kiselina is the 1973 debut album by former Yugoslav progressive rock band Pop Mašina.The album was polled in 1998 as the 60th on the list of 100 greatest Yugoslav rock and pop albums in the book YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike .-Concept:In a 2011 interview, the band's former...

(Acid). The album featured hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...

 sound, but also featured psychedelic
Psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music that is inspired or influenced by psychedelic culture and attempts to replicate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of psychedelic drugs. It emerged during the mid 1960s among folk rock and blues rock bands in United States and the United Kingdom...

 and acid rock
Acid rock
Acid rock is a form of psychedelic rock, which is characterized with long instrumental solos, few lyrics and musical improvisation. Tom Wolfe describes the LSD-influenced music of The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Pink Floyd, The Doors, Iron Butterfly, Big Brother & The Holding Company, Cream,...

 elements. The album also featured several acoustic
Acoustic music
Acoustic music comprises music that solely or primarily uses instruments which produce sound through entirely acoustic means, as opposed to electric or electronic means...

 songs composed by Nemeček. Kiselina featured Sloba Marković on keyboards, and three songs featured Miša Aleksić
Miša Aleksic
Miroslav "Miša" Aleksić is a Serbian musician, best known as the bass guitarist for the Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Riblja Čorba.-Biography:...

 (at the time member of SOS). The album also featured S Vremena Na Vreme members Ljuba Ninković and Vojislav Đukić, Drago Mlinarec, and DAG
DAG (former Yugoslav band)
DAG , also known as Trio DAG were a former Yugoslav acoustic rock band from Belgrade.-Band history:The band was formed in 1972 by Dragan Popović , and brothers Grujica and Aleksandar Milanović...

 members on backing vocals. Pop Mašina and S Vremena Na Vreme continued to cooperate in studio and on live appearances, and in 1975 Nemeček would appeare as a guest on S Vremena Na Vreme debut self-titled album. After Kiselina was released Pop Mašina held a large number of concerts. They often performed in Belgrade Sports' Hall
Hala sportova
Hala sportova is a multi-purpose sports arena located in Belgrade municipality of New Belgrade.The venue's actual name is "Palata sportova" , but it is widely known by its informal title - Hala. It was built and opened during 1968...

. These concerts were organized with the help of (at the time) journalism student Aleksandar Tijanić
Aleksandar Tijanic
Aleksandar Tijanić , Serbian journalist and current national TV director, was born in Đakovica, FPR Yugoslavia on 13 December 1950...

, and other Yugoslav progressive rock bands were often invited to perform. Pop Mašina had an attractive live appearance: Božinović was one of the first former Yugoslav guitarists that played long guitar solos, played guitar with a bow
Bow (music)
In music, a bow is moved across some part of a musical instrument, causing vibration which the instrument emits as sound. The vast majority of bows are used with string instruments, although some bows are used with musical saws and other bowed idiophones....

 and behind his back.

At the beginning of 1975, in Akademik Studio in Ljubljana
Ljubljana
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, the band recorded their second studio album Na izvoru svetlosti (At the Spring of Light). The album was produced by Ivo Umek and Nemeček. It featured Ljuba Ninković and Sloba Marković as guest musicians. The album featured live blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...

 track "Negde daleko" recorded on a concert in Belgrade Sports Hall on January 2, 1974, and the song "Rekvijem za prijatelja" (Requiem for a Friend), with lyrics written by Ninković, dedicated to Predrag Jovičić, the former singer of the band San, who died from an electric shock
Electric shock
Electric Shock of a body with any source of electricity that causes a sufficient current through the skin, muscles or hair. Typically, the expression is used to denote an unwanted exposure to electricity, hence the effects are considered undesirable....

 on a concert in Čair Sports Center
Cair Sports Center
Čair Sports Center, known locally as Hala Čair is an indoor sporting arena located in Niš, Serbia. The seating capacity of the arena is for 5,000 spectators for sports events and 6,500 at concerts...

 in Niš
Niš
Niš is the largest city of southern Serbia and third-largest city in Serbia . According to the data from 2011, the city of Niš has a population of 177,972 inhabitants, while the city municipality has a population of 257,867. The city covers an area of about 597 km2, including the urban area,...

. The album also featured a new version of the song "Zemlja svetlosti", previously released on a 7" single. After the album release the band was joined by the keyboardist Oliver Mandić
Oliver Mandic
Oliver Mandić is a Serbian pop musician, composer, and producer - very prominent and popular throughout the 1980s.-Early biography:...

. However, he left the band after only several performances. In 1976 the band released the live album Put ka Suncu (Road to Sun), becoming the first former Yugoslav band to release a live album.

At the end of 1976 Nemeček left the band due to his army obligations, and the bass guitarist Dušan Petrović, the drummer Dušan Đukić (a former Innamorata member), and the guitarist Vidoja "Džindžer" Božinović
Vidoja Božinovic
Vidoja Božinović , also known as Džindžer , is a Serbian musician. He is best known as the guitarist for the Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Riblja Čorba.-Biography:...

 (Zoran Božinović's brother, a former Dim Bez Vatre member) joined the band. After Nemeček returned from the army, he moved to London
London
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, where he started working in the music instruments company Toma & Co. From London he also wrote for Yugoslav magazines RTV revija and YU video. The new Pop Mašina lineup moved towards jazz rock. The band recorded the single with the songs "Moja pesma" and "Uspomena". In 1977, Petrović left the band and joined Generacija 5
Generacija 5
Generacija 5 is a Serbian and former Yugoslav hard rock band from Belgrade.-1977—1982:...

, and was replaced by Miroslav "Cvele" Cvetković (a former Tilt member). This lineup announced the recording of the new album. However, in 1978, Pop Mašina disbanded.

Post breakup

Vidoja Božinović and Đukić joined the band Dah
Dah (band)
Dah was a former Yugoslav/Belgian progressive rock band. Originally formed in Yugoslavia in 1972, the band, in 1975, moved to Belgium and changed the name to Land...

. After Dah disbanded, Božinović joined the band Opus
Opus (progressive rock band)
-Band history:The band was formed in Belgrade in 1973 by Miodrag "Mive" Okrugić , Miodrag "Bata" Kostić and Dušan Ćućuz . The band got their name after the song "Opus No...

 in which he spent only six months. After he returned from London, Nemeček worked in Dadov Theatre as an editor of rock program.

In 1981 Nemeček, Božinović brothers and drummer Vladan Dokić formed the hard rock/heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band Rok Mašina
Rok Mašina
Rok Mašina was a short-lasting former Yugoslav hard rock band from Belgrade. Rok Mašina was formed in 1980 by former members of the progressive/hard rock band Pop Mašina, and it is often considered a continuation of Pop Mašina.-1980 - 1982:The band was formed in 1980 by former Pop Mašina members...

, often considered a continuation of Pop Mašina, which released only an album
Rok Mašina (album)
Rok Mašina is the 1981 debut album from former Yugoslav hard rock band Rok Mašina.Cover was designed by Jugoslav Vlahović.-Side One:#"Neću ti dati" – 3:25#"Zakon ulice" – 3:13#"Bilo mi je bolje" – 3:28#"Želim" – 5:37...

 before disbanding in 1982.

After Rok Mašina disbanded Zoran Božinović retired from music, but in the 1990s he started performing with the blues-rock
Blues-rock
Blues rock is a hybrid musical genre combining bluesy improvisations over the 12-bar blues and extended boogie jams with rock and roll styles. The core of the blues rock sound is created by the electric guitar, piano, bass guitar and drum kit, with the electric guitar usually amplified through a...

 band Zona B
Zona B
-History:Former Idoli bassist Zdenko Kolar and drummer Dušan Ristić "Rista" officially formed Zona B on November 29, 1986. After several personnel changes, the band got a default lineup featuring Jovan "Lole" Savić , Dušan "Duda" Bezuha , Tomislav "Toma" Rakijaš and Vladimir "Buca" Filipović...

. He died in 2004. Vidoja Božinovič performed in blues clubs and with the jazz
Jazz
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 band Interactive before joining Riblja Čorba
Riblja Corba
Riblja Čorba is a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band. Their presence on the scene has lasted from 1978 to today. They reached their peak of popularity in the 1980s, but it has declined in the 1990s, partly due to controversial political attitudes of the band's leader Bora Đorđević...

 in 1984. Nemeček became a film program editor at RTV Politika
RTV Politika
RTV Politika was a major Serbian TV station, owned by Politika AD, that was on the air from 1990 until 2007.It was founded in 1990 and it was a majority-owned subsidiary of the aforementioned Politika AD media company that solely dealt in print media up to that point...

.

In 1994 ITMM rereleased Kiselina in a limited number of copies. The rerelease featured songs "Put ka Suncu" and "Sjaj u očima", from the band's first 7" single, as bonus tracks. In 2007 Kiselina was re-released by MCF Records as Originalna kiselina: 35 godina kasnije (Original Acid: 35 Years Later) in a limited number of 999 copies. In 2008 Internut Music and Multimedia Records released luxurious box set Antologija 1972 - 1976 (Anthology 1972 - 1976), which featured all the recordings released by Pop Mašina, 9 unreleased tracks, a recording of a concert in Belgrade Sports Hall, and a book about the band.

Legacy

The song "Zemlja svetlosti" was covered by the Serbian 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 Disciplina Kičme
Disciplina Kičme
Disciplina Kičme , is a Serbian band, one of the two spin-offs of the seminal Yugoslav New Wave and later post-punk band Šarlo Akrobata, the other being Ekatarina Velika...

 on their 1991 album Nova iznenađenja za nova pokolenja
Nova iznenađenja za nova pokolenja
- The band :* Sai Baba — bass, vocals, written by* Gul Tantor — drums* Jy Robokapov — saxophone [alt]* Žele Zerkman — trumpet- Additional personnel :...

.

The album Kiselina
Kiselina
Kiselina is the 1973 debut album by former Yugoslav progressive rock band Pop Mašina.The album was polled in 1998 as the 60th on the list of 100 greatest Yugoslav rock and pop albums in the book YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike .-Concept:In a 2011 interview, the band's former...

was polled in 1998 as 60th on the list of 100 greatest Yugoslav popular music albums in the book YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike
YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike
YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike is a book by Duško Antonić and Danilo Štrbac...

(YU 100: The Best albums of Yugoslav pop and rock music).

On October 5, 2005, in Belgrade's Bard Club, a concert dedicated to Zoran Božinović was held. The musicians performing on the concert included his brother Vidoja, Miroslav Cvetković (of Bajaga i Instruktori
Bajaga i Instruktori
Bajaga i Instruktori are a highly popular Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band...

, formerly of Pop Mašina), Nebojša Antonijević (of Partibrejkers
Partibrejkers
Partibrejkers is a prominent Serbian rock band from Belgrade, as well as an acclaimed act of the former Yugoslav rock scene....

), Dejan Cukić
Dejan Cukic
Dejan Cukić is a Serbian rock musician, journalist and writer.During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Cukić was the frontman of the New Wave band Bulevar, releasing two albums with the band. After Bulevar disbanded in 1982, he retired from music...

, Petar Radmilović (of Đorđe Balašević's backing band), Dušan Kojić
Dušan Kojic
Dušan Kojić "Koja" is a Serbian rock bassist, singer and songwriter. He is the frontman of the Serbian Alternative rock band Disciplin A Kitschme .- Compilation albums :...

 (of Disciplina Kičme
Disciplina Kičme
Disciplina Kičme , is a Serbian band, one of the two spin-offs of the seminal Yugoslav New Wave and later post-punk band Šarlo Akrobata, the other being Ekatarina Velika...

), Branislav Petrović (of Električni Orgazam
Električni Orgazam
Električni Orgazam is a Serbian rock band from Belgrade. Originally starting as a combination of New Wave, punk rock and post-punk, the band later slowly changed their style, becoming a mainstream rock act.- New Wave years :...

), Dušan Đukić (formerly of Pop Mašina), Nikola Čuturilo
Nikola Čuturilo
Nikola Čuturilo , also known as Čutura is a Serbian musician...

, Manja Đorđević (of Disciplina Kičme), Vladimir Đorđević (of Lira Vega
Lira Vega
- Pozorište Šešira :The band was formed in 1998 as a part of the theatre troupe Pozorište Šešira by Zoja Borovčanin , Dejan Utrvar , Nemanja Aćimović and Vladimir Ðorđević , in order to compose the music for the piece Zima ili snovi ili putovanje u svim pravcima - Pozorište Šešira...

 and 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...

), Vlada Negovanović, the bands Van Gogh
Van Gogh (band)
Van Gogh is a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band from Belgrade. The band was formed in 1986, and released their debut alternative rock-oriented self-titled album the same year...

 and Zona B
Zona B
-History:Former Idoli bassist Zdenko Kolar and drummer Dušan Ristić "Rista" officially formed Zona B on November 29, 1986. After several personnel changes, the band got a default lineup featuring Jovan "Lole" Savić , Dušan "Duda" Bezuha , Tomislav "Toma" Rakijaš and Vladimir "Buca" Filipović...

, and oters. The recording of the concert was released on the DVD
DVD
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 Put ka Suncu - Noć posvećena Zoranu Božinoviću (Road to Sun - A Night Dedicated to Zoran Božinović).

Band members

  • Robert Nemeček - bass guitar, vocals (1972–1976)
  • Zoran Božinović - guitar, vocals (1972–1978)
  • Ratislav Đelmaš - drums (1972)
  • Sava Bojić - guitar, vocals (1972)
  • Mihajlo "Bata" Popović - drums, percussion (1972–1976)
  • Oliver Mandić
    Oliver Mandic
    Oliver Mandić is a Serbian pop musician, composer, and producer - very prominent and popular throughout the 1980s.-Early biography:...

     - keyboards, vocals (1975)
  • Dušan "Duda" Petrović - bass guitar (1976–1977)
  • Dušan "Đuka" Đukić - drums (1976–1978)
  • Vidoja Božinović
    Vidoja Božinovic
    Vidoja Božinović , also known as Džindžer , is a Serbian musician. He is best known as the guitarist for the Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Riblja Čorba.-Biography:...

    - guitar (1976–1978)
  • Miroslav "Cvele" Cvetković - bass guitar, vocals (1977–1978)

Singles

  • "Put ka Suncu" / "Sjaj u očima" (1972)
  • "Promenićemo svet" / "Svemirska priča" (1973)
  • "Zemlja svetlosti" / "Dugo lutanje kroz noć" (1974)
  • "Sećanja" / "Rekvijem za prijatelja" (1975)
  • "Moja pesma" / "Uspomena" (1977)

External links

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