Prog Recommendations/Featured albums - Yugoslavian/East European progressive

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After the war, in 90's, I wasn't (and I am still not) very familiar with prog bands outside Croatia. Croatian bands worth mentioning are LEGEN, KRIES, Darko Rundek, SMRTZ TEATAR, THE BUGS, ASHES YOU LEAVE (prog-metal), SUMSKI, TENA NOVAK BAND (post-rock) and few others.
From Bosnia, SYNTHESIS. Montenegro, THE BOOKS OF KNJIGE. Serbia: excellent VASIL HADZIMANOV BAND, BALKAN HORSES and perhaps BJESOVI. (I heard that DECA LOSIH MUZICARA, NEOCEKIVANA SILA KOJA SE IZNENADA POJAVLJUJE I RESAVA STVAR (ugh!), DARKWOOD DUB and ORUZJEM PROTIVU OTMICARA are worth giving a try, but I didn't heard them myself).
Macedonia gave us loads of excellent prog in 90s: EZGIJA ORCHESTRA, OCTOECHOS, ANASTASIA and literally every former member of LEB I SOL formed own prog band.

I forgot to include Goran Bregovic, PADOT NA VIZANTJA...and probably many others...

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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: November 15 2006 at 12:09

). This is the case when we are driven by our hearts more than our thinking, and probably I just to have admit to myself that the bands like HAUSTOR, IDOLI, BOA, OBOJENI PROGRAM, LACNI FRANZ and ZHEL are not "prog", they are just "good". They are playing some combination of pop, world music and art-rock, in the vain of XTC, JAPAN, Peter Gabriel, and POLICE's "Synchronicity".

After the war, in 90's, I wasn't (and I am still not) very familiar with prog bands outside Croatia. Croatian bands worth mentioning are LEGEN, KRIES, Darko Rundek, SMRTZ TEATAR, THE BUGS, ASHES YOU LEAVE (prog-metal), SUMSKI, TENA NOVAK BAND (post-rock) and few others.
From Bosnia, SYNTHESIS. Montenegro, THE BOOKS OF KNJIGE. Serbia: excellent VASIL HADZIMANOV BAND, BALKAN HORSES and perhaps BJESOVI. (I heard that DECA LOSIH MUZICARA, NEOCEKIVANA SILA KOJA SE IZNENADA POJAVLJUJE I RESAVA STVAR (ugh!), DARKWOOD DUB and ORUZJEM PROTIVU OTMICARA are worth giving a try, but I didn't heard them myself).
Macedonia gave us loads of excellent prog in 90s: EZGIJA ORCHESTRA, OCTOECHOS, ANASTASIA and literally every former member of LEB I SOL formed own prog band.

I forgot to include Goran Bregovic, PADOT NA VIZANTJA...and probably many others...

Clarke, we will thank you for any info about Symphonic bands from former Yugoslavia, Croatia, Bosnia, etc, you can PM me, ClemofNazareth, bhikkhu or Geck0 whenever you have data, photo and a short bio with links to samples (Better of course).

Remember some of this bands are from the USSR era and most of us didn't had access to them but lately I'm very inetersted in Symphonic bands from Eastern Europe being that most of them are very rich in orchestral arrangements and have a clear ethnic unique sound.

Now that new Symphonic bands are not very common (Most new bands are oriented towards Prog Metal, Post Rock or Indie/Alternative), we find there's a whole new universe of bands from Eastern Europe that were not easy to get for people on this side of the Berlin Wall during the 70's and early 80's.

Iván

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Posted By: andrea
Date Posted: November 15 2006 at 15:31

Well, recently I attended a concert of the Croatian guitarist Damir Halilic (HAL)... Absolutely great! Perhaps not completely "prog", but if you love the music of artists like Tommy Emmanuel or Al Di Meola you won't be disappointed! I found his albums Infinity and Trilogy amazing too... Great musicianship, a wide variety of influences and styles mixed together... Definitely an artist that deserves attention...

Posted By: honganji
Date Posted: November 15 2006 at 20:21

I own many former Yugoslavia countries' albums.

*Boris Kovac / East Off Europe: Closing The Circle

*Begnagrad / Begnagrad

*Igra Staklenih Perli / Drives

*Leb I Sol / 2

*Stevan Kovacs Tickmayer / Repetitive Selective Removal Of One Protecting Group

are some of my favorite albums.

Posted By: Seyo
Date Posted: November 19 2006 at 05:12

Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:

clarke2001 wrote:

LOADS of bands are missiing, but essential prog is here. The others that should be included here from the golden era are R M Tocak solo, BIJELO DUGME, DUBROVACKI TRUBADURI...I don't know if the bands like HAD, TABLETE PROTIV STIDA, MLADI LEVI and the other obscure 70's names ever published anything more than a couple of singles...Anyone? Seyo?There is half a dozen of 70s bands that will fit in prog-related category, like SRDJAN & BUCO and ATOMSKO SKONISTE (ATOMIC SHELTER), Josipa Lisac, GRUPA 220, VRIJEME I ZEMLJA...To fully understand and appreciate the rock and roll scene in Yugoslavia one must know that ex-Yu experienced revival in early 80s with the punk/new wave scene. It's pointless to talk about Yu-rock (even from the prog point of view) without mention that 80's Yu-phenomenon.Some bands stood out of the new wave crowd. They were children of punk, but with so high level of experimentation that I won't hesitate for a second calling them prog. I'm a prog fan, not a prog snob.The 80's bands worth mentioning in PA are SARLO AKROBATA, SEXA, ANTI-MUSIC BAND, VJESTICE, GUSTAPH Y NJEGOVI DOBRI DUHOVI and MIZAR. And Rambo Amadeus, for Gods sake. And perhaps a dozen of other that I don't know.There are some other good bands from the 80's and I was really tempted should I incude them under the progrock umbrella or not (in my own idealistic PA inside my head[IMG]alt=Embarrassed src="smileys/smiley9.gif" align=absMiddle>). This is the case when we are driven by our hearts more than our thinking, and probably I just to have admit to myself that the bands like HAUSTOR, IDOLI, BOA, OBOJENI PROGRAM, LACNI FRANZ and ZHEL are not "prog", they are just "good". They are playing some combination of pop, world music and art-rock, in the vain of XTC, JAPAN, Peter Gabriel, and POLICE's "Synchronicity".After the war, in 90's, I wasn't (and I am still not) very familiar with prog bands outside Croatia. Croatian bands worth mentioning are LEGEN, KRIES, Darko Rundek, SMRTZ TEATAR, THE BUGS, ASHES YOU LEAVE (prog-metal), SUMSKI, TENA NOVAK BAND (post-rock) and few others.From Bosnia, SYNTHESIS. Montenegro, THE BOOKS OF KNJIGE. Serbia: excellent VASIL HADZIMANOV BAND, BALKAN HORSES and perhaps BJESOVI. (I heard that DECA LOSIH MUZICARA, NEOCEKIVANA SILA KOJA SE IZNENADA POJAVLJUJE I RESAVA STVAR (ugh!), DARKWOOD DUB and ORUZJEM PROTIVU OTMICARA are worth giving a try, but I didn't heard them myself).Macedonia gave us loads of excellent prog in 90s: EZGIJA ORCHESTRA, OCTOECHOS, ANASTASIA and literally every former member of LEB I SOL formed own prog band.I forgot to include Goran Bregovic, PADOT NA VIZANTJA...and probably many others...

Iván

Wow, thanks Clarke2001 for valuable input. Indeed there are many more exYU bands worth investigating, but info from the 1970s is extremely hard to get. And many of the bands you mentioned never released any LP record. For instance, HAD issued only few singles, while MLADI LEVI allegedly had only one LP in cassette format issued around 1971, which I could not find so far!

I mostly agree with your post, it is almost a mini-essay

, and you got it right that the "real" rock scene in exYU started with punk/new wave boom. I agree that many artists from the 1980s are in a way "related to progressive rock" one way or another, but of course it cannot be said for all of these.

For example, you did not mention EKATARINA VELIKA, a wonderful band that grew out of Belgrade new wave scene but developed into a sort of neo-psychedelic/alternative/art/rock band. It is hard to tell where would they fit here in the PA. The same goes for highly experimental Sarajevo band SCH, just that they developed further into avant-garde, almost abandoning all "rock" basics, in some aspects they could fit into "post-rock" category...

I must admit I don't much follow the recent "post-Yugoslav" developments in these countries, but what I hear is far, faraway from any classic or even "modern" prog. That does not mean there are not any good, even excellent music around here. It is just that I am not sure how or where they could fit into these prog categories on this site.

Belgrade's NEOCEKIVANA SILA or DARKWOOD DUB are excellent, but frankly I don't have a clue how to catagorize their music (and I don't really care). It is a crossover between trip-hop, acid-jazz, rock, reggae, psychedelic, electronica, alternative rock... and whatever. The same goes for Sarajevo's SIKTER or BASHESKIA.

And this one goes to Ivan's remark regarding symphonic prog - it is hard to talk about pure symphonic prog in exYU because most of the band never really had a firmly developed style and they changed music genre frequently (I mean the old bands from the 1970s). I can only think of just two "real" symphonic prog rock (in the vein of GENESIS or YES) albums from exYU: KORNI GRUPA/KORNELYANS' "Not an Ordinary Life" (1974) and INDEXI's "Modra rijeka" (1978)!

Again, clarke2001 if you have enough info on any bands you mentioned, contact me (pm or email) so we can work out their additions.

Posted By: Seyo
Date Posted: November 19 2006 at 05:15

honganji wrote:

I own many former Yugoslavia countries' albums.

*Boris Kovac / East Off Europe: Closing The Circle

*Begnagrad / Begnagrad

*Igra Staklenih Perli / Drives

*Leb I Sol / 2

*Stevan Kovacs Tickmayer / Repetitive Selective Removal Of One Protecting Group

are some of my favorite albums.

Also I ordered Bijero Dugme / Bitanga I Princeza, recently. Unfortunately Japanese shop sells Yugo's CD by very expensive price (3000 yen = 25.4 US dollars !!). So I can't constantly buy them from the shop [IMG]height=17 alt=Cry src="http://www.progarchives.com/forum/smileys/smiley19.gif" width=17 align=absMiddle>

What is amazing is that I found many old 1970s prog rock titles from exYugoslavia on numerous Japanese (or Korean) web sites...

Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: November 19 2006 at 12:52

Seyo wrote:

Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:

clarke2001 wrote:

LOADS of bands are missiing, but essential prog is here. The others that should be included here from the golden era are R M Tocak solo, BIJELO DUGME, DUBROVACKI TRUBADURI...I don't know if the bands like HAD, TABLETE PROTIV STIDA, MLADI LEVI and the other obscure 70's names ever published anything more than a couple of singles...Anyone? Seyo?There is half a dozen of 70s bands that will fit in prog-related category, like SRDJAN & BUCO and ATOMSKO SKONISTE (ATOMIC SHELTER), Josipa Lisac, GRUPA 220, VRIJEME I ZEMLJA...To fully understand and appreciate the rock and roll scene in Yugoslavia one must know that ex-Yu experienced revival in early 80s with the punk/new wave scene. It's pointless to talk about Yu-rock (even from the prog point of view) without mention that 80's Yu-phenomenon.Some bands stood out of the new wave crowd. They were children of punk, but with so high level of experimentation that I won't hesitate for a second calling them prog. I'm a prog fan, not a prog snob.The 80's bands worth mentioning in PA are SARLO AKROBATA, SEXA, ANTI-MUSIC BAND, VJESTICE, GUSTAPH Y NJEGOVI DOBRI DUHOVI and MIZAR. And Rambo Amadeus, for Gods sake. And perhaps a dozen of other that I don't know.There are some other good bands from the 80's and I was really tempted should I incude them under the progrock umbrella or not (in my own idealistic PA inside my head[IMG]alt=Embarrassed src="smileys/smiley9.gif" align=absMiddle>). This is the case when we are driven by our hearts more than our thinking, and probably I just to have admit to myself that the bands like HAUSTOR, IDOLI, BOA, OBOJENI PROGRAM, LACNI FRANZ and ZHEL are not "prog", they are just "good". They are playing some combination of pop, world music and art-rock, in the vain of XTC, JAPAN, Peter Gabriel, and POLICE's "Synchronicity".After the war, in 90's, I wasn't (and I am still not) very familiar with prog bands outside Croatia. Croatian bands worth mentioning are LEGEN, KRIES, Darko Rundek, SMRTZ TEATAR, THE BUGS, ASHES YOU LEAVE (prog-metal), SUMSKI, TENA NOVAK BAND (post-rock) and few others.From Bosnia, SYNTHESIS. Montenegro, THE BOOKS OF KNJIGE. Serbia: excellent VASIL HADZIMANOV BAND, BALKAN HORSES and perhaps BJESOVI. (I heard that DECA LOSIH MUZICARA, NEOCEKIVANA SILA KOJA SE IZNENADA POJAVLJUJE I RESAVA STVAR (ugh!), DARKWOOD DUB and ORUZJEM PROTIVU OTMICARA are worth giving a try, but I didn't heard them myself).Macedonia gave us loads of excellent prog in 90s: EZGIJA ORCHESTRA, OCTOECHOS, ANASTASIA and literally every former member of LEB I SOL formed own prog band.I forgot to include Goran Bregovic, PADOT NA VIZANTJA...and probably many others...

Iván

Thanks for support, Ivan_M. and Seyo! I'll do my best to gather as much as possible infos about these bands.
The problem is, Internet is insufficient source for some forgotten obscure bands from Yugoslavia, and the other sources are not available to me at the moment, because I live currently in Dublin, and I don't have access to the informations (Yugoslavian rock encyclopedias, my rockologist friends etc).

However, at least 20% of the mentioned bands' infos could be sorted out only using the web.
When there's a will...

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Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: November 19 2006 at 13:00

andrea wrote:

Well, recently I attended a concert of the Croatian guitarist Damir Halilic (HAL)... Absolutely great! Perhaps not completely "prog", but if you love the music of artists like Tommy Emmanuel or Al Di Meola you won't be disappointed! I found his albums Infinity and Trilogy amazing too... Great musicianship, a wide variety of influences and styles mixed together... Definitely an artist that deserves attention...

Hal prog?

I think he could be described as a country'n'western guitarist. Outstanding technician, though. But miles from Tony Emmanuel. And I didn't heard Hal's latest works, maybe he showed wider diversity of stiles...

Meri Troselj (jazz/fusion singeress) to whom Hal is often collaborating with could be considered proggy.
Lovely, but if you are a purist, don't bother.

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Posted By: andrea
Date Posted: November 19 2006 at 17:23

clarke2001 wrote:

Hal prog?

Well, Hal's "Infinity" and "Trilogy" feature Meri Troselj and are not only pure country'n'western... In my life I've attended concerts of Leo Kottke, Tommy Emmanuel, Al Di Meola, Pace De Lucia, Alex De Grassi, Franco Morone, Riccardo Zappa, John Renbourn and many others... I don't think all of these musicians are progressive, of course... I can't say who is "the best acoustic guitarist in the World" and personally I don't mind... They're all amazing artists and if you a lover of "acoustic guitar" music you probably will love all of them... So, if you like such kind of music, I suggest to give a try to Hal's albums, prog or not!

Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: November 20 2006 at 07:41

andrea wrote:

clarke2001 wrote:

Hal prog?

I was referring to Meri Troselj's work, not Hal's. And I am appreciating artist's work whether they are progressive or not. I like most of the artist that you mentioned, and your attendance of John Renbourn's concert is making me very, very jealous. Wink

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Posted By: andrea
Date Posted: November 20 2006 at 09:26

I was referring to Meri Troselj's work, not Hal's. And I am appreciating artist's work whether they are progressive or not. I like most of the artist that you mentioned, and your attendance of John Renbourn's concert is making me very, very jealous. Wink

Well, John Renbourn will play near Udine (Italy) on 13 december 2006, not so far from Croatia...

More info coming soon on... http://www.folkclubbuttrio.com/ - http://www.folkclubbuttrio.com/

Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 13:24

andrea wrote:

Well, John Renbourn will play near Udine (Italy) on 13 december 2006, not so far from Croatia...

More info coming soon on... http://www.folkclubbuttrio.com/ - http://www.folkclubbuttrio.com/

Thanks a lot, but I'm far away from Croatia or Udine now... Unhappy

...I used to pop over the border for a gig (Jethro Tull in Spilimbergo)...but I guess I'll miss this one... Cry

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Posted By: Seyo
Date Posted: November 26 2006 at 07:42

Moris (clarke2001),

Let me commend your valuable reviews especially on exYUGO albums on PA. Please, keep up doing it, we still miss many detailed and well-founded reviews on exYU artists...

Cheers!

Seyo

Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: November 26 2006 at 11:54

Seyo wrote:

Moris (clarke2001),

Let me commend your valuable reviews especially on exYUGO albums on PA. Please, keep up doing it, we still miss many detailed and well-founded reviews on exYU artists...

Cheers!

Seyo

Thanks. I actually started doing some sort of research, when I gather enough info about some bands, I will suggest their inclusion on PA, but with your valuable opinion first. And don't worry, I will proceed with the reviews...

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Posted By: Seyo
Date Posted: December 04 2006 at 18:11

EX-YUGOSLAVIAN ARTISTS/BANDS TO BE ADDED TO PROGARCHIVES:

Hello,

This is an extensive list of exYUGO artists candidates for possible addition into PA. These were active from late 1960s till late 1980s.

The problem is because many artists produced only one or two prog albums (in any broad meaning) but usually turned to more accessible pop music. Also many used to change style between albums. Therefore I would like to hear opinions of you guys, who are familiar with this music scene.

After the band/artists name in CAPITALS, there follows brief description (if any) and finally my suggestion for a PA sub-genre addition (in brackets).

If anyone feels competent to write some bio please let me know so we can work out additions. Also, please do comment on proper sub-genres because I am far from certainty on this.

I will not add any band without getting several affirmative signs from you. Thanks!

1. AERODROM, first album done in symphonic prog style of Yes, later works pop/rock mainstream (prog-related or symphonic prog?)
2. ANASTASIA, dark wave, ethno/fusion, ambient, Macedonian traditional, psyche, deep baritone vocals, eastern orthodox spiritual influence, electronic (prog folk)
3. ANGEL’S BREATH, world fusion, art rock, very rythmic, Latino fusion, David Byrne influence, guitar and electronics, (art rock)
4. ARANDJELOVIC BORIS, ex Smak vocalist (prog related)
5. ARSOVSKI BODAN, ex Leb I Sol bassist, Macedonian ethno-jazz, (prog folk)
6. ATOMSKO SKLONISTE, heavy metal, hard rock, blues rock, first two albums lots of Hammond a la Deep Purple, socially engaged/protest lyrics, post-apocalipitic visual design, (prog related)
7. BEBEK ZELJKO, ex Bijelo Dugme vocalist, first solo album done in symphonic prog style, later works pop/rock mainstream and horrible Balkan neo-folk (prog related or symphonic?)
8. BEOGRAD, electro/synth pop influenced by British synth pop scene (Human League, OMD etc.), interesting experiment, (electronic prog)
9. BIRDLAND, Yugoslavian-Swiss band from late 1970s, (jazz rock/fusion)
10. BIJELO DUGME, first 3-4 albums are heavy rock with folk and Uriah Heep/Deep Purple influences (heavy Hammond sound and extended solos), strong vocal, good solo guitar, the first huge popular rock band in exYU (“dugmemania”), later into 1980s mainstream Balkan pop/rock/folk not interesting, (prog related)
11. BOA, influence from funk and new romantics scene, very elaborated and slick production, (art rock or prog related)
12. BONCINA JANEZ, ex September vocalist, (prog related or jazz rock)
13. BOOMERANG, jam band that mixed heavy rock, boogie, psych and funk (art rock)
14. BORGHESIA, electronica, post punk/noise influences, multimedia art, (electronic prog or prog related)
15. BRECELJ MARKO, ex Buldozer vocalist, singer/songwriter, avant blues-rock, satire, extremely crazy humour with excellent music, avantgarde but very listenable (RIO/avant prog)
16. BREGOVIC GORAN, ex Bijelo Dugme guitarist and leader, Balkan ethnic/fusion, world music/Gypsy, ambient/film music, very popular composer of soundtracks, (prog folk or prog related)
17. BUCO I SRDJAN, acoustic singer/songwriter duo, much in the vein of Simon/Garfunkel, (prog related)
18. CVECE, offshot of Smak (prog related)
19. DAH, heavy rock with folk influences (“Sosana” was a major European hit), slightly psych and proggy, (art rock)
20. DE RADO MAJA I PORODICNA MANUFAKTURA CRNOG HLEBA, acoustic folksy with psyche spices (prog folk)
21. DIMUSEVSKI NIKOLA, ex Leb I sol keyboardist, (jazz rock/fusion)
22. DORIAN GRAY, influenced by new wave and Roxy Music, Japan etc. (art rock)
23. DUBROVACKI TRUBADURI, rennaissance/baroque style Adriatic folk, pop/rock/beat, odd acoustic instruments and harmony vocals, (prog folk)
24. DUMA, Balkan/Levantine ethnic/fusion, epic folk, Byzantine spiritual, offshot of Sedmina, (prog folk)
25. EKATARINA VELIKA, post punk, darkwave, neo psych, new wave, (prog related)
26. GORDI, offshot of Dah, heavy metal trio, first album prog (prog related)
27. GRUPA 220, psych beat, heavy rock, first rock album in exYU 1968, (proto-prog)
28. HAUSTOR, new wave, reggae, folk, multimedia art, brass sound (prog related or art rock)
29. IZAZOV, members of Hobo and Drago Mlinarec band (prog related)
30. JUTRO, (symphonic prog or jazz rock/fusion)
31. KAMELEONI, psyche beat (proto-prog)
32. KERBER, arena rock, heavy metal, hair metal, influenced by American AOR like Styx, Boston, Foreigner… (prog related in the best case)
33. KOVAC KORNELIJE, ex leader and keyboardist of Korni grupa/Kornelyans, (symphonic prog or art rock)
34. KOZMETIKA, influenced by Eno, Krautrock and new wave avant rock, (electronic prog)
35. LA STRADA/LUNA, post punk, art rock, (prog related)
36. LAIBACH, noise, industrial, Gothic, multimedia art, strong visual design reminiscent of totalitarian politics (prog-related)
37. LISAC, JOSIPA, excellent female vocalist, jazz/blues/soul/fusion, (prog related)
38. LOLA V STAIN, ethnic fusion, acoustic trad instruments (prog folk)
39. LUTAJUCA SRCA, (prog folk)
40. NA LEPEM PRIJAZNI, (jazz rock/fusion)
41. MANOJLOVIC ZLATKO, heavy rock (prog related)
42. MIZAR, Macedonian folk, darkwave, post punk Joy Division, “Gothic”, Byzantine spirituals influence, lots of odd time signatures, similar to Anastasia but more rock-oriented (prog related)
43. MLADI LEVI, soul, blues rock, jam band (prog related)
44. MORE, soft prog with hints of jazz ballads (art rock)
45. OKO, heavy rock with Hendrix and jazz influences, (art rock)
46. PENGOV TOMAZ, , singer/songwriter, acoustic (prog folk)
47. PETKOVSKI MIKI, (jazz rock/fusion)
48. POP MASINA/ROK MASINA, heavy metal, hard rock, psych/acid rock, Black Sabbath influence (prog related)
49. POPOVIC DAVORIN, ex Indexi vocalist, first solo album art rock in the vein of Indexi, later mainstream pop (prog related)
50. PRO ARTE, , psych beat, mainstream pop (prog related)
51. RAMBO AMADEUS, fusion of styles, rock, pop, “turbo folk”, ethnic fusion, jazz rock, funk… with hilarious humour/satire in the vein of Buldozer or Zappa (prog related or RIO/avant prog)
52. REX ILUSIVII, (electronic prog)
53. REZONANSA, folk influenced pop/rock, interesting violins sound, male and female vocals, (prog related)
54. RUNDEK, DARKO, ex Haustor vocalist (prog folk)
55. SCH, noise, post punk, Krautrock and techno influenced (post rock/experimental)
56. SONCNA POT, (jazz rock/fusion)
57. STIJENE, arena rock, symphonic influence, AOR (prog related)
58. SUNCOKRET, folk and rock mix (prog folk)
59. TAVITJAN GARABET, ex Leb I sol drummer (one of the finest drummers in exYU ever!) (jazz rock)
60. TRIO DAG, (prog folk)
61. TOCAK, R.M., heavy guitar rock, blues (art rock or jazz rock)
62. TOPIC, DADO, ex Time vocalist and leader, soft prog, ballads, hints of jazz and funk, later pop/rock (art rock)
63. TRIVALIA, dark wave, gothic, industrial (prog related)
64. VRIJEME I ZEMLJA, new wave, melodic soft rock (prog related)
65. YU GRUPA, heavy rock, boogie, folk influences, classic rock (prog related)

Posted By: Seyo
Date Posted: December 17 2006 at 12:59

OK, after careful consideration

I made a shorted list of exYU bands/artists that IMO should be added to PA without much problem and I think most of you will agree that they belong here.

The problem is, of course, what to do with the artists that recorded only one PROG album, turning after that into totally opposite direction (commercial mediocre pop/folk)?! There were many such cases in ex YU.

Here I referred to Ivan's (Symphonic Team Leader) opinion on KORNI GRUPA expressed in a previous topic in PA Forum, citing:

"only their debut album is considered a masterpiece and absolutely trascendental for Prog history, the other two albums even when not bad, probably would never granted them a place anywhere.

I believe we have to protect the good material and the only good material by KORNI GRUPA/KORNELYANS is Fusion..

If any band releases several albums, one definitely from one genre but also their only masterpiece and becomes the icon of one country, without hesitation I would protect that album.

Lets face it, if Korni Grupa would have released their self titled debut, they would still be considered an icon, but if they would have released only "Not an Ordinary Life", "Mrtvo More" or even "1941", they would not be remembered, so lets leave their debut album mark their genre, especially when all the albums have in bigger or lesser degree some Fusion influence".
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25145&KW=symphonic+team+session&PN=2 - Ivan's post check here

So, if we have for instance AERODROM who made only one, their debut album, pure prog rock and all the rest is more or less pop/rock, they are still valid for addition because of the quality and importance (even perhaps not being an "icon of the country") of their debut for the progressive rock genre as a whole.

The list goes:

1. AERODROM, first album "Kad misli mi vrludaju" YES-style symphonic prog > symphonic prog
2. BEBEK ZELJKO, first album "Kao da smo isti" symphonic > symphonic prog
3. BIJELO DUGME, first four studio albums have many prog elements > prog related
4. BRECELJ MARKO, first album "Cocktail" is Tom Waits (1970s) meets Zappa > RIO/Avant prog
5. BREGOVIC GORAN, various influences including prog and Balkan ethno/World music > prog related
6. DAH, "Veliki cirkus" and "Povratak", melodic heavy rock with psychedelic and folk elements > art rock
7. DE RADO, MAJA I PORODICNA MANUFAKTURA... album "Stvaranje" acoustic prog folk > prog folk
8. JUTRO, album "Dobro jutro" between symphonic and fusion style but jazz elements prevail > jazz rock/fusion
9. KOVAC KORNELIJE, first solo album "Izmedju svetlosti i tame" also contains elements of symphonic, space and fusion, but fusion prevails > jazz rock/fusion
10. LISAC JOSIPA, excellent female vocal, album "Dnevnik jedne ljubavi" essential concept prog album done with TIME musicians > art rock
11. PENGOV TOMAZ, first album "Odpotovanja" essential acoustic psyche folk > prog folk
12. PETKOVSKI MIKI, ex SMAK and LEB I SOL, album "Ko zna" jazz rock > jazz rock/fusion
13. POP MASINA, albums "Kiselina" and "Na izvoru svetlosti" powerful heavy rock trio with lots of acid/psychedelic elements > art rock
14. POPOVIC DAVORIN, ex INDEXI, solo album "Svaka je ljubav ista..." sounds like good Indexi album, they were backing band > art rock
15. SCH, a unique hard to classify experimental band > post rock/experimental
16. SONCNA POT, one album only but very good jazz rock > jazz rock/fusion
17. SUNCOKRET, "Moje bube" album > prog folk
18. TRIO DAG, album "Secanja" very good psyche folk rock > prog folk
19. TOCAK R.M. first album instrumental blues/jazz/rock > jazz rock/fusion
20. TOPIC DADO, ex TIME singer, first solo album "Neosedlani" jazz rock > jazz rock/fusion

I am going to add these artists, slowly by this order. I have already added TOCAK

Still, if anyone has an objection to any of these artists being added to PA or any suggestion, please send PM to me.

Now back to work...

Posted By: Seyo
Date Posted: January 13 2007 at 04:55

Any feedback on the above list? Anyone?

Posted By: Seyo
Date Posted: January 26 2007 at 10:04

From the list above, the following have been added:

- Tocak, R.M.

- Petkovski, Miki

- DAG

Enjoy and albums reviews are more than welcome!

Posted By: Seyo
Date Posted: January 29 2007 at 16:16

DAH has been added too.

Posted By: Seyo
Date Posted: February 23 2007 at 19:19

BIJELO DUGME has been added.

Posted By: Seyo
Date Posted: February 23 2007 at 19:22

Updated list of exYugo names to be added:

- AERODROM, first album "Kad misli mi vrludaju" YES-style symphonic prog > symphonic prog
- BEBEK ZELJKO, first album "Kao da smo isti" symphonic > symphonic prog
- BRECELJ MARKO, first album "Cocktail" is Tom Waits (1970s) meets Zappa > RIO/Avant prog
- BREGOVIC GORAN, various influences including prog and Balkan ethno/World music > prog related
- DE RADO, MAJA I PORODICNA MANUFAKTURA... album "Stvaranje" acoustic prog folk > prog folk
- JUTRO, album "Dobro jutro" between symphonic and fusion style but jazz elements prevail > jazz rock/fusion
- KOVAC KORNELIJE, first solo album "Izmedju svetlosti i tame" also contains elements of symphonic, space and fusion, but fusion prevails > jazz rock/fusion
- LISAC JOSIPA, excellent female vocal, album "Dnevnik jedne ljubavi" essential concept prog album done with TIME musicians > art rock
- PENGOV TOMAZ, first album "Odpotovanja" essential acoustic psyche folk > prog folk
- POP MASINA, albums "Kiselina" and "Na izvoru svetlosti" powerful heavy rock trio with lots of acid/psychedelic elements > art rock
- POPOVIC DAVORIN, ex INDEXI, solo album "Svaka je ljubav ista..." sounds like good Indexi album, they were backing band > art rock
- SCH, a unique hard to classify experimental band > post rock/experimental
- SONCNA POT, one album only but very good jazz rock > jazz rock/fusion
- SUNCOKRET, "Moje bube" album > prog folk
- TOPIC DADO, ex TIME singer, first solo album "Neosedlani" jazz rock > jazz rock/fusion

Posted By: Seyo
Date Posted: February 26 2007 at 06:00

Marko Brecelj has been added in RIO/Avant prog.

Posted By: Revan
Date Posted: March 23 2007 at 15:43

Naturally i didn't read the hole thing Tongue

. I also noticed this isn't that recent. But i think ex Yu********a had and has a great scene, so ill post my favourites, which its very possible all of them were posted throughout the threat.

Korni Gurpa
Time
Leb i sol (all time prog must-have)
Drago Mlinarec (lots of beatle's rip offs but still brilliant)
Haustor
Smak
Drugi Nacin
Pop Asanovic
Buldozer
and millions of others from the 70's

on present scene i hope Alogia revives prog in all ex-yu********a, and not just Serbia.

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Posted By: Seyo
Date Posted: March 29 2007 at 07:37

^^ I am not very familiar with Alogia except that I heard 2-3 songs. Prog metal is not really my cup of tea... I am too old for that

Posted By: Seyo
Date Posted: March 29 2007 at 07:38

Maja de Rado & Porodicna manufaktura crnog hleba

and

Pop masina

have been added to PA!

Posted By: Seyo
Date Posted: March 29 2007 at 07:42

Updated list of exYugo names to be added:

- AERODROM, first album "Kad misli mi vrludaju" YES-style symphonic prog > symphonic prog
- BEBEK ZELJKO, first album "Kao da smo isti" symphonic > symphonic prog
- BREGOVIC GORAN, various influences including prog and Balkan ethno/World music > prog related
- JUTRO, album "Dobro jutro" between symphonic and fusion style but jazz elements prevail > jazz rock/fusion
- KOVAC KORNELIJE, first solo album "Izmedju svetlosti i tame" also contains elements of symphonic, space and fusion, but fusion prevails > jazz rock/fusion
- LISAC JOSIPA, excellent female vocal, album "Dnevnik jedne ljubavi" essential concept prog album done with TIME musicians > art rock
- PENGOV TOMAZ, first album "Odpotovanja" essential acoustic psyche folk > prog folk
- POPOVIC DAVORIN, ex INDEXI, solo album "Svaka je ljubav ista..." sounds like good Indexi album, they were backing band > art rock/prog related
- SCH, a unique hard to classify experimental band > post rock/experimental
- SONCNA POT, one album only but very good jazz rock > jazz rock/fusion
- SUNCOKRET, "Moje bube" album > prog folk
- TOPIC DADO, ex TIME singer, first solo album "Neosedlani" jazz rock > jazz rock/fusion/art rock

Posted By: Komodo dragon
Date Posted: March 29 2007 at 17:15

This is great !!!
Gone for few day's and you make such a mess!!! Hug

IGRA STAKLENIH PERLI je najbolji bend !!!!!!! Clap

Posted By: Komodo dragon
Date Posted: March 29 2007 at 18:07

saw somebody mentioned Virvel !!

They have a concert in Belgade tommorow Wink

with some post-rock bend from Slovenia
called Coma Stereo Big%20smile

!!!

Here is link of boath bends :

http://www.myspace.com/virvel - http://www.myspace.com/virvel

http://www.myspace.com/comastereo - http://www.myspace.com/comastereo

Posted By: Seyo
Date Posted: March 29 2007 at 19:09

Thanks for info Komodo and welcome to the thread!
Thumbs%20Up

Posted By: Komodo dragon
Date Posted: March 30 2007 at 07:06

Seyo wrote:

Thanks for info Komodo and welcome to the thread!
Thumbs%20Up

thank you for adding so meny YU bands in prog archives Clap

just can't find Porodicna manufaktura crnog leba
I look allover net Confused

and find nothing Confused

Do you have some link's of YU bands?

Posted By: Seyo
Date Posted: April 01 2007 at 06:46

Komodo dragon wrote:

saw somebody mentioned Virvel !!

They have a concert in Belgade tommorow Wink

with some post-rock bend from Slovenia
called Coma Stereo Big%20smile

!!!

Here is link of boath bends :

http://www.myspace.com/virvel - http://www.myspace.com/virvel

http://www.myspace.com/comastereo - http://www.myspace.com/comastereo

Just listened two songs of VIRVEL, they sound good. For me it can be considered "post rock", but I am no expert for that genre.

If you would like to add biography and discography of the band, please submit this url as proposal to the Post Rock/Experimetal Team here in the Forum. Use "search" function to locate it!

And read a topic "How to add a band".

Posted By: Seyo
Date Posted: April 01 2007 at 06:48

Komodo dragon wrote:

Seyo wrote:

Thanks for info Komodo and welcome to the thread!
Thumbs%20Up

thank you for adding so meny YU bands in prog archives Clap

just can't find Porodicna manufaktura crnog leba
I look allover net Confused

and find nothing Confused

Do you have some link's of YU bands?

Look under "M", because the full name is MAJA DE RADO I PORODICNA MANUFAKTURA CRNOG HLEBA

I have some links, tell me what bands are you interested in? I am mostly into old exYugo bands from 1960s till late 1980s.

Posted By: Komodo dragon
Date Posted: April 02 2007 at 13:21

Seyo wrote:

Komodo dragon wrote:

Seyo wrote:

Thanks for info Komodo and welcome to the thread!
Thumbs%20Up

thank you for adding so meny YU bands in prog archives Clap

just can't find Porodicna manufaktura crnog leba
I look allover net Confused

and find nothing Confused

Do you have some link's of YU bands?

Look under "M", because the full name is MAJA DE RADO I PORODICNA MANUFAKTURA CRNOG HLEBA

I have some links, tell me what bands are you interested in? I am mostly into old exYugo bands from 1960s till late 1980s.

I know , I peep into it...

I just love all music that is deferent and strange. One that is not pushed by force and by stupid people from mass medias Tongue

. Have my share in punk,metal,rock,hard core... But i always coming back on prog.
I too love ex-yu oldies but i can’t say i have a huge collection of this phenomenon. Just couple of albums that I really like:
Igra staklenih perlica,Time,Leb i sol , Smak , big fan of Azra Embarrassed

,Galija,Teshka industrija, Buldozer...

Reely want to hear :
Maja de rado & Porodichna manufaktura...( LOL

prety cool name)
Tako
S vremena na vreme
Opus

Posted By: Seyo
Date Posted: April 05 2007 at 08:01

Give me a minute... I have the links somewhere.

Posted By: Timeweaver
Date Posted: April 05 2007 at 08:38

Well, they are not yugoslavian, but Forgotten Silence is a very nice instrumental (kind of) prog metal band from the Czech Republic. I sincerely recommend it.

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Soon the war is over...

Posted By: avestin
Date Posted: April 05 2007 at 10:20

Timeweaver wrote:

Well, they are not yugoslavian, but Forgotten Silence is a very nice instrumental (kind of) prog metal band from the Czech Republic. I sincerely recommend it.

Yes, I second that suggestion (their KaBaAch album is a highlight in the band's discography) along with other Czech bands:

Love History - Anasazi (who I added to PA a while back). They have disbanded, though.

Silent Stream Of Godless Elegy who are actually a doom band, but still very interesting. http://www.ssoge.com/ - http://www.ssoge.com/

Root is another band, again with Doom affinity but there's more to it than just that. http://www.rootan.net/ - http://www.rootan.net/

Master's Hammer was a quirky, rather raw black metal based, but with more ambitious music compositions in mind. http://www.sweb.cz/masters.hammer/ - http://www.sweb.cz/masters.hammer/ ; http://www.mastershammer.com/ - http://www.mastershammer.com/ ; http://www.myspace.com/97190573 - http://www.myspace.com/97190573

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http://www.progarchives.com/ProgRockShopping.asp" rel="nofollow - PA Index of prog music vendors

Posted By: Komodo dragon
Date Posted: April 05 2007 at 11:34

Timeweaver wrote:

Well, they are not yugoslavian, but Forgotten Silence is a very nice instrumental (kind of) prog metal band from the Czech Republic. I sincerely recommend it.

Yaa ! They are good ,very good... i think that they are published a new album that is pure prog rock ( i think Wink

) . Just done with listening of Orphaned Land - Mabool Clap

!
Nice!

Posted By: Komodo dragon
Date Posted: April 05 2007 at 11:53

avestin wrote:

Timeweaver wrote:

Well, they are not yugoslavian, but Forgotten Silence is a very nice instrumental (kind of) prog metal band from the Czech Republic. I sincerely recommend it.

Yes, I second that suggestion (their KaBaAch album is a highlight in the band's discography) along with other Czech bands:

Love History - Anasazi (who I added to PA a while back). They have disbanded, though.

Silent Stream Of Godless Elegy who are actually a doom band, but still very interesting. http://www.ssoge.com/ - http://www.ssoge.com/

Root is another band, again with Doom affinity but there's more to it than just that. http://www.rootan.net/ - http://www.rootan.net/

Are you talking about ROOT which published Zjeveni and The Book ? Tongue

Posted By: Timeweaver
Date Posted: April 06 2007 at 06:05

Komodo dragon wrote:

Timeweaver wrote:

Well, they are not yugoslavian, but Forgotten Silence is a very nice instrumental (kind of) prog metal band from the Czech Republic. I sincerely recommend it.

Yaa ! They are good ,very good... i think that they are published a new album that is pure prog rock ( i think Wink

) . Just done with listening of Orphaned Land - Mabool Clap

!
Nice!

Thier new album Kro Ni Ka is a prog rock/metal indeed.

And Orphaned Land is realy an israeli pride

More israeli great bands:

Trespass (great young symphonic prog trio)

Zingale (published one beautiful album back in the 70's, and now they reunite)

Ahvak (you have to be open minded to listen to this. but if you are, you won't be disappointed).

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Soon the war is over...

Posted By: Komodo dragon
Date Posted: April 06 2007 at 11:51

read some reely god reviews about Trespass Geek

will try to find them as soon as possible

KaBaAch first and now Kro Ni Ka Pinch

what funny names

Posted By: Seyo
Date Posted: May 17 2007 at 09:56

Komodo dragon wrote:

Seyo wrote:

Komodo dragon wrote:

Seyo wrote:

Thanks for info Komodo and welcome to the thread!
Thumbs%20Up

thank you for adding so meny YU bands in prog archives Clap

just can't find Porodicna manufaktura crnog leba
I look allover net Confused

and find nothing Confused

Do you have some link's of YU bands?

Look under "M", because the full name is MAJA DE RADO I PORODICNA MANUFAKTURA CRNOG HLEBA

I have some links, tell me what bands are you interested in? I am mostly into old exYugo bands from 1960s till late 1980s.

I know , I peep into it...

I just love all music that is deferent and strange. One that is not pushed by force and by stupid people from mass medias  Tongue

. Have my share in punk,metal,rock,hard core... But i always coming back on prog.
I too love ex-yu oldies but i can’t say i have a huge collection of this phenomenon. Just couple of albums that I really like:
Igra staklenih perlica,Time,Leb i sol , Smak , big fan of Azra  Embarrassed

,Galija,Teshka industrija, Buldozer...

Reely want to hear :
Maja de rado & Porodichna manufaktura...( LOL

prety cool name)
Tako
S vremena na vreme
Opus

Komodo, check this blog for begining:

http://yurock.blogspot.com/ - http://yurock.blogspot.com/

Check also their archives pages, you should find these old stuff that you are interested in.

Enjoy!

Posted By: Komodo dragon
Date Posted: May 17 2007 at 18:57

Aloha ! And thanks Seyo ! Checked and going for Mizar right now ! Wink

Josipa is next !
Thumbs%20Up

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Posted By: Seyo
Date Posted: June 09 2007 at 05:34

You are welcome Komodo! Of course, we expect your reviews contribution...

Posted By: Seyo
Date Posted: June 24 2007 at 08:33

Komodo dragon wrote:

Aloha ! And thanks Seyo ! Checked and going for Mizar right now ! Wink

Josipa is next !
Thumbs%20Up

Josipa is added in "prog related" section.

Enjoy...

Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: June 24 2007 at 10:37

Seyo wrote:

Komodo dragon wrote:

Aloha ! And thanks Seyo ! Checked and going for Mizar right now ! Wink

Josipa is next !
Thumbs%20Up

Josipa is added in "prog related" section.

Enjoy...

GREAT NEWS!!!!!! MANY THANKS!!!!!
Clap

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https://japanskipremijeri.bandcamp.com/album/perkusije-gospodine" rel="nofollow - Percussion, sir!

Posted By: Seyo
Date Posted: June 27 2007 at 06:43

Now, please feel free to review her albums...

Posted By: Andrea Cortese
Date Posted: August 16 2007 at 17:38

Hi friends, I'm just returned from my holydays in Histria, Cres and Lussin. I spent wonderful days, sea and food were fantastic!

On about prog I found in Porec a stunning double cd compilation of LEB I SOL for the total running time of over 150 mns.

It features a pair of songs from their self titled debut album (1977) and then the whole

http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=7937 - Leb i Sol 2	1978	4.54 (9 ratings)	Studio Album
http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=7938 - Rucni Rad	1979	4.82 (7 ratings)	Studio Album
http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=7939 - Infinity	1981	3.75 (2 ratings)	Studio Album
http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=7940 - Sledovanje	1982	2.00 (1 ratings)	Studio Album

Wow, that's just incredible! 2 cds for less than 10 euros each!!!

Then I found an album by DRUGI NACIN and a fantastic triple cd compilation (at the bargain cost less than 5 euros each) of yugoslavian rock from the seventies with bands as (LEB I SOL apart) POP MASINA, KORNI GRUPA, SMAK, SI VREMENA NA VREME, INDEKSI, NEPOCIN, SEPTEMBER, TIME, BULDOZER and many others.

I'm very happy. I hope to listen with attention to Leb I Sol and to review those albums as soon as possible!

Posted By: andu
Date Posted: August 16 2007 at 17:44

Glad to hear there's such a policy of re-releasing classic Yugoslavian prog. And from what I know your Leb i Sol is worth every penny! Thumbs%20Up

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"PA's own GI Joe!"

Posted By: DarioIndjic
Date Posted: August 16 2007 at 18:10

I think Anastasia should be on this site, i found the soundtrack for the movie Before the Rain in Herceg-Novi few weeks ago,amazing music,even if their original album 'Na Rjekah Vavilonskih' is one of my fav Ex-Yugo records.

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Ars longa , vita brevis

Posted By: Andrea Cortese
Date Posted: August 17 2007 at 17:11

I gave a look to the Leb I So's page and saw that this band i terribly overlooked by progheads. From what I've heard they're a monument to prog from the yugoslavian scene. Great band! I'm happy with this recent discovery of mine!

Posted By: Seyo
Date Posted: August 25 2007 at 08:18

DarioIndjic wrote:

I think Anastasia should be on this site, i found the soundtrack for the movie Before the Rain in Herceg-Novi few weeks ago,amazing music,even if their original album 'Na Rjekah Vavilonskih' is one of my fav Ex-Yugo records.

I agree with you Dario. Anastasia is on my "to add" list, so I'll work on their addition too.

Posted By: Seyo
Date Posted: August 25 2007 at 08:20

Andrea Cortese wrote:

I gave a look to the Leb I So's page and saw that this band i terribly overlooked by progheads. From what I've heard they're a monument to prog from the yugoslavian scene. Great band! I'm happy with this recent discovery of mine!

Now Andrea, you can try to "infect" the whole Italy with Leb i sol...

Congrats for your Leb i sol 2 review!

Posted By: Andrea Cortese
Date Posted: August 31 2007 at 04:01

Thanks Seyo.

In these days I've listened to Rucni Rad. It's different from Leb i Sol 2 but very proggy and melodic. Another beautiful record!

Great work on bass guitar. Another 5 stars review's coming, I presume.

Posted By: Seyo
Date Posted: September 03 2007 at 10:09

Andrea Cortese wrote:

Thanks Seyo.

In these days I've listened to Rucni Rad. It's different from Leb i Sol 2 but very proggy and melodic. Another beautiful record!

Great work on bass guitar. Another 5 stars review's coming, I presume.

Oh heavens! You got a new avatar... I see what influenced...

I agree with you on Rucni rad evaluation. It is different but still clearly within the fusion style. I would also recommend to listen to the fourth album ("Infinity"), it is rather different, with basick rock trio (Dimusevski had left) and new wave influnce, but still very good album for me.

Posted By: Andrea Cortese
Date Posted: September 06 2007 at 08:54

Seyo wrote:

Andrea Cortese wrote:

Thanks Seyo.

In these days I've listened to Rucni Rad. It's different from Leb i Sol 2 but very proggy and melodic. Another beautiful record!

Great work on bass guitar. Another 5 stars review's coming, I presume.

Oh heavens! You got a new avatar... I see what influenced...

Yes, a new avatar thanks to a great album like Leb i Sol 2!

I've also found a rougher sound in Infinity keys missing. Basically a jazz-rock trio within new wave influences. I still haven't listened to that album enough to post a more correct comment. That's also for the following record, Sledovanje, that I would say the first four tracks are rather pleasant and involving despite the low rating on this site.

Posted By: Hallogallo
Date Posted: September 07 2007 at 00:52

I'm quite surprised no one has mentioned Czech Symphonic/Jazz-Rock Fusion band Modry Efekt. They are just simply AMAZING! And I stand by that. Do what you can to listen to Svět Hledačů. It is a masterpiece of Progressive Rock. Quite highly underrated. Svitanie is also another amazing album! Definately a band not to miss out on. ../album.asp?id=7073 -

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Posted By: Seyo
Date Posted: September 11 2007 at 04:10

Andrea Cortese wrote:

Seyo wrote:

Andrea Cortese wrote:

Thanks Seyo.

In these days I've listened to Rucni Rad. It's different from Leb i Sol 2 but very proggy and melodic. Another beautiful record!

Great work on bass guitar. Another 5 stars review's coming, I presume.

Oh heavens! You got a new avatar... I see what influenced...

Yes, a new avatar thanks to a great album like Leb i Sol 2!

That's my low rating for "Sledovanje"...

Really I don't like it very much... the problem could be that they now changed the drummer too. Master Tavitijan left after "Infinity" and Djuricic came in. He is more a straight rock'n'roll drummer, lacking the subtle jazzy skills that Tavitijan had. Anyway listen yourself and tell me later...

Posted By: Seyo
Date Posted: September 11 2007 at 04:13

Hallogallo wrote:

I'm quite surprised no one has mentioned Czech Symphonic/Jazz-Rock Fusion band Modry Efekt. They are just simply AMAZING! And I stand by that. Do what you can to listen to Svět Hledačů. It is a masterpiece of Progressive Rock. Quite highly underrated. Svitanie is also another amazing album! Definately a band not to miss out on. ../album.asp?id=7073 -

I think they are mentioned elsewhere on the Forum and I also think they have been added to PA. This topic has been largely occupied by exYugos

Thanks anyway for mentioning it!

Posted By: pero
Date Posted: September 13 2007 at 03:31

Some more videos:

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=indexi - http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=indexi

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=leb+i+sol - http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=leb+i+sol

and something only for you Seyo:

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=van+der+graaf+generator - http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=van+der+graaf+generator

Posted By: Seyo
Date Posted: September 14 2007 at 07:50

pero wrote:

Some more videos:

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=indexi - http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=indexi

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=leb+i+sol - http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=leb+i+sol

and something only for you Seyo:

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=van+der+graaf+generator - http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=van+der+graaf+generator

Thanks Pero!

There are some quite good videos but also some bad. I am talking about sound and video quality of course. When adding video clips here I always try to find the best possible quality.

I remember many of Leb i Sol videos on Youtube are poor, amateurish shots from mobile phone cameras (awful) and don't want to add such a garbage here.

On the other hand Indexi "Pozdravi Sonju" is excellent TV video from the original time of broadcast so it is a valid document, although the very song is pop and not prog rock.

Thanks for VDGG, I just saw "Whatever would Robert" early video.

Posted By: Andrea Cortese
Date Posted: September 19 2007 at 13:56

Hi friends,

how about this german site specialized in prog from ex-yugoslavia and eastern europe?

http://www.kalemegdan-disk.de/start_e.htm - http://www.kalemegdan-disk.de/start_e.htm

I would like to order some Smak's stuff!