Kolja i Smak Bijelog Dugmeta

The songs Pejaković had composed during the mid-1980s were released on his debut album Mama, nemoj plakati (Mother do not cry), released by System Records in 2001. Influenced by diverse range genres and crossing them with witty and a bit vulgar lyrics, Pejaković described his musical style as "porn soul". The songs were recorded with a studio backing band, which he named Smak Bijelog Dugmeta (a witty remark on the two popular 1970s Yugoslav

Yugoslavia

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 bands, Smak

Smak

Smak is a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band. The group reached the peak of popularity in the 1970s when it was one of the top acts of the former Yugoslav rock scene...

 and Bijelo Dugme

Bijelo dugme

Bijelo dugme was a highly influential former Yugoslav rock band, based in Sarajevo. Active between 1974 and 1989, it is widely considered to have been the most popular band ever to exist in former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and one of the most important acts of the Yugoslav rock...

), composed of Saša Lokner (keyboards), Vojislav Aralica (album producer, guitar, bass, keyboards) and Dejan Momčilović (drums). For the album cover, Pejaković chose Dragan Papić’s work called "Žalim slučaj" ("So sorry"). The album was recorded from October 25, 1998 until January 13, 1999 at the Goran Kostić Go-Go studio in Belgrade

Belgrade

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. During the same year, he also appeared as the writer of the Oleg Novković’s Normalni ljudi (Normal people) movie soundtrack, and in 2005 he wrote the Wedding short movie soundtrack, both of which never officially released on a soundtrack album.

From December 2004 until August of the following year, Pejaković once again entered the Go-Go studio in order to record the material for his second solo album, but it was not until 2009 that the album Kolja was released, once again through System Records. Pejaković recorded the album with the backing vocalists Jasmina Nunić Pera and Tamara Aralica, producer Vojislav Aralica who recorded keyboards, slide, acoustic, electric and bass guitar, Ivan Aleksijević on organ and keyboards, Neša Petrović on alt saxophone and Dejan Sparavalo on violin. In order to promote the album release, Pejaković also recorded a cover version of the Šarlo Akrobata

Šarlo Akrobata

Šarlo Akrobata were a seminal Yugoslav rock band often categorized as late punk or New Wave, particularly art-oriented. Short-lived but extremely influential, in addition to being one of the most important acts of the Yugoslav New Wave scene, the three piece left an indelible mark on the entire...

 song "Samo ponekad

Samo ponekad

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" ("Just occasionally"), released for free digital download

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 at the System Records official site.

"Haljinica boje lila"

Pejaković wrote the folk music

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 hit "Haljinica boje lila" ("A lily colored dress"), with his, at the time, girlfriend and turbo folk singer Lola, with whom he recorded the song. The song was recorded with at the time anonymous producer Željko Joksimović

Željko Joksimovic

Željko Joksimović or often credited Zeljko Joksimovic is a popular Serbian singer, songwriter and producer. He is also well known in Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia, Croatia, Slovenia, Greece, Germany, Austria and other European countries...

, being eventually released on Lola's album Crne oči (Dark eyes) in 2001. A live version of the song was released on the second studio album, Kolja, released in 2009.

The Croatia

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n pop

Pop music

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 singer Severina recorded a cover version of the song in 2008 on her album Zdravo Marijo

Zdravo Marijo

Zdravo Marijo is the tenth studio album by Croatian singer Severina. It was released in 2008. The album has been very popular in former Yugoslavia, especially in Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia and Serbia. Due to her success in Serbia, Severina performed at the Belgrade Arena in front of...

(Hello, Marija), featuring the arrangements made by Goran Bregović

Goran Bregovic

Goran Bregović is one of the most internationally known modern musicians and composers of the Balkans. He currently splits his time between Paris and Belgrade, where he settled down during the Yugoslav Wars.Bregović has composed for such varied artists as Iggy Pop and Cesária Évora...

External links

• Nikola Pejaković at Discogs
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• Nikola Pejaković at imdb
• Nikola Pejaković at Facebook
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• Kolja i Smak Bijelog Dugmeta at Myspace
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