Apsolutno Romanticno
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Apsolutno Romantično is a Serbia
n pop rock
/folk rock
band.
members, brothers Petar (vocals
, guitar
) and Zoran "Kina" Alvirović (vocals, guitar). They were soon joined by Senad Jašarević (keyboards
), Ondrej Maglovski (accordion
), actor Nenad Vujanović (percussion) and Rešad Jahja (cello
). In 2000, they released their debut album Kasno je prepraviti stih (It's Late to Rewrite the Verse). In 2003, the band released their second album Naša ulica u nebo se penje (Our Street Is Climbing to the Sky). The album featured the song "Đoletova pesma", which was recorded with singer-songwriter
Đorđe Balašević. In 2003, with Momčilo Bajagić
, the band recorded the soundtrack
for the film The Professional
. In 2005, Apsolutno Romantično released the album Teško je biti sam (It's Hard to Be Alone).
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 pop rock
Pop rock
Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...
/folk rock
Folk rock
Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of folk music and rock music. In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and the UK around the mid-1960s...
band.
History
The band was formed in 1999 by Garavi SokakGaravi Sokak
Garavi Sokak is a Serbian folk rock/pop band, formed in Novi Sad in 1982.-Late 1980s and 1990s:...
members, brothers Petar (vocals
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...
, 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...
) and Zoran "Kina" Alvirović (vocals, guitar). They were soon joined by Senad Jašarević (keyboards
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
), Ondrej Maglovski (accordion
Accordion
The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
), actor Nenad Vujanović (percussion) and Rešad Jahja (cello
Cello
The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
). In 2000, they released their debut album Kasno je prepraviti stih (It's Late to Rewrite the Verse). In 2003, the band released their second album Naša ulica u nebo se penje (Our Street Is Climbing to the Sky). The album featured the song "Đoletova pesma", which was recorded with singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
Đorđe Balašević. In 2003, with Momčilo Bajagić
Momcilo Bajagic
Momčilo Bajagić "Bajaga" is a highly popular Serbian rock musician born in Bjelovar. He is best known as the leader of the Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Bajaga i Instruktori, as well as a former member of the hard rock band Riblja Čorba.-Early career:Bajagić started his musical career as a...
, the band recorded the soundtrack
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
for the film The Professional
The Professional (film)
The Professional is a 2003 comedy/drama, based on 1990 drama of the same name, written and directed by famous Serbian playwright Dušan Kovačević. This movie earned its cult status by showing some of the darkest moments in Serbian history in actual and sometimes even comic way...
. In 2005, Apsolutno Romantično released the album Teško je biti sam (It's Hard to Be Alone).
Discography
- Kasno je prepraviti stih (2000)
- Naša ulica u nebo se penje (2003)
- Muzika iz filma Profesionalac (with Momčilo BajagićMomcilo BajagicMomčilo Bajagić "Bajaga" is a highly popular Serbian rock musician born in Bjelovar. He is best known as the leader of the Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Bajaga i Instruktori, as well as a former member of the hard rock band Riblja Čorba.-Early career:Bajagić started his musical career as a...
, 2003) - Teško je biti sam (2005)