Andrej Aćin
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Andrej Aćin is a Serbia
n director, screenwriter and composer from Belgrade
. In the 1990s, he fronted the gothic rock
band BAAL. From 1992 until 1995, he worked as the music editor at the Belgreade Art television station, and, in 1997, he was enrolled at the Belgrade Art Academy on the department for film and television directing. He directed the theatre pieces Pasija po telu,a semi-documentary Moj svet pun svetlosti and the short movie Margina. In 2005, he appeared in the movie Bye Bye Blackbird, directed by Robinson Savary.
band BAAL, as its keyboardist and lead vocalist, with bassist Srđa Popović, guitarist Vojkan Petković, and drummer Vlada Marinković. The band released their debut album Između božanstva i ništavila (Between divinity and nirvana) in 1992. The album, recorded at the Cacadu studio on April 1992, featured guest appearances by Mizar
vocalist Goran Tanevski, on the track "Talas" ("The Wave"), Ekatarina Velika
frontman Milan Mladenović
, guitar on the title track, Van Gogh
frontman Zvonimir Đukić, guitar on the track "Pad" ("The Fall"), and Ekatarina Velika drummer Marko Milivojević
, on the track "Iščezavam" ("I am fading away"). Having released the album, the band performed regularly until 1995, when they decided to stop working together.
producer Srđan Babović, featured the lyrics on Serbian
, French
, and English language
. Beside the vocal duties, Aćin played the keyboard and programing parts, while guest appearances featured guitarists Duda Petrović and Nebojša Marić and percussionist Aleksandar Milanović. Promotional video was recorded for the track "Run". The band appeared on the hip hop
band WHO Is The BEST album Play, released by CentroScena in 1998, on the track "Još jedan dim" ("Yet another smoke"). The previous year, the track appeared on the various artists compilation Time Out, released by Komuna
group Noir Désir
, performing live as well as working on the remix CD One Trip, One Noise with his mixes of the tracks "Fin de siecle (G.L.Y.O)" and "Septembre en attendent (un jour a Belgrade)".
For the Milan Konjević's movie Waiting (For Death), Aćin recorded two instrumental tracks, "Waiting 1" and "Waiting 2". In 1995, he recorded music for the omnibus movie Paket aranžman, directed by Srđan Golubović. During the same year he also worked on the soundtrack of the Slepi kolosek. He composed for three Dejan Zečević's movies, Kupi mi Eliota, released in 1997, TT Sindrom, released in 2000, and Mala noćna muzika, released in 2002. In 2001, the music he recorded for the Apsolutnih sto was released officially by Komuna, and, the following year, KunstKraft officially released the TT Sindrom original soundtrack. In between movie soundtracks, he also composed for the theater piece Silvija, directed by Milica Kralj at the Atelje 212
.
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
n director, screenwriter and composer from Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
. In the 1990s, he fronted the gothic rock
Gothic rock
Gothic rock is a musical subgenre of post-punk and alternative rock that formed during the late 1970s. Gothic rock bands grew from the strong ties they had to the English punk rock and emerging post-punk scenes...
band BAAL. From 1992 until 1995, he worked as the music editor at the Belgreade Art television station, and, in 1997, he was enrolled at the Belgrade Art Academy on the department for film and television directing. He directed the theatre pieces Pasija po telu,a semi-documentary Moj svet pun svetlosti and the short movie Margina. In 2005, he appeared in the movie Bye Bye Blackbird, directed by Robinson Savary.
BAAL
Having worked as an ambiental music composer, in 1989, Aćin founded the gothic rockGothic rock
Gothic rock is a musical subgenre of post-punk and alternative rock that formed during the late 1970s. Gothic rock bands grew from the strong ties they had to the English punk rock and emerging post-punk scenes...
band BAAL, as its keyboardist and lead vocalist, with bassist Srđa Popović, guitarist Vojkan Petković, and drummer Vlada Marinković. The band released their debut album Između božanstva i ništavila (Between divinity and nirvana) in 1992. The album, recorded at the Cacadu studio on April 1992, featured guest appearances by Mizar
Mizar (band)
Mizar is a Macedonian rock band from Skopje. They achieved a status of a cult band, especially in Macedonia and across the former Yugoslavia....
vocalist Goran Tanevski, on the track "Talas" ("The Wave"), Ekatarina Velika
Ekatarina Velika
Ekatarina Velika , sometimes referred to as EKV for short, was a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock group from Belgrade, being one of the most successful and influential music acts coming out of former Yugoslavia....
frontman Milan Mladenović
Milan Mladenovic
Milan Mladenović was a Yugoslav and Serbian musician best known as the frontman of Serbian art rock band Ekatarina Velika.-Early life:...
, guitar on the title track, Van Gogh
Van Gogh (band)
Van Gogh is a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band from Belgrade. The band was formed in 1986, and released their debut alternative rock-oriented self-titled album the same year...
frontman Zvonimir Đukić, guitar on the track "Pad" ("The Fall"), and Ekatarina Velika drummer Marko Milivojević
Marko Milivojevic
Marko Milivojević is a Serbian musician. He played drums and keyboards in various Yugoslav bands Marko Milivojević is a Serbian musician. He played drums and keyboards in various Yugoslav bands Marko Milivojević is a Serbian musician. He played drums and keyboards in various Yugoslav bands...
, on the track "Iščezavam" ("I am fading away"). Having released the album, the band performed regularly until 1995, when they decided to stop working together.
Retro Deux
After the disbandment of BAAL, Aćin worked on the material intended to be released on the second BAAL album, released in 1996 by Image Records on the EP Artoodeeto, featuring seven tracks and released under the name Retro Deux. The release, produced by the dance musicDance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
producer Srđan Babović, featured the lyrics on Serbian
Serbian language
Serbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries....
, French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, and English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
. Beside the vocal duties, Aćin played the keyboard and programing parts, while guest appearances featured guitarists Duda Petrović and Nebojša Marić and percussionist Aleksandar Milanović. Promotional video was recorded for the track "Run". The band appeared on the hip hop
Hip hop
Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...
band WHO Is The BEST album Play, released by CentroScena in 1998, on the track "Još jedan dim" ("Yet another smoke"). The previous year, the track appeared on the various artists compilation Time Out, released by Komuna
Solo career
In early 1998, Aćin collaborated with the FrenchFrance
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
group Noir Désir
Noir Désir
Noir Désir was a French rock band from Bordeaux. They were active during the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s, and have had two albums certified double platinum in France and three certified gold. They have been an influence on numerous French musicians including Cali, Louise Attaque and Miossec...
, performing live as well as working on the remix CD One Trip, One Noise with his mixes of the tracks "Fin de siecle (G.L.Y.O)" and "Septembre en attendent (un jour a Belgrade)".
For the Milan Konjević's movie Waiting (For Death), Aćin recorded two instrumental tracks, "Waiting 1" and "Waiting 2". In 1995, he recorded music for the omnibus movie Paket aranžman, directed by Srđan Golubović. During the same year he also worked on the soundtrack of the Slepi kolosek. He composed for three Dejan Zečević's movies, Kupi mi Eliota, released in 1997, TT Sindrom, released in 2000, and Mala noćna muzika, released in 2002. In 2001, the music he recorded for the Apsolutnih sto was released officially by Komuna, and, the following year, KunstKraft officially released the TT Sindrom original soundtrack. In between movie soundtracks, he also composed for the theater piece Silvija, directed by Milica Kralj at the Atelje 212
Atelje 212
Atelje 212 is a theatre in Belgrade, Serbia. It was officially founded on 12 November 1956 in the premises of the Borba building, in front of 212 chairs. The opening play was Faust, directed by Mira Trailović....
.
Critically acclaimed awards
- 1995 - Golden Mimosa at the Herceg NoviHerceg NoviHerceg Novi is a coastal town in Montenegro located at the entrance to the Bay of Kotor and at the foot of Mount Orjen. It is the administrative center of the Herceg Novi Municipality with around 33,000 inhabitants...
Yugoslav Film Festival for the best original movie soundtrack for the movie Paket aranžman. - 1998 - Golden Arena at the Novi SadNovi SadNovi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river....
film festival for the movie Kupi mi Eliota. - 2000 - Special Mention for the artistic creation and quality at the Media Dance International Festival in ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
for the movie North-West Coast. - 2001 - Gold Award of Belgrade for the creation, 48. Yugoslav Festival of Short and Documentary Film, Belgrade for the movie North-West Coast
- 2001 - Second Prize at the BalkanBalkansThe Balkans is a geopolitical and cultural region of southeastern Europe...
Youth Festival in ThessalonikiThessalonikiThessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...
, GreeceGreeceGreece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
for the movie Shopping! - 2002 - Composer of the year Golden Mimosa award at the Herceg Novi Film Festival for the movie Apsolutnih sto.
- 2002 - Gold Award of Belgrade for the creation of The World Belongs to You the World Belongs to Us documentary at the 49. Yugoslav Festival of Short and Documentary Film.
- 2003 - Special Golden Jury award at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival for the short movie Margina.
- 2005 - Nominated for the best director at the BudapestBudapestBudapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
DISCOPDISCOPDISCOP, originally founded in 1991 started as an audiovisual television content market for Eastern Europe. With the fall of the USSR, many countries went through a process of liberalization. The post-USSR transition period saw an bourgeoning media sector where content was needed but a structure...
festival for the movie Jelena.
with Retro Deux
- Artoodeeto (EP, 1996)
- "Još jedan dim" (single recorded with WHO Is The BEST, 1997, 1998)
Solo works
- Apsolutnih sto (original soundtrack 2001)
- TT Sindrom (original soundtrack 2002)