Anja Rupel
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Anja Rupel is a Slovene pop singer, songwriter
, radio
announcer, and journalist. Her father Fedja Rupel is a flautist and a professor at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana, and her uncle is the politician and diplomat Dimitrij Rupel
.
Rupel has been involved in music
since childhood. She played the flute
for over ten years. In 1982, she began to perform as lead vocalist with the prominent synthpop
group Videosex
, which became very popular in the former Yugoslavia
. The group recorded four albums. Their debut album, Videosex 84 appeared in 1983 and they played with bands such as Ekatarina Velika
and Otroci socializma in Belgrade
. The group broke up in 1992.
Rupel then went on to her solo career and, in 1994 she recorded her first album Odpri oči (Open your eyes). For a while, she performed with the internationally prominent industrial
/techno group Laibach
from Trbovlje
, Slovenia
. In 1988, she sang The Beatles
' anthem, Across the Universe
and was the first Slovene to be featured on MTV
. She is now recording new album in cooperation with famous Slovene musician Rudi Štigel.
She also performed in the 1987 film Hudodelci
(The Felons) directed by Franci Slak
, and in several other films.
On 11 October 1990, she gave birth to a daughter, Lana. She is married to musician and singer Aleš Klinar who was leader of a folk
-pop group Agropop.
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
, radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
announcer, and journalist. Her father Fedja Rupel is a flautist and a professor at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana, and her uncle is the politician and diplomat Dimitrij Rupel
Dimitrij Rupel
Dimitrij Rupel is a Slovenian politician.- Biography :Rupel was born in Ljubljana, in what was then the Socialist Republic of Slovenia, into a bourgeois family of former anti-fascist political emigrants from the Julian March .After receiving a bachelor's degree in comparative literature and...
.
Rupel has been involved in music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
since childhood. She played the flute
Flute
The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
for over ten years. In 1982, she began to perform as lead vocalist with the prominent synthpop
Synthpop
Synthpop is a genre of popular music that first became prominent in the 1980s, in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic art rock, disco and particularly the "Kraut rock" of...
group Videosex
Videosex
Videosex was a prominent synthpop group based in Yugoslavia . The group was led by the singer Anja Rupel. They recorded four albums. Their debut album, Videosex 84 appeared in 1983 and they played with bands such as Ekatarina Velika and Otroci socializma in Belgrade...
, which became very popular in the former Yugoslavia
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...
. The group recorded four albums. Their debut album, Videosex 84 appeared in 1983 and they played with bands such as 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....
and Otroci socializma in 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...
. The group broke up in 1992.
Rupel then went on to her solo career and, in 1994 she recorded her first album Odpri oči (Open your eyes). For a while, she performed with the internationally prominent industrial
Industrial music
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...
/techno group Laibach
Laibach (band)
Laibach is a Slovenian avant-garde music group associated with industrial, martial, and neo-classical musical styles. Laibach formed June 1, 1980 in Trbovlje, Slovenia . Laibach represents the music wing of the Neue Slowenische Kunst art collective, of which it was a founding member in 1984...
from Trbovlje
Trbovlje
Trbovlje is a town and municipality in central Slovenia. Traditionally the area was part of the Lower Styria region. The entire municipality is now included in the Central Sava statistical region. Located in the valley of a minor left bank tributary of the Sava River, the area is known for its...
, 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...
. In 1988, she sang The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
' anthem, Across the Universe
Across the Universe
"Across the Universe" is a song by the English group The Beatles. It was written by John Lennon, and credited to Lennon–McCartney. The song first appeared on the various artists charity compilation album No One's Gonna Change Our World in December 1969, and later, in different form, on Let It Be,...
and was the first Slovene to be featured on MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
. She is now recording new album in cooperation with famous Slovene musician Rudi Štigel.
She also performed in the 1987 film Hudodelci
The Felons
The Felons is a 1987 Yugoslavian drama film directed by Franci Slak. It was entered into the 38th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Mario Šelih as Peter Bordon* Anja Rupel as Štefka* Bata Živojinović as Preiskovalni* Rade Šerbedžija as Raka...
(The Felons) directed by Franci Slak
Franci Slak
Franci Slak was a Slovenian film director, producer and screenwriter. His 1987 film The Felons was entered into the 38th Berlin International Film Festival.-External links:...
, and in several other films.
On 11 October 1990, she gave birth to a daughter, Lana. She is married to musician and singer Aleš Klinar who was leader of a folk
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
-pop group Agropop.
With Videosex
- Videosex 84 (1983)
- Lacrimae Christi (1985)
- Svet je zopet mlad (1987)
- Arhiv (compilation) (1997)
- Ljubi in Sovrazi
Solo
- Odpri oči ("Open your eyes") (1994)
- Življenje je kot igra ("Life is as a game")
- Moje sanje ("My dreams")
- Ne ustavi me nihče ("Nobody stops me")