Familija
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Familija was a Serbia
n rock
supergroup
from Belgrade
, consisting of Vampiri
, Košava and U Škripcu
members. The band's musical style was a combination of ska
, pop
, ethnic and rock music
.
members Aleksandar "Vasa" Vasiljević (guitar
) Aleksandar "Luka" Lukić (bass
) and Ratko Ljubičić (drums
) along with former Vampiri
members Dejan "Peja" Pejović (vocals), Dejan "Dexy" Petrović (vocals) and drummer
/percussionist Goran "Gedža" Redžepi.
In February 1994 the band began recording their debut album, Narodno pozorište
(People's Theatre), released by PGP-RTS
later during the year. Pejović, Vasiljević, Lukić and Petrović wrote all the songs, featuring various musical styles combined with pop rock
sound. The album featured the hits "Baltazar" (whose chorus referred to Professor Balthazar
theme song), "Mala, mala", "Što ja volim taj seks" and "Nije mi ništa". The track "Trajna Nina" featured lyrics from the Beatles track "Yellow Submarine
". The record was produced by Đorđe Petrović who also played keyboards
. Vinyl LP
and compact cassette
editions sleeves were designed by Saša "Madoženja" Marković, while the CD edition featured sleeve art by Branko Lukić. The band also appeared in Srđan Dragojević's movie Dva sata kvalitetnog TV programa as one of the performers at the New Year’s Eve party.
Ratko Ljubučić and Goran Redžepi left the band in late 1995 and early 1996 respectively and the band kept hiring various drummers for their future recording sessions and live performances. During mid-1996 the band released a CD single featuring two songs, "Ringišpil" (taken from the album "Narodno pozorište") and "Brate Murate
", a newly-recorded song featuring Marko Milivojević on drums and produced by Aleksandar "Saša" Habić. The single was released through Komuna Belgrade
.
The band's second album Seljačka buna (Peasants' Uprising) was released in May 1997. Apart from the track "Brate Murate" (also included in the tracklist), the rest of the album was again produced by Đorđe Petrović in the band's signature eclectic style, featuring additional hits "Paranoja" and "Boli me kita". Petar "Zver" Radmilović played the drum tracks in the studio, while the following live performances were played with Branko Popović on drums.
The band broke up in early 1998. In 2000, Slovenia
n record label Taped Pictures released a various artists compilation featuring the band's song "Mala, mala".
and rock
. The band is currently on hiatus.
Pejović formed The Dibidus in 2003 with former Hush
bassist Milan Šarić and Deca Loših Muzičara
guitarist Jova Jović "Joca".
In 2006, Vasiljević and Lukić rejoined the rest of the original U Škripcu
members at the Delča & Sklekovi concert held at Dom Omladine in Belgrade. In 2009 Lukić formed a Manu Chao
and The Clash
influenced band Radio Gerila.
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
n rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
supergroup
Supergroup (music)
In the late 1960s, the term supergroup was coined to describe "a rock music group whose performers are already famous from having performed individually or in other groups"....
from Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
, consisting of Vampiri
Vampiri
Vampiri were a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band from Belgrade. The band was formed in 1988, and performed music influenced by the 1950s doo-wop and rockabilly. After releasing two studio albums, they disbanded in 1993...
, Košava and U Škripcu
U Škripcu
U Škripcu was a former Yugoslav rock band from Belgrade, notable as participant in the Artistička radna akcija project as well as for their later works.- Formation and breakup :...
members. The band's musical style was a combination of ska
Ska
Ska |Jamaican]] ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues...
, pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
, ethnic and rock music
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
.
History
The band was founded in late 1993 by U ŠkripcuU Škripcu
U Škripcu was a former Yugoslav rock band from Belgrade, notable as participant in the Artistička radna akcija project as well as for their later works.- Formation and breakup :...
members Aleksandar "Vasa" Vasiljević (guitar
Electric guitar
An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
) Aleksandar "Luka" Lukić (bass
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
) and Ratko Ljubičić (drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
) along with former Vampiri
Vampiri
Vampiri were a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band from Belgrade. The band was formed in 1988, and performed music influenced by the 1950s doo-wop and rockabilly. After releasing two studio albums, they disbanded in 1993...
members Dejan "Peja" Pejović (vocals), Dejan "Dexy" Petrović (vocals) and drummer
Drummer
A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...
/percussionist Goran "Gedža" Redžepi.
In February 1994 the band began recording their debut album, Narodno pozorište
Narodno pozorište
Narodno pozorište is the debut album of the Serbian rock supergroup Familija, released in 1995.- Background :The album was the result of the collaboration of U Škripcu and Košava members Aleksandar "Vasa" Vasiljević and Aleksandar "Luka" Lukić with former Vampiri members Dejan "Peja" Pejović ,...
(People's Theatre), released by PGP-RTS
PGP-RTS
PGP-RTS is a major record label based in Belgrade, Serbia. It is a successor of PGP-RTB which was established in 1958 in Belgrade, then capital of Socialist Republic of Serbia and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia....
later during the year. Pejović, Vasiljević, Lukić and Petrović wrote all the songs, featuring various musical styles combined with pop rock
Pop rock
Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...
sound. The album featured the hits "Baltazar" (whose chorus referred to Professor Balthazar
Professor Balthazar
-History:It was created for television by the Croatian animator Zlatko Grgić at the Zagreb Film studio, Croatia. 59 episodes of the cartoon were made between 1967 and 1974....
theme song), "Mala, mala", "Što ja volim taj seks" and "Nije mi ništa". The track "Trajna Nina" featured lyrics from the Beatles track "Yellow Submarine
Yellow Submarine (song)
"Yellow Submarine" is a 1966 song by The Beatles, written by Paul McCartney , with lead vocals by Ringo Starr. It was included on the Revolver album and issued as a single, coupled with "Eleanor Rigby". The single went to number 1 on every major British chart, remained at number 1 for four weeks...
". The record was produced by Đorđe Petrović who also played keyboards
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
. Vinyl LP
LP record
The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...
and compact cassette
Compact 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...
editions sleeves were designed by Saša "Madoženja" Marković, while the CD edition featured sleeve art by Branko Lukić. The band also appeared in Srđan Dragojević's movie Dva sata kvalitetnog TV programa as one of the performers at the New Year’s Eve party.
Ratko Ljubučić and Goran Redžepi left the band in late 1995 and early 1996 respectively and the band kept hiring various drummers for their future recording sessions and live performances. During mid-1996 the band released a CD single featuring two songs, "Ringišpil" (taken from the album "Narodno pozorište") and "Brate Murate
Brate Murate
Brate Murate is a single by the Serbian rock supergroup Familija, released in 1996.- Background :Having released the first album, the band recorded a CD single featuring two songs...
", a newly-recorded song featuring Marko Milivojević on drums and produced by Aleksandar "Saša" Habić. The single was released through Komuna Belgrade
Komuna Belgrade
Komuna is a Serbian record label and media production house. Established in 1985, its headquarters are in Belgrade, Serbia with a branch office Budva, Montenegro...
.
The band's second album Seljačka buna (Peasants' Uprising) was released in May 1997. Apart from the track "Brate Murate" (also included in the tracklist), the rest of the album was again produced by Đorđe Petrović in the band's signature eclectic style, featuring additional hits "Paranoja" and "Boli me kita". Petar "Zver" Radmilović played the drum tracks in the studio, while the following live performances were played with Branko Popović on drums.
The band broke up in early 1998. In 2000, 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...
n record label Taped Pictures released a various artists compilation featuring the band's song "Mala, mala".
Post breakup
Dejan Petrović formed the band Centrala with his brother Nenad (Mušterije member). The band's style was a combination of electronic musicElectronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
and rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
. The band is currently on hiatus.
Pejović formed The Dibidus in 2003 with former Hush
Ana Popovic
Ana Popović is a Serbian blues guitarist and singer.-Biography:Ana Popović's father first introduced her to the blues, through an extensive record collection and sessions hosted at the family home. Popović founded her first band at age nineteen...
bassist Milan Šarić and Deca Loših Muzičara
Deca Loših Muzičara
Deca Loših Muzičara , often abbreviated to DLM, are a funk rock band from Belgrade. They were one of most popular Serbian bands in the early 1990s...
guitarist Jova Jović "Joca".
In 2006, Vasiljević and Lukić rejoined the rest of the original U Škripcu
U Škripcu
U Škripcu was a former Yugoslav rock band from Belgrade, notable as participant in the Artistička radna akcija project as well as for their later works.- Formation and breakup :...
members at the Delča & Sklekovi concert held at Dom Omladine in Belgrade. In 2009 Lukić formed a Manu Chao
Manu Chao
Manu Chao , is a French singer of Spanish roots . He sings in French, Spanish, English, Italian, Galician, Arabic and Portuguese and occasionally in other languages...
and The Clash
The Clash
The Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly...
influenced band Radio Gerila.
Studio albums
| Title | Released |
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| Narodno pozorište Narodno pozorište is the debut album of the Serbian rock supergroup Familija, released in 1995.- Background :The album was the result of the collaboration of U Škripcu and Košava members Aleksandar "Vasa" Vasiljević and Aleksandar "Luka" Lukić with former Vampiri members Dejan "Peja" Pejović ,... |
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| Seljačka buna Seljačka buna is the second and last album by the Serbian rock supergroup Familija, released in 1997.- Background :The band's second album featured the same style the band had on the debut. The album, like the previous, was produced by Đorđe Petrović, and featured fourteen songs, including "Brate... |
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Singles
| Title | Released |
|---|---|
| Brate Murate Brate Murate is a single by the Serbian rock supergroup Familija, released in 1996.- Background :Having released the first album, the band recorded a CD single featuring two songs... " |
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External links
- Familija 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....
- Familija 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...
- Familija 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....
- Familija 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 ....