Električni Orgazam
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Električni Orgazam is a Serbia
n rock
band from Belgrade
. Originally starting as a combination of New Wave
, punk rock
and post-punk
, the band later slowly changed their style, becoming a mainstream rock act.
band Hipnotisano Pile (Hypnotized Chicken), formed in 1979, which got the name by the line from the Iggy Pop
song "Lust For Life
", consisted of Srđan Gojković "Gile" (drums), Ljubomir Jovanović "Jovec" (guitar), Bojan Banović (vocals), Vladan Stepanović (guitar), "Džo" Otašević (keyboards). The band performed their own material, mainly written by Banović, on Guitar festivals in Belgrade
.
On mid-January 1980, at the Mornar bistro
, after a Leb i Sol
concert held at the Belgrade Dom Sindikata, Hipnotisano Pile members, drummer Gojković and guitarist Jovanović, were sitting with organ player Ljubomir Đukić "Ljuba", and planning to form an ad hoc
punk rock
group, in which Gojković was to play guitar and sing lead vocals, and Jovanović to switch to playing drums. The band was to play as an opening act for Hipnotisano Pile. The idea for the band name came from Gojković, and, while they were waiting for the waiter, Đukić wrote the lyrics for the song "Konobar
" ("The Waiter"). Soon after, Gojković wrote a few more songs, "Krokodili dolaze" ("Crocodiles Are Coming"), "Zlatni papagaj" ("Golden Parrotbill"), and "Vi" ("You"). The band was officially formed on January 13, 1980 and was completed with guitarist Goran Sinadinović and female bassist Marina Vulić.
The band members then went to Momčilo Rajin and Nebojša Pajkić
, both of them in charge of the SKC program, asking for the rehearsal room and booking their first live appearance. On June 1980, the band played as an opening act for Hipnotisano Pile in front of the crowd of about 300 people. Dissatisfied with the Hipnotisano Pile performance, more than half of the audience left the hall. After the performance, Hipnotisano Pile disbanded. Sinadinović also left left Električni Orgazam, and with Bojan Banović formed the band Petar i Zli Vuci
. Jovanović returned to playing guitar, and the drummer became former Butik drummer Goran Čavajda "Čavke", whom Gojković asked on several occasions to join the band.
The lineup had their first live appearance at a local party, and, soon after, at the Palilula Culture Olympics, where they stopped the performance due to the unsatisfactory amplification
. On Autumn of the same year, the band performed at the Subotica
Youth festival, which was arranged by Riblja Čorba
leader Bora Đorđević. Before the performance, the band was warned not to move too much on the stage which had several levels and was unstable. The reaction of the band was quite the opposite, breaking microphones, cymbals, and kitschy stage decorations, eventually getting disqualified. The festival was the place where New Wave bands from Belgrade and Zagreb
had met for the first time, and the Zagreb band Film won the festival.
The following year, the band had their first recordings, the songs "Krokodili dolaze" , "Zlatni papagaj" and "Vi", released by Jugoton
on the Paket aranžman
(Package deal), three way split album
, with the recordings of Idoli and Šarlo Akrobata
. The compilation was to feature two more bands, Tunel
, and the embryonic Bajaga i Instruktori
called Fleke, but were eventually turned down. The success of Paket aranžman provided the band an opportunity to record and release their debut album under the same label. The band was previously turned down by RTV Ljubljana, stating that the album lacked originality, and PGP-RTB
, which had problems with the song lyrics for "Krokodili dolaze" and "Nebo" ("The Sky
").
Električni orgazam
, produced by Ivan Stančić "Piko", featured the band's authentic sound, found in the songs "Nebo", "Konobar
", "I've Got a Feeling
", both released on the band first single, and new versions of "Krokodili dolaze" and "Vi". The album did not feature the band drummer Čavajda, who was at the time serving the Yugoslav People's Army
, being temporarily replaced by Grupa I
member Branko Kuštrin "Mango". The album, for which the album cover and design was done by Gojković, had positive reactions by both the audience and the critics, including a review of the album by the NME
journalist Kris Bohn, who stated that the band was one of the most exciting non-British
acts. Since Gojković was spending time in London
, he provided the New Musical Express with a few copies of the album, resulting the band signing with Rough Trade Records
for distributing the copies of the album to England
. After the album release, on Autumn 1981, Marina Vulić left the band, being replaced by Jovan Jovanović "Grof", and Čavajda returned to the group.
In the meantime, the band met a student from Poland
, Grzegorz Brzozowicz, who had contacts with the people from the Warsaw
club Rivijera Remont, gathering the fans of New Wave and punk rock. Bzozovič arranged the three bands from Paket aranžman to perform in Poland, and after Šarlo Akrobata, on November, the band went on a tour of Poland, playing six dates, four Warsaw
, one at Kraków
, and one at Kalisz
. The November 8 performance, at Rivijera Remont, was recorded on a simple tape recorder
, later released on the six-song Warszawa '81
EP
, limited to 2000 copies, being the first official bootleg
in former Yugoslavia
. The rough recordings were post-produced by Slobodan Konjović, presenting a valid document of the band sound, as well as the audience reaction, not accustomed to visiting punk rock concerts. During the performance of the song "Konobar", there was a half-minute sound equipment failure, during which a member of the audience dropped tear gas. The disturbance was documented on the record, which featured two new songs, "Leptir" ("The Butterfly") and "Razgovori" ("Conversations").
The album Lišće prekriva Lisabon
(Leaves Fall Over Lisbon
) was recorded at the Ljubljana
Tivoli Studio, produced by the band themselves with the help of Toni Jurij. The album, which got the name by the title of the Serbian translation of the Barbara Cartland
novel Lovers in Lisbon, featured seventeen songs, presenting a new aspect of the band's work, gradually influenced by psychedelic rock
, with all the tracks having one-word song titles. Gojković later stated that the during the writing process the band was experimenting with LSD
, which influenced the outbreak of the album. The songs "Afrika
" ("Africa
") and "Alabama
", a cover version of The Doors
interpretation of the Bertolt Brecht
poem, featured Gojković and Đukić sharing vocals duties. The song "Dokolica
" ("Idleness"), also released on single with the dub
version of the song on B-side, featured the lyrics Gojković found in a sociology
book, and the songs "Leptir", "Odelo" ("Suit") and "Podstanar" ("Sub-tenant"), deal with the problems of urban
alienation
. The album featured guest appearance by the trumpet
player Petar Ugrin on the songs "Alabama" and "Leptir".
On Autumn of 1983, Gojković and Ivan Stančić "Piko", influenced by the New York City
underground scene, formed the band Hijene (Hyena
s), and recorded the album WooDoo za početnike (Voodoo For Beginners). However, dissatisfied with the record label treatment, the album was never released, but it did inspire the recording of the band fifth album Distorzija
(Distortion). The next discography release was the unexpected cover album
Les Chansones Populaires
(French
for Popular songs
), produced by Gojković, Đukić, Toni Jurij and Piko Stančić, who also played drums due to Čavajda being in prison, featuring eight cover versions, including the David Bowie
"The Man Who Sold The World
", T.Rex "Metal Guru
", The Doors "When the Music's Over
", and Little Eva
"Locomotion
, the latter also released on single. The tour following the album release featured Mango Kuštrin on drums.
(As The Drum Decides), musically influenced by the early 1970s work of the Rolling Stones, also suggested by the album artwork. Like on all of the previous releases, vocal duties were shared between Gojković and Đukić. The track "Fras u šupi" ("Seizure
In The Shed
"), which appeared on the album, was a part of the trilogy
, beside the story collection, written by David Albahari
, and the poem of the same name, written by Miloš Komadina in his poetry book Etika trave (Grass Ethics). The song music and lyrics were written by Gojković, except for "Pričam o tebi" ("I Am Talking About You"), for which the music was written by Čavajda.
The album did not repeat the success of the previous releases, leading Đukić to leaving the band and moving to New York. The band, being in the personnel crisis, firstly featured Ivan Pajević on guitar, then former Siluete
member Nikola Čuturilo
, until the full-time member became Branislav Petrović "Banana", a former Bezobrazno Zeleno
and Pasta ZZ
member. In 1986, when the band was about to record the album Distorzija
, bassist Jovanović left the band and stopped his musical career. His replacement was the former Katarina II
and Du-Du-A member Zoran Radomirović "Švaba". The comeback album, Distorzija, with simple rock songs, featured the hit songs "Debela devojka" ("Fat Girl"), "Ja sam težak kao konj" ("I Am Heavy As A Horse"), "Ne postojim" ("I Do Not Exist"), "Vudu bluz" ("Voodoo Blues"), "Kapetan Esid" ("Captain Acid"), "Ša la la" ("Sha La La"), and "Lui Lui" ("Louie Louie
"), a cover of Richard Berry
song. The album was produced by Gojković and Stančić, and the cover for the album was done by the painter Radovan Hiršl.
The next release was the live album Braćo i sestre
(Brothers And Sisters), recorded on October 1986 at the Zagreb
club Kulušić
. The album, featuring the guest introduction by Dražen Vrdoljak and guest vocals by Ljubomir Đukić on the song "Locomotion", included the new track "Bejbe, ti nisi tu" ("Baby, You Are Not Here"), a cover version of the Rolling Stones song "Out Of Time". Two years later, in 1988, the band, with the same musical style, released the album Letim, sanjam, dišem
(Flying
, Dream
ing, Breathing
), and the songs "Igra rock 'n' roll cela Jugoslavija" ("The Whole Yugoslavia
Is Dancing To Rock And Roll
"), "Ti" ("You"), "Poljubi me i priznaj mi" ("Kiss Me And Confess"), and "Sve ste vi naš devojke" ("All Of You Are Our Girlfriends") became immediate hits. The album was produced by Gojković, Stančić and Theodore Yanni, and featured guest appearance by Partibrejkers
guitarist Nebojša Antonijević "Anton" and Bajaga i Instruktori
keyboard player Saša Lokner.
On Summer of the same year, the band promoted the album with a concert at Tašmajdan Stadium. During the same year, they released the greatest hits compilation album Najbolje pesme 1980-1988 (The Best Songs 1980-1988), and disbanded. Radomirović and Petrović joined the band Trans. Gojković pursued a solo career, releasing his first solo album Evo sada vidiš da može (Now You See It Is Possible), released in 1989, and worked on the Kako je propao rokenrol (The Fall Of Rock 'N' Roll) and Crni bombarder (Black Bomber) movie soundtracks. With Vlada Divljan
, he released two music albums for children Rokenrol za decu (Rock 'N' Roll For Children), and Rokenrol bukvar (Rock 'N' Roll Alphabet), and the two, with Stančić and Radomirović, released the album Lutka koja kaže ne (A Doll That Says No). Čavajda went to Australia
in 1988, and returned in 1991, joining Gojković and Radomirović on the Lutka koja kaže ne tour.
only, featured the rest of Novi Sad concert recordings and "Svečane bele košulje" ("Ceremony White Shirts") and "Mjau, mjau" ("Meow, Meow"), made at the B92
birthday concert. The album covers for both releases were designed by Linda Čavajda, Čavajda's wife.
In 1992, Čavajda, Gojković and Radomirović, with Ljubomir Jovanović, Ekatarina Velika
frontman Milan Mladenović
, and Partibrejkers
members Zoran Kostić "Cane" and Nebojša Antonijević "Anton" formed the anti-war
group Rimtutituki
, recording the single "Slušaj 'vamo" ("Listen Up"), released by Radio B92. The following year, on September, the band, with Ekatarina Velika, Partibrejkers, and the Zagreb
band Vještice, performed in Prague
and Berlin
on the concerts entitled Ko to tamo pjeva (Who's That Singing Over There). Električni Orgazam was also one of the first Serbian bands to perform in Ljubljana
, with the band Majke
from Vinkovci
, also playing in Maribor
, Koper and Hum. At the time, the band often performed in the Republic of Macedonia
.
The double album Zašto da ne!
(Why Not!), featuring a stylistic combination of Lišće prekriva Lisabon and Distorzija combined with the 1990s musical trends, was recorded with guitarist Dejan Radisavljević "Role", a former Revolveri member, keyboard player Zoran Zagorčić, a former Du-Du-A member, and Srđan Todorović as the second drummer. As guests on the album appeared Zoran Kostić "Cane" (vocals), politician Nenad Čanak
(flute), Nenad Racković (backing vocals), and Neša Petrović (saxophone). The acoustically oriented song sections for the album were composed by Petrović, who co-written the song "Dajem ljubav" ("I Give Love") with Zagorčić. By Gojković's idea, the album cover was designed by Džukele
guitarist Leonid Pilipović, expanding it with a short comic-book.
After the album release, Čavajda left the band, completely devoting himself to the band Babe, formed in 1992, and was replaced by the former Pasta ZZ and Partibrejkers member Vlada Funtek.
club The Bottom Line. The recordings from the performance were used by Marina Vulić, who lived in London since 1985, working as video producer, for the release of a promotional video. On April 17, 1996, the band performed an unplugged
concert at the Novi Sad Studio M, featuring the band introduction by Zdenko Kolar
, and guest appearances by Margita Stefanović
(piano, Farfisa
organ), Boris Bunjac (percussion), and Deže Molnar (saxophone). The album, recorded with the new drummer Miloš Velimir "Buca", featured a cover version of the Korni Grupa
song "Magična ruka" ("Magic Hand").
Beside working with Električni Orgazam, Gojković played in the Vlada Divljan
Old Stars Band, producing their live album Odbrana i zaštita (Defence And Protection), and performed on their studio album Sve laži sveta (All The Lies Of The World), released by Automatik Records in 2000. Founding the Yellow Dog records, Gojković re-released most of the Električni Orgazam releases on compact disc, featuring bonus material. The debut album featured the three songs from Paket aranžman, Lišće prekriva Lisabon featured the "Dokolica
" dub version, Kako bubanj kaže featured "Tetovirane devojke
" ("Tattoo
ed Girls") , the title track single B-side, and the previously unreleased "Slakta mala devojčica" ("Sweet Little Girl"), Seks, droga, nasilje i strah / Balkan Horror Rock and Balkan Horror Rock II were released as a single CD, featuring the bonus track "Hodam sad kao zombi", a cover of the Roky Erickson
"I Walked with a Zombie" with Gojković on lead vocals, and the live EP Warszava '81 was expanded with ten live recordings from the Polish tour.
On July 10, 1998, the band, in the lineup Gojković, Petrović, bassist Zdenko Kolar
, and drummer Ivan Ranković "Raka", a former Tvrdo Srce i Velike Uši and Ekatarina Velika member, guest starred the concert featuring bands from former Yugoslav republics. The following year, the band recorded the comeback CD A um bum
(A 'oom Boom), featuring guest appearances by numerous rock veterans, Kornelije Kovač
, Branko Marušić "Čutura"
, Bata Kostić, and the younger musicians, keyboard player Slobodan Misailović and drummers Ivan Ranković and Srđan Todorović. The cataclysmic drawings on the album cover were done by Gojković, and the album featured the Dylanesque
acoustic rock sound. Lead vocals for the tracks "Gde da nađem takvu devojku" ("Where Would I Find Such A Girl"), and "Ja nisam znao neke stvari" ("I Did Not Know Some Things") were done by Petrović.
On May 2000, the band performed at the Zagreb club Tvornica, and the KSET performance was canceled due to the arrest of Gojković by the police which found 0,22 grams of heroin in his possession. The media gave much attention to the affair, and Gojković was released after a night in prison, where the police officers asked for autographs and taking pictures with him, with a fee of 250 Deutsche Marks.
The compilation album Najbolje pesme vol. 2 1992-1999 (The Best Songs Volume 2 1992-1999), featuring the selection of the tracks recorded in the 1990s. The following album, Harmonajzer, produced by Dušan Kojić "Koja"
, Gojković and Petrović, featured the new drummer Blagoje Nedeljković "Pače", and guest appearances by Vlada Divljan
(wah guitar), Zoran Erkan "Zerkman" (trumpet), Nemanja Kojić "Kojot"
(trombome), Dušan Petrović (saxophone), Zdenko Kolar and Boris Bunjac (backing vocals). Ljuba Đukić did the lead vocals for the track "Zato stojim sam" ("That Is Why I Stand Alone"), and Petrović sang lead vocals for "Promene" ("Changes") and "Tome neće doći kraj" ("It Would Not End"). Radomirović and Kojić co-wrote two instrumental tracks, "Đankarlo Gingva ponovo jaše" ("Giancarlo Gingva Rides Again") and "PECTOPAH 3 OPA" (false friend
pun
for "RESOURANT DAWN").
(Peaches In Heavy Syrup Volume 1) in 2006, using the unused album title of the album Lišće prekriva Lisabon
, featuring the rehearsal recordings made at the Belgrade SKC and the performance at Tašmajdan Stadium, both recorded in 1980. The band then went on a nine-dates mini tour, performing the songs from the New Wave
period in a modern and rearranged manner, including the last concert at the Belgrade Dom Omladine, featuring guest appearance by the founding band member Ljubomir Jovanović "Jovec". The whole concert was recorded and on the recordings were released on the live album ElOrgNewWave
, by Mascom in 2007. During the same year, on July 14, the band performed as an opening act for the Rolling Stones, being the only Serbian band to ever succeed in it. On September of the same year, the band went on their first United States
tour.
On September 28, 2008, the band performed at the 30th anniversary of New Wave music in Yugoslavia at the concert held in the Zagreb
Tvornica kulture, along with the most notable participants of the Yugoslav
New Wave, including Darko Rundek
of Haustor
, Pero Lovšin
of Pankrti
, Jasenko Houra and Davorin Bogović of Prljavo Kazalište
and Vlada Divljan
of Idoli. The songs "Konobar
", "Krokodili dolaze", "Leptir", "Nebo", and "Zlatni papagaj" performed at the concert were released on the live album Sedmorica veličanstvenih - 30 godina kasnije (The Magnificent Seven - 30 Years Later). On December 2009, Croatia records
, the heir of Jugoton
, released the double compilation album The Ultimate Collection
, the only one so far to feature the selected material from all the studio releases, and the song selection for the album was provided by Miloš Ivanović "Kepa", the music editor of Radio B92. On January 11 of the following year, the band celebrated their 30th anniversary at the Belgrade Akademija club, featuring the premiere of the new single, the song "Nemaš nikome ništa da daš" ("You Have Nothing To Share"), with the entire concert being available for live Internet streaming
.
Eight years since the release of the previous studio album, the album To što vidiš to i jeste
(What You See Is What You Get), was released on early September 2010, under the Belgrade Dom Omladine label, with Telekom Srbija
as the main distributor for the first two months. In order to promote the album release, the band recorded a music video for the song "Nemaš nikome ništa da daš". Produced by Vojislav Aralica, who also recorded percussion sections, the album featured seven songs, including "Pokaži mi" ("Show me") and "Nikad ne znam" ("I never Know") on which as guest guitarist appeared the former Katarina II member Dragomir Mihajlović "Gagi"
. In a month's period during which the promotion had lasted, the album was sold in 50,000 copies. On November 1 of the same year, the single "Nemaš nikome ništa da daš" appeared on the first place of the Jelen Top Ten list, remaining on the first place for two weeks. The following month, the Croatia
n record label Dallas Records
released an expanded edition of the album for the former Yugoslav
territory, featuring three new studio tracks, "Mister Ministar" ("Mister Minister"), "Gde God Odem" ("Wherever I Go") and "Da, da, da, da" ("Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes"), and the sister firm of Dallas Records, Mars Music, took over the tour management for Slovenia
and Croatia.
On January 2011, To što vidiš to i jeste was voted #7 on the list of Best Domestic Albums in 2010 by the readers of Popboks and #9 according to the Popboks critics. The following month, on February 2, the band got the Oskar Popularnosti award for the Best Serbian Rock Act in 2010. At the time, the band released the promotional video for the track "Mister Ministar", recorded at the Zagreb Dvorana Velesajam
and directed by Tomislav Pović. Gojković also announced that on Autumn the band is to reissue the album, with yet another bonus track, as a double vinyl edition. In October, the band released the video for the song "Bliži Suncu" ("Closer to the Sun").
(YU 100: The Best albums of Yugoslav pop and rock music) features two Električni Orgazam albums: Distorzija
, ranked #24, and Kako bubanj kaže
, ranked #73. In the same book, Paket aranžman
was ranked #2.
The B92 Top 100 Domestic Songs list fetaures two songs by Električni Orgazam: "Nebo", ranked #26, and "Krokodili dolaze", ranked #72.
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n rock
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band from Belgrade
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. Originally starting as a combination of New Wave
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, punk rock
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and post-punk
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, the band later slowly changed their style, becoming a mainstream rock act.
New Wave years (1980-1983)
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band Hipnotisano Pile (Hypnotized Chicken), formed in 1979, which got the name by the line from the Iggy Pop
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song "Lust For Life
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", consisted of Srđan Gojković "Gile" (drums), Ljubomir Jovanović "Jovec" (guitar), Bojan Banović (vocals), Vladan Stepanović (guitar), "Džo" Otašević (keyboards). The band performed their own material, mainly written by Banović, on Guitar festivals in Belgrade
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.
On mid-January 1980, at the Mornar bistro
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, after a Leb i Sol
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concert held at the Belgrade Dom Sindikata, Hipnotisano Pile members, drummer Gojković and guitarist Jovanović, were sitting with organ player Ljubomir Đukić "Ljuba", and planning to form an ad hoc
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punk rock
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group, in which Gojković was to play guitar and sing lead vocals, and Jovanović to switch to playing drums. The band was to play as an opening act for Hipnotisano Pile. The idea for the band name came from Gojković, and, while they were waiting for the waiter, Đukić wrote the lyrics for the song "Konobar
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" ("The Waiter"). Soon after, Gojković wrote a few more songs, "Krokodili dolaze" ("Crocodiles Are Coming"), "Zlatni papagaj" ("Golden Parrotbill"), and "Vi" ("You"). The band was officially formed on January 13, 1980 and was completed with guitarist Goran Sinadinović and female bassist Marina Vulić.
The band members then went to Momčilo Rajin and Nebojša Pajkić
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, both of them in charge of the SKC program, asking for the rehearsal room and booking their first live appearance. On June 1980, the band played as an opening act for Hipnotisano Pile in front of the crowd of about 300 people. Dissatisfied with the Hipnotisano Pile performance, more than half of the audience left the hall. After the performance, Hipnotisano Pile disbanded. Sinadinović also left left Električni Orgazam, and with Bojan Banović formed the band Petar i Zli Vuci
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. Jovanović returned to playing guitar, and the drummer became former Butik drummer Goran Čavajda "Čavke", whom Gojković asked on several occasions to join the band.
The lineup had their first live appearance at a local party, and, soon after, at the Palilula Culture Olympics, where they stopped the performance due to the unsatisfactory amplification
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. On Autumn of the same year, the band performed at the Subotica
Subotica
Subotica is a city and municipality in northern Serbia, in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina...
Youth festival, which was arranged by Riblja Čorba
Riblja Corba
Riblja Čorba is a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band. Their presence on the scene has lasted from 1978 to today. They reached their peak of popularity in the 1980s, but it has declined in the 1990s, partly due to controversial political attitudes of the band's leader Bora Đorđević...
leader Bora Đorđević. Before the performance, the band was warned not to move too much on the stage which had several levels and was unstable. The reaction of the band was quite the opposite, breaking microphones, cymbals, and kitschy stage decorations, eventually getting disqualified. The festival was the place where New Wave bands from Belgrade and 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...
had met for the first time, and the Zagreb band Film won the festival.
The following year, the band had their first recordings, the songs "Krokodili dolaze" , "Zlatni papagaj" and "Vi", released by Jugoton
Jugoton
Jugoton was the largest record label and chain record store in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia based in Zagreb, Socialist Republic of Croatia. After the breakup of Yugoslavia the company continued to work in independent Republic of Croatia under the name Croatia...
on the Paket aranžman
Paket aranžman
Paket aranžman is a New Wave music compilation album released in 1980 by Jugoton and its one of the most important and influential records ever made in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. It features the eminent Belgrade artists: Šarlo Akrobata, Električni Orgazam and Idoli...
(Package deal), three way split album
Split album
A split album is a music album which includes tracks by two or more separate artists. There have been singles and EPs released in the same nature, which can be referred to as split singles and split EPs respectively...
, with the recordings of Idoli and Šarlo Akrobata
Šarlo Akrobata
Šarlo Akrobata were a seminal Yugoslav rock band often categorized as late punk or New Wave, particularly art-oriented. Short-lived but extremely influential, in addition to being one of the most important acts of the Yugoslav New Wave scene, the three piece left an indelible mark on the entire...
. The compilation was to feature two more bands, Tunel
Tunel (band)
Tunel was a former Yugoslav rock band from Belgrade.-1980 – 1992:The band was formed in 1980 by Ljuba Ninković , Vladimir "Vlada" Janković "Džet" , and Steva Stevanović...
, and the embryonic Bajaga i Instruktori
Bajaga i Instruktori
Bajaga i Instruktori are a highly popular Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band...
called Fleke, but were eventually turned down. The success of Paket aranžman provided the band an opportunity to record and release their debut album under the same label. The band was previously turned down by RTV Ljubljana, stating that the album lacked originality, and PGP-RTB
PGP-RTB
PGP-RTB was a major record label and chain record store in the former SFR Yugoslavia based in Belgrade, Socialist Republic of Serbia. PGP-RTB was established in 1958...
, which had problems with the song lyrics for "Krokodili dolaze" and "Nebo" ("The Sky
Sky
The sky is the part of the atmosphere or outer space visible from the surface of any astronomical object. It is difficult to define precisely for several reasons. During daylight, the sky of Earth has the appearance of a pale blue surface because the air scatters the sunlight. The sky is sometimes...
").
Električni orgazam
Električni orgazam (album)
-Personnel:*Marina Vulić — bass guitar*Mango — drums*Ljubomir Jovanović — guitar*Srđan Gojković — guitar, vocals*Ljubomir Đukić — organ, piano, vocals*Mladen Škalec — engineer...
, produced by Ivan Stančić "Piko", featured the band's authentic sound, found in the songs "Nebo", "Konobar
Konobar
"Konobar" is the first single recorded and released by the Serbian new wave band Električni Orgazam. It was released in 1981 by Jugoton. The song also appeared on the band's debut album and several various artists compilations...
", "I've Got a Feeling
I've Got a Feeling
"I've Got a Feeling" is a song by The Beatles, from the 1970 album Let It Be. It is one of the songs on the album from the Rooftop Concert...
", both released on the band first single, and new versions of "Krokodili dolaze" and "Vi". The album did not feature the band drummer Čavajda, who was at the time serving the Yugoslav People's Army
Yugoslav People's Army
The Yugoslav People's Army , also referred to as the Yugoslav National Army , was the military of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.-Origins:The origins of the JNA can...
, being temporarily replaced by Grupa I
Grupa I
Grupa I was a Serbian and former Yugoslav New Wave band from Belgrade, active in the late 1970s and early 1980s.- History :...
member Branko Kuštrin "Mango". The album, for which the album cover and design was done by Gojković, had positive reactions by both the audience and the critics, including a review of the album by the NME
NME
The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
journalist Kris Bohn, who stated that the band was one of the most exciting non-British
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
acts. Since Gojković was spending time in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, he provided the New Musical Express with a few copies of the album, resulting the band signing with Rough Trade Records
Rough Trade Records
Rough Trade Records is an independent record label based in London. It was formed in 1978 by Geoff Travis who had opened a record store off Ladbroke Grove...
for distributing the copies of the album to England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. After the album release, on Autumn 1981, Marina Vulić left the band, being replaced by Jovan Jovanović "Grof", and Čavajda returned to the group.
In the meantime, the band met a student from 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...
, Grzegorz Brzozowicz, who had contacts with the people from the Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
club Rivijera Remont, gathering the fans of New Wave and punk rock. Bzozovič arranged the three bands from Paket aranžman to perform in Poland, and after Šarlo Akrobata, on November, the band went on a tour of Poland, playing six dates, four Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
, one at Kraków
Kraków
Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...
, and one at Kalisz
Kalisz
Kalisz is a city in central Poland with 106,857 inhabitants , the capital city of the Kalisz Region. Situated on the Prosna river in the southeastern part of the Greater Poland Voivodeship, the city forms a conurbation with the nearby towns of Ostrów Wielkopolski and Nowe Skalmierzyce...
. The November 8 performance, at Rivijera Remont, was recorded on a simple tape recorder
Tape recorder
An audio tape recorder, tape deck, reel-to-reel tape deck, cassette deck or tape machine is an audio storage device that records and plays back sounds, including articulated voices, usually using magnetic tape, either wound on a reel or in a cassette, for storage...
, later released on the six-song Warszawa '81
Warszawa '81
Warszawa '81 is an EP by the Serbian New Wave band Električni Orgazam. The EP was recorded live during the three dates tour in Warsaw, Poland. The cover, designed by Srđan Gojković Gile featured the Polish language version of the band's name, Elektryczny Orgazm...
EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
, limited to 2000 copies, being the first official bootleg
Bootleg recording
A bootleg recording is an audio or video recording of a performance that was not officially released by the artist or under other legal authority. The process of making and distributing such recordings is known as bootlegging...
in former Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
. The rough recordings were post-produced by Slobodan Konjović, presenting a valid document of the band sound, as well as the audience reaction, not accustomed to visiting punk rock concerts. During the performance of the song "Konobar", there was a half-minute sound equipment failure, during which a member of the audience dropped tear gas. The disturbance was documented on the record, which featured two new songs, "Leptir" ("The Butterfly") and "Razgovori" ("Conversations").
The album Lišće prekriva Lisabon
Lišće prekriva Lisabon
Lišće prekriva Lisabon is the second studio album by Serbian/Yugoslavian New wave band Električni orgazam. It was released in 1982 by Jugoton.-"A" side:#"Pođimo"#"Alabama" #"Žuto"# "Sam"# "Glave"...
(Leaves Fall Over Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
) was recorded at the Ljubljana
Ljubljana
Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...
Tivoli Studio, produced by the band themselves with the help of Toni Jurij. The album, which got the name by the title of the Serbian translation of the Barbara Cartland
Barbara Cartland
Dame Barbara Hamilton Cartland, DBE, CStJ , was an English author, one of the most prolific authors of the 20th century...
novel Lovers in Lisbon, featured seventeen songs, presenting a new aspect of the band's work, gradually influenced by psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music that is inspired or influenced by psychedelic culture and attempts to replicate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of psychedelic drugs. It emerged during the mid 1960s among folk rock and blues rock bands in United States and the United Kingdom...
, with all the tracks having one-word song titles. Gojković later stated that the during the writing process the band was experimenting with LSD
LSD
Lysergic acid diethylamide, abbreviated LSD or LSD-25, also known as lysergide and colloquially as acid, is a semisynthetic psychedelic drug of the ergoline family, well known for its psychological effects which can include altered thinking processes, closed and open eye visuals, synaesthesia, an...
, which influenced the outbreak of the album. The songs "Afrika
Afrika (song)
"Afrika" is a B-side song of the third single by Serbian new wave band Električni Orgazam and the second single from the Lišće prekriva Lisabon album. The lead vocals on the track were done by Ljubomir Đukić...
" ("Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
") and "Alabama
Alabama Song
The "Alabama Song" was originally published in Bertolt Brecht's Hauspostille . It was set to music by Kurt Weill for the 1927 "Songspiel" Mahagonny and used again in Weill's and Brecht's 1930 opera Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny...
", a cover version of The Doors
The Doors
The Doors were an American rock band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, California, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, drummer John Densmore, and guitarist Robby Krieger...
interpretation of the Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht was a German poet, playwright, and theatre director.An influential theatre practitioner of the 20th century, Brecht made equally significant contributions to dramaturgy and theatrical production, the latter particularly through the seismic impact of the tours undertaken by the...
poem, featured Gojković and Đukić sharing vocals duties. The song "Dokolica
Dokolica
"Dokolica" is the second single recorded and released by the Serbian new wave band Električni Orgazam. It was released in 1982 by Jugoton...
" ("Idleness"), also released on single with the dub
Dub music
Dub is a genre of music which grew out of reggae music in the 1960s, and is commonly considered a subgenre, though it has developed to extend beyond the scope of reggae...
version of the song on B-side, featured the lyrics Gojković found in a sociology
Sociology
Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...
book, and the songs "Leptir", "Odelo" ("Suit") and "Podstanar" ("Sub-tenant"), deal with the problems of urban
Urban area
An urban area is characterized by higher population density and vast human features in comparison to areas surrounding it. Urban areas may be cities, towns or conurbations, but the term is not commonly extended to rural settlements such as villages and hamlets.Urban areas are created and further...
alienation
Social alienation
The term social alienation has many discipline-specific uses; Roberts notes how even within the social sciences, it “is used to refer both to a personal psychological state and to a type of social relationship”...
. The album featured guest appearance by the 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...
player Petar Ugrin on the songs "Alabama" and "Leptir".
On Autumn of 1983, Gojković and Ivan Stančić "Piko", influenced by the New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
underground scene, formed the band Hijene (Hyena
Hyena
Hyenas or Hyaenas are the animals of the family Hyaenidae of suborder feliforms of the Carnivora. It is the fourth smallest biological family in the Carnivora , and one of the smallest in the mammalia...
s), and recorded the album WooDoo za početnike (Voodoo For Beginners). However, dissatisfied with the record label treatment, the album was never released, but it did inspire the recording of the band fifth album Distorzija
Distorzija
Distorzija is the fifth studio album by Serbian/Yugoslavian New wave band Električni orgazam. It was released in 1986 by Jugoton.-Track listing:All songs written by Srđan Gojković except were noted...
(Distortion). The next discography release was the unexpected cover album
Cover Album
-Tracklisting:#Misono to Utaou! Animedley I # #...
Les Chansones Populaires
Les Chansones Populaires
-Personnel:*Grof — bass guitar*Piko — drums*Ljubomir Jovanović — guitar*Srđan Gojković — guitar, lead vocals*Ljubomir Đukić — piano, synthesizer, vocals...
(French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
for Popular songs
Popular music
Popular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres "having wide appeal" and is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional music, which are typically disseminated academically or orally to smaller, local...
), produced by Gojković, Đukić, Toni Jurij and Piko Stančić, who also played drums due to Čavajda being in prison, featuring eight cover versions, including the David Bowie
David Bowie
David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
"The Man Who Sold The World
The Man Who Sold the World (song)
"The Man Who Sold the World" is a song by David Bowie. It is the title track of his third album, released in the U.S. in November 1970 and in the UK in April 1971. The song has been covered by a number of other artists, notably by Lulu in 1974, and Nirvana in 1993.-Inspiration and explanation:The...
", T.Rex "Metal Guru
Metal Guru
"Metal Guru" is a song by the British rock band T.Rex, written by Marc Bolan. It was the band's fourth number one on the UK Singles Chart when it topped the chart for four weeks in May-June 1972. It was also included on the album The Slider in 1972.Despite coming only ten months after the success...
", The Doors "When the Music's Over
When the Music's Over
"When the Music's Over" is a song by American rock band The Doors, featured on their 1967 album Strange Days. The song, at almost eleven minutes long, is their third longest recorded song, behind "The End", at 11:42, and "Celebration of the Lizard", at 17:01...
", and Little Eva
Little Eva
Eva Narcissus Boyd , known by the stage name of Little Eva , was an American pop singer.-Biography:...
"Locomotion
The Loco-Motion
"The Loco-Motion" is a 1962 pop song written by American songwriters Gerry Goffin and Carole King. The song is notable for appearing in the American Top 5 three times – each time in a different decade: for Little Eva in 1962 ; for Grand Funk Railroad in 1974 ; and for Kylie Minogue in 1988 "The...
, the latter also released on single. The tour following the album release featured Mango Kuštrin on drums.
Personnel crisis, mainstream success, disbandment (1984-1989)
In 1984, when they were about to enter the studio in order to record the fourth studio album, the band lineup changed, as the drummer Čavajda returned to the band and guitarist Jovanović left the band. With guest appearances by Ivan Pajević (guitar), Piko Stančić (drums), Goran Pojatić (piano), Kire Mitrev (trombone), Ivan Švager (saxophone), and Goce Dimitrovski (trumpet), the band recorded the album Kako bubanj kažeKako bubanj kaže (album)
Kako bubanj kaže is the fourth studio album by Serbian/Yugoslavian New wave band Električni orgazam. It was released in 1984 by Jugoton.-Track listing:...
(As The Drum Decides), musically influenced by the early 1970s work of the Rolling Stones, also suggested by the album artwork. Like on all of the previous releases, vocal duties were shared between Gojković and Đukić. The track "Fras u šupi" ("Seizure
Seizure
An epileptic seizure, occasionally referred to as a fit, is defined as a transient symptom of "abnormal excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain". The outward effect can be as dramatic as a wild thrashing movement or as mild as a brief loss of awareness...
In The Shed
Shed
A shed is typically a simple, single-storey structure in a back garden or on an allotment that is used for storage, hobbies, or as a workshop....
"), which appeared on the album, was a part of the trilogy
Trilogy
A trilogy is a set of three works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as three individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games...
, beside the story collection, written by David Albahari
David Albahari
David Albahari is a Serbian writer of Jewish origin from Kosovo, residing in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Albahari writes mainly novels and short stories. He is also an established translator from English into Serbian. He is a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts...
, and the poem of the same name, written by Miloš Komadina in his poetry book Etika trave (Grass Ethics). The song music and lyrics were written by Gojković, except for "Pričam o tebi" ("I Am Talking About You"), for which the music was written by Čavajda.
The album did not repeat the success of the previous releases, leading Đukić to leaving the band and moving to New York. The band, being in the personnel crisis, firstly featured Ivan Pajević on guitar, then former Siluete
Siluete
Siluete was a former Yugoslav and Serbian rock band from Belgrade, notable for being one of the pioneers of the former Yugoslav rock scene.-1961 - 1971:...
member Nikola Čuturilo
Nikola Čuturilo
Nikola Čuturilo , also known as Čutura is a Serbian musician...
, until the full-time member became Branislav Petrović "Banana", a former Bezobrazno Zeleno
Bezobrazno Zeleno
Bezobrazno Zeleno were a former Yugoslav New Wave/pop rock band from Belgrade. The band was notable as the participant of the Artistička radna akcija project as well as for their later works....
and Pasta ZZ
Pasta ZZ
Pasta ZZ was a former Yugoslav New Wave band from Belgrade, notable as the paricipant of the Artistička Radna Akcija project in 1981.- History :...
member. In 1986, when the band was about to record the album Distorzija
Distorzija
Distorzija is the fifth studio album by Serbian/Yugoslavian New wave band Električni orgazam. It was released in 1986 by Jugoton.-Track listing:All songs written by Srđan Gojković except were noted...
, bassist Jovanović left the band and stopped his musical career. His replacement was the former Katarina II
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 Du-Du-A member Zoran Radomirović "Švaba". The comeback album, Distorzija, with simple rock songs, featured the hit songs "Debela devojka" ("Fat Girl"), "Ja sam težak kao konj" ("I Am Heavy As A Horse"), "Ne postojim" ("I Do Not Exist"), "Vudu bluz" ("Voodoo Blues"), "Kapetan Esid" ("Captain Acid"), "Ša la la" ("Sha La La"), and "Lui Lui" ("Louie Louie
Louie Louie
"Louie Louie" is an American rock 'n' roll song written by Richard Berry in 1955. It has become a standard in pop and rock, with hundreds of versions recorded by different artists...
"), a cover of Richard Berry
Richard Berry
Richard Berry was an African American singer, songwriter and musician, who performed with many Los Angeles doo-wop and close harmony groups in the 1950s, including The Flairs and The Robins....
song. The album was produced by Gojković and Stančić, and the cover for the album was done by the painter Radovan Hiršl.
The next release was the live album Braćo i sestre
Braćo i sestre
Braćo i sestre is the first live album by the Serbian rock band Električni Orgazam, released in 1987.- Tracklisting :All tracks by Srđan Gojković Gile, except where noted.# "Svaka nova noć" # "Klinci traže zabavu" # "Debela devojka"...
(Brothers And Sisters), recorded on October 1986 at the 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...
club Kulušić
Kulušić
Kulušić was a Yugoslav Concert Club in Zagreb, Croatia, which hosted many famous international acts and all the important acts from the region. It is particularly associated with the Yugoslav New Wave acts of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Many Live albums which today are part of the Ex-Yugoslav...
. The album, featuring the guest introduction by Dražen Vrdoljak and guest vocals by Ljubomir Đukić on the song "Locomotion", included the new track "Bejbe, ti nisi tu" ("Baby, You Are Not Here"), a cover version of the Rolling Stones song "Out Of Time". Two years later, in 1988, the band, with the same musical style, released the album Letim, sanjam, dišem
Letim, sanjam, dišem
Letim, sanjam, dišem is the sixth studio album by Serbian/Yugoslavian New wave band Električni orgazam. It was released in 1988 by PGP RTB.-Track listing:All songs written by Srđan Gojković except were noted...
(Flying
Flying
Flying may refer to:* The act or process of flight* Aviation* Flying , a monthly publication* "Flying", a poem by Patti Smith from her book Woolgathering* UFO 2: Flying, a 1971 album by UFO* Flying...
, Dream
Dream
Dreams are successions of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep. The content and purpose of dreams are not definitively understood, though they have been a topic of scientific speculation, philosophical intrigue and religious...
ing, Breathing
Breathing
Breathing is the process that moves air in and out of the lungs. Aerobic organisms require oxygen to release energy via respiration, in the form of the metabolism of energy-rich molecules such as glucose. Breathing is only one process that delivers oxygen to where it is needed in the body and...
), and the songs "Igra rock 'n' roll cela Jugoslavija" ("The Whole Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
Is Dancing To Rock And Roll
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
"), "Ti" ("You"), "Poljubi me i priznaj mi" ("Kiss Me And Confess"), and "Sve ste vi naš devojke" ("All Of You Are Our Girlfriends") became immediate hits. The album was produced by Gojković, Stančić and Theodore Yanni, and featured guest appearance by Partibrejkers
Partibrejkers
Partibrejkers is a prominent Serbian rock band from Belgrade, as well as an acclaimed act of the former Yugoslav rock scene....
guitarist Nebojša Antonijević "Anton" and Bajaga i Instruktori
Bajaga i Instruktori
Bajaga i Instruktori are a highly popular Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band...
keyboard player Saša Lokner.
On Summer of the same year, the band promoted the album with a concert at Tašmajdan Stadium. During the same year, they released the greatest hits compilation album Najbolje pesme 1980-1988 (The Best Songs 1980-1988), and disbanded. Radomirović and Petrović joined the band Trans. Gojković pursued a solo career, releasing his first solo album Evo sada vidiš da može (Now You See It Is Possible), released in 1989, and worked on the Kako je propao rokenrol (The Fall Of Rock 'N' Roll) and Crni bombarder (Black Bomber) movie soundtracks. With Vlada Divljan
Vlada Divljan
Vladimir "Vlada" Divljan , is a Serbian singer and songwriter. He is known as the frontman for the Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Idoli, as well as for his solo works.-Early activity:...
, he released two music albums for children Rokenrol za decu (Rock 'N' Roll For Children), and Rokenrol bukvar (Rock 'N' Roll Alphabet), and the two, with Stančić and Radomirović, released the album Lutka koja kaže ne (A Doll That Says No). Čavajda went to Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
in 1988, and returned in 1991, joining Gojković and Radomirović on the Lutka koja kaže ne tour.
Reformation, Čavajda's departure (1991-1994)
The reformed Električni Orgazam released the compilation album Seks, droga, nasilje i strah / Balkan Horror Rock (Sex, Drugs, Violence and Fear / Blakan Horror Rock), featuring new studio material on the A-side, including "Mala lopta metalna" ("Little Metal Ball") composed by Čavajda and Gojković, and live recordings, made at the Novi Sad concert performance. The followup, the live album Balkan Horror Rock II, released on compact cassetteCompact Cassette
The Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape sound recording format. It was designed originally for dictation, but improvements in fidelity led the Compact Cassette to supplant the Stereo 8-track cartridge and reel-to-reel...
only, featured the rest of Novi Sad concert recordings and "Svečane bele košulje" ("Ceremony White Shirts") and "Mjau, mjau" ("Meow, Meow"), made at the 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...
birthday concert. The album covers for both releases were designed by Linda Čavajda, Čavajda's wife.
In 1992, Čavajda, Gojković and Radomirović, with Ljubomir Jovanović, 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:...
, and Partibrejkers
Partibrejkers
Partibrejkers is a prominent Serbian rock band from Belgrade, as well as an acclaimed act of the former Yugoslav rock scene....
members Zoran Kostić "Cane" and Nebojša Antonijević "Anton" formed the anti-war
Anti-war
An anti-war movement is a social movement, usually in opposition to a particular nation's decision to start or carry on an armed conflict, unconditional of a maybe-existing just cause. The term can also refer to pacifism, which is the opposition to all use of military force during conflicts. Many...
group Rimtutituki
Rimtutituki
Rimtutituki was a Serbian rock supergroup featuring Ekatarina Velika, Električni Orgazam and Partibrejkers members. The band was formed as an anti-war project during the Yugoslav Wars...
, recording the single "Slušaj 'vamo" ("Listen Up"), released by Radio B92. The following year, on September, the band, with Ekatarina Velika, Partibrejkers, and the 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...
band Vještice, performed in Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
and Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
on the concerts entitled Ko to tamo pjeva (Who's That Singing Over There). Električni Orgazam was also one of the first Serbian bands to perform in Ljubljana
Ljubljana
Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...
, with the band Majke
Majke
Majke are a cult Croatian hard rock band from the City of Vinkovci, a town located at the eastern border of Croatia. Founded in 1986 in Vinkovci, Majke were one of the many bands to appear in a city that had a particularly vibrant rock and alternative scene...
from Vinkovci
Vinkovci
Vinkovci is a city in Croatia, in the Vukovar-Syrmia County. In the 2011 census, the total population of the city was 35,375, making it the largest town of the county...
, also playing in Maribor
Maribor
Maribor is the second largest city in Slovenia with 157,947 inhabitants . Maribor is also the largest and the capital city of Slovenian region Lower Styria and the seat of the Municipality of Maribor....
, Koper and Hum. At the time, the band often performed in the Republic of Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
.
The double album Zašto da ne!
Zašto da ne!
Zašto da ne! is the studio album by Serbian/Yugoslavian New wave band Električni orgazam. It was released in 1994 by PGP RTS. It is the band's first double album.-Track listing:...
(Why Not!), featuring a stylistic combination of Lišće prekriva Lisabon and Distorzija combined with the 1990s musical trends, was recorded with guitarist Dejan Radisavljević "Role", a former Revolveri member, keyboard player Zoran Zagorčić, a former Du-Du-A member, and Srđan Todorović as the second drummer. As guests on the album appeared Zoran Kostić "Cane" (vocals), politician Nenad Čanak
Nenad Canak
Nenad Čanak is a Serbian politician...
(flute), Nenad Racković (backing vocals), and Neša Petrović (saxophone). The acoustically oriented song sections for the album were composed by Petrović, who co-written the song "Dajem ljubav" ("I Give Love") with Zagorčić. By Gojković's idea, the album cover was designed by Džukele
Džukele
Džukele were a Serbian punk rock band from Subotica.- History :The band Phoenix was formed in 1991 by Dragan Neorčić , Slobodan Vukosavljević , and Rudolf Aleksijević...
guitarist Leonid Pilipović, expanding it with a short comic-book.
After the album release, Čavajda left the band, completely devoting himself to the band Babe, formed in 1992, and was replaced by the former Pasta ZZ and Partibrejkers member Vlada Funtek.
Lineup changes, comeback releases (1995-2003)
On early 1995, the band celebrated their fifteenth anniversary at the Belgrade club Prostor, and, on July, performed at the LondonLondon
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
club The Bottom Line. The recordings from the performance were used by Marina Vulić, who lived in London since 1985, working as video producer, for the release of a promotional video. On April 17, 1996, the band performed an unplugged
Acoustic music
Acoustic music comprises music that solely or primarily uses instruments which produce sound through entirely acoustic means, as opposed to electric or electronic means...
concert at the Novi Sad Studio M, featuring the band introduction by Zdenko Kolar
Zdenko Kolar
Zdenko Kolar is a Serbian bass guitarist, most notable as the member of Idoli and Zona B.-Biography:Kolar was born in Zemun in 1956 where he lived until 1963 when he moved to inner town in Belgrade. He moved to a building where two of his future bandmates lived, Vlada Divljan and Boža Jovanović...
, and guest appearances by Margita Stefanović
Margita Stefanovic
Margita "Magi" Stefanović was a Yugoslav and Serbian musician best known as a keyboardist for the Serbian rock band Ekatarina Velika.Born in Belgrade as the only child of well-known theatre and television director Slavoljub Stefanović-Ravassi and Desanka Nikolić...
(piano, Farfisa
Farfisa
Farfisa is a manufacturer of electronics based in Osimo, Italy.The Farfisa brand name is commonly associated with a series of compact electronic organs, and later, a series of multi-timbral synthesizers. At the height of its production, Farfisa operated three factories to produce instruments, in...
organ), Boris Bunjac (percussion), and Deže Molnar (saxophone). The album, recorded with the new drummer Miloš Velimir "Buca", featured a cover version of the Korni Grupa
Korni Grupa
Korni Grupa was a former Yugoslav rock band from Belgrade. Korni Grupa was one of the first former Yugoslav rock bands to achieve major mainstream popularity. The band's first releases were commercial pop-oriented songs. Korni Grupa later turned towards progressive rock, continuing, however, to...
song "Magična ruka" ("Magic Hand").
Beside working with Električni Orgazam, Gojković played in the Vlada Divljan
Vlada Divljan
Vladimir "Vlada" Divljan , is a Serbian singer and songwriter. He is known as the frontman for the Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Idoli, as well as for his solo works.-Early activity:...
Old Stars Band, producing their live album Odbrana i zaštita (Defence And Protection), and performed on their studio album Sve laži sveta (All The Lies Of The World), released by Automatik Records in 2000. Founding the Yellow Dog records, Gojković re-released most of the Električni Orgazam releases on compact disc, featuring bonus material. The debut album featured the three songs from Paket aranžman, Lišće prekriva Lisabon featured the "Dokolica
Dokolica
"Dokolica" is the second single recorded and released by the Serbian new wave band Električni Orgazam. It was released in 1982 by Jugoton...
" dub version, Kako bubanj kaže featured "Tetovirane devojke
Tetovirane devojke
"Tetovirane devojke" is the B-side of the fifth single by Serbian new wave band Električni Orgazam. The track also appeared on Kako bubanj kaže reissue as a bonus track.- Track listing :Both tracks written by Srđan Gojković* "Kako bubanj kaže"...
" ("Tattoo
Tattoo
A tattoo is made by inserting indelible ink into the dermis layer of the skin to change the pigment. Tattoos on humans are a type of body modification, and tattoos on other animals are most commonly used for identification purposes...
ed Girls") , the title track single B-side, and the previously unreleased "Slakta mala devojčica" ("Sweet Little Girl"), Seks, droga, nasilje i strah / Balkan Horror Rock and Balkan Horror Rock II were released as a single CD, featuring the bonus track "Hodam sad kao zombi", a cover of the Roky Erickson
Roky Erickson
Roky Erickson is an American singer, songwriter, harmonica player and guitarist from Texas. He was a founding member of the 13th Floor Elevators and a pioneer of the psychedelic rock genre.-Biography:...
"I Walked with a Zombie" with Gojković on lead vocals, and the live EP Warszava '81 was expanded with ten live recordings from the Polish tour.
On July 10, 1998, the band, in the lineup Gojković, Petrović, bassist Zdenko Kolar
Zdenko Kolar
Zdenko Kolar is a Serbian bass guitarist, most notable as the member of Idoli and Zona B.-Biography:Kolar was born in Zemun in 1956 where he lived until 1963 when he moved to inner town in Belgrade. He moved to a building where two of his future bandmates lived, Vlada Divljan and Boža Jovanović...
, and drummer Ivan Ranković "Raka", a former Tvrdo Srce i Velike Uši and Ekatarina Velika member, guest starred the concert featuring bands from former Yugoslav republics. The following year, the band recorded the comeback CD A um bum
A um bum
A um bum is the eighth studio album by the Serbian rock band Električni Orgazam, released on late 1999. This is the only album the band had released under the City Records label.- Tracklisting :...
(A 'oom Boom), featuring guest appearances by numerous rock veterans, Kornelije Kovač
Kornelije Kovac
Kornelije "Bata" Kovač is a famous Serbian composer. He is a father of Aleksandra Kovač and Kristina Kovač, both successful Serbian singers.-Early life:...
, Branko Marušić "Čutura"
Branko Marušič
Branko Marušič is a Slovenian historian.Born to an upper middle class Slovene family in Gorizia, Italy, he moved with the family to the Yugoslav side of the Yugoslav-Italian border in 1947, and has been living in Solkan since...
, Bata Kostić, and the younger musicians, keyboard player Slobodan Misailović and drummers Ivan Ranković and Srđan Todorović. The cataclysmic drawings on the album cover were done by Gojković, and the album featured the Dylanesque
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
acoustic rock sound. Lead vocals for the tracks "Gde da nađem takvu devojku" ("Where Would I Find Such A Girl"), and "Ja nisam znao neke stvari" ("I Did Not Know Some Things") were done by Petrović.
On May 2000, the band performed at the Zagreb club Tvornica, and the KSET performance was canceled due to the arrest of Gojković by the police which found 0,22 grams of heroin in his possession. The media gave much attention to the affair, and Gojković was released after a night in prison, where the police officers asked for autographs and taking pictures with him, with a fee of 250 Deutsche Marks.
The compilation album Najbolje pesme vol. 2 1992-1999 (The Best Songs Volume 2 1992-1999), featuring the selection of the tracks recorded in the 1990s. The following album, Harmonajzer, produced by Dušan Kojić "Koja"
Dušan Kojic
Dušan Kojić "Koja" is a Serbian rock bassist, singer and songwriter. He is the frontman of the Serbian Alternative rock band Disciplin A Kitschme .- Compilation albums :...
, Gojković and Petrović, featured the new drummer Blagoje Nedeljković "Pače", and guest appearances by Vlada Divljan
Vlada Divljan
Vladimir "Vlada" Divljan , is a Serbian singer and songwriter. He is known as the frontman for the Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Idoli, as well as for his solo works.-Early activity:...
(wah guitar), Zoran Erkan "Zerkman" (trumpet), Nemanja Kojić "Kojot"
Hornsman Coyote
Nemanja Kojić , better known by his stage name Hornsman Coyote , is a Reggae/Dub musician of Serbian descent.- Personal life :Coyote resides in Belgrade...
(trombome), Dušan Petrović (saxophone), Zdenko Kolar and Boris Bunjac (backing vocals). Ljuba Đukić did the lead vocals for the track "Zato stojim sam" ("That Is Why I Stand Alone"), and Petrović sang lead vocals for "Promene" ("Changes") and "Tome neće doći kraj" ("It Would Not End"). Radomirović and Kojić co-wrote two instrumental tracks, "Đankarlo Gingva ponovo jaše" ("Giancarlo Gingva Rides Again") and "PECTOPAH 3 OPA" (false friend
False friend
False friends are pairs of words or phrases in two languages or dialects that look or sound similar, but differ in meaning....
pun
Pun
The pun, also called paronomasia, is a form of word play which suggests two or more meanings, by exploiting multiple meanings of words, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect. These ambiguities can arise from the intentional use and abuse of homophonic,...
for "RESOURANT DAWN").
Reunion with Đukić (2004-present)
On September 2004, Ljuba Đukić officially returned to the group, and the band released the compilation album Breskve u teškom sirupu vol. 1Breskve u teškom sirupu vol. 1
Breskve u teškom sirupu vol. 1 is the compilation by the Serbian rock band Električni Orgazam, featuring unreleased material from the band's New Wave period...
(Peaches In Heavy Syrup Volume 1) in 2006, using the unused album title of the album Lišće prekriva Lisabon
Lišće prekriva Lisabon
Lišće prekriva Lisabon is the second studio album by Serbian/Yugoslavian New wave band Električni orgazam. It was released in 1982 by Jugoton.-"A" side:#"Pođimo"#"Alabama" #"Žuto"# "Sam"# "Glave"...
, featuring the rehearsal recordings made at the Belgrade SKC and the performance at Tašmajdan Stadium, both recorded in 1980. The band then went on a nine-dates mini tour, performing the songs from the New Wave
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
period in a modern and rearranged manner, including the last concert at the Belgrade Dom Omladine, featuring guest appearance by the founding band member Ljubomir Jovanović "Jovec". The whole concert was recorded and on the recordings were released on the live album ElOrgNewWave
ElOrgNewWave
ElOrgNewWave is the fifth live album by the Serbian rock band Električni Orgazam. The album featured the live versions of the song from the band's New Wave period.- Tracklisting :# "Električni orgazam" # "Vi" # "Pođimo"...
, by Mascom in 2007. During the same year, on July 14, the band performed as an opening act for the Rolling Stones, being the only Serbian band to ever succeed in it. On September of the same year, the band went on their first United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
tour.
On September 28, 2008, the band performed at the 30th anniversary of New Wave music in Yugoslavia at the concert held in the 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...
Tvornica kulture, along with the most notable participants of the Yugoslav
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
New Wave, including Darko Rundek
Darko Rundek
Darko Rundek is a Croatian rock singer, songwriter, poet, and actor. His music career started in the early '80s, as the frontman of the world music influenced rock band Haustor...
of Haustor
Haustor
Haustor was a rock band from Zagreb, SR Croatia, a member of the Novi val movement, and an important act of the former Yugoslav Rock scene.- Biography :...
, Pero Lovšin
Pero Lovšin
Peter Lovšin, known also as Pero Lovšin , is a Slovenian musician, songwriter and singer, best known as a frontman of the Slovene punk rock group Pankrti...
of Pankrti
Pankrti
Pankrti were a punk rock band from Ljubljana, Slovenia, active in the late 1970s and during the 1980s. They were known for provocative and politically engaged songs and billed themselves "The First Punk Band Behind The Iron Curtain"...
, Jasenko Houra and Davorin Bogović of Prljavo Kazalište
Prljavo kazalište
Prljavo kazalište is a rock and roll band from Zagreb, Croatia. Since its formation in 1977, the group changed several music styles and line ups but remained one of the top acts of both the Croatian and the former Yugoslav rock scenes.-Beginnings:Prljavo kazalište was formed in 1977 in Dubrava,...
and Vlada Divljan
Vlada Divljan
Vladimir "Vlada" Divljan , is a Serbian singer and songwriter. He is known as the frontman for the Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Idoli, as well as for his solo works.-Early activity:...
of Idoli. The songs "Konobar
Konobar
"Konobar" is the first single recorded and released by the Serbian new wave band Električni Orgazam. It was released in 1981 by Jugoton. The song also appeared on the band's debut album and several various artists compilations...
", "Krokodili dolaze", "Leptir", "Nebo", and "Zlatni papagaj" performed at the concert were released on the live album Sedmorica veličanstvenih - 30 godina kasnije (The Magnificent Seven - 30 Years Later). On December 2009, Croatia records
Croatia Records
Croatia Records is the largest major record label in Croatia, based in Dubrava in Zagreb.-Summary:Croatia Records d.d. is a joint stock company currently led by the Chairman of the Board of directors Želimir Babogredac, a notable sound engineer...
, the heir of Jugoton
Jugoton
Jugoton was the largest record label and chain record store in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia based in Zagreb, Socialist Republic of Croatia. After the breakup of Yugoslavia the company continued to work in independent Republic of Croatia under the name Croatia...
, released the double compilation album The Ultimate Collection
The Ultimate Collection (Električni Orgazam album)
- CD 1 :* Tracks 1, 3 and 5 taken from Električni orgazam* Tracks 2 and 4 taken from Paket aranžman* Tracks 6, 7, 8 and 9 taken from Lišće prekriva Lisabon* Tracks 11 and 12 taken from Kako bubanj kaže...
, the only one so far to feature the selected material from all the studio releases, and the song selection for the album was provided by Miloš Ivanović "Kepa", the music editor of Radio B92. On January 11 of the following year, the band celebrated their 30th anniversary at the Belgrade Akademija club, featuring the premiere of the new single, the song "Nemaš nikome ništa da daš" ("You Have Nothing To Share"), with the entire concert being available for live Internet streaming
Streaming media
Streaming media is multimedia that is constantly received by and presented to an end-user while being delivered by a streaming provider.The term "presented" is used in this article in a general sense that includes audio or video playback. The name refers to the delivery method of the medium rather...
.
Eight years since the release of the previous studio album, the album To što vidiš to i jeste
To što vidiš to i jeste
- Električni Orgazam :* Švaba — bass* Pače — drums* Banana — guitar, vocals, harmonica, recorded by, edited by, bass [track 1]* Gile — vocals, guitar, guitar [wah wah]...
(What You See Is What You Get), was released on early September 2010, under the Belgrade Dom Omladine label, with Telekom Srbija
Telekom Srbija
Telekom Srbija is a telecommunications company based in Serbia, with its headquarters in Belgrade...
as the main distributor for the first two months. In order to promote the album release, the band recorded a music video for the song "Nemaš nikome ništa da daš". Produced by Vojislav Aralica, who also recorded percussion sections, the album featured seven songs, including "Pokaži mi" ("Show me") and "Nikad ne znam" ("I never Know") on which as guest guitarist appeared the former Katarina II member Dragomir Mihajlović "Gagi"
Dragomir Mihajlović
- Musical career :Mihajlović started his career as a guitarist in a progressive rock group Limunovo Drvo, which, formed in 1978 by himself and Milan Mladenović , after performing for two years moved towards New Wave, with the arrival of Dušan Kojić "Koja" and Ivan Vdović "VD" . In April 1980,...
. In a month's period during which the promotion had lasted, the album was sold in 50,000 copies. On November 1 of the same year, the single "Nemaš nikome ništa da daš" appeared on the first place of the Jelen Top Ten list, remaining on the first place for two weeks. The following month, the 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 ...
n record label Dallas Records
Dallas Records
Dallas Records is a Croatian record label. It was established in 1987, and is owned and run by Goran Lisica - Fox, a music producer and manager who started his career in the 1970s as a music journalist....
released an expanded edition of the album for the former Yugoslav
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
territory, featuring three new studio tracks, "Mister Ministar" ("Mister Minister"), "Gde God Odem" ("Wherever I Go") and "Da, da, da, da" ("Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes"), and the sister firm of Dallas Records, Mars Music, took over the tour management for 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...
and Croatia.
On January 2011, To što vidiš to i jeste was voted #7 on the list of Best Domestic Albums in 2010 by the readers of Popboks and #9 according to the Popboks critics. The following month, on February 2, the band got the Oskar Popularnosti award for the Best Serbian Rock Act in 2010. At the time, the band released the promotional video for the track "Mister Ministar", recorded at the Zagreb Dvorana Velesajam
Dvorana Velesajam
Dvorana Velesajam is an ice arena located in Zagreb, Croatia. The capacity of the arena is about 500 people and is located at Ulica Jozefa Antala BB, in Novi Zagreb....
and directed by Tomislav Pović. Gojković also announced that on Autumn the band is to reissue the album, with yet another bonus track, as a double vinyl edition. In October, the band released the video for the song "Bliži Suncu" ("Closer to the Sun").
Legacy
The book YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzikeYU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike
YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike is a book by Duško Antonić and Danilo Štrbac...
(YU 100: The Best albums of Yugoslav pop and rock music) features two Električni Orgazam albums: Distorzija
Distorzija
Distorzija is the fifth studio album by Serbian/Yugoslavian New wave band Električni orgazam. It was released in 1986 by Jugoton.-Track listing:All songs written by Srđan Gojković except were noted...
, ranked #24, and Kako bubanj kaže
Kako bubanj kaže
"Kako bubanj kaže" is the title track of the fourth studio album by Serbian new wave band Električni Orgazam Kako bubanj kaže. The track was also released as the only single from the album...
, ranked #73. In the same book, Paket aranžman
Paket aranžman
Paket aranžman is a New Wave music compilation album released in 1980 by Jugoton and its one of the most important and influential records ever made in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. It features the eminent Belgrade artists: Šarlo Akrobata, Električni Orgazam and Idoli...
was ranked #2.
The B92 Top 100 Domestic Songs list fetaures two songs by Električni Orgazam: "Nebo", ranked #26, and "Krokodili dolaze", ranked #72.
Discography
- Električni orgazamElektrični orgazam (album)-Personnel:*Marina Vulić — bass guitar*Mango — drums*Ljubomir Jovanović — guitar*Srđan Gojković — guitar, vocals*Ljubomir Đukić — organ, piano, vocals*Mladen Škalec — engineer...
(1981) - Lišće prekriva LisabonLišće prekriva LisabonLišće prekriva Lisabon is the second studio album by Serbian/Yugoslavian New wave band Električni orgazam. It was released in 1982 by Jugoton.-"A" side:#"Pođimo"#"Alabama" #"Žuto"# "Sam"# "Glave"...
(1982) - Kako bubanj kažeKako bubanj kaže (album)Kako bubanj kaže is the fourth studio album by Serbian/Yugoslavian New wave band Električni orgazam. It was released in 1984 by Jugoton.-Track listing:...
(1984) - DistorzijaDistorzijaDistorzija is the fifth studio album by Serbian/Yugoslavian New wave band Električni orgazam. It was released in 1986 by Jugoton.-Track listing:All songs written by Srđan Gojković except were noted...
(1986) - Letim, sanjam, dišemLetim, sanjam, dišemLetim, sanjam, dišem is the sixth studio album by Serbian/Yugoslavian New wave band Električni orgazam. It was released in 1988 by PGP RTB.-Track listing:All songs written by Srđan Gojković except were noted...
(1988) - Zašto da ne!Zašto da ne!Zašto da ne! is the studio album by Serbian/Yugoslavian New wave band Električni orgazam. It was released in 1994 by PGP RTS. It is the band's first double album.-Track listing:...
(1994) - A um bumA um bumA um bum is the eighth studio album by the Serbian rock band Električni Orgazam, released on late 1999. This is the only album the band had released under the City Records label.- Tracklisting :...
(1999) - HarmonajzerHarmonajzerHarmonajzer is the ninth studio album by the Serbian rock band Električni Orgazam, released by PGP RTS in 2002.- Tracklisting :# "Danas nisam sasvim svoj" # "Istina nema kraj" # "Neka sada vide svi" # "Nebo broji korake"...
(2002) - To što vidiš to i jesteTo što vidiš to i jeste- Električni Orgazam :* Švaba — bass* Pače — drums* Banana — guitar, vocals, harmonica, recorded by, edited by, bass [track 1]* Gile — vocals, guitar, guitar [wah wah]...
(2010)
External links
- Official website
- Električni Orgazam 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....
- Električni Orgazam 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...
- Električni Orgazam 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....
- Električni Orgazam 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...
- Električni Orgazam at Rateyourmusic
- Električni Orgazam 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 ....
- Električni Orgazam at B92.fmB92B92 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...