Goribor
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Goribor is a Serbia
n alternative rock
band from Bor
. Having performed as a teenage band called Projekat from 1988 until 1992, after a four-year hiatus, the band was reformed in 1996 by the founding members, the vocalist Aleksandar Stojković "St" and guitarist Željko Ljubić "Pity" with the guitarist Predrag Marković "Peđa". Until 2003 they had been making home-made demo recordings eventually released through the Croatia
n independent record label
Slušaj Najglasnije!, after being discovered by the head of the label Zdenko Franjić.
In 2006 Franjić sent their recordings to the Pula
Art & Music festival demo competition on which they eventually won the second place and were praised for a unique rock expression. The success at the festival gave them an opportunity to release a studio album through a major record label Dancing Bear
. Simultaneously the band had become popular in Serbia
as well. Their eponymous debut studio album Goribor
received positive critics and several awards in both Serbia and Croatia, including the webzine Popboks award for the best album in the previous decade.
by the teenage friends Aleksandar Stojković "St" (vocals, rhythm guitar) and Željko Ljubić "Pity" (lead guitar). The material the band had performed, inspired by the SST Records
indie
and alternative rock
bands, including the song "Neću da stojim gde sam sad" ("I Do Not Want To Be Where I Am Now Standing"), was performed in Bor only. The band had also performed at the Bor Guitar festival, occupying the last position in the band competition, despite being the only band to play their own material. They performed until 1992 when Stojković moved to work and study in London
and Ljubić went to serve the army.
In 1996, Stojković returned from London, bringing a guitar, a rhythm machine and a TASCAM
four-track Portastudio
, and started recording home-made demo recordings with Ljubić on guitar. The recording equipment provided the two with an opportunity to make demo recordings of their own material despite the fact that probably it would not be released due to the difficulties in finding a record label. During the same year, the two were joined by Predrag Marković "Peđa" (guitar) and Goran Ljubičić "Goger" (drums), thus Goribor was officially formed. The band got the name after an everyday account in RTB Bor
when in the process of copper smelting
slag
is being separated from copper, giving an impression of a volcanic eruption or a large fire over the town.
Being unable to perform elsewhere, the band had only played in Bor until 1999 when they went on hiatus.
, and in November of the same year, with Ljubičić on drums and the bassist Duško Spasojević, the band held two performances at the Bor "Teatar" and "Art" clubs after which Ljubičić and Spasojević left the band. At the time, the band continued working whenever the conditions to play and record had allowed them to as they moved to living in different cities: Stojković moved to Belgrade, Ljubić moved to Niš
, and Marković remained living in Bor. In the meantime, a friend of the band had sent the new demo material to the Presing
guitarist Vladimir Marković "Kraka", who subsequently sent the recordings to Zdenko Franjić, the head of the Croatia
n independent record label
Slušaj Najglasnije!.
The band recordings, consisting of six tracks, appeared on the tenth edition of the various artists compilation Bombardiranje New Yorka vol.10 (The Bombing of New York City
Vol.10), released by Slušaj Najglasnije! in 2003. The following year, the previously released material appeared on the demo album Ono što te ne ubije, to te osakati
(The Thing That Does Not Kill You, Makes You Stultified) by Slušaj Najglasnije!. Franjić also asked for all the material the band had possessed, and Stojković created master recordings of the previously recorded material. The material recorded in 1996 and 1997 were released on the demo album Stari radovi
(Old Works) released by Slušaj Najglasnije! in 2005. During the same year, the label released the recordings made from 1997 until 1999 on the demo album Krug u očima
(A Circle in the Eyes), recorded without Marković, and recordings of the November 2003 performances, which were released as an official bootleg Live
.
In 2005, Stojković started writing new material and together with Ljubić on guitar and Marković on bass he recorded the demo album Hoću kući
(I Want To Go Home), released by the end of the same year. After the album release, Stojković, with Marković on guitar and the new member Predrag Trajković "Peda" (rhythm machine) performed at the Bor library and a local club. The former performance was the promotion of the Stojković poetry book Svet je moj ali ima vremena (The World is Mine But Still There is Time), being the first one to feature a rhythm machine instead of a live rhythm section, which had become the essential element of their musical expression. The same lineup, recorded the demo album Stondom do Tokija
(Stoned to Tokyo, a pun
for Srbija do Tokija
-Serbia to Tokyo), released in 2006 by Slušaj Najglasnije!, consisting of new versions of the previously released songs and a new track "Bolje je izgoreti" ("It is Better to Burn").
During the spring of 2006, the lineup featuring Stojković on vocals, Ljubić and Marković on guitar and Trajković rhythm machine had had their first performances in Niš and Sopot
after which Franjić informed them about a demo competition festival in Pula
. However, the band had been against the performance at the festival, leaving Franjić to decide on sending the demo recordings. Eventually, the demo recordings Franjić had sent entered the festival finals and Goribor was to appear at the festival among eight finalists. In August of the same year, the band appeared at the Pula Art & Music festival, winning the second place a point behind the festival winners, the Rijeka
metalcore
band One Piece Puzzle, and being praised for a unique rock expression. The band had appeared without Trajković, whom had left the band in the meantime, using backing tracks from a laptop as a replacement for the rhythm section.
Due to the positive critics of the Pula performance, the Croatian association Tempus Fugit decided to organize a Goribor solo concert in Zagreb. On October 2 of the same year the band held a performance at the Zagreb KSET and the recording from the concert had been released by Slušaj Najglasnije! as an official bootleg Live u KSET-u (2.10.2006.)
(Live in KSET (2 October 2006)) during the following year. At the performance, the new lineup, which featured Milan Stošić "Žaba" on samples, performed the songs from the demo album Hoću kući in the first part of the performance, the material from Ono što te ne ubije, to te osakati in the second part, and the new song "Početka" ("The Beginning") in between the two sets. Three days afterward, on October 5, the band had a well-accepted debut performance in Belgrade, at the club Akademija.
for which, with the famous Pula producer Edi Cukerić, who had previously worked with The Bambi Molesters
, Gustafi
and Hladno Pivo
, they started recording their debut album consisting of a selection of tracks from Ono što te ne ubije, to te osakati
and Hoću kući
.
On April 21 of the same year, the band performed at the Belgrade SKC as an opening act for Supernaut
, featuring the guest appearance by Jarboli
member Danijel Kovač on acoustic guitar. The following month, the band had been introduced into the second edition of the Petar Janjatović EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960-2006 (EX YU ROCK encyclopedia 1960-2006). In August, the band appeared at the Pula Art & Music festival in order to promote the single "Sjajne niti
" ("Glowing Threads"), released on August 16. The single, produced by Edi Cukerić, also featured the Lazy Remix of the single and a Groovealistic Mix of the track "Ko sam?" ("Who Am I?"), done by Andrej Jakuš and Saša Miočić. A digital download
version of the single had also been available at the Croatian webzine Muzika.hr for a limited period of time. A promotional video for the track had also been recorded, directed by Jasna Zastavniković. In the meantime, the band had appeared on the various artists compilation Rhythm Changes with the song "Ko sam?" ("Who Am I?").
On November 11, 2007, the band released their eponymous debut studio album Goribor
(Burningbor) through Dancing Bear in Croatia and Automatik Records in Serbia, being the first Serbian band to release an album under a Croatian major record label since the outbreak of the Yugoslav wars
. The album, produced by Edi Cukerić, featured guest appearances by a number of musicians, Marko Quarantotto (drums), Davor Milovan "Bili" (Gustafi member, bass), Zoran Angeleski "Šizo" (The Chweger member, drums), Leon Brenko (keyboards, piano, vibraphone), Saša Petković (drums), Bonzo (banjo), Predrag Ljuna (harmonica), Miro Kusačić (guitar), Tonči Pavlinović (bongos), Marija Kuhar (vocals), Morin Kudić (vocals), Alen Rosanda (guitar), Edi Cukerić and Ivo Lorencin (programs and samples). Beside the newly recorded versions of the previously recorded material, the album featured two entirely new tracks, "Rolamo" ("We are Rolling") and "Voli me" ("Love Me").
The album received mostly positive critics, including favorable reviews in the Croatian Jutarnji list
, Večernji list
, Vjesnik
, and Serbian Vreme
and Popboks. In the Popboks album review, the critic Goran Tarlać said "Goribor is one of the best rock albums in the last 15-20 years and the greatest individual creative peak of Serbian culture in the 21st century". The Jutarnji list journalist Aleksandar Dragaš called the album "The peak of the post-YU rock". During the early 2008, the album Goribor was pronounced as the best domestic album of the year 2007 according to the critics of Popboks and the various artists compilation Jutro će promeniti sve? appeared on the second place in the same category. Goribor was also pronounced the rock album of the year 2007 in the Serbian newspaper Blic
, and the second best album in Jutarnji list
After the album release, during the same month, with the new drummer Marco Quarantotto, who had played with such acts as Dusty Miller
, East Rodeo and Roy Pacithe, the band started a live promotion of the album at the Belgrade SKC, with guest appearances by the Jarboli
guitarist and vocalist Danijel Kovač, former Plejboj
and Eyesburn
member Dušan Petrović and DJ Beatanga. In December, without Quarantotto and with Petrović on guest saxophone, the band had an unplugged
performance at the Akademija bookstore as a press-only album promotion, and the day after they performed in Zrenjanin
. The following year, the band toured Croatia, having solo concerts in Zagreb
, Varaždin
, Pula
and Velika Gorica
, Serbia, with the Bor
concert and Slovenia
, performing in Tolmin
. They also made several festival performances: the Rijeka
Hartera festival in May, the July performance at the Novi Sad
Exit festival
, featuring guest appearance by Dušan Petrović, where they performed a new song "Gradovi se lome" ("Cities are Breaking Up"), and the Belgrade Beer Fest
in August of the same year.
In 2009, the band not only continued promoting the eponymous album but also started preparing the material for the upcoming studio album once again to be released by Dancing Bear, as the band had made a contract to release three studio albums through the label. In April, they had a mini-tour of Serbia, performing in Niš
, Novi Sad
and Belgrade
. The performances did not feature the drummer Quarantotto and guitarist Marković whom had left the band respectively, and the band included the new drummer Miloš Vojvodić "Miša", from the Niš experimental jazz
group EYOT, on the former two performances. The Belgrade performance, also featuring a projection of the documentary about Zdenko Franjić entitled Oči u magli (Eyes in the Fog), featured Stojković and Ljubić with a guest appearance by Luka Papić "mangulicaFM" on lap-top, focusing mainly on the material from the upcoming studio album, including the songs "Ljubavi moja" ("My Love"), "Svi ti ljudi" ("All Those People") and "Grad" ("The Town").
The new lineup performed at the Zagreb Purgeraj on June 16 and the entire performance had been released on the Purgeraj DVD through Slušaj Najglasnije! during the following year. During the late 2009, the band was joined by Miroslav Užarević (guitar, bass guitar) with whom Goribor resumed their concert activities, promoting new songs from the upcoming album, including "Vožnjica" ("A Little Ride"), Moje misli" ("My Thoughts"), "Uzalud se budiš" ("You Waking Up in Vain"). The following year, Stojković released the poetry book Ne možeš mnogo ali možeš malo (You Cannot Do a Lot But You Can Do a Little), featuring the material from the 2003 Svet je moj ali ima vremena and the 2008 Princ Bez Horsa (A Prince without Horse) book, combined with new poems, published by Rende. The band had also held their first performances outside the former Yugoslavia territory, in Sweden
and Norway
. The band continued touring, performing at major festivals in 2010: in April at the Zagreb Žedno Uho festival, in July they performed at the Baćin 7 Jezera, in August at the Belgrade Adrenalin Music & Tattoo Live, as well as at the Niš Nisomnia festival.
In February 2011, the webzine Popboks critics selected the best Serbian albums released in the previous decade and the album Goribor appeared on the first place, and the various artists compilation Jutro će promeniti sve appeared on the sixteenth place. At the time, in an interview Stojković stated that the upcoming studio album, once again produced by Edi Cukerić, was completely finished and that the band had recorded sixteen songs, leaving an opportunity for the new release to be a double album. On May 31, the band released the single "Uzalud se budiš" ("You Are Waking Up In Vain") from the new studio album, due to be released in Autumn, featuring the guest appearance by Nenad Sinkauz from the Croatian/Italian
art rock
band East Rodeo on backing vocals, available for online streaming
via Soundcloud
. In November. Ljubić stated that the band is finishing their work on the new material, which could be released as a double album.
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 alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
band from Bor
Bor, Serbia
Bor is a town and municipality located in eastern Serbia, with one of the largest copper mines in Europe and it has been a mining centre since 1904, when a French company began operations there. It is the administrative center of the Bor District of Serbia...
. Having performed as a teenage band called Projekat from 1988 until 1992, after a four-year hiatus, the band was reformed in 1996 by the founding members, the vocalist Aleksandar Stojković "St" and guitarist Željko Ljubić "Pity" with the guitarist Predrag Marković "Peđa". Until 2003 they had been making home-made demo recordings eventually released through 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 independent record label
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
Slušaj Najglasnije!, after being discovered by the head of the label Zdenko Franjić.
In 2006 Franjić sent their recordings to the Pula
Pula
Pula is the largest city in Istria County, Croatia, situated at the southern tip of the Istria peninsula, with a population of 62,080 .Like the rest of the region, it is known for its mild climate, smooth sea, and unspoiled nature. The city has a long tradition of winemaking, fishing,...
Art & Music festival demo competition on which they eventually won the second place and were praised for a unique rock expression. The success at the festival gave them an opportunity to release a studio album through a major record label Dancing Bear
Dancing Bear
Dancing Bear is a Croatian record label.Croatian artists that released their albums on the label include The Bambi Molesters, Daleka obala, Darko Rundek, Dino Dvornik, Gustafi, Hladno pivo, Ibrica Jusić, Dunja Knebl, Kojoti, Leteći odred and Majke....
. Simultaneously the band had become popular in Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
as well. Their eponymous debut studio album Goribor
Goribor (album)
- Personnel :Goribor* Aleksandar Stojković "St" — vocals* Željko Ljubić "Pity" — guitar* Predrag Marković "Peđa" — guitar* Milan Stošić "Žaba" — samples and effectsAdditional personnel* Edi Cukerić — producer...
received positive critics and several awards in both Serbia and Croatia, including the webzine Popboks award for the best album in the previous decade.
Band formation, hiatuses (1988–1999)
In 1988, the band Projekat was formed in BorBor, Serbia
Bor is a town and municipality located in eastern Serbia, with one of the largest copper mines in Europe and it has been a mining centre since 1904, when a French company began operations there. It is the administrative center of the Bor District of Serbia...
by the teenage friends Aleksandar Stojković "St" (vocals, rhythm guitar) and Željko Ljubić "Pity" (lead guitar). The material the band had performed, inspired by the SST Records
SST Records
SST Records is an American independent record label formed in 1978 in Long Beach, California by musician Greg Ginn. The company was initially called Solid State Transmitters through which Ginn sold electronics equipment...
indie
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
and alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
bands, including the song "Neću da stojim gde sam sad" ("I Do Not Want To Be Where I Am Now Standing"), was performed in Bor only. The band had also performed at the Bor Guitar festival, occupying the last position in the band competition, despite being the only band to play their own material. They performed until 1992 when Stojković moved to work and study 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...
and Ljubić went to serve the army.
In 1996, Stojković returned from London, bringing a guitar, a rhythm machine and a TASCAM
TASCAM
TASCAM is the professional audio division of TEAC Corporation, headquartered in Montebello, California. Tascam is credited as the inventor of the Portastudio, the first cassette-based multi-track home studio recorders. Tascam also introduced the first low-cost mass produced multitrack recorders...
four-track Portastudio
Portastudio
The TASCAM Portastudio was the world's first four track recorder based on a standard compact audio cassette tape.When the original Portastudio 144 made its debut in 1979 it was a revolutionary creative tool...
, and started recording home-made demo recordings with Ljubić on guitar. The recording equipment provided the two with an opportunity to make demo recordings of their own material despite the fact that probably it would not be released due to the difficulties in finding a record label. During the same year, the two were joined by Predrag Marković "Peđa" (guitar) and Goran Ljubičić "Goger" (drums), thus Goribor was officially formed. The band got the name after an everyday account in RTB Bor
RTB Bor
RTB Bor is a copper mining company located in Bor, Serbia.-History:After privatisation of the company, the following facilities of the company have remained with basic activities related to the extraction and treatment of copper ore:...
when in the process of copper smelting
Smelting
Smelting is a form of extractive metallurgy; its main use is to produce a metal from its ore. This includes iron extraction from iron ore, and copper extraction and other base metals from their ores...
slag
Slag
Slag is a partially vitreous by-product of smelting ore to separate the metal fraction from the unwanted fraction. It can usually be considered to be a mixture of metal oxides and silicon dioxide. However, slags can contain metal sulfides and metal atoms in the elemental form...
is being separated from copper, giving an impression of a volcanic eruption or a large fire over the town.
Being unable to perform elsewhere, the band had only played in Bor until 1999 when they went on hiatus.
Independent label years (2003–2006)
In 2003, after a four-year break, Stojković, Marković and Ljubić made new demo recordings in BelgradeBelgrade
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...
, and in November of the same year, with Ljubičić on drums and the bassist Duško Spasojević, the band held two performances at the Bor "Teatar" and "Art" clubs after which Ljubičić and Spasojević left the band. At the time, the band continued working whenever the conditions to play and record had allowed them to as they moved to living in different cities: Stojković moved to Belgrade, Ljubić moved to Niš
Niš
Niš is the largest city of southern Serbia and third-largest city in Serbia . According to the data from 2011, the city of Niš has a population of 177,972 inhabitants, while the city municipality has a population of 257,867. The city covers an area of about 597 km2, including the urban area,...
, and Marković remained living in Bor. In the meantime, a friend of the band had sent the new demo material to the Presing
Presing
Presing is a Serbian alternative rock band from Belgrade. Formed in 1990 and named after pressure defense in basketball , Presing were, together with Darkwood Dub and Kanda, Kodža i Nebojša, representatives of the so-called NeoBeo sound, alternative, guitar-based rock music produced in Belgrade in...
guitarist Vladimir Marković "Kraka", who subsequently sent the recordings to Zdenko Franjić, the head of 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 independent record label
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
Slušaj Najglasnije!.
The band recordings, consisting of six tracks, appeared on the tenth edition of the various artists compilation Bombardiranje New Yorka vol.10 (The Bombing of 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...
Vol.10), released by Slušaj Najglasnije! in 2003. The following year, the previously released material appeared on the demo album Ono što te ne ubije, to te osakati
Ono što te ne ubije, to te osakati
- Personnel :Goribor* Aleksandar Stojković "St" — vocals, programming* Željko Ljubić "Pity" — guitar* Predrag Marković "Peđa" — guitarAdditional personnel* LeeLooDesign — artwork by [cover design]- References :*...
(The Thing That Does Not Kill You, Makes You Stultified) by Slušaj Najglasnije!. Franjić also asked for all the material the band had possessed, and Stojković created master recordings of the previously recorded material. The material recorded in 1996 and 1997 were released on the demo album Stari radovi
Stari radovi
- Personnel :Goribor* Aleksandar Stojković "St" — vocals, programming* Željko Ljubić "Pity" — guitar* Predrag Marković "Peđa" — guitarAdditional personnel* LeeLooDesign — artwork by [cover design]- References :*...
(Old Works) released by Slušaj Najglasnije! in 2005. During the same year, the label released the recordings made from 1997 until 1999 on the demo album Krug u očima
Krug u očima
- Personnel :Goribor* Aleksandar Stojković "St" — vocals, programming* Željko Ljubić "Pity" — guitarAdditional personnel* LeeLooDesign — artwork by [cover design]* Dragan — bass guitar on track 8- References :*...
(A Circle in the Eyes), recorded without Marković, and recordings of the November 2003 performances, which were released as an official bootleg Live
Live (Goribor album)
- Personnel :Goribor* Aleksandar Stojković "St" — vocals, programming* Željko Ljubić "Pity" — guitar* Predrag Marković "Peđa" — guitar* Duško Spasojević — bass guitar* Goran Ljubičić "Goger" — drumsAdditional personnel...
.
In 2005, Stojković started writing new material and together with Ljubić on guitar and Marković on bass he recorded the demo album Hoću kući
Hoću kući
- Personnel :Goribor* Aleksandar Stojković "St" — vocals, programming* Željko Ljubić "Pity" — guitar* Predrag Marković "Peđa" — guitarAdditional personnel* LeeLooDesign — artwork by [cover design]- References :*...
(I Want To Go Home), released by the end of the same year. After the album release, Stojković, with Marković on guitar and the new member Predrag Trajković "Peda" (rhythm machine) performed at the Bor library and a local club. The former performance was the promotion of the Stojković poetry book Svet je moj ali ima vremena (The World is Mine But Still There is Time), being the first one to feature a rhythm machine instead of a live rhythm section, which had become the essential element of their musical expression. The same lineup, recorded the demo album Stondom do Tokija
Stondom do Tokija
- Personnel :Goribor* Aleksandar Stojković "St" — vocals, programming* Predrag Marković "Peđa" — guitar* Predrag Trajković "Peda" — drum programming, effectsAdditional personnel* LeeLooDesign — artwork by [cover design]- References :*...
(Stoned to Tokyo, a 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 Srbija do Tokija
Srbija do Tokija
Srbija do Tokija, , meaning "Serbia to Tokyo", is a slogan used by Serbian soccer fans to taunt rival ethnic groups in the beginning of the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s. At that time, Serbian soccer club Red Star Belgrade has won the European Cup, and also the worldwide title in Tokyo, Japan,...
-Serbia to Tokyo), released in 2006 by Slušaj Najglasnije!, consisting of new versions of the previously released songs and a new track "Bolje je izgoreti" ("It is Better to Burn").
During the spring of 2006, the lineup featuring Stojković on vocals, Ljubić and Marković on guitar and Trajković rhythm machine had had their first performances in Niš and Sopot
Sopot
Sopot is a seaside town in Eastern Pomerania on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland, with a population of approximately 40,000....
after which Franjić informed them about a demo competition festival in Pula
Pula
Pula is the largest city in Istria County, Croatia, situated at the southern tip of the Istria peninsula, with a population of 62,080 .Like the rest of the region, it is known for its mild climate, smooth sea, and unspoiled nature. The city has a long tradition of winemaking, fishing,...
. However, the band had been against the performance at the festival, leaving Franjić to decide on sending the demo recordings. Eventually, the demo recordings Franjić had sent entered the festival finals and Goribor was to appear at the festival among eight finalists. In August of the same year, the band appeared at the Pula Art & Music festival, winning the second place a point behind the festival winners, the Rijeka
Rijeka
Rijeka is the principal seaport and the third largest city in Croatia . It is located on Kvarner Bay, an inlet of the Adriatic Sea and has a population of 128,735 inhabitants...
metalcore
Metalcore
Metalcore is a subgenre of heavy metal combining various elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two genres. The term took on its current meaning in the mid-1990s, describing bands such as Earth Crisis, Deadguy and Integrity...
band One Piece Puzzle, and being praised for a unique rock expression. The band had appeared without Trajković, whom had left the band in the meantime, using backing tracks from a laptop as a replacement for the rhythm section.
Due to the positive critics of the Pula performance, the Croatian association Tempus Fugit decided to organize a Goribor solo concert in Zagreb. On October 2 of the same year the band held a performance at the Zagreb KSET and the recording from the concert had been released by Slušaj Najglasnije! as an official bootleg Live u KSET-u (2.10.2006.)
Live u KSET-u (2.10.2006.)
- Disc 2 :- Personnel :Goribor* Aleksandar Stojković "St" — vocals, programming* Željko Ljubić "Pity" — guitar* Predrag Marković "Peđa" — guitar* Milan Stošić "Žaba" — rhythm machineAdditional personnel* LeeLooDesign — artwork by [cover design]...
(Live in KSET (2 October 2006)) during the following year. At the performance, the new lineup, which featured Milan Stošić "Žaba" on samples, performed the songs from the demo album Hoću kući in the first part of the performance, the material from Ono što te ne ubije, to te osakati in the second part, and the new song "Početka" ("The Beginning") in between the two sets. Three days afterward, on October 5, the band had a well-accepted debut performance in Belgrade, at the club Akademija.
Major label years (2007–present)
In January 2007, owing to the success at the Pula Art & Music festival, the band was pronounced the debut act of the year 2006 at the Serbian webzine Popboks annual critics list. In March of the same year, the band had appeared on the PGP RTS various artists compilation Jutro će promeniti sve? – Nova srpska scena (Morning Would Change Everything? – New Serbian Scene), featuring the prominent bands of the so-called New Serbian Scene, with the song "Čujem bluz" ("I Hear the Blues"), originally released on Hoću kući, being their discography debut in Serbia. At the time, the band signed a contract with the Croatian major record label Dancing BearDancing Bear
Dancing Bear is a Croatian record label.Croatian artists that released their albums on the label include The Bambi Molesters, Daleka obala, Darko Rundek, Dino Dvornik, Gustafi, Hladno pivo, Ibrica Jusić, Dunja Knebl, Kojoti, Leteći odred and Majke....
for which, with the famous Pula producer Edi Cukerić, who had previously worked with The Bambi Molesters
The Bambi Molesters
The Bambi Molesters is a surf rock band from Sisak, Croatia. Since their formation in 1995 they have taken part in the revival of the 1960s surf genre and continue to contribute to its survival and further development with their music....
, Gustafi
Gustafi
Gustafi are a Croatian folk rock band formed in Vodnjan, a small town in Istria, in 1980. The band was founded by Edi Maružin, Vlado Maružin, Čedomir Mošnja, Igor Arih and Livio Morosin and was originally called Gustaph y njegovi dobri duhovi...
and Hladno Pivo
Hladno pivo
Hladno pivo is a Croatian punk rock band. It is one of most popular rock bands in Croatia.-Early history:The band was formed in Zagreb. It initially consisted of four members: Zok, Tedi, Suba, Mile...
, they started recording their debut album consisting of a selection of tracks from Ono što te ne ubije, to te osakati
Ono što te ne ubije, to te osakati
- Personnel :Goribor* Aleksandar Stojković "St" — vocals, programming* Željko Ljubić "Pity" — guitar* Predrag Marković "Peđa" — guitarAdditional personnel* LeeLooDesign — artwork by [cover design]- References :*...
and Hoću kući
Hoću kući
- Personnel :Goribor* Aleksandar Stojković "St" — vocals, programming* Željko Ljubić "Pity" — guitar* Predrag Marković "Peđa" — guitarAdditional personnel* LeeLooDesign — artwork by [cover design]- References :*...
.
On April 21 of the same year, the band performed at the Belgrade SKC as an opening act for Supernaut
Supernaut (Serbian band)
- 1990s :Having performed as DDT, formed in 1989 by former Šarlo Akrobata member Ivan Vdović "VD" , with Srđan Marković "Đile" and Miodrag Stojanović "Čeza" , the band changed the name to Supernaut, after Vdović's death in 1992...
, featuring the guest appearance by Jarboli
Jarboli
Jarboli is a Serbian alternative rock band from Belgrade.- 1990s :The band was formed in 1991 by Daniel Kovač , Boris Mladenović , Žolt Kovač , and Nemanja Aćimović whom, influenced by garage rock and punk rock, started to compose their own material and to perform in Belgrade clubs,...
member Danijel Kovač on acoustic guitar. The following month, the band had been introduced into the second edition of the Petar Janjatović EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960-2006 (EX YU ROCK encyclopedia 1960-2006). In August, the band appeared at the Pula Art & Music festival in order to promote the single "Sjajne niti
Sjajne niti
- Personnel :Goribor* Aleksandar Stojković "St" — vocals* Željko Ljubić "Pity" — guitar* Predrag Marković "Peđa" — guitarAdditional personnel* Leeloodesign — artwork by [design]* Davor Milovan "Bili" — bass* Marco Quarantotto — drums...
" ("Glowing Threads"), released on August 16. The single, produced by Edi Cukerić, also featured the Lazy Remix of the single and a Groovealistic Mix of the track "Ko sam?" ("Who Am I?"), done by Andrej Jakuš and Saša Miočić. A digital download
Music download
A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
version of the single had also been available at the Croatian webzine Muzika.hr for a limited period of time. A promotional video for the track had also been recorded, directed by Jasna Zastavniković. In the meantime, the band had appeared on the various artists compilation Rhythm Changes with the song "Ko sam?" ("Who Am I?").
On November 11, 2007, the band released their eponymous debut studio album Goribor
Goribor (album)
- Personnel :Goribor* Aleksandar Stojković "St" — vocals* Željko Ljubić "Pity" — guitar* Predrag Marković "Peđa" — guitar* Milan Stošić "Žaba" — samples and effectsAdditional personnel* Edi Cukerić — producer...
(Burningbor) through Dancing Bear in Croatia and Automatik Records in Serbia, being the first Serbian band to release an album under a Croatian major record label since the outbreak of the Yugoslav wars
Yugoslav wars
The Yugoslav Wars were a series of wars, fought throughout the former Yugoslavia between 1991 and 1995. The wars were complex: characterized by bitter ethnic conflicts among the peoples of the former Yugoslavia, mostly between Serbs on the one side and Croats and Bosniaks on the other; but also...
. The album, produced by Edi Cukerić, featured guest appearances by a number of musicians, Marko Quarantotto (drums), Davor Milovan "Bili" (Gustafi member, bass), Zoran Angeleski "Šizo" (The Chweger member, drums), Leon Brenko (keyboards, piano, vibraphone), Saša Petković (drums), Bonzo (banjo), Predrag Ljuna (harmonica), Miro Kusačić (guitar), Tonči Pavlinović (bongos), Marija Kuhar (vocals), Morin Kudić (vocals), Alen Rosanda (guitar), Edi Cukerić and Ivo Lorencin (programs and samples). Beside the newly recorded versions of the previously recorded material, the album featured two entirely new tracks, "Rolamo" ("We are Rolling") and "Voli me" ("Love Me").
The album received mostly positive critics, including favorable reviews in the Croatian Jutarnji list
Jutarnji list
Jutarnji list is a daily newspaper in Croatia with a circulation of about 115,000 copies.It was launched in April 1998, becoming the first successful Croatian daily newspaper to appear since the 1950s. It was named after a Zagreb daily that used to circulate before WW2...
, Večernji list
Vecernji list
Večernji list is a Croatian daily newspaper published in Zagreb.The newspaper was started in the 1950s and it is today one of two largest daily newspapers in Croatia...
, Vjesnik
Vjesnik
Vjesnik is a Croatian daily newspaper, published in Zagreb. Through its history, it has been considered a newspaper of record.The paper was originally printed as a monthly publication by the League of Communists of Croatia starting in 1940...
, and Serbian Vreme
Vreme
Vreme is a weekly newsmagazine based in Belgrade, Serbia.After being prepared for seven months throughout 1990 by liberal Serbian intellectuals dissatisfied with the regime's control of the media, its first issue came out on October 29, 1990. Most of its original staff were journalists from...
and Popboks. In the Popboks album review, the critic Goran Tarlać said "Goribor is one of the best rock albums in the last 15-20 years and the greatest individual creative peak of Serbian culture in the 21st century". The Jutarnji list journalist Aleksandar Dragaš called the album "The peak of the post-YU rock". During the early 2008, the album Goribor was pronounced as the best domestic album of the year 2007 according to the critics of Popboks and the various artists compilation Jutro će promeniti sve? appeared on the second place in the same category. Goribor was also pronounced the rock album of the year 2007 in the Serbian newspaper Blic
Blic
Blic is a tabloid daily newspaper in Serbia owned by Ringier AG group from Switzerland.Started in 1996, it has gone through a slight format change during the mid 2000s to include more in-depth coverage, but it is still, as its name aptly suggest, a paper devoted to quick, concise,...
, and the second best album in Jutarnji list
After the album release, during the same month, with the new drummer Marco Quarantotto, who had played with such acts as Dusty Miller
Dusty Miller
Joan 'Dusty' Miller, O.Ont is a former Canadian politician who served as the first woman mayor of Thunder Bay, Ontario from 1978 until the end of 1980 when she was defeated. Miller was married to Lakehead University history professor Tom Miller. Prior to her political activity, she was active in...
, East Rodeo and Roy Pacithe, the band started a live promotion of the album at the Belgrade SKC, with guest appearances by the Jarboli
Jarboli
Jarboli is a Serbian alternative rock band from Belgrade.- 1990s :The band was formed in 1991 by Daniel Kovač , Boris Mladenović , Žolt Kovač , and Nemanja Aćimović whom, influenced by garage rock and punk rock, started to compose their own material and to perform in Belgrade clubs,...
guitarist and vocalist Danijel Kovač, former Plejboj
Plejboj
Plejboj was a Serbian punk rock/ska band from Belgrade.- Formation, rise to prominence :...
and Eyesburn
Eyesburn
Eyesburn is a Serbian hardcore punk/crossover thrash band with influences of reggae music.- 1990s :The band was formed in 1994, and the original line-up featured former Dead Ideas guitarist Nemanja "Kojot" Kojić , who simultaneously worked as trombonist in Del Arno Band and bass guitarist in...
member Dušan Petrović and DJ Beatanga. In December, without Quarantotto and with Petrović on guest saxophone, the band had 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...
performance at the Akademija bookstore as a press-only album promotion, and the day after they performed in Zrenjanin
Zrenjanin
Zrenjanin is a city and municipality located in the eastern part of Serbian province of Vojvodina. It is the administrative centre of the Central Banat District of Serbia...
. The following year, the band toured Croatia, having solo concerts in Zagreb
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
, Varaždin
Varaždin
Varaždin is a city in north Croatia, north of Zagreb on the highway A4. The total population is 47,055, with 38,746 on of the city settlement itself . The centre of Varaždin county is located near the Drava river, at...
, Pula
Pula
Pula is the largest city in Istria County, Croatia, situated at the southern tip of the Istria peninsula, with a population of 62,080 .Like the rest of the region, it is known for its mild climate, smooth sea, and unspoiled nature. The city has a long tradition of winemaking, fishing,...
and Velika Gorica
Velika Gorica
Velika Gorica is the largest and most populous city in Zagreb County, Croatia. The city itself has a population of 31,341, while the municipality has a population of 63,511 inhabitants .Velika Gorica is the centre of the historical Turopolje region....
, Serbia, with the Bor
Bor, Serbia
Bor is a town and municipality located in eastern Serbia, with one of the largest copper mines in Europe and it has been a mining centre since 1904, when a French company began operations there. It is the administrative center of the Bor District of Serbia...
concert and 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...
, performing in Tolmin
Tolmin
Tolmin is a small town and municipality in the Littoral region of Slovenia.-Geography:Tolmin, the old town that gave the name to the entire area , is the largest settlement in the Upper Soča Valley , as well as its economic, cultural and administrative centre. It is located on a terrace above the...
. They also made several festival performances: the Rijeka
Rijeka
Rijeka is the principal seaport and the third largest city in Croatia . It is located on Kvarner Bay, an inlet of the Adriatic Sea and has a population of 128,735 inhabitants...
Hartera festival in May, the July performance at the Novi Sad
Novi Sad
Novi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river....
Exit festival
EXIT (festival)
Exit is an annual summer music festival in the Petrovaradin Fortress of Novi Sad, Serbia. It is staged annually since 2000 and usually lasts four days ....
, featuring guest appearance by Dušan Petrović, where they performed a new song "Gradovi se lome" ("Cities are Breaking Up"), and the Belgrade Beer Fest
Belgrade Beer Fest
Belgrade Beer Fest is an annual festival of beer in Belgrade, Serbia. Started in 2003, the festival is held annually over 4 to 5 days as a showcase event for various beer producers. In addition to domestic and foreign brews, the festival features live music performances each evening...
in August of the same year.
In 2009, the band not only continued promoting the eponymous album but also started preparing the material for the upcoming studio album once again to be released by Dancing Bear, as the band had made a contract to release three studio albums through the label. In April, they had a mini-tour of Serbia, performing in Niš
Niš
Niš is the largest city of southern Serbia and third-largest city in Serbia . According to the data from 2011, the city of Niš has a population of 177,972 inhabitants, while the city municipality has a population of 257,867. The city covers an area of about 597 km2, including the urban area,...
, Novi Sad
Novi Sad
Novi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river....
and 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...
. The performances did not feature the drummer Quarantotto and guitarist Marković whom had left the band respectively, and the band included the new drummer Miloš Vojvodić "Miša", from the Niš experimental jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
group EYOT, on the former two performances. The Belgrade performance, also featuring a projection of the documentary about Zdenko Franjić entitled Oči u magli (Eyes in the Fog), featured Stojković and Ljubić with a guest appearance by Luka Papić "mangulicaFM" on lap-top, focusing mainly on the material from the upcoming studio album, including the songs "Ljubavi moja" ("My Love"), "Svi ti ljudi" ("All Those People") and "Grad" ("The Town").
The new lineup performed at the Zagreb Purgeraj on June 16 and the entire performance had been released on the Purgeraj DVD through Slušaj Najglasnije! during the following year. During the late 2009, the band was joined by Miroslav Užarević (guitar, bass guitar) with whom Goribor resumed their concert activities, promoting new songs from the upcoming album, including "Vožnjica" ("A Little Ride"), Moje misli" ("My Thoughts"), "Uzalud se budiš" ("You Waking Up in Vain"). The following year, Stojković released the poetry book Ne možeš mnogo ali možeš malo (You Cannot Do a Lot But You Can Do a Little), featuring the material from the 2003 Svet je moj ali ima vremena and the 2008 Princ Bez Horsa (A Prince without Horse) book, combined with new poems, published by Rende. The band had also held their first performances outside the former Yugoslavia territory, in Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
and Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. The band continued touring, performing at major festivals in 2010: in April at the Zagreb Žedno Uho festival, in July they performed at the Baćin 7 Jezera, in August at the Belgrade Adrenalin Music & Tattoo Live, as well as at the Niš Nisomnia festival.
In February 2011, the webzine Popboks critics selected the best Serbian albums released in the previous decade and the album Goribor appeared on the first place, and the various artists compilation Jutro će promeniti sve appeared on the sixteenth place. At the time, in an interview Stojković stated that the upcoming studio album, once again produced by Edi Cukerić, was completely finished and that the band had recorded sixteen songs, leaving an opportunity for the new release to be a double album. On May 31, the band released the single "Uzalud se budiš" ("You Are Waking Up In Vain") from the new studio album, due to be released in Autumn, featuring the guest appearance by Nenad Sinkauz from the Croatian/Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
art rock
Art rock
Art rock is a subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the 1960s, with influences from art, avant-garde, and classical music. The first usage of the term, according to Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, was in 1968. Influenced by the work of The Beatles, most notably their Sgt...
band East Rodeo on backing vocals, available for online 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...
via Soundcloud
SoundCloud
SoundCloud is an online audio distribution platform which allows collaboration, promotion and distribution of audio recordings.-History:SoundCloud was originally started in Stockholm, Sweden, but was established in Berlin, Germany in August, 2007 by sound designer Alex Ljung and artist Eric Wahlforss...
. In November. Ljubić stated that the band is finishing their work on the new material, which could be released as a double album.
Official demo recordings
- Ono što te ne ubije, to te osakatiOno što te ne ubije, to te osakati- Personnel :Goribor* Aleksandar Stojković "St" — vocals, programming* Željko Ljubić "Pity" — guitar* Predrag Marković "Peđa" — guitarAdditional personnel* LeeLooDesign — artwork by [cover design]- References :*...
(2004) - Stari radoviStari radovi- Personnel :Goribor* Aleksandar Stojković "St" — vocals, programming* Željko Ljubić "Pity" — guitar* Predrag Marković "Peđa" — guitarAdditional personnel* LeeLooDesign — artwork by [cover design]- References :*...
(2005) - Krug u očimaKrug u očima- Personnel :Goribor* Aleksandar Stojković "St" — vocals, programming* Željko Ljubić "Pity" — guitarAdditional personnel* LeeLooDesign — artwork by [cover design]* Dragan — bass guitar on track 8- References :*...
(2005) - Hoću kućiHoću kući- Personnel :Goribor* Aleksandar Stojković "St" — vocals, programming* Željko Ljubić "Pity" — guitar* Predrag Marković "Peđa" — guitarAdditional personnel* LeeLooDesign — artwork by [cover design]- References :*...
(2005) - Stondom do TokijaStondom do Tokija- Personnel :Goribor* Aleksandar Stojković "St" — vocals, programming* Predrag Marković "Peđa" — guitar* Predrag Trajković "Peda" — drum programming, effectsAdditional personnel* LeeLooDesign — artwork by [cover design]- References :*...
(2006)
Official bootleg albums
- LiveLive (Goribor album)- Personnel :Goribor* Aleksandar Stojković "St" — vocals, programming* Željko Ljubić "Pity" — guitar* Predrag Marković "Peđa" — guitar* Duško Spasojević — bass guitar* Goran Ljubičić "Goger" — drumsAdditional personnel...
(2005) - Live u KSET-u (2.10.2006.)Live u KSET-u (2.10.2006.)- Disc 2 :- Personnel :Goribor* Aleksandar Stojković "St" — vocals, programming* Željko Ljubić "Pity" — guitar* Predrag Marković "Peđa" — guitar* Milan Stošić "Žaba" — rhythm machineAdditional personnel* LeeLooDesign — artwork by [cover design]...
(2007)
Other appearances
- Bombardiranje New Yorka vol.10 (2003)
- Jutro će promeniti sve? (2007)
- Rhythm changes (2007)
External links
- Official website
- Goribor 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....
- Goribor 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...
- Goribor 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....
- Goribor 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...
- Goribor at Rateyourmusic
- Goribor 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 ....
- Goribor 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...