Oktobar 1864
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Oktobar 1864 was a Serbia
n and former Yugoslav rock
band.
by Goran Tomanović and have changed several line-ups before they won the Best demo
Band Award at the MESAM festival in 1986. Goran Tomanović the first band members over the newspaper ads. The band had its first big performance in 1985 when they performed in Taš club in Belgrade
, and that is when Tanja Jovićević, the band's lead singer, joined the group. After this, the band started the work on their debut, self titled, album
. The album was recorded in November and December 1986 in O Studio in Belgrade
and produced by Saša Habić. It was released for the Jugodisk
label. The line-up for this album was: Tanja Jovićević (vocals), Goran Tomanović (guitar
), Željko Mitrović (bass guitar
), Ivan Zečević (drums
), Dean Krmpotić (keyboards
), Marko Lalić (saxophone
), Branko Baćović (trumpet
) and Nebojša Mrvaljević (trombone
). Guests on the album were Jovan Maljoković on saxophone, Saša Habić and Bojan Zulfikarpašić
on keyboards, and former S Vremena Na Vreme
members Ljuba Ninković and Asim Sarvan on backing vocals. This album featured hits "Nađi me" ("Find Me", a cover of the Four Tops
' "Reach Out I'll Be There
") and "Carte blanche". Minor hits were "Muzika noći" ("Music of the Night") and "Grad" ("The City").
The second album Igra bojama (Play with Colors) was recorded in February and March 1988 in O Studio in the new line-up, with Dejan Abadić (keyboards) and Vuk Dinić (trombone). The guests on the album were Rex Ilusivii on emulator
, Dragan Kozarčic on trumpet, Josip Kovač Jr. on saxophone, Theodor Yanni on guitar, Sanja Čičanović and Milan Mladenović
on backing vocals. The album was produced by Rex Ilusivii and Theodor Yanni and released through PGP-RTB
. The major hit on the album was "Sam" ("Alone") and other notable songs were "Pratiš trag" ("You're Following the Trace") and "Senke 2" ("Shadows 2").
During 1989 Ljubinko Tomanović (bass guitar) and Slobodan Andrić (saxophone) joined the band. During the same year, Tanja Jovićević was voted the Best Singer of the Year by the readers of Pop rock magazine. The band played concerts with Ekatarina Velika
and recorded the soundtrack for the film Početni udarac. In early 1990, Oktobar 1864 started to work on their third album Crni ples (Black Dance) in Pink Studio in Zemun. It was recorded in March 1990 in the studio of RTV Titograd
. The band was accompanied by Deže Molnar on tenor
and alto saxophone
and keyboards, Dragan Kozarčić on trumpet, Anton Horvat on baritone saxophone
, Milan Mladenović on backing vocals, Blagoje Nedeljković on drums (in "Denis") and Ted Yanni on guitar (guitar solo
in "Crni ples"). The album was produced by the band and Theodor Yanni and released by PGP-RTB. This album featured hits "Crni ples" and "Denis". Minor hits were "E7/9" and "Osećam za tebe" ("I Feel for You"). In 1990, Oktobar 1864 also recorded the soundtrack for the documentary film
Izlazak u Javnost (Coming out), about the comic strip artist Emir Mesić from Zagreb
. During the same year, the TV station SA 3 from Sarajevo
recorded the documentary film Oktobar 1864 about the band.
Despite the fact they were praised by both fans and crtitics, due to the outbreak of the Yugoslav Wars
, the band members decided to end their activity. The group disbanded in 1992 and the farewell concert was held in Belgrade's SKC
in January 1992.
singer. Goran Tomanović formed the alternative rock
band Braća Left
with Ljubinko Tomanović. Željko Mitrović founded Pink television
and City Records
label.
In 1997 City Records
released the compilation album Najbolje with 12 songs. The editor for the album was Goran Tomanović.
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 and former Yugoslav 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...
band.
1984 – 1992
Oktobar 1864 was formed in 1984 in ZemunZemun
Zemun is a historical town and one of the 17 municipalities which constitute the City of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia...
by Goran Tomanović and have changed several line-ups before they won the Best demo
Demo (music)
A demo version or demo of a song is one recorded for reference rather than for release. A demo is a way for a musician to approximate their ideas on tape or disc, and provide an example of those ideas to record labels, producers or other artists...
Band Award at the MESAM festival in 1986. Goran Tomanović the first band members over the newspaper ads. The band had its first big performance in 1985 when they performed in Taš club in 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...
, and that is when Tanja Jovićević, the band's lead singer, joined the group. After this, the band started the work on their debut, self titled, album
Oktobar 1864 (album)
- Personnel :* Tanja Jovićević - vocals* Goran Tomanović - guitar* Dean Krmpotić - keyboards* Željko Mitrović - bass* Ivan Zečević - drums* Marko Lalić - saxophone* Nebojša Mrvaljević - trombone* Branko Baćović - trumpet-Guests:* Saša Habić - keyboards...
. The album was recorded in November and December 1986 in O Studio in 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...
and produced by Saša Habić. It was released for the Jugodisk
Jugodisk
-History:There were two recording labels in Yugoslavia named Jugodisk. The first Jugodisk started in 1950s and issued 78rpm records with Yugoslav folk and popular music...
label. The line-up for this album was: Tanja Jovićević (vocals), Goran Tomanović (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...
), Željko Mitrović (bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
), Ivan Zečević (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 ....
), Dean Krmpotić (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...
), Marko Lalić (saxophone
Saxophone
The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
), Branko Baćović (trumpet
Trumpet
The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
) and Nebojša Mrvaljević (trombone
Trombone
The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
). Guests on the album were Jovan Maljoković on saxophone, Saša Habić and Bojan Zulfikarpašić
Bojan Zulfikarpašic
Bojan Zulfikarpašić was born February 2, 1968 in Belgrade) is a Serbian jazz pianist...
on keyboards, and former S Vremena Na Vreme
S Vremena Na Vreme
S Vremena Na Vreme was a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band from Belgrade...
members Ljuba Ninković and Asim Sarvan on backing vocals. This album featured hits "Nađi me" ("Find Me", a cover of the Four Tops
Four Tops
The Four Tops are an American vocal quartet, whose repertoire has included doo-wop, jazz, soul music, R&B, disco, adult contemporary, hard rock, and showtunes...
' "Reach Out I'll Be There
Reach Out I'll Be There
"Reach Out I'll Be There" is a 1966 hit song recorded by the Four Tops for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, the song is one of the most well-known Motown tunes of the 1960s and is today considered The Tops' signature song...
") and "Carte blanche". Minor hits were "Muzika noći" ("Music of the Night") and "Grad" ("The City").
The second album Igra bojama (Play with Colors) was recorded in February and March 1988 in O Studio in the new line-up, with Dejan Abadić (keyboards) and Vuk Dinić (trombone). The guests on the album were Rex Ilusivii on emulator
E-mu Emulator
The Emulator is the name given to a series of disk-based digital sampling keyboards manufactured by E-mu Systems from 1982 until 1990. Though not the first commercial sampler, the Emulator was among the first to find wide use among ordinary musicians, due to its relatively low price and its size,...
, Dragan Kozarčic on trumpet, Josip Kovač Jr. on saxophone, Theodor Yanni on guitar, Sanja Čičanović and Milan Mladenović
Milan Mladenovic
Milan Mladenović was a Yugoslav and Serbian musician best known as the frontman of Serbian art rock band Ekatarina Velika.-Early life:...
on backing vocals. The album was produced by Rex Ilusivii and Theodor Yanni and released through PGP-RTB
PGP-RTB
PGP-RTB was a major record label and chain record store in the former SFR Yugoslavia based in Belgrade, Socialist Republic of Serbia. PGP-RTB was established in 1958...
. The major hit on the album was "Sam" ("Alone") and other notable songs were "Pratiš trag" ("You're Following the Trace") and "Senke 2" ("Shadows 2").
During 1989 Ljubinko Tomanović (bass guitar) and Slobodan Andrić (saxophone) joined the band. During the same year, Tanja Jovićević was voted the Best Singer of the Year by the readers of Pop rock magazine. The band played concerts with Ekatarina Velika
Ekatarina Velika
Ekatarina Velika , sometimes referred to as EKV for short, was a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock group from Belgrade, being one of the most successful and influential music acts coming out of former Yugoslavia....
and recorded the soundtrack for the film Početni udarac. In early 1990, Oktobar 1864 started to work on their third album Crni ples (Black Dance) in Pink Studio in Zemun. It was recorded in March 1990 in the studio of RTV Titograd
RTCG
Radio Television of Montenegro is the public broadcasting organization of Montenegro...
. The band was accompanied by Deže Molnar on tenor
Tenor saxophone
The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble...
and alto saxophone
Alto saxophone
The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in 1841. It is smaller than the tenor but larger than the soprano, and is the type most used in classical compositions...
and keyboards, Dragan Kozarčić on trumpet, Anton Horvat on baritone saxophone
Baritone saxophone
The baritone saxophone, often called "bari sax" , is one of the largest and lowest pitched members of the saxophone family. It was invented by Adolphe Sax. The baritone is distinguished from smaller sizes of saxophone by the extra loop near its mouthpiece...
, Milan Mladenović on backing vocals, Blagoje Nedeljković on drums (in "Denis") and Ted Yanni on guitar (guitar solo
Guitar solo
In popular music, a guitar solo is a melodic passage, section, or entire piece of music written for an electric guitar or an acoustic guitar. Guitar solos, which often contain varying degrees of improvisation, are used in many styles of popular music such as blues, jazz, rock and metal styles such...
in "Crni ples"). The album was produced by the band and Theodor Yanni and released by PGP-RTB. This album featured hits "Crni ples" and "Denis". Minor hits were "E7/9" and "Osećam za tebe" ("I Feel for You"). In 1990, Oktobar 1864 also recorded the soundtrack for the documentary film
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
Izlazak u Javnost (Coming out), about the comic strip artist Emir Mesić from 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...
. During the same year, the TV station SA 3 from Sarajevo
Sarajevo
Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....
recorded the documentary film Oktobar 1864 about the band.
Despite the fact they were praised by both fans and crtitics, due to 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 band members decided to end their activity. The group disbanded in 1992 and the farewell concert was held in Belgrade's 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...
in January 1992.
Post breakup
After the split up, Tanja Jovićević pursued solo career as a jazzJazz
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...
singer. Goran Tomanović formed the 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 Braća Left
Braća Left
Braća Left was a Serbian alternative rock band, formed by former Oktobar 1864 and Armagedon members in 1992.- History :...
with Ljubinko Tomanović. Željko Mitrović founded Pink television
RTV Pink
RTV Pink or Radio-Television Pink is a popular, privately-owned, national TV network in Serbia. Pink is the leading commercial station in the Serbian television broadcast market. TV Pink has gained a strong reputation for its entertainment programming...
and City Records
City Records
City Records is a Serbian record label....
label.
In 1997 City Records
City Records
City Records is a Serbian record label....
released the compilation album Najbolje with 12 songs. The editor for the album was Goran Tomanović.
Studio albums
- Oktobar 1864Oktobar 1864 (album)- Personnel :* Tanja Jovićević - vocals* Goran Tomanović - guitar* Dean Krmpotić - keyboards* Željko Mitrović - bass* Ivan Zečević - drums* Marko Lalić - saxophone* Nebojša Mrvaljević - trombone* Branko Baćović - trumpet-Guests:* Saša Habić - keyboards...
(1987) - Igra bojamaIgra bojama- Personnel :* Tanja Jovićević - vocals* Goran Tomanović - guitar* Dejan Abadić - keyboards* Željko Mitrović - bass* Ivan Zečević - drums* Marko Lalić - saxophone* Vuk Dinić - trombone* Branko Baćović - trumpet...
(1988) - Crni plesCrni ples- Personnel :* Tanja Jovićević - vocals* Goran Tomanović - guitar* Dejan Abadić - keyboards* Ljuba Tomanović - bass* Ivan Zečević - drums* Slobodan Andrić - saxophone* Vuk Dinić - trombone* Branko Baćović - trumpet* Dragan Kozarčić - trumpet...
(1990)
External links
- Oktobar1864 on Myspace.com