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Points: 413 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 25 2009 at 08:26
Originally posted by Seyo Seyo wrote:

The latest album by Vlatko Stefanovski with Jan Akkerman has been added to his discography.
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i saw them with their backing band at Sava centar in Belgrade last year. What awesome gig; also that gig showed to me that Vlatko can´t battle Akkerman in blues. Akkerman has to let Vlatko to play that blues firstly, Akkerman just playing "in shadow", but when Akkerman was started his magical waves of blues, that was something different!
 
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Seyo, are we forget Dr. Spira i Ljudska Bića? Wink
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Originally posted by Seyo Seyo wrote:

Yet another rare jazz rock from exYU (Slovenia):

Jutro - Dobro Jutro CD (album) cover

Dobro Jutro

by JUTRO (Jazz Rock/Fusion)

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3 stars The title of this LP (“Good Morning”) and a jovial comic strip cover design may suggest that it contains the music of some new, fresh, innovative and vigorous young band who has many interesting things on the plate to offer. The things stand a bit different, unfortunately.

As was the case with many former Yugoslavian prog bands from the 1970s, this album came at least 4-5 years late. JUTRO missed the opportunity to record an album during their “Mozart period”, leaving only one 7” single behind in 1976. When they re-grouped in 1978 with prominent new members coming from the jazz scene, many things had already happened in the meantime: jazz-rock witnessed its peak in Yugoslavia with SEPTEMBER, LEB I SOL and SMAK having set high standards. Even the newcomers, Jakša and Gančev, had just recorded an excellent album with short-lived SONČNA POT a year prior to “Dobro jutro”, so their effort on this album when teamed-up with original trio of Crnkovič-Tomassini- Ristič looks rather lame. Most of the tracks and particularly the vocal ones are leaning towards the “lounge/crossover” type of jazz-rock that lacks inspiration and offers a linear, laid-back sound. Some of the moments are downright bad, of the kind forcing you to skip them during play, like unsuccessful heavy blues “Glasba vzame” (“Music With Me”) and awful “Boogie”, both with too aggressive bass and vocals that spoil the arrangement!

To be honest, this LP does contain three very good moments of pure fusion! Instrumentals “Dobro jutro” and “Cikorija” (“Chicory”) have excellent saxophone lines by virtuoso L. Jakša, nice piano backing chords by Gančev and brief but efficient guitar parts by Crnkovič. These instrumentals remind me of the better works by PASSPORT. “V moji mali sobi” (“In My Little Room”) is vocal song in slower tempo while the Slovene lyrics and style of playing moves this closer to their Ljubljana neighbours SEPTEMBER. “Dvakrat” (“Twice”) and “Po jezeru” (“At the Lake”) are mediocre jazz-rock with pop- prog-crossover flavour of the cross between funky guitar jamming of THE ALLMAN BROS and gentle ballad instrumentals of CAMEL.

“Dobro jutro” marked the end of the “old way” jazz-rock at the time when new avant-approach fuelled with New Wave energy already appeared on the scene (check also the Slovene bands BEGNAGRAD or NA LEPEM PRIJAZNI). It remains of marginal interest for fusion fans, while the selected tracks are certainly valid hearing a few times.

PERSONAL RATING: 2,5/5

P.A. RATING: 3/5


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Points: 1320 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 24 2009 at 06:38
Thanks Avestin, I just checked his web and listened to some samples. Interesting, but to me sounds too "academic" type of music. To be honest, I never heard of this guy before and he is about my age Big smile
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I don't know if you've mentioned this composer/musician, but check out this thread I've opened:
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Points: 1320 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 22 2009 at 18:17
Yet another rare jazz rock from exYU (Slovenia):

Jutro - Dobro Jutro CD (album) cover

Dobro Jutro

by JUTRO (Jazz Rock/Fusion)

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3 stars The title of this LP (“Good Morning”) and a jovial comic strip cover design may suggest that it contains the music of some new, fresh, innovative and vigorous young band who has many interesting things on the plate to offer. The things stand a bit different, unfortunately.

As was the case with many former Yugoslavian prog bands from the 1970s, this album came at least 4-5 years late. JUTRO missed the opportunity to record an album during their “Mozart period”, leaving only one 7” single behind in 1976. When they re-grouped in 1978 with prominent new members coming from the jazz scene, many things had already happened in the meantime: jazz-rock witnessed its peak in Yugoslavia with SEPTEMBER, LEB I SOL and SMAK having set high standards. Even the newcomers, Jakša and Gančev, had just recorded an excellent album with short-lived SONČNA POT a year prior to “Dobro jutro”, so their effort on this album when teamed-up with original trio of Crnkovič-Tomassini- Ristič looks rather lame. Most of the tracks and particularly the vocal ones are leaning towards the “lounge/crossover” type of jazz-rock that lacks inspiration and offers a linear, laid-back sound. Some of the moments are downright bad, of the kind forcing you to skip them during play, like unsuccessful heavy blues “Glasba vzame” (“Music With Me”) and awful “Boogie”, both with too aggressive bass and vocals that spoil the arrangement!

To be honest, this LP does contain three very good moments of pure fusion! Instrumentals “Dobro jutro” and “Cikorija” (“Chicory”) have excellent saxophone lines by virtuoso L. Jakša, nice piano backing chords by Gančev and brief but efficient guitar parts by Crnkovič. These instrumentals remind me of the better works by PASSPORT. “V moji mali sobi” (“In My Little Room”) is vocal song in slower tempo while the Slovene lyrics and style of playing moves this closer to their Ljubljana neighbours SEPTEMBER. “Dvakrat” (“Twice”) and “Po jezeru” (“At the Lake”) are mediocre jazz-rock with pop- prog-crossover flavour of the cross between funky guitar jamming of THE ALLMAN BROS and gentle ballad instrumentals of CAMEL.

“Dobro jutro” marked the end of the “old way” jazz-rock at the time when new avant-approach fuelled with New Wave energy already appeared on the scene (check also the Slovene bands BEGNAGRAD or NA LEPEM PRIJAZNI). It remains of marginal interest for fusion fans, while the selected tracks are certainly valid hearing a few times.

PERSONAL RATING: 2,5/5

P.A. RATING: 3/5



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Good news Seyo!




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Opa, another Yugoslav rarity: SPEKTAR
http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=4120
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Points: 5851 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 25 2008 at 17:11
Uhm... great news, Seyo!
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The following link presents a web page with interesting list and discography of the most important progressive rock, heavy rock, folk rock and related 70s styles in the ex Yugoslavia.
http://sgm.paullee.ru/sgm-yu.htm

Brief reviews are fairly objective and informative, and if you disregard some minor typo errors this could be very useful guide to the old progressive rock from former SFR Yugoslavia.

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Points: 1320 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 25 2008 at 05:41
Zeljko Bebek with Podium is added here:
http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=4115

His first LP "...Kao da smo isti" is a rare lost symphonic prog from exYU.
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Djordje%20Ilijin%20-%20Zabranjeno%20prisluskivanje!%20CD%20%28album%29%20cover

Zabranjeno prisluskivanje!

by DJORDJE ILIJIN

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4%20stars After the break-up of TAKO in 1981 their leader, composer and keyboard/flute player Đorđe Ilijin worked as archaeologist, music teacher and occasional producer. In 1983 he decided to record a solo album where he played all the instruments with a help from drummer Vladimir Furduj (ex KORNI GRUPA). The title of the album translates as “Eavesdropping Forbidden” and is accompanied with cover art by Jugoslav Vlahović (famous graphic artist, cover designer and former leader of acid folk group PORODIČNA MANUFAKTURA CRNOG HLEBA) showing a back of a man’s head closing his ears. I suppose this was meant to suggest serene, whisper-like ambient-meditative nature of the music.

Indeed, the lovers of PINK FLOYD (especially the albums “Atom Heart Mother” or “Wish You Were Here”) Mike Oldfield or TANGERINE DREAM will certainly enjoy this record, a piece loaded with orchestral arrangements, lots of organ, piano, synths and flutes. Compositions are mainly done in slow tempo with meditative, almost “new age” atmosphere. This is particularly true about the best tracks on the album, “Lako putovanje na druge planete” (“Easy Journey to Other Planets”) and “Balkanska meditacija” (“The Balkan Meditation”), which come close to the better works of TAKO. The opener “Mojim učenicima” (“To My Students”) is obviously dedicated to Ilijin’s music students with introducing noise of teenage kids murmuring in the classroom. Too bad its melody sounds oddly similar to GALIJA’s “Da li postoji put” released the previous year on album “Ipak verujem u sebe”. “Nataši” (“A Song for Nataša”) contains heavier piano riff and vocal whispers in the space rock style of IGRA STAKLENIH PERLI.

The second side of the album is much weaker with only blues harmonica-driven “Putovanje” (“The Voyage”) and jazzy Tull-esque “Podzemni prolaz” (“The Underground Passage”) with excellent flute solo are worthy listening. Album ends with poor, pathetic and naďve ballad “Pesma miru” (“Song for Peace”) where kids’ choir sings “we want peace/we need peace/all kids to have their mothers…” bah!

If this were all, I would have given only 3 stars for being good, pleasant and somewhat easy-listening but not too essential record. Still, having checked the CD re-issue, I must say that four instrumental bonus tracks (particularly “Waiting” and “Leo Rising”) are very good pieces of minimalist ambient music combining electronic instruments with classical strings. Therefore I opt for a higher mark.

http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=183326

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^^ here: http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=19488
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The latest album by Vlatko Stefanovski with Jan Akkerman has been added to his discography.
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My latest purchases:

 
Eto!%20Baš%20ho&#263;u!%20-%20album%20cover  (Croatia records remastered)
 
Another wonderful record!
 
 
 
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only 8 tracks. Basically their entire first record plus half of the 1976 maxi-single (two tracks) and Plava Pesma from Crna Dama.
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I reviewewd OKO's album:
 
 
OKO — Raskorak
Review by Mandrakeroot (Andrea Salvador)

— First review of this album —

4%20stars The only problem with this band is coming from Slovenia, or better, I guess that comes from the Former Yugoslavia. More precisely from Ljubljana. This has not contributed to international success of Oko, made up of Pavel Kavec (guitar, vocals), Tone Dimnik (drums) and Franjo Martinec (bass). Others do not know, except that this Raskorak is 1976. The CD is a production of Pavel Kavec of December 1998. Music can be defined as heavy prog psychedelic symphonic, at times similar to Eloy 'Dawn', 'Rocka Rolla' of Judas Priest of 'Saxon' of Saxon, stretches sufficiently close to Hawkwind (although only as a concept, although 'Hej Mala' will use the effects of laser shots that make 100% Hawkwind!). Other times are totally heavy Rock, other times blues (obviously have heard the Bijelo Dugme in the composition of 'Sam Sam', blues ballad, all sung in falsetto).

See here and there I can say that the intro of the songs (where they can define these) are very psychedelic. Then the songs become very heavy rock, as linear in the performance. The many drums fill and use of rhythms other than 4 / 4 shall include Oko in Prog field. 'Hoces Li Sa Mnom' presents all these elements and could be a song of Eloy. Unfortunately, the recording is not optimal and that, while he ruined the production, has helped to make the songs even more powerful. Clearly, if that synthesizers are put into the second floor and thus the funky heavy rock 'Sve Sam Ti Dao' loses the minimum sinfonicity making it too similar to a demo version. Things that I like very much! With regard to the Prog trials, in the case of this CD they are all enclosed in 'Theme IV', good funky jazz. At this point it should be said that the CD seems product using the original master, even if 'Baj Baj' seems poured on this CD from an acetate.

Special moment of 'Raskorak' CD are the 5 bonus track! Even outside from Great Britain this is who was kept tapes of radio and TV appearances so that they can reuse a day. Thus 2 songs are from television appearances and 3 by radio session, of course from Slovenian Radio and TV .

In conclusion... 'Raskorak' is certainly not a CD that blasts in the armchair. However 'Raskorak' is a CD that makes us go an hour of pleasure in listening to good music. What is also sufficiently technical, well written and well arranged, as well as designed really well.

 
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Points: 1320 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 13 2008 at 13:30
OKO is here: http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=3902
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Originally posted by Seyo Seyo wrote:

Originally posted by Mandrakeroot Mandrakeroot wrote:

I have bought 'Raskorak' by ljubljana Heavy Prog band Oko, remastered by the member of the band Pavel Kavec from original 1976 masters in December 1998.
 

Extreme great album for all fans of deep Purple/ Rainbow, Uriah Heep and Eloy and all Heavy progsters!


Good! It is very rare album and I am glad it has been issued on CD. Probably it may deserve them inclusion as "Heavy Prog" here, we shall see... Wink
 
Eh, eh... See my "Raskorak" review on www.myspace.com/andreasalvador (unfortunately for you... It is in Italian laguage... If you do not understand the Italian ... You should translate it!)
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Points: 5851 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 03 2008 at 04:50
Originally posted by Seyo Seyo wrote:

Originally posted by Mandrakeroot Mandrakeroot wrote:

I have bought 'Endless View' By bodan Arsovski. The music of this album is a photocopy of Pat Metheny music!
 


Have not listened this one, do you mean "photocopy" in a positive or negative sense?
 
Positive!!! Positive!!! P O S I T I V E !!!
 
Sometimes copy (or do things like) means putting someone in history!
This is another case where this has happened! Metheny has laid the seeds ... Bodan has made sprout!
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