History

The band was formed in 1997, initially having several lineup changes before the lineup consisting of Biljana Todorovski (guitar, vocals), Maja Cvetković (bass guitar, vocals) and Jarboli

Jarboli

Jarboli is a Serbian alternative rock band from Belgrade.- 1990s :The band was formed in 1991 by Daniel Kovač , Boris Mladenović , Žolt Kovač , and Nemanja Aćimović whom, influenced by garage rock and punk rock, started to compose their own material and to perform in Belgrade clubs,...

 member Nemanja Aćimović (drums) became the default one. The band also had a semi-official band member Sonja Lončar who played an analogous synthesizer until permanently leaving the band in 2002. With a unique musical style influenced by a diverse range of genres, and having a majority of female band members, E-Play quickly got the public's attention to themselves, establishing themselves on the Serbia

Serbia

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n alternative rock

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...

 scene.

As the winners of the 2000 Urban Demo festival, the band got the opportunity to release their eponymous debut album, produced by Goran Živković. Beside the material, featuring the song lyrics written by in both Serbian

Serbian language

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 and English language

English language

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, the band recorded a cover version of the Monteniggers

Monteniggers

Monteniggers was a hip-hop band from Kotor, Montenegro, then Yugoslavia. Its members were Igor Lazić and Yokel-Vanja, also known under the pseudonyms "Lucky Boy" and "Sky" . The group was formed in the late 1980s, and soon became one of the most popular and successful hip-hop bands in...

 track "Pop", originally released in 1996 on the album Tajna marenda

Tajna marenda

Tajna marenda is the first studio album of Montenegrin hip hop group, Monteniggers, which was released in 1996.- Songs :The album contains 10 songs. The track listings are as follows:*1. Pašji pas*2. Ducka diesel*3. Pop*4. Psycho*5. Đekna...

. The album was promoted by several music videos, for the song "Zašto?" ("Why"), directed by Milorad Milinković, "Pop", "Prvi pogled tvoj" ("Your first glance") and "Better Than You".

The following year, the band performed at the 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

EXIT (festival)

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, and performed as an opening act for Asian Dub Foundation

Asian Dub Foundation

Asian Dub Foundation are a British electronica band that plays a mix of rapcore, dub, dancehall and ragga, also using rock instruments, acknowledging a punk influence...

. The band also appeared on the movie soundtrack for the Raša Andrić's movie Munje!

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with the song "Prvi pogled tvoj" ("Your First Look"), later performing on the movie promotion held in Sava Centar and the Republic Square. Director Milan Kilibarda directed a documentary about the band entitled Video dnevnik (Video Journal).

In 2002, as a part of the ad hoc

Ad hoc

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 supergroup

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 Crni Zub i Nova Moćna Organizacija, consisting of Disciplin A Kitschme, Eyesburn

Eyesburn

Eyesburn is a Serbian hardcore punk/crossover thrash band with influences of reggae music.- 1990s :The band was formed in 1994, and the original line-up featured former Dead Ideas guitarist Nemanja "Kojot" Kojić , who simultaneously worked as trombonist in Del Arno Band and bass guitarist in...

 and E-Play members, Sonja Lončar, Biljana Todorovski and Maja Cvetković recorded a cover version of the song "Zemlja" ("Land"), originally released on 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....

 album Ljubav

Ljubav (album)

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(Love), for the 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)). During the same year, the song "In The Middle" appeared on the Miroslav Lekić movie Lavirint (The Labyrinth). The following year, on January, the band performed as a musical background for the Boris Nikolić fashion shows held in Zagreb

Zagreb

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 and Bologna

Bologna

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.

The second studio album, Crime, released in 2005, the band recorded in the lineup which, beside Biljana Todorovski and Maja Cvetković, featured 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...

 (groovebox

Groovebox

The term Groovebox was originally used by Roland corporation to refer to its MC-303, but the term has since entered general use. It refers to a self-contained instrument for the production of live, loop-based electronic music with a high degree of user control facilitating improvisation.A groovebox...

) and Damjan Dašić (drums). The album, produced by Block Out

Block Out (band)

Block Out is a grunge/alternative rock band from Belgrade, Serbia. Their musical style is a combination of artistic alternative rock, punk rock, doom metal and psychedelic rock...

 member Nikola Vranjković, featured a hysteric remix of the song "One again", done by Saša Lovkov and Uroš Milovanović, and as guests on the album appeared Bajaga i Instruktori

Bajaga i Instruktori

Bajaga i Instruktori are a highly popular Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band...

 member Saša Lokner (keyboards), Eyesburn

Eyesburn

Eyesburn is a Serbian hardcore punk/crossover thrash band with influences of reggae music.- 1990s :The band was formed in 1994, and the original line-up featured former Dead Ideas guitarist Nemanja "Kojot" Kojić , who simultaneously worked as trombonist in Del Arno Band and bass guitarist in...

 frontman Nemanja Kojić "Coyote"

Nemanja Kojic

Nemanja Kojić is Serbian footballer who plays as a striker in Serbian SuperLiga club FK Rad Belgrade...

 (trombone, vocals), Block Out member Dragoljub Marković (keyboards) and Overdrive

Overdrive (band)

- History :The band was formed in 1992 by Dragan Midorović . The band performed as a cover band with various band lineups until the arrival of Damir Milutinov and Aleksandar Midorović , when they started writing their own material. The band released their debut album No More Words through the...

 member Damir Milutinov (vocals). During the same year, the band performed as an opening act for the Faithless

Faithless

Faithless were a British electronica band consisting of Maxi Jazz, Sister Bliss and Rollo. The group is best known for their dance songs . Faithless recorded six albums. During their career they sold over 15 million records worldwide...

 performance in Belgrade.

In 2009, the band released the third studio album, Drago mi je da smo se upoznali (Nice to Meet You), promoted by a music video for the song "Sramota" ("Shame"), directed by Marko Sovilj. The album, once again produced by Nikola Vranjković, featured guest appearances by Aleksandar Petrović "Alek", drums on "Loš dan" ("Bad Day") and "Bez reči" ("Wordless"), Sunshine

Sunshine (Serbian band)

- 1990s :The band was formed in 1993 by the vocalist Branko Bojović "Bane", also known as Gumbrowski, who, having previously worked in the Novi Beograd band Green Cool Posse, formed Sunshine with vocalist Đorđe Radivojević, also known as Đole Ramirez...

 vocalist Bane Bojović, vocals and lyrics on "Vremeplov" ("Time Machine") and Block Out member Dejan Hasečić on the three previously mentioned tracks. As a bonus track on the album appeared a Marko Nastić remix of the song "Too Late". Beside the album being available on CD

Compact Disc

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, released by the Cinema City record label, an mp3

MP3

MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...

 version of the album, available for free digital download

Music download

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 was released by the Exit Music label.

Studio albums

• E-Play (2000)
• Crime (2005)
• Drago mi je da smo se upoznali (2009)

External links

• Official website
• E-Play at Myspace
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• E-Play at Facebook
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• E-Play at Youtube
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• E-Play at Discogs
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• E-Play at Rateyourmusic
• E-Play at Last.fm
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• E-Play at B92.fm