IDIOGEN - Burning (1987) Mini album

 

 

IDIOGEN mini album from 1987.

IDIOGEN - Drive You Mad (1987)

 

 

IDIOGEN started as an idea & pre-high-school-band at the beginning of the 80's in Koper (Slovenia), in the often peculiar mindframe of founder & leader Andrea Flego, who thought up a semi-psychedelic rock power trio, not shy of wailing wah-wah guitar solos, feedback laced sound & blues fuelled riffing, often spoken (instead of sung) vocals, combining the onset & rise of what was to become the indie & garage scene, the lyrical insight of living behind the iron curtain with your head out in the world, and the legacy of an unabashed love for Jimi Hendrix. From 1982 on the band actually came into existance, rehearsing like maniacs, going through the inevitable toothing phase & line-up problems, recording a now long lost casette-only quasi-album for DID Koper in 1984, playing concerts in what back then was Yugoslavia and in 1985 recording a proper 33rpm vinyl debut album, self-titled, released in 1986 for cult label Slovenija Records (Yugoslavia's first true indie label, masterminded by eccentric mogul & patron Boris Furlan "Primitivc"). After "Idiogen", in 1987 "Burning", a 4 song mini LP by popular demand in Italy, followed for Toast Records of Torino, and finally their (possibly) masterpiece, the ambitious "Drive You Mad" album, in 1988. All releases, now collector's items, were distributed not only all over former Yugoslavia but also in Italy, the UK and the US, collaborating with cult labels such as Rough Trade Records of London, or Supporti Fonografici of Milan. The band was extensively & mostly enthusiastically reviewed by national (Rock, Dzuboks, Mladina, Stop, Antena) and even international mags, raging from major publications to now classic, semi-obscure zines (Spin, Melody Maker, New Musical Express, Rock'n'Roll Confidential, Rockstar, Rockerilla, Mucchio Selvaggio, Buscadero, Urlo, Buzz, etc). They played all over Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia, and then, divided by Yugoslav army incombences, excessive friendship & good times (!!!) and the inevitable "musical diversities", in the best rock&roll tradition broke up at the height of tfoheir powers at the dawn of 1990. (from wikipedia)

MAMA DOLORES - Rja v ustih (1988-1990)

 

 

MAMA DOLORES was a punk rock band from Metlika (Slovenia) in former Yugoslavia, active between 1984 an 1991. The band played at the legendary festival in Novi Rock in 1988.

MEMORIJA - Oktomvriski doždovi (1990)

 

 

MEMORIJA second album from 1990.

MEMORIJA - Ogan pod svezdite (1989)

 

 

MEMORIJA was a Macedonian rock band formed in 1984, in Skopje, in former Yugoslavia. In the beginning they played pop-rock. The band was formed by band’s guitar player Dušan Trpkovski and Petar Georgievski. After demo record in Beograd the band release hit song "nena" and after that Dušan and vocalist Zoran left the band and than Petar Georgievski and some new members record their first debut album “Ogan pod svezdite”. (from searchtuber.com)

MEMORIJA - Iljada pesni (1990) Single

 

 

MEMORIJA promo single record from 1990.

NADA KNEŽEVIĆ - Mir (1973) Single

 

 

NADA KNEŽEVIĆ fifth single record from 1974.

NADA KNEŽEVIĆ - Crn je dan bez muzike (1967) EP

 

 

NADA KNEŽEVIĆ is an great singer of pop music and jazz from Serbia (ex-Yugoslavia). She has performed at the prestigious Newport Jazz Festival. It once was the only European woman mentioned in the Encyclopedia of World Jazz. This is her fourth EP from 1967.

NADA KNEŽEVIĆ - Pata Pata (1968) EP

 

 

NADA KNEŽEVIĆ fifth EP from 1968.

ZLATKO GOLUBOVIĆ - Aplauzi (1967-1969)

 

 

ZLATKO GOLUBOVIĆ is an Serbian pop singer from Beograd, active in 60's and 70's. These are his some recordings from 1967-1969.

MIODRAG-BATA KOSTIĆ - Rock And Roll (1975)

 

 

MIODRAG-BATA KOSTIĆ was the guitar player in groups Terusi, Yu Grupa and Opus. The longest time he spent in Yu Grupa and that was his most creative period. In 1975, together with Goran Bregović, Josip Boček and Vedran Božić he has recorded four songs for double album "Kongres rock majstora."

OBEĆANJE PROLJEĆA - Obećanje proljeća (1979)

 

OBEĆANJE PROLJEĆA was a short-lived jazz-rock group from Zagreb (Croatia) in former Yugoslavia. They recorded a few songs only.

MAGNUSI - Još jedno veče bez nje (1990)

 

MAGNUSI are pop-rock band from Duga Resa (Croatia) in former Yugoslavia. This is their first album from 1990.

INDEXI - Naše doba (1970-1976)

 

 

INDEXI second part of compilation album "Naše doba".

INDEXI - Naše doba (1964-1969)

 

 

INDEXI were one of the earliest and most enduring bands in ex-Yugoslavia that enjoyed popularity across generations of the followers of rock music. The band was founded in 1962 in Sarajevo, Bosnia, and soon became synonymous to the so-called "Sarajevo Pop School" scene. Since all the members were university students, they had easily chosen the name for the band - INDEXI (plural of "index", a student's blue book for writing exams and attendance). In the beginning they played mostly instrumental covers of popular hits, but around 1967 started composing their own songs. The core line-up consisted of Slobodan A. Kovačević-guitar, Fadil Redžić-bass and Davorin Popović-vocals, while they frequently changed drummers and keyboard players. Similar to KORNI GRUPA, INDEXI led two parallel careers: the one as a popular band recording numerous singles and EPS, and performing at the pop festivals of easy listening "schlager" music; and the other one as a pioneering progressive band, which had recorded allegedly the first song lasting over 10 minutes in former Yugoslavia, "Negdje na kraju u zatisju" in 1969. At the beginning of the 70s INDEXI toured extensively and played at many pop festivals, making plans at the same time for recording their first LP album. Producers in the phonographic companies, however, insisted on their making hit-singles only. In this period they played in Soviet Union, Poland and Bulgaria in addition to frequent concert performances across Yugoslavia. This period saw the release of the legendary "Plima" single in 1972, a composition that had been recorded back in 1968 and featured one of the most memorable guitar solos in the Yugoslavian rock-scene, courtesy of Kovacevic. The rest of their career from mid-70s through 90s they occasionally recorded singles and appeared in concerts at random, deliberately avoiding temptations of a typical rock and roll life-style. Having their regular jobs apart from the band, they never bothered to pursue a commercial career unless they felt ready to perform and record together. This is why perhaps they maintained their longevity for 35+ years. Their music is characterized by a dominant organ sound with distinguished guitar, mirroring influences from Procol Harum, The Beatles, or early Deep Purple. Oddly enough, during almost four decades of the music career, INDEXI have managed to record only two proper studio albums. "Modra rijeka" from 1978 is nevertheless a pinnacle of the Yugoslavian progressive rock. A highly elaborated concept album based on the lyrics of the one of best-known Bosnian poets, Mak Dizdar, offers great musicianship in the manner of symphonic-style prog similar to YES for example. The second album, "Kameni cvjetovi" was released 1999 and is more mainstream rock oriented. In 2001 a trademark vocalist of INDEXI, Davorin Popović died so the story of the band thus ended. The final posthumous release was a double live CD "Poslednji koncert u Sarajevu". (progarchives.com)

 

INDEXI - Sanjam (1972) Single

 

 

INDEXI fourth single record from 1972.

INDEXI - Krivac si ti (1972) Single

 

 

INDEXI third single record from 1972.

INDEXI - Modra rijeka (1978)

 

 

INDEXI album "Modra rijeka" from 1978 is nevertheless a pinnacle of the Yugoslavian progressive rock. A highly elaborated concept album based on the lyrics of the one of best-known Bosnian poets, Mak Dizdar, offers great musicianship in the manner of symphonic-style prog. (from progarchives.com)

INDEXI - Pogrešan broj (1975) Single

 

 

INDEXI seventh single record from 1975.

INDEXI - Svijet u kojem živim (1971) Single

 

 

INDEXI second single record from 1971.