Deca Loših Muzičara
Encyclopedia
Deca Loših Muzičara often abbreviated to DLM, are a funk rock
band from Belgrade
. They were one of most popular Serbian bands in the early 1990s. Most DLM songs are fast and furious funk rock, but melodic, adorned with trumpet
and saxophone
lines.
), Aleksandar Siljanovski "Silja" (vocals), Vladan Miljković Milje (saxophone
), Zoran Milivojević Mikac (drums
), Zoran Živković (bass guitar
), Đorđe Anđelić Kića (trumpet
) and Ivan Blagojević "Uške" (trumpet). Saxophonist Dušan Petrović was also a temporary band member, but soon moved to Plejboj
. After Blagojević's departute, trumpet player Bora Veličković joined the band. The band won the first place at the last Youth Festival in Subotica
in 1990, and the song "Doživotno osuđen na ljubav" ("Sentenced to Love for Life ") was published on the festival compilation album.
The recording of the band's debut album Dobar dan (Good day), produced by Vlada Žeželj, was finished in early 1992, but it was a year later that the album was released. Influenced by the, at the time popular, American rock sound and colored with brass sections, with the prominent songs "Kreditna kartica" ("Credit card"), which partially features lyrics in Slovene language as Siljanovski spoke the language, "Zeka" ("Bunny"), "Ljubomora" ("Jealousy")and "Mara", provided the band's growing popularity. The album also featured two bonus tracks, "Ja sam tvoj čovek" ("I am your man") and "Njena je, njena je" ("It belongs to her, it belongs to her"). The band also represented Yugoslavia
at the Music Days festival held in Strasbourg
. In the meantime, the band's brass section started recording and performing with the oi! punk rock
band Direktori
. The band also appeared in the Srđan Dragojević movie Dva sata kvalitetnog TV programa (Two hours of quality TV programme) performing a cover version of Metak song "Da mi je biti morski pas" ("If I were a shark").
The second album, Prolećni dan (A spring day), accompanied with songs "Vlade Divac", devoted to the famous basketball player
, "Konji ritma" ("Rhythm horses") and the title track became essential part of the band's live performances. The song "Ubiše Pabla" ("Pablo got killed") featured improvised lyrics in Spanish language
. The album was produced by the band themselves, and Puroni on percussion and Dež Molnar on saxophone appeared as guests on the album. The band also recorded a cover version of the AC/DC
single "Let There Be Rock
", which was released on the various artists compilation Ovo je zemlja za nas?!? (This is the land for us?!?) and released by BOOM 93, and appeared on the Radio Index various artists compilation Nas slušju svi, mi ne slušamo nikoga (Everybody listens to us, we listen to nobody) with a live version of "Dobar dan" ("Good day"), recorded at Dom Omladine in Belgrade and "Vi što maštate o sreći" ("You who dream of happiness").
The 1998 album Virus featured the music the band recorded for the Dušan Kovačević
theater play of the same name. The album featured the songs, "Ljubav" ("Love"), featuring lead vocals by the starring actor Ivan Jevtović, and "Dezodorans" ("Deodorant"), and the rest of the released material consisted of instrumental tracks, including a cover version of Maurice Ravel
's Boléro
. During the same year, the band wrote music for another play, Siniša Kovačević
's Kraljević Marko, in which the band appeared as live performers and acting minor roles. The band also appeared on the Drž'te jih!To nisu Niet!!! (Get 'em! They are not Niet) tribute album to the Slovenian band Niet
, with the song "Zastave" ("Flags").
After an 8-year discography break, in 2005, the band recorded a new album ...gde cveta samsung žut (... where the yellow samsung
blooms) in a new lineup. Beside Siljanovski, Milivojević, Živković and Veličković, the new members were trombonist
Mihajlo Bogosavljević, a former Havana Whispers member and Del Arno Band
guitarist, and guitarist Goran Đorđević "Đole". The song lyrics for the album were written by Miljković, who in the meantime had moved to Slovenia
. During the Spring of the following year, Siljanovski left the band and was replaced by Ivan Jevtović, a long-time friend of the band.
In late June, 2009, the band officially announced their disbandment, stating no specific reason. However, in November 2011, the band was announced as one of the performers at the Concert of the Year in Novi Sad
on December 10.
Funk rock
Funk rock is a music genre that fuses funk and rock elements. Its earliest incarnation was heard in the late 1960s through the mid-1970s by acts such as the Jimi Hendrix Experience , Eric Burdon and War, Trapeze, Parliament-Funkadelic, Betty Davis and Mother's Finest. The 1990s were known for acts...
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...
. They were one of most popular Serbian bands in the early 1990s. Most DLM songs are fast and furious funk rock, but melodic, adorned with trumpet
Trumpet
The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
and saxophone
Saxophone
The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
lines.
History
The band was formed in 1988 by Jova Jović (guitarElectric guitar
An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
), Aleksandar Siljanovski "Silja" (vocals), Vladan Miljković Milje (saxophone
Saxophone
The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
), Zoran Milivojević Mikac (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 ....
), Zoran Živković (bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
), Đorđe Anđelić Kića (trumpet
Trumpet
The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
) and Ivan Blagojević "Uške" (trumpet). Saxophonist Dušan Petrović was also a temporary band member, but soon moved to Plejboj
Plejboj
Plejboj was a Serbian punk rock/ska band from Belgrade.- Formation, rise to prominence :...
. After Blagojević's departute, trumpet player Bora Veličković joined the band. The band won the first place at the last Youth Festival in Subotica
Subotica
Subotica is a city and municipality in northern Serbia, in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina...
in 1990, and the song "Doživotno osuđen na ljubav" ("Sentenced to Love for Life ") was published on the festival compilation album.
The recording of the band's debut album Dobar dan (Good day), produced by Vlada Žeželj, was finished in early 1992, but it was a year later that the album was released. Influenced by the, at the time popular, American rock sound and colored with brass sections, with the prominent songs "Kreditna kartica" ("Credit card"), which partially features lyrics in Slovene language as Siljanovski spoke the language, "Zeka" ("Bunny"), "Ljubomora" ("Jealousy")and "Mara", provided the band's growing popularity. The album also featured two bonus tracks, "Ja sam tvoj čovek" ("I am your man") and "Njena je, njena je" ("It belongs to her, it belongs to her"). The band also represented Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
at the Music Days festival held in Strasbourg
Strasbourg
Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin département. The city and the region of Alsace are historically German-speaking,...
. In the meantime, the band's brass section started recording and performing with the oi! punk rock
Oi!
Oi! is a working class subgenre of punk rock that originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s. The music and its associated subculture had the goal of bringing together punks, skinheads and other working-class youths ....
band Direktori
Direktori
Direktori is a Serbian oi! punk/ska group from Belgrade.-1989 – 1999:During the spring of 1989, vocalist Nebojša Drakula, with the former Varšavski Geto member Miroslav Pilipović "Trta" on guitar, former Pogrebni Zavod member Srđan Marić on bass guitar and former Hogari member Dragan "Rale"...
. The band also appeared in the Srđan Dragojević movie Dva sata kvalitetnog TV programa (Two hours of quality TV programme) performing a cover version of Metak song "Da mi je biti morski pas" ("If I were a shark").
The second album, Prolećni dan (A spring day), accompanied with songs "Vlade Divac", devoted to the famous basketball player
Vlade Divac
Vlade Divac is a retired Yugoslav and Serbian professional basketball player who spent most of his career in the NBA. At , he played center and was known for his passing skills...
, "Konji ritma" ("Rhythm horses") and the title track became essential part of the band's live performances. The song "Ubiše Pabla" ("Pablo got killed") featured improvised lyrics in Spanish language
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
. The album was produced by the band themselves, and Puroni on percussion and Dež Molnar on saxophone appeared as guests on the album. The band also recorded a cover version of the AC/DC
AC/DC
AC/DC are an Australian rock band, formed in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Commonly classified as hard rock, they are considered pioneers of heavy metal, though they themselves have always classified their music as simply "rock and roll"...
single "Let There Be Rock
Let There Be Rock (song)
"Let There Be Rock" is a song by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It is the third and title track of their album Let There Be Rock, released in March 1977, and was written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Bon Scott....
", which was released on the various artists compilation Ovo je zemlja za nas?!? (This is the land for us?!?) and released by BOOM 93, and appeared on the Radio Index various artists compilation Nas slušju svi, mi ne slušamo nikoga (Everybody listens to us, we listen to nobody) with a live version of "Dobar dan" ("Good day"), recorded at Dom Omladine in Belgrade and "Vi što maštate o sreći" ("You who dream of happiness").
The 1998 album Virus featured the music the band recorded for the Dušan Kovačević
Dušan Kovacevic
Dušan Kovačević is a Serbian playwright and director best known for his theater plays and movie scripts. He also served as the ambassador of Serbia in Lisbon, Portugal....
theater play of the same name. The album featured the songs, "Ljubav" ("Love"), featuring lead vocals by the starring actor Ivan Jevtović, and "Dezodorans" ("Deodorant"), and the rest of the released material consisted of instrumental tracks, including a cover version of Maurice Ravel
Maurice Ravel
Joseph-Maurice Ravel was a French composer known especially for his melodies, orchestral and instrumental textures and effects...
's Boléro
Boléro
Boléro is a one-movement orchestral piece by Maurice Ravel . Originally composed as a ballet commissioned by Russian ballerina Ida Rubinstein, the piece, which premiered in 1928, is Ravel's most famous musical composition....
. During the same year, the band wrote music for another play, Siniša Kovačević
Siniša Kovačević
Siniša Kovačević playwright, professor of the Belgrade Academy of Arts, is a Serbian author.Born in 1954 in the village of Šuljam in Serbia, Srem. He graduated dramaturgy at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. He is a professor on Academy of Arts in the case dramaturgy. He writes for...
's Kraljević Marko, in which the band appeared as live performers and acting minor roles. The band also appeared on the Drž'te jih!To nisu Niet!!! (Get 'em! They are not Niet) tribute album to the Slovenian band Niet
Niet
Niet is a punk rock and hardcore punk band from Ljubljana, Slovenia. They were one of the most iconic and influential music groups of the Slovenian punk movement and the Punk in Yugoslavia in general...
, with the song "Zastave" ("Flags").
After an 8-year discography break, in 2005, the band recorded a new album ...gde cveta samsung žut (... where the yellow samsung
Samsung Group
The Samsung Group is a South Korean multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea...
blooms) in a new lineup. Beside Siljanovski, Milivojević, Živković and Veličković, the new members were trombonist
Trombone
The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
Mihajlo Bogosavljević, a former Havana Whispers member and Del Arno Band
Del Arno Band
Del Arno Band is a Serbian and former Yugoslav reggae band from Belgrade. Formed in 1986, Del Arno Band are considered the longest lasting Serbian reggae band, and one of the pioneers of Serbian and former Yugoslav reggae scenes.-1980s:...
guitarist, and guitarist Goran Đorđević "Đole". The song lyrics for the album were written by Miljković, who in the meantime had moved to 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...
. During the Spring of the following year, Siljanovski left the band and was replaced by Ivan Jevtović, a long-time friend of the band.
In late June, 2009, the band officially announced their disbandment, stating no specific reason. However, in November 2011, the band was announced as one of the performers at the Concert of the Year in 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....
on December 10.
Legacy
In 2006, the song "Dobardan!" was ranked #36 on the B92 Top 100 Domestic Songs list.Studio albums
- Dobar dan (1992)
- Prolećni dan (1995)
- Virus (1998)
- ...gde cveta samsung žut (2005)
Singles
- "Doživotno osuđen na ljubav" (1990)
- "Let There Be RockLet There Be Rock (song)"Let There Be Rock" is a song by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It is the third and title track of their album Let There Be Rock, released in March 1977, and was written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Bon Scott....
" (1997) - "Dobar dan (Live)" / "Vi što maštate o sreći" (with Rambo AmadeusRambo AmadeusRambo Amadeus is the stage name of the Belgrade-based Montenegrin singer-songwriter Antonije Pušić, popular all over the former Yugoslavia...
, 1997) - "Zastave" (1998)