Darkwood Dub
Encyclopedia
Darkwood Dub are an alternative rock
band from Belgrade
, Serbia
, which, formed in 1988, gradually grew to prominence on the Serbian rock scene
. Their music is characterized by gentle bass lines, a mixture of live drumming
and electronic percussion
, along with frequent use of slide guitar
, synthesizer
s and samplers
. The succinct and introspective lyrics are also a prominent feature, sung with offbeat vocals of Dejan Vučetić. Apart from 7 official albums, the band participated in several joint projects, composed scores for several films and theatre plays. They also showed a political streak by participating in many pro-democracy projects.
In 2009, the band was nominated for the Best Regional Act at the MTV Europe
an Awards. Today, Darkwood Dub are one of the top bands of the Serbian rock scene, and for the last 10 years, they have been touring regularly throughout former Yugoslav countries, Austria
, Poland
, Slovakia
and Hungary
.
and noise music
in the lineup consisting of two drummers (playing the same drum kit
), two bassists, a rhythm machine and a vocalist. The inspiration for the name the band members found in the Italian
comic book Zagor
, in a character who lived in the imaginary forest Darkwood. Throughout the years and many personnel changes, the default lineup became Vladimir Jerić (guitar), Bojan Drobac "Bambi" (guitar), Dejan Vučetić "Vuča" (vocals), Milorad Ristić "Miki" (bass) and Lav Bratuša (drums).
The first live appearance the band made at the Belgrade
SKC in May 1991. During the same year, the band released their first recordings, the tracks "Veliki duh" ("The Great Spirit") and "Srećna glava" ("Happy Head") on the Nova Aleksandrija record label various artists compilation Želim jahati do ekstaze, also featuring the bands Presing
, Kazna Za Uši
, Klajberi and Euforija. The release immediately became a rarity since all the records were printed in Zagreb
where, due to the beginning of the Yugoslav Wars
, remained to be sold in Croatia
only.
and reggae influences. The song lyrics were written by Vučetić whereas the music was composed by the entire band. The record release provided the band with a cult status, achieving it without almost any media appearances, so that their live appearances in Belgrade were well visited.
In May 1996, the band released the second album U nedogled (Into the Indefinite), produced by the band themselves, which featured vocal versions of the tracks recorded for the film Paket aranžman (Package Deal). Since the release of this album by B92
Records, the record label has released all of the bands later studio releases. Guest appearance on the album featured at the time Plejboj
member Dušan Petrović, who played saxophone and upright bass. Having precisely formed their musical expression, the band got positive reactions from both the critics and the audience. The tracks "Treći Vavilon" ("The Third Babylon
"), "Imamo situaciju" ("We Have a Situation"), "Hej! Gringo" ("Hey! Gringo
") and the title track were distinguished as the most prominent and some of the tracks featured samples from Aswad and Lee Scratch Perry songs. The album was pronounced the album of the year 1996 by most of the critics, and after the album release, for the first time, the band went on a promotional tour.
(trombone). The album presented the band to a wider audience, making it a mainstream act, and the success was noted on numerous live appearances on their two-year tour in former Yugoslav countries, including the performance at the first Novi Sad
EXIT festival in 2000.
In 2001, the band participated in the project organized by a former Bjesovi
vocalist Goran Marić, Pesme iznad istoka i zapada
(Songs above the East and West), featuring various Serbian rock bands composing music to the poems and prayers written by Nikolaj Velimirović, with the track "Molitva Blagom Hristu" ("A Prayer to the Mild Christ
"). After a three-year discography break, in 2002, the band released their fifth studio album Život počinje u 30-oj (Life Begins at 30), produced by Saša Janković and featuring guest appearance by Presing
vocalist Zoran Radović "Kiza" on the track "Srebrna kap" ("Silver Drop"). Život počinje u 30-oj was the best-selling album in 2002, and was pronounced one of the best albums of the year by the webzine Popboks critics.
The following year, the album U nedogled was remastered and reissued on CD, featuring bonus material consisting of the track "Smak" ("The End of the World") and demo version of the track "Filadelfija" ("Philadelphia"). The band also participated in the Ekatarina Velika
frontman Milan Mladenović
tribute album Kao da je bilo nekad... (Posvećeno Milanu Mladenoviću) (As if It Had Happened Sometime... (Dedicated to Milan Mladenović)) with the track "Geto" ("Ghetto") originally released on the album Katarina II.
Their sixth studio album, O danima (About the Days), produced by the band themselves and released in 2004, featured nine tracks including "Laka radost" ("Easy Joy") and the title track for which as guest vocalist appeared Veliki Prezir
vocalist Vladimir Kolarić "Kole" and the track "Centrala" ("Central Station") featuring Lira Vega
member Vladimir Đorđević "Vlaca" on lead vocals. The album was recorded under the work title Melos, but was eventually renamed due to the usage of the phrase in turbo folk music. In 2006, the band performed as an opening act for Morrisey in Zagreb
.
In 2008, the band released the album Jedinstvo (Unity). The guitarist Vladimir Jerić had left the band prior to the album release, and after the album release the vacant spot was filled with a keyboard player, the famous Serbian jazz
musician Vasil Hadžimanov. The track "Ženeva" ("Geneva
") was voted the sixth most popular single in 2008 at B92 and the fifth at the same list on Studio B.
The following year, Darkwood Dub was nominated for the best MTV Adria
regional act at the MTV Europe
an Awards. During the same year on the webzine Popboks annual lists, the single from Jedinstvo, "Šećer" ("Sugar") was voted the tenth most popular single in 2009 and the music video for the track "Robot" appeared at the sixth place at the music video of the year award. The track "130" appeared on the first place of the Jelen Top 10 list for two weeks on March 2010. On August of the same year, Vučetić announced that the band entered the studio in order to record the material which would be released on the eight studio.
On April 7, 2011, "Nešto sasvim izvesno" ("Something Quite for Certain"), featuring the famous Serbia
n jazz
singer Bisera Veletanlić
, released for free digital download
through the Exit Music online record label. The single promotes the eight studio album, due to be released in June of the same year through the label for free download as well as in CD format through the Odličan Hrčak independent record label. In less than a week's time, four thousand copies of the single had been downloaded. In June 8, the band released yet another single promoting the upcoming studio release, "Kraj oktobra" ("The End of October"), accompanied by a music video for the track. On July 1, the eight studio album Vidimo se (See You) was released in MP3 format for free digital download thorough Exit Music, as well as on compact disc through Odličan Hrčak.
Eater"), which appeared on the debut, Đorđe Marjanović and Nikola Majdak Junior recorded an animated movie of the same name, which got the Yugoslav ASIFA reward for animation.
During 1995, the band recorded their own movie Paramparčad directed by Miloš Stojanović and recorded the soundtrack for the omnibus Ivan Stefanović movie Paket aranžman (Package Deal), used in the story Mačo trip (Macho Trip). The following year, the band recorded the soundtrack for the movie Geto (Ghetto) directed by Mladen Matičević and Ivan Markov.
In 1997, the band recorded music for the play Trainspotting, based on the Irvine Welsh
novel of the same name
, performed at the BITEF
theatre and directed by Đorđe Marjanović. The recorded material was released as Darkwood Dub by B92 records which also featured five remixes made by Chiq Toxiq, Velja M. and Boris K.
In 2001, a remix of the track "Zapremina" ("Bulk") appeared in the Munje!
original soundtrack, released by B92. The following year, the band recorded the soundtrack for the movie Ogledalo (Mirror), directed by Dejan Kovačević, and in 2004, they performed live in the play Rat/Sećanja (War/Memories) directed by Đorđe Marjanović with Putu Viđaja.
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
band 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...
, Serbia
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...
, which, formed in 1988, gradually grew to prominence on the Serbian rock scene
Serbian rock
Serbian rock is the rock music scene of Serbia. During the 1960s, 1970s and the 1980s, while Serbia was a constituent republic of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Serbian rock scene was a part of the SFR Yugoslav rock scene....
. Their music is characterized by gentle bass lines, a mixture of live drumming
Drummer
A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...
and electronic percussion
Percussion instrument
A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
, along with frequent use of slide guitar
Slide guitar
Slide guitar or bottleneck guitar is a particular method or technique for playing the guitar. The term slide refers to the motion of the slide against the strings, while bottleneck refers to the original material of choice for such slides: the necks of glass bottles...
, synthesizer
Synthesizer
A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
s and samplers
Sampler (musical instrument)
A sampler is an electronic musical instrument similar in some respects to a synthesizer but, instead of generating sounds, it uses recordings of sounds that are loaded or recorded into it by the user and then played back by means of a keyboard, sequencer or other triggering device to perform or...
. The succinct and introspective lyrics are also a prominent feature, sung with offbeat vocals of Dejan Vučetić. Apart from 7 official albums, the band participated in several joint projects, composed scores for several films and theatre plays. They also showed a political streak by participating in many pro-democracy projects.
In 2009, the band was nominated for the Best Regional Act at the MTV Europe
MTV Europe
MTV Europe is a pan-European 24-hour entertainment cable and digital television network launched on August 1, 1987. Initially, the channel served all regions within Europe being one of the very few channels that targeted the entire European continent...
an Awards. Today, Darkwood Dub are one of the top bands of the Serbian rock scene, and for the last 10 years, they have been touring regularly throughout former Yugoslav countries, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
and Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
.
Band formation, first recordings (1988–1991)
The band was formed in Autumn 1988 with an intention of playing a combination of reggaeReggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
and noise music
Noise music
Noise music is a term used to describe varieties of avant-garde music and sound art that may use elements such as cacophony, dissonance, atonality, noise, indeterminacy, and repetition in their realization. Noise music can feature distortion, various types of acoustically or electronically...
in the lineup consisting of two drummers (playing the same drum kit
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 ....
), two bassists, a rhythm machine and a vocalist. The inspiration for the name the band members found in the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
comic book Zagor
Zagor
Zagor is an Italian comic book created by editor and writer Sergio Bonelli and artist Gallieno Ferri. Zagor was first published In Italy by Sergio Bonelli Editore in 1961.-Character:...
, in a character who lived in the imaginary forest Darkwood. Throughout the years and many personnel changes, the default lineup became Vladimir Jerić (guitar), Bojan Drobac "Bambi" (guitar), Dejan Vučetić "Vuča" (vocals), Milorad Ristić "Miki" (bass) and Lav Bratuša (drums).
The first live appearance the band made at the 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...
SKC in May 1991. During the same year, the band released their first recordings, the tracks "Veliki duh" ("The Great Spirit") and "Srećna glava" ("Happy Head") on the Nova Aleksandrija record label various artists compilation Želim jahati do ekstaze, also featuring the bands Presing
Presing
Presing is a Serbian alternative rock band from Belgrade. Formed in 1990 and named after pressure defense in basketball , Presing were, together with Darkwood Dub and Kanda, Kodža i Nebojša, representatives of the so-called NeoBeo sound, alternative, guitar-based rock music produced in Belgrade in...
, Kazna Za Uši
Kazna Za Uši
Kazna Za Uši is a Serbian garage rock band from Belgrade.- Band formation, first releases :...
, Klajberi and Euforija. The release immediately became a rarity since all the records were printed in Zagreb
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
where, due to the beginning of the Yugoslav Wars
Yugoslav wars
The Yugoslav Wars were a series of wars, fought throughout the former Yugoslavia between 1991 and 1995. The wars were complex: characterized by bitter ethnic conflicts among the peoples of the former Yugoslavia, mostly between Serbs on the one side and Croats and Bosniaks on the other; but also...
, remained to be sold in Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
only.
Rise to prominence (1992–1999)
From December 1992 until May 1993, the band recorded their debut studio album Paramparčad (Splinters), produced by Željko Božić, which was not released until 1995 by Take It Or Leave It Records. Since it took a long while from the band formation to the moment when the debut was released, the album featured a selection of songs from the band's early period, featuring a combination of punk rockPunk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
and reggae influences. The song lyrics were written by Vučetić whereas the music was composed by the entire band. The record release provided the band with a cult status, achieving it without almost any media appearances, so that their live appearances in Belgrade were well visited.
In May 1996, the band released the second album U nedogled (Into the Indefinite), produced by the band themselves, which featured vocal versions of the tracks recorded for the film Paket aranžman (Package Deal). Since the release of this album by B92
B92
B92 is a radio and television broadcaster with national coverage headquartered in Belgrade, Serbia. The network's key demographic is chiefly urban and young audience. Its programs, including the news cover topics with fairly liberal political painted attitudes...
Records, the record label has released all of the bands later studio releases. Guest appearance on the album featured at the time Plejboj
Plejboj
Plejboj was a Serbian punk rock/ska band from Belgrade.- Formation, rise to prominence :...
member Dušan Petrović, who played saxophone and upright bass. Having precisely formed their musical expression, the band got positive reactions from both the critics and the audience. The tracks "Treći Vavilon" ("The Third Babylon
Babylon
Babylon was an Akkadian city-state of ancient Mesopotamia, the remains of which are found in present-day Al Hillah, Babil Province, Iraq, about 85 kilometers south of Baghdad...
"), "Imamo situaciju" ("We Have a Situation"), "Hej! Gringo" ("Hey! Gringo
Gringo
Gringo is a slang Spanish and Portuguese word used in Spanish-speaking and Portuguese-speaking countries in Latin America, to denote foreigners, often from the United States. The term can be applied to someone who is actually a foreigner, or it can denote a strong association or assimilation into...
") and the title track were distinguished as the most prominent and some of the tracks featured samples from Aswad and Lee Scratch Perry songs. The album was pronounced the album of the year 1996 by most of the critics, and after the album release, for the first time, the band went on a promotional tour.
Mainstream years (1999–present)
The release of the album Elektropionir (Electropioneer), recorded at the Belgrade Akademija studio from September 1998 until February 1999, was prevented by the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia and it was not until September of the same year that the album was released. The album, co-produced by the band themselves and Aleksandar Radosavljević, featured guest appearances by Ana Žunić (backing vocals), Filip Krumes (violin, viola), Vasil Hadžimanov (keyboards), Dušan Petrović (saxophone) and Nemanja KojićNemanja Kojic
Nemanja Kojić is Serbian footballer who plays as a striker in Serbian SuperLiga club FK Rad Belgrade...
(trombone). The album presented the band to a wider audience, making it a mainstream act, and the success was noted on numerous live appearances on their two-year tour in former Yugoslav countries, including the performance at the first Novi Sad
Novi Sad
Novi 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....
EXIT festival in 2000.
In 2001, the band participated in the project organized by a former Bjesovi
Bjesovi
Bjesovi are a Serbian grunge/alternative rock band from Gornji Milanovac.- Formation and breakup :...
vocalist Goran Marić, Pesme iznad istoka i zapada
Pesme iznad istoka i zapada
-Personnel:*Dragutin Aleksandrić - guitar*Nebojša Antonijević - guitar*Julija Boroš - vocals*Zoran Cvetković - trumpet*Nebojša Čanković - guitar*Dragan Ćurković - guitar*Marko Dacić - bass guitar...
(Songs above the East and West), featuring various Serbian rock bands composing music to the poems and prayers written by Nikolaj Velimirović, with the track "Molitva Blagom Hristu" ("A Prayer to the Mild Christ
Jesus
Jesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...
"). After a three-year discography break, in 2002, the band released their fifth studio album Život počinje u 30-oj (Life Begins at 30), produced by Saša Janković and featuring guest appearance by Presing
Presing
Presing is a Serbian alternative rock band from Belgrade. Formed in 1990 and named after pressure defense in basketball , Presing were, together with Darkwood Dub and Kanda, Kodža i Nebojša, representatives of the so-called NeoBeo sound, alternative, guitar-based rock music produced in Belgrade in...
vocalist Zoran Radović "Kiza" on the track "Srebrna kap" ("Silver Drop"). Život počinje u 30-oj was the best-selling album in 2002, and was pronounced one of the best albums of the year by the webzine Popboks critics.
The following year, the album U nedogled was remastered and reissued on CD, featuring bonus material consisting of the track "Smak" ("The End of the World") and demo version of the track "Filadelfija" ("Philadelphia"). The band also participated in the 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:...
tribute album Kao da je bilo nekad... (Posvećeno Milanu Mladenoviću) (As if It Had Happened Sometime... (Dedicated to Milan Mladenović)) with the track "Geto" ("Ghetto") originally released on the album Katarina II.
Their sixth studio album, O danima (About the Days), produced by the band themselves and released in 2004, featured nine tracks including "Laka radost" ("Easy Joy") and the title track for which as guest vocalist appeared Veliki Prezir
Veliki Prezir
Veliki Prezir is a Serbian britpop/alternative rock band from Vrbas.- 1990s :...
vocalist Vladimir Kolarić "Kole" and the track "Centrala" ("Central Station") featuring Lira Vega
Lira Vega
- Pozorište Šešira :The band was formed in 1998 as a part of the theatre troupe Pozorište Šešira by Zoja Borovčanin , Dejan Utrvar , Nemanja Aćimović and Vladimir Ðorđević , in order to compose the music for the piece Zima ili snovi ili putovanje u svim pravcima - Pozorište Šešira...
member Vladimir Đorđević "Vlaca" on lead vocals. The album was recorded under the work title Melos, but was eventually renamed due to the usage of the phrase in turbo folk music. In 2006, the band performed as an opening act for Morrisey in Zagreb
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
.
In 2008, the band released the album Jedinstvo (Unity). The guitarist Vladimir Jerić had left the band prior to the album release, and after the album release the vacant spot was filled with a keyboard player, the famous Serbian jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
musician Vasil Hadžimanov. The track "Ženeva" ("Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
") was voted the sixth most popular single in 2008 at B92 and the fifth at the same list on Studio B.
The following year, Darkwood Dub was nominated for the best MTV Adria
MTV Adria
MTV Adria is a localized version of the music and entertainment channel MTV Europe, customized for the Balkan countries that used to be constituent parts of Yugoslavia...
regional act at the MTV Europe
MTV Europe
MTV Europe is a pan-European 24-hour entertainment cable and digital television network launched on August 1, 1987. Initially, the channel served all regions within Europe being one of the very few channels that targeted the entire European continent...
an Awards. During the same year on the webzine Popboks annual lists, the single from Jedinstvo, "Šećer" ("Sugar") was voted the tenth most popular single in 2009 and the music video for the track "Robot" appeared at the sixth place at the music video of the year award. The track "130" appeared on the first place of the Jelen Top 10 list for two weeks on March 2010. On August of the same year, Vučetić announced that the band entered the studio in order to record the material which would be released on the eight studio.
On April 7, 2011, "Nešto sasvim izvesno" ("Something Quite for Certain"), featuring the famous Serbia
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 jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
singer Bisera Veletanlić
Bisera Veletanlić
Bisera Veletanlić is a jazz singer, one of the greatest names of Yugoslavian evergreen scene and the star of music festivals in the 1970s.-Singles:...
, released for free digital download
Music download
A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
through the Exit Music online record label. The single promotes the eight studio album, due to be released in June of the same year through the label for free download as well as in CD format through the Odličan Hrčak independent record label. In less than a week's time, four thousand copies of the single had been downloaded. In June 8, the band released yet another single promoting the upcoming studio release, "Kraj oktobra" ("The End of October"), accompanied by a music video for the track. On July 1, the eight studio album Vidimo se (See You) was released in MP3 format for free digital download thorough Exit Music, as well as on compact disc through Odličan Hrčak.
Film and theatre activities
Based on their song "Usamljeni hašišar" ("The Lonesome HashishHashish
Hashish is a cannabis preparation composed of compressed stalked resin glands, called trichomes, collected from the unfertilized buds of the cannabis plant. It contains the same active ingredients but in higher concentrations than unsifted buds or leaves...
Eater"), which appeared on the debut, Đorđe Marjanović and Nikola Majdak Junior recorded an animated movie of the same name, which got the Yugoslav ASIFA reward for animation.
During 1995, the band recorded their own movie Paramparčad directed by Miloš Stojanović and recorded the soundtrack for the omnibus Ivan Stefanović movie Paket aranžman (Package Deal), used in the story Mačo trip (Macho Trip). The following year, the band recorded the soundtrack for the movie Geto (Ghetto) directed by Mladen Matičević and Ivan Markov.
In 1997, the band recorded music for the play Trainspotting, based on the Irvine Welsh
Irvine Welsh
Irvine Welsh is a contemporary Scottish novelist, best known for his novel Trainspotting. His work is characterised by raw Scottish dialect, and brutal depiction of the realities of Edinburgh life...
novel of the same name
Trainspotting (novel)
Trainspotting is the first novel by Scottish writer Irvine Welsh. It is written in the form of short chapters narrated in the first person by various residents of Leith, Edinburgh, who either use heroin, are friends of the core group of heroin users, or engage in destructive activities that are...
, performed at the BITEF
Bitef
BITEF, Belgrade International Theatre Festival, is one of the theatre festival that takes place in Belgrade, Serbia, each year.Founded in 1967, BITEF has continually followed and supported the latest theater trends...
theatre and directed by Đorđe Marjanović. The recorded material was released as Darkwood Dub by B92 records which also featured five remixes made by Chiq Toxiq, Velja M. and Boris K.
In 2001, a remix of the track "Zapremina" ("Bulk") appeared in the Munje!
Munje!
Munje! is a 2001 film directed by Radivoje Andrić. The main cast include Boris Milivojević, Sergej Trifunović, Nikola Đuričko, Maja Mandžuka, Milica Vujović, Zoran Cvijanović and Nebojša Glogovac...
original soundtrack, released by B92. The following year, the band recorded the soundtrack for the movie Ogledalo (Mirror), directed by Dejan Kovačević, and in 2004, they performed live in the play Rat/Sećanja (War/Memories) directed by Đorđe Marjanović with Putu Viđaja.
Legacy
In 2006, the song "Kolotečina" was ranked #33, and the song "Treći Vavilon" was ranked #35 on the B92 Top 100 Domestic Songs list.Studio albums
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Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
| 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards 2009 The MTV Europe Music Awards 2009 took place in Berlin, Germany at the O2 World and in front of the Brandenburg Gate. The award show was presented by Katy Perry. Nominations were officially announced on September 21, 2009. This is the fourth time that the MTV Europe Music Awards were hosted in... |
MTV Europe Music Awards MTV Europe Music Awards The MTV Europe Music Awards were established in 1994 by MTV Networks Europe to celebrate the most popular music videos in Europe. Originally beginning as an alternative to the American MTV Video Music Awards, the MTV Europe Music Awards is today a popular celebration of what MTV viewers consider... |
Best Adriatic Act MTV Europe Music Award for Best Adria Act The following is a list of the MTV Europe Music Award winners and nominees for Best Adriatic Act.-2000's:-2010's:... |
External links
- Official website
- Darkwood Dub at DiscogsDiscogsDiscogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...
- Darkwood Dub at YoutubeYouTubeYouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
- Darkwood Dub at FacebookFacebookFacebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
- Darkwood Dub at MyspaceMyspaceMyspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
- Darkwood Dub at Last.fmLast.fmLast.fm is a music website, founded in the United Kingdom in 2002. It has claimed 30 million active users in March 2009. On 30 May 2007, CBS Interactive acquired Last.fm for UK£140m ....
- Darkwood Dub at B92.fm