Ana Pupedan
Encyclopedia
Ana Pupedan is a musical group from Pivka
, Slovenia
. The band was founded in 1992 by Simon Avsec (vocal
, violin
), Boštjan Požar (guitar
, clarinet
), Peter Žnidaršič (bass guitar
), and Marko Doles (drums
).
In the local Slovene dialect, "Ana Pupedan" means One in the afternoon, but many mistakenly believe that the band's name stands for some girl
.
Pivka
Pivka is a small town and a municipality in Slovenia in the Pivka Basin in the Kras region. It was first mentioned in 1300 as Sancti Petri super Piucha . Until 1952 it was called Šentpeter na Krasu...
, Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
. The band was founded in 1992 by Simon Avsec (vocal
Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
), Boštjan Požar (guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, clarinet
Clarinet
The clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed...
), Peter Žnidaršič (bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
), and Marko Doles (drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
).
In the local Slovene dialect, "Ana Pupedan" means One in the afternoon, but many mistakenly believe that the band's name stands for some girl
Girl
A girl is any female human from birth through childhood and adolescence to attainment of adulthood. The term may also be used to mean a young woman.-Etymology:...
.
Discography
- Anje Pupedanju (1995 KŠOPP, reissue 1998, Vinilmanija)
- Ante prupagandni balar (1998, Vinilmanija)
- Brez naslova (2001, self distribution)
- Na domači brjači (2010, Založba Radia Študent (ZARŠ))