Prog rock from ex-Yu countries
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Topic: Prog rock from ex-Yu countries
Posted By: kole
Subject: Prog rock from ex-Yu countries
Date Posted: October 15 2009 at 11:58
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Is anyone here from ex-Yu countries? I am from Slovenia, and lately I've thrown myself into the history of prog rock and jazz fusion music on our grounds. There are many great bands not only from Slovenia, but Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia, Croatia... There aren't many bands from Slovenia in Progarchives, so I'll try to name those most important: Begnagrad - Rock in opposition, also influenced by klezmer and jazz fusion; most known them by a member Bibič - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTfTgjXXV0Q Buldožer - Best and most famous prog rock band from Slovenia, really great music; maybe you know them by the Pink Floyd "cover" - Another Freak in the Hall - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vnYsrDPexM Na lepem prijazni - prog rock band - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrSVPYHKnjs Quatebriga - jazz fusion band, great guitarist Leonardi, great music September - another jazz fusion band, the best one from Slovenia; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OqpHbg4WMY&feature=related Predmestje - yet another jazz fusion band (yes, there are many great jazz-rock-fusion bands in Slovenia); http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOQBbmth9sk Izvir - jazz fusion band - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScNIFtoUsKg Feedback - jazz fusion band, quite young - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=080KpmqNuUE Miusow Quartet - most hyped (as much as it can be, since that kind of music isn't really popular in Slovenia) jazz fusion band right now Elevators - ANOTHER jazz fusion band, with Jani Hace on the bass (best Slovenian bassist, also a member of a most famous Slovenian band Siddharta) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbfMHE-DmpA That's it for now, I will update this post. Cheers! |
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Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: October 23 2009 at 14:14
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From that area I have the great album of Vlatko Stefanovski & Miroslav Tadic's "Live in Beograd" (had not yet managed to review this giant), and majority of the dark and dreamy Sedmina albums, which are really fine.
I know one PA collab who is very educated in this scene...
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Posted By: Seyo
Date Posted: October 23 2009 at 17:26
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Hello, and welcome to PA. For start you may want to check this old thread: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7440 - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7440 It covers both Yugoslav and East-European scene, but mostly ex Yugo bands are mentioned.
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Posted By: Seyo
Date Posted: October 23 2009 at 17:40
Thanks for your post, very useful. I am mostly concerned with old Yugoslav scene (including Slovenia) up to 1990, so if you know some post-YU new bands feel free to discuss and suggest their addition to the respective genre teams. I am not very familiar with recent post-YU music especially those from other exYU republics ( I live in Bosnia). Enjoy!
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kole wrote:Posted By: Mladen_Serbia
Date Posted: October 26 2009 at 10:15
| I'm from Serbia, but I'm not familiar with our prog rock at all... |
Posted By: angelmk
Date Posted: October 26 2009 at 13:50
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well, i'am from Macedonia, and i'am not familiar with these groups mentioned .. not much prog in Macedonia..Leb i Sol are the most famous.. ------------- www.last.fm/user/angelmk 
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Posted By: kole
Date Posted: October 26 2009 at 16:31
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One of the newer prog rock bands in Slovenia is Moonlight Sky, and a very good one, if I might add - check out this song -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz2DuBmnxK8 . Also, Demolition Group is a prog rock band of some sorts - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o85lj_3jotE (don't mind the video) Then, we have Salamandra Salamandra, experimental progressive ethno mambogambo rock - http://www.myspace.com/salamandrasalamandra Goran Utan band is also an evolving prog rock project, hope it succeeds, it really has a potential - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0FWtHfwROA , http://www.myspace.com/goranutanband That would be it for now, more to come (read: when I discover more bands =)). |
Posted By: Seyo
Date Posted: October 29 2009 at 08:55
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I am personally mostly interested in the old Yugoslav music scene, during the period of existence of SFR Yugoslavia as a country up until about 1990. I don't actively follow what has been happening in other exYU countries music scenes since early 1990s (I even don't follow much of recent music in Bosnia where I live) , but of course you are more than welcome to submit interesting bands for evaluation here. For info, you already have separate countries for former republics of SFRY: - Bosnia http://www.progarchives.com/Bands-country.asp?country=28 - http://www.progarchives.com/Bands-country.asp?country=28 - Croatia http://www.progarchives.com/Bands-country.asp?country=52 - http://www.progarchives.com/Bands-country.asp?country=52 - Macedonia http://www.progarchives.com/Bands-country.asp?country=220 - http://www.progarchives.com/Bands-country.asp?country=220 - Montenegro http://www.progarchives.com/Bands-country.asp?country=219 - http://www.progarchives.com/Bands-country.asp?country=219 - Serbia http://www.progarchives.com/Bands-country.asp?country=218 - http://www.progarchives.com/Bands-country.asp?country=218 - Slovenia http://www.progarchives.com/Bands-country.asp?country=212 - http://www.progarchives.com/Bands-country.asp?country=212 Old Yugoslavia is here: http://www.progarchives.com/Bands-country.asp?country=203 - http://www.progarchives.com/Bands-country.asp?country=203 Cheers!
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Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: October 30 2009 at 18:42
Hi everyone! I'm from Rijeka. Glad to see you all I'm currently doing a little research. I don't know much about modern prog rock , but judging by the internet searches, it seems there's plenty of prog metal in Serbia and Bosnia, post-rock in Croatia, avantgarde and fusion in Slovenia...and of course folk rock fusion in Macedonia! Hopefully they'll all be introduced here on Prog Archives one day.. The bad thing is - it's a common thing in Croatia, and I guess everywhere else too - young prog bands doesn't have much chance on releasing an album, so most of them are splitting up, discouraged, before releasing any material... Are there any good young, un-established bands around in your area? What's going on in Ljubljana, Skopje, Belgrade, Novi Sad (hell, I don't even know what's going on in Zagreb)...? Just to to be sure not to miss a good band if they do a concert nearby! ------------- |
Posted By: Seyo
Date Posted: October 31 2009 at 06:31
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A good ole Kornelije Kovac was added here: http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=4953 - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=4953 As a member of INDEXI and founder of KORNI GRUPA, he was a pioneer of progressive rock in exYU, although his solo works are perhaps not too interesting, hence he goes under "prog-related" only.
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Posted By: kole
Date Posted: October 31 2009 at 06:42
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clarke2001, check my posts, most of those bands are well-established. Buldožer is up and running again, and the youngsters of Moonlight Sky are breaking through (since now they've recorded one demo and two albums; their 2009 album is considered as one of the greatest in Slovenian prog rock history). |
Posted By: kole
Date Posted: November 10 2009 at 08:33
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Moonlight Sky lost their keys player, so they kinda tranformed to jazz fusion band - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt5kjq7_bro |
Posted By: markodream
Date Posted: November 10 2009 at 11:40
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THE BEST PROG-ROCK FROM EX YOUGOSLAVIA ARE:KORNI GRUPA AND INDEXI......
------------- greetengs to all progressive rock people |
Posted By: kole
Date Posted: November 11 2009 at 12:28
| Well, that's your opinion =). But I agree, they are both great, I even prefer Korni Grupa to Indexi. I think that ex-yu prog bands are a synonim for quality, really. |
Posted By: AbrahamSapien
Date Posted: January 04 2010 at 13:33
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Just got the Debut from Moonlight Sky. A true passion to listen to. Sounds a bit like the old proto prog bands. Just love the electric piano solo in "Lunin Svit." The voic is also amazing. There's also a prog metal band in slovenia called Prospect. To me they don't really sound progressive (too much 4/4 ), but haven't listened to their music a lot. There' s also the great Lado Jakša, now solo artist, former member of many great prog bands (Sedmina, SONČNA POT(-check it out, amazing!!!!!!!!!!), Buldožer). |
Posted By: AbrahamSapien
Date Posted: January 04 2010 at 13:48
"I Am" is ont available for purchase. Can anyone please tell me, how to get I Am or something about that demo? Is it for released tracks or non album tracks? I really want to get more of ther stuff and am interested in buying some more recordings if possible. |