Jinx (Croatian band)
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Jinx is a Croatian Pop
band from Zagreb which was formed in 1993. They began their career under the name "High Jinx" coming from a concert in a Zagreb night-club saloon. The members of Jinx are guitarist Coco Mosquito
, vocalist Jadranka Bastajic Yaya, drummer Berko Muratovic, keyboardist Mr. Goody, trumpet player Igor Pavlica and bassist Adam Matijasevic. Former members of the band are Goony, Kiky the Kid, bassist Samir Kadribasic, trumpet player Rudi and saxophone player Jordes. The prefix "High" was dropped in 1995, since all fans who attended their first gigs referred to them solely as Jinx. Their first album, Sextasy, was released in English. Berko and Samir joined the band in 1996. In 1997, Jinx signed their first record contract with Aquarius Records
and released their second album called “Second Hand”. In 2001, Percussionist Boris Popov joined the band. Jinx disbanded in 2001. In 2007, Jinx made a comeback with the album "Na zapadu" (In the West), having signed with Dallas Records
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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...
band from Zagreb which was formed in 1993. They began their career under the name "High Jinx" coming from a concert in a Zagreb night-club saloon. The members of Jinx are guitarist Coco Mosquito
Coco Mosquito
Gordan Muratović, better known by his stage name Coco Mosquito, is a Croatian pop composer, songwriter, arranger and guitar player as a band member for Jinx. He and his brother, Berko produced a comeback album of Psihomodo Pop called Debakl. After the break-up of Jinx in 2002, Coco Mosquito turned...
, vocalist Jadranka Bastajic Yaya, drummer Berko Muratovic, keyboardist Mr. Goody, trumpet player Igor Pavlica and bassist Adam Matijasevic. Former members of the band are Goony, Kiky the Kid, bassist Samir Kadribasic, trumpet player Rudi and saxophone player Jordes. The prefix "High" was dropped in 1995, since all fans who attended their first gigs referred to them solely as Jinx. Their first album, Sextasy, was released in English. Berko and Samir joined the band in 1996. In 1997, Jinx signed their first record contract with Aquarius Records
Aquarius Records
Aquarius Records is an independent record label founded in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1969. The first president was Terry Flood and the other founding owners were Donald Tarlton, Bob Lemm, Dan Lazare and Jack Lazare. Originally the label was distributed by London Records of Canada.Among the first...
and released their second album called “Second Hand”. In 2001, Percussionist Boris Popov joined the band. Jinx disbanded in 2001. In 2007, Jinx made a comeback with the album "Na zapadu" (In the West), having signed with 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....
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Albums
- Sextasy (1995; re-released in 2000)
- Second Hand (1997),
- Pompei – Ljetna ploča katastrofe (1999)
- Avantura počinje (2001)
- Retro/Best of Jinx (2002; compilation)
- Na zapadu (2007)
- Diksilend (2010)
Singles
- Smijem se (1997)
- Bye bye baby bye (1999)
- Koliko suza (1999)
- Tamo gdje je sve po mom (2001)
- Na cemu si ti (2007)