Lutke
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Lutke is a Serbia
n britpop
/power pop
band from Belgrade
.
at the Mount Athos
), which was one of the many lineup changes the embryonic band lineup had featured. The default lineup recorded a demo recording during 1987, featuring the songs "Ti si tako otrovna" ("You Are so Poisonous") and "Ja sam opet tu" ("I Am here Again"), produced by Srđan Babović, later known as a turbo folk producer. The material was presented to the audience thorough the local radio stations broadcasts, as well as the live performances the band held, mainly in high-schools. An article about the band also appeared in the Ćao magazine.
However, the lineup did not last long due to the band members' army obligations. In the late 1989, having returned from the army, Jovanović and Radovanović, with the bassist Dejan Stanišić and drummer Srđan Višnjić, made their seceral demo recordings, mainly at the Cacadu Studio, often broadcast on the newly-formed Radio B92. The recordings also appeared on radio demo top lists, and several radio shows, including the one hosted by Milan Petrović "Tica", who had become one of the leading supporters of the group.
had gradually affected the group activities. The band continued recording, and the demo versions of the songs "Nebo" ("The Sky"), and "Smešak kobnog jutra" ("A Fatal Morning Smile"), charted on the Studio B
radio show Diskomer and the music videos for the tracks appeared on the RTB
television show Afirmator. The success of the media promotion provided the band an opportunity to perform at the at the Brzi bendovi Srbije festival, during 1992, and the notable Belgrade clubs, KST, SKC
and Dom Omladine.
In 1994, drummer Srđan Višnjić left the band, later becoming an established rally
driver, being replaced by Vladan Nojković, with whom the band got the opportunity to release their debut album. The album was recorded at the Novi Sad
Do-Re-Mi studio, and was co-produced by the band members with the studio owners Predrag Pejić and Aleksandar Stamenković "Stamena". Moderan svet (The modern World), released on compact cassette
only by L.V.O. Records in 1996, beside the material written by the band themselves, also featured a cover version of The Pretenders
song "2000 Miles
". The album was intended to be reaction of the band to the current britpop
music scene in Great Britain.
Promotional videos for the album were recorded for the songs "Ke putana" (transliteration
for "Que putana", trans. "What a Whore"), "Moderan svet" ("The modern world"), both directed by Ivan Markov. The latter video was banned soon after its premier due to the legal actions taken by a model who appeared in the video, due to the dissatisfaction with the outcome of the recordings. After the album release, the band had a minor tour to promote the album, with the performances mainly being held in Belgrade clubs, during which the band played in Kragujevac
, which was their first live appearance outside Belgrade.
The following year, the song "Znam da je kraj" ("I Know It's Over"), which was released on the debut album, appeared on the B92 and Radio Boom 93 various artists compilation Ovo je zemlja za nas?!?, following a contract with the former record label. In the meantime, on early 1997, the lineup changed once again, with Dejan Radovanović leaving the band, and the new lineup featured Đuro Kojić "George" (guitar, violin) and Maja Mladenović (organ). The following year, the new lineup entered the Košutnjak
Music Factory studio and from February until June 1998 recorded the material which was to be released on the second studio album.
On October 1998, the band released the second studio album, Polyester, composed of material written during the decade-spanning band career, the musical orientation from the previous release, with a special accent given to string arrangements. The album was produced by Đorđe Petrović, and guest appearances on the album featured Galina Kuzmanović, who played violin on the track "La petit folie" ("A Tiny Madness"), and did vocals and backing vocals, and Kristali
trumpet player Nenad Potje. A promotional video was recorded for the track "Sjaj" ("Glow"), once again directed by Ivan Markov, becoming a nationwide hit.
The album release was followed by a large media promotion and a tour during which the band had performed accompanied by a string section consisting of five violins and two cellos as well as a brass section featuring a saxophone and a trombone. The tour was interrupted by the beginning of the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, during which the band had disbanded. Drummer Nojković moved to Egypt
and then to Canada and organ player Maja Mladenović moved to Denmark
. In the meantime, the Socialist Party of Serbia
regime had taken over the Radio B92, confiscating the all of the remaining copies of Polyester.
n New Wave
and punk rock
scenes, who performed with the bands Radnička Kontrola
, Šine, Robna Kuća and Radost Evrope. The following year, Drago Senić, a former Qrve, Petar Pan and Komandosi member, became the new bassist.
In 2007, the band, after a nine-year discography break, released the third studio album Fontanela (Fountainella), under the indie record label Ammonite Records. The album, produced by Drago Senić, featured the material recorded during 2006, featured ten new songs, written by Jovanović during the 2000s, except the cover version of the Drago Mlinarec and Josipa Lisac
track "Noćna ptica" ("Night Bird"), written by Mlinarec and Karlo Metikoš. Promotional videos was recorded for the track "N.L.O." ("U.F.O."]). After the album release, the band, featuring Jovanović, Kojić, Pajević, bassist Duška Rajković and keyboard player and vocalist Dušica Stojković, also a Generacija Bez Budućnosti member, went on a promotional tour including Belgrade
, Novi Sad
, Gornji Milanovac
, Subotica
, Kragujevac
and Niš
, which was the first live appearance of the band in eight years.
In 2009, Jovanović released the second studio album with the side project Foto, entitled Sinteza (Synthesis
), through Ammonite Records. In the meantime, Bojan Dmitrasinović became the new Lutke drummer.
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 britpop
Britpop
Britpop is a subgenre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom. Britpop emerged from the British independent music scene of the early 1990s and was characterised by bands influenced by British guitar pop music of the 1960s and 1970s...
/power pop
Power pop
Power pop is a popular musical genre that draws its inspiration from 1960s British and American pop and rock music. It typically incorporates a combination of musical devices such as strong melodies, crisp vocal harmonies, economical arrangements, and prominent guitar riffs. Instrumental solos are...
band 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...
.
1980s
The band was formed in 1987 by high-school friends Nenad Jovanović (guitar, vocals), Dejan Radovanović (guitar), Zlatko Šetvić (bass guitar) and Zoran Aković (drums). Starting under as Salame (The Salamis), and then Krvopije (The Bloodsuckers), the band finally chose the name Lutke (The Dolls). The lineup for a short while had also featured Saša Pavlović on guitar (who later had become a monkMonk
A monk is a person who practices religious asceticism, living either alone or with any number of monks, while always maintaining some degree of physical separation from those not sharing the same purpose...
at the Mount Athos
Mount Athos
Mount Athos is a mountain and peninsula in Macedonia, Greece. A World Heritage Site, it is home to 20 Eastern Orthodox monasteries and forms a self-governed monastic state within the sovereignty of the Hellenic Republic. Spiritually, Mount Athos comes under the direct jurisdiction of the...
), which was one of the many lineup changes the embryonic band lineup had featured. The default lineup recorded a demo recording during 1987, featuring the songs "Ti si tako otrovna" ("You Are so Poisonous") and "Ja sam opet tu" ("I Am here Again"), produced by Srđan Babović, later known as a turbo folk producer. The material was presented to the audience thorough the local radio stations broadcasts, as well as the live performances the band held, mainly in high-schools. An article about the band also appeared in the Ćao magazine.
However, the lineup did not last long due to the band members' army obligations. In the late 1989, having returned from the army, Jovanović and Radovanović, with the bassist Dejan Stanišić and drummer Srđan Višnjić, made their seceral demo recordings, mainly at the Cacadu Studio, often broadcast on the newly-formed Radio B92. The recordings also appeared on radio demo top lists, and several radio shows, including the one hosted by Milan Petrović "Tica", who had become one of the leading supporters of the group.
1990s
In the early 1990s, the band sporadically performed, mainly at the Belgrade club Dadov, and on performances with other bands. However, the current political and economical situation and the outbreak of the Yugoslav warsYugoslav 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...
had gradually affected the group activities. The band continued recording, and the demo versions of the songs "Nebo" ("The Sky"), and "Smešak kobnog jutra" ("A Fatal Morning Smile"), charted on the Studio B
RTV Studio B
RTV Studio B, more often called Studio B , is a radio and television broadcaster in Belgrade, Serbia, which was the first broadcast station outside the national electronic media system.-Background:...
radio show Diskomer and the music videos for the tracks appeared on the RTB
Radio Television of Serbia
Radio Television of Serbia or Serbian Broadcasting Corporation is the public broadcaster in Serbia. It broadcasts and produces a variety of news, drama, and sports programming through radio, television and the Internet. RTS is, since July 2001, a member of the European Broadcasting Union. RTS is...
television show Afirmator. The success of the media promotion provided the band an opportunity to perform at the at the Brzi bendovi Srbije festival, during 1992, and the notable Belgrade clubs, KST, SKC
Studentski kulturni centar
Studentski Kulturni Centar , abbreviated as "SKC", is a cultural centre in Belgrade, Serbia.The center opened in 1971 in the building that had up to that point been used by state security agency UDBA. The opening of SKC was seen by many as the communist regime's concession to the youth of Belgrade...
and Dom Omladine.
In 1994, drummer Srđan Višnjić left the band, later becoming an established rally
Rally
Rally refers to a gathering, as in:* Political rally, a demonstration, march, or parade* Pep rally, an event held at a United States school or college sporting eventRally as a sports term can also refer to:* Rallying, a category of motorsport...
driver, being replaced by Vladan Nojković, with whom the band got the opportunity to release their debut album. The album was recorded 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....
Do-Re-Mi studio, and was co-produced by the band members with the studio owners Predrag Pejić and Aleksandar Stamenković "Stamena". Moderan svet (The modern World), released on 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...
only by L.V.O. Records in 1996, beside the material written by the band themselves, also featured a cover version of The Pretenders
The Pretenders
The Pretenders are an English rock band formed in Hereford, England in March 1978. The original band consisted of initiator and main songwriter Chrissie Hynde , James Honeyman-Scott , Pete Farndon , and Martin Chambers...
song "2000 Miles
2000 Miles
"2000 Miles" is a song by The Pretenders released in 1983 as the preceding single to their 1984 album, Learning to Crawl. In the US, it was released as both 7 inch 45 as the B-side of the single "Middle of the Road" and a 12 inch remix. It was most popular in the UK, where it charted at #15...
". The album was intended to be reaction of the band to the current britpop
Britpop
Britpop is a subgenre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom. Britpop emerged from the British independent music scene of the early 1990s and was characterised by bands influenced by British guitar pop music of the 1960s and 1970s...
music scene in Great Britain.
Promotional videos for the album were recorded for the songs "Ke putana" (transliteration
Transliteration
Transliteration is a subset of the science of hermeneutics. It is a form of translation, and is the practice of converting a text from one script into another...
for "Que putana", trans. "What a Whore"), "Moderan svet" ("The modern world"), both directed by Ivan Markov. The latter video was banned soon after its premier due to the legal actions taken by a model who appeared in the video, due to the dissatisfaction with the outcome of the recordings. After the album release, the band had a minor tour to promote the album, with the performances mainly being held in Belgrade clubs, during which the band played in Kragujevac
Kragujevac
Kragujevac is the fourth largest city in Serbia, the main city of the Šumadija region and the administrative centre of Šumadija District. It is situated on the banks of the Lepenica River...
, which was their first live appearance outside Belgrade.
The following year, the song "Znam da je kraj" ("I Know It's Over"), which was released on the debut album, appeared on the B92 and Radio Boom 93 various artists compilation Ovo je zemlja za nas?!?, following a contract with the former record label. In the meantime, on early 1997, the lineup changed once again, with Dejan Radovanović leaving the band, and the new lineup featured Đuro Kojić "George" (guitar, violin) and Maja Mladenović (organ). The following year, the new lineup entered the Košutnjak
Košutnjak
Košutnjak is a park-forest and urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is divided between in the municipalities of Čukarica and Rakovica .-Location:...
Music Factory studio and from February until June 1998 recorded the material which was to be released on the second studio album.
On October 1998, the band released the second studio album, Polyester, composed of material written during the decade-spanning band career, the musical orientation from the previous release, with a special accent given to string arrangements. The album was produced by Đorđe Petrović, and guest appearances on the album featured Galina Kuzmanović, who played violin on the track "La petit folie" ("A Tiny Madness"), and did vocals and backing vocals, and Kristali
Kristali
Kristali are a Serbian britpop/pop rock band from Belgrade.- 1990s :The band was formed on January 1993, by bassist and vocalist Dejan Gvozden and guitarist Željko Markuš, whom, having performed blues and rock standards in Belgrade cafes, were joined by drummer Dejan Kostić...
trumpet player Nenad Potje. A promotional video was recorded for the track "Sjaj" ("Glow"), once again directed by Ivan Markov, becoming a nationwide hit.
The album release was followed by a large media promotion and a tour during which the band had performed accompanied by a string section consisting of five violins and two cellos as well as a brass section featuring a saxophone and a trombone. The tour was interrupted by the beginning of the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, during which the band had disbanded. Drummer Nojković moved to Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
and then to Canada and organ player Maja Mladenović moved to Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
. In the meantime, the Socialist Party of Serbia
Socialist Party of Serbia
The Socialist Party of Serbia is officially a democratic socialist political party in Serbia. It is also widely recognized as a de facto Serbian nationalist party, though the party itself does not officially acknowledge this...
regime had taken over the Radio B92, confiscating the all of the remaining copies of Polyester.
2000s
In 2000, Nenad Jovanović with the Chiq Toxic member Branislav Pakić, formed the electropop band Foto, releasing the album Kosmos Srbija (Cosmos Serbia) in 2002 under the indie record label Ammonite Records, with the title track becoming a nationwide hit. In the meantime, Jovanović reformed Lutke with the guitarist George Kojić, and the drummer Đorđe Kovačević. The lineup recorded a promotional video for the track "Novi dan" ("A New Day"), directed by Miloš Đukelić. Drummer Kovačević was replaced in 2004 by Mladen Pajević, the veteran of the SerbiaSerbia
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 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...
and punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
scenes, who performed with the bands Radnička Kontrola
Radnicka kontrola
Radnička Kontrola was a former Yugoslav punk rock/New Wave band from Belgrade, active in the late 1970s and early 1980s and notable for its appearance on the compilation album Artistička radna akcija.After the band ceased to exist, vocalist Zoran Kostić "Cane" rose to nationwide and popularity as...
, Šine, Robna Kuća and Radost Evrope. The following year, Drago Senić, a former Qrve, Petar Pan and Komandosi member, became the new bassist.
In 2007, the band, after a nine-year discography break, released the third studio album Fontanela (Fountainella), under the indie record label Ammonite Records. The album, produced by Drago Senić, featured the material recorded during 2006, featured ten new songs, written by Jovanović during the 2000s, except the cover version of the Drago Mlinarec and Josipa Lisac
Josipa Lisac
Josipa Lisac is an eminent female singer.-Biography:During the 1960s she was a vocalist of the group named Zlatni Akordi...
track "Noćna ptica" ("Night Bird"), written by Mlinarec and Karlo Metikoš. Promotional videos was recorded for the track "N.L.O." ("U.F.O."]). After the album release, the band, featuring Jovanović, Kojić, Pajević, bassist Duška Rajković and keyboard player and vocalist Dušica Stojković, also a Generacija Bez Budućnosti member, went on a promotional tour including 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...
, 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....
, Gornji Milanovac
Gornji Milanovac
Gornji Milanovac is a town and municipality located in Serbia at 44.012691° North, 20.273572° East. Its name means "Upper Milanovac" while Milanovac stems from name "Milan" in the Serbian language. The population of town is 24,048.The city was founded in 1853...
, Subotica
Subotica
Subotica is a city and municipality in northern Serbia, in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina...
, Kragujevac
Kragujevac
Kragujevac is the fourth largest city in Serbia, the main city of the Šumadija region and the administrative centre of Šumadija District. It is situated on the banks of the Lepenica River...
and 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,...
, which was the first live appearance of the band in eight years.
In 2009, Jovanović released the second studio album with the side project Foto, entitled Sinteza (Synthesis
Synthesis
In general, the noun synthesis refers to a combination of two or more entities that together form something new; alternately, it refers to the creating of something by artificial means...
), through Ammonite Records. In the meantime, Bojan Dmitrasinović became the new Lutke drummer.
2010s
The band started recording a new studio album, and the first single from the upcoming release, "Beograd gori" ("Belgrade is Burning") appeared on the seventh place on the Jelen Top 10 list in February 2011. A promotional video for the track had also been released in March 2011.External links
- Lutke 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....
- Lutke 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...
- Lutke 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....
- Lutke 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...
- Lutke at Rateyourmusic
- Lutke 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 ....