S Vremena Na Vreme
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S Vremena Na Vreme was a Serbia
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n and former Yugoslav rock
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 band from Belgrade
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. S Vremena Na Vreme were one of the pioneers of the Serbian acoustic rock scene, and one of the pioneers in incorporating folk music
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

 elements into rock music on the former Yugoslav rock scene.

1972 - 1979

S Vremena Na Vreme was formed in 1972 by brothers Miomir "Miki" Đukić (guitar
Guitar
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, vocals) and Vojislav "Koki" Đukić (guitar, vocals), Asim Sarvan (guitar, vocals), and Ljubomir "Ljuba" Ninković (guitar, vocals). Before the band was formed, the Đukić brothers performed with flutist and keyboardist
Keyboardist
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 Branislav "Bane" Zarin in the band Pupoljci (at this time Miomir Đukić wrote the song "Sunčana strana ulice" ("The Sunny Side of the Street"), which was later recorded by S Vremena Na Vreme), and Vojislav Đukić composed songs for Miljenko Žuborski and wrote music for theatre plays, Sarvan was a literature
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 student, and Ninković was a singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

. The four of them, in Radio Belgrade
Radio Belgrade
Radio Belgrade is a state-owned and operated radio station in Belgrade, Serbia.The predecessor of Radio Beograd, Radio Beograd-Rakovica, started its program in 1924 and was a part of a state wireless telegraph station. Radio Beograd, AD started in March 1929...

 studio, recorded songs for the then-popular radio show Tip top kabare, and decided to form a band. After the suggestion of their friend, sound engineer Boban Petrović, the band chose the name S Vremena Na Vreme, as they gathered from time to time.

In the beginning, the band mostly wrote music for theatre plays, including Lukrecija Bordžija and Mandragola performed in National Theatre in Belgrade
National Theatre in Belgrade
The National Theatre was founded in the latter half of the 19th century. It is located on Republic Square, in Belgrade, Serbia.The National Theatre was declared a Monument of Culture of Great Importance in 1983, and it is protected by the Republic of Serbia....

, Beleške jedne Ane performed in RU Đuro Salaj, and Nesumnjivo lice performed in Atelje 212
Atelje 212
Atelje 212 is a theatre in Belgrade, Serbia. It was officially founded on 12 November 1956 in the premises of the Borba building, in front of 212 chairs. The opening play was Faust, directed by Mira Trailović....

; the Radio Belgrade archive contains more than 100 recordings made by the band. Although they recorded a large number of songs, during the first period of their career the band rarely performed live. However, they performed regularly on BOOM festival
Boom Festival
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s, and the live version of their song "Odisej" was released on the double live album BOOM. They also performed on the 1972 and 1973 concerts organized at Hajdučka česma by the members of Pop Mašina
Pop Mašina
Pop Mašina was a former Yugoslav progressive rock band from Belgrade. Pop Mašina was formed in 1972, and released two studio albums and one live album before disbanding in 1978...

, and often appeared on pop music
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...

 festivals. In both 1973 and 1974 they received the Best Original Music Award at the Festival of Yugoslav Radio held in Ohrid
Ohrid
Ohrid is a city on the eastern shore of Lake Ohrid in the Republic of Macedonia. It has about 42,000 inhabitants, making it the seventh largest city in the country. The city is the seat of Ohrid Municipality. Ohrid is notable for having once had 365 churches, one for each day of the year and has...

.

As all of the members went to serve Yugoslav People's Army
Yugoslav People's Army
The Yugoslav People's Army , also referred to as the Yugoslav National Army , was the military of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.-Origins:The origins of the JNA can...

 at different periods, the members that were not serving the army cooperated with various musicians: drummer
Drummer
A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...

 Nikola Jager, drummer Ratislav Đelmaš (of YU grupa
YU grupa
YU grupa is a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band. One of the pioneers in combining rock music with the elements of the traditional music of the Balkans, YU grupa is considered the longest-lasting rock band to come from Serbia....

), keyboardist
Keyboardist
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 Sloba Marković, bass guitarist Dejan Petković, flutist Bane Zarin, flutist Dragoslav "Džib" Vokić, contrabassist, Nebojša Ignjatović, and others. During Sarvan's and Miomir Đukić's absence from the band due to their army obligations, Tanja Bošković, Gorica Popović
Gorica Popović
Gorica Popović is a Serbian theatre, television and film actress.-Selected filmography:*The Fall of Italy *The Dark Side of the Sun *Battle of Kosovo -External links:...

 and Ljiljana Dragutinović, all of them drama
Drama
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 students at the time, performed with the band as female singers.

During the initial period the band members also appeared on the albums by Jadranka Stojaković
Jadranka Stojakovic
Jadranka Stojaković is a Bosnian singer-songwriter popular in the former Yugoslavia, known for her unique, beautiful voice...

, Vlada i Bajka, Srđan Marjanović and Tamara and Nenad Pavlović. They also recorded music for the songs written by Kornelije Kovač
Kornelije Kovac
Kornelije "Bata" Kovač is a famous Serbian composer. He is a father of Aleksandra Kovač and Kristina Kovač, both successful Serbian singers.-Early life:...

, which were performed by pop music singers.

The band released their first single, featuring the songs "Sunčana strana ulice" and "Ponekad" ("Sometimes"), in 1973. The track "Ponekad" featured the monologue
Monologue
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 spoken by the actor Marko Nikolić
Marko Nikolic
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. The band released a number of well-received singles with folk music elements, before releasing their debut self-titled album in 1975, featuring acoustic rock hits "Tema classica", "Traži mene" ("Looking for Me"), "Utočište" ("Sanctuary") and "Biblijska tema" ("Biblical Theme", which featured text from The Book of Psalms). Most of the album lyrics were written in hotel Turist in Ljubljana
Ljubljana
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 on the last night of the album recording. The album featured Jager on drums (after the album recording Jager would become an unofficial member of the band) and Pop Mašina
Pop Mašina
Pop Mašina was a former Yugoslav progressive rock band from Belgrade. Pop Mašina was formed in 1972, and released two studio albums and one live album before disbanding in 1978...

 member Robert Nemeček on bass guitar. Their next album Moj svet (My World), released in 1978, was a compilation consisting of the songs from their 7" singles. During 1978 and 1979, in Dom omladine in Belgrade, the band held performances under the title Bistro kod plave sove, which followed the play Rastibuđilizovane klejbezable performed by amateur theatre Teatar levo.

In March 1979 the band, following several amateur theatres from Belgrade, held a successful Polish
Poland
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 tour. During the same year, the band, with the symphonic rock
Symphonic rock
Symphonic rock is a sub-genre of progressive rock. Since early in progressive rock's history, the term has been used sometimes to distinguish more classically influenced progressive rock from the more psychedelic and experimental forms of progressive rock....

 band Tako
Tako (band)
Tako was a former Yugoslav symphonic rock band from Belgrade.-History:Tako was formed in 1974 by Dušan "Dule" Ćućuz , Đorđe Ilijin , Sava Bojić and Milan "Mića Žorž" Lolić...

, organized the first quadraphonic sound concert in Yugoslavia, in Dom omladine in Belgrade. During the same month the band released the album Paviljon G (Pavilion G), which marked the band's shift towards electric sound. The album featured the song "Rok kritičar" ("Rock Critic") which dealt with the expansion of punk rock
Punk rock
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. After the album was released, Vojislav Đukić went to serve the army, and the band members decided to disband.

Post breakup

Sarvan formed the band Muzej Sarvan (Museum Sarvan), wrote songs for folk music singers, and, in 1984, he released a solo album Asime, spasi me (Asim, Save Me) with Baklava Band and Laza Ristovski
Laza Ristovski
Laza Ristovski was a Serbian and former Yugoslav keyboardist, best known for his involvement with Smak and Bijelo Dugme rock bands, as well as for his eclectic solo work that spawned many different musical genres.-Biography:Laza Ristovski was born in Novi Pazar as his father, a JNA officer, was...

. Most of the songs on the album were written and produced by Ninković. Ljuba Ninković started working in Radio Belgrade, and with Vlada Janković "Džet" (a former Crni Biseri
Crni Biseri
Crni Biseri was a former Yugoslav rock band, notable as one of the pioneers of the former Yugoslav rock scene.- 1963 - 1980 :...

 member) he formed the band Tunel
Tunel (band)
Tunel was a former Yugoslav rock band from Belgrade.-1980 – 1992:The band was formed in 1980 by Ljuba Ninković , Vladimir "Vlada" Janković "Džet" , and Steva Stevanović...

. Vojislav Đukić wrote music for plays.

In 1983 the band made a brief reunion to appear in Srđan Karanović's film Nešto između. In the film, the band members portrayed a kafana
Kafana
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 band which performs music which is a combination of country
Country music
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 and Serbia
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n folk music.

1993 - 1997

In 1990 Ninković and Sarvan rerecorded some of the band's most popular songs and released them on the album Najveći hitovi grupe S Vremena Na Vreme (The Greatest Hits by the band S Vremena Na Vreme).

On Sarvan's idea, in May 1993 in Belgrade's Dom omladine, the best known musicians of Serbian 1960s and 1970s acoustic rock scene gathered to perform on a fund-raising concert. The good reception at the performance made S Vremena Na Vreme reunite once again. They held their comeback concert in Sava Centar on November 5, 1993, featuring keyboardist Saša Lokner (of Bajaga i Instruktori
Bajaga i Instruktori
Bajaga i Instruktori are a highly popular Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band...

), bass guitarist Bata Božanić, drummer Ratko Ljubičić and percussionist Nenad Januzović performing with the band. The recording of the concert was released on the video album S Vremena Na Vreme uživo, Sava Centar novembar 1993 (S Vremena Na Vreme Live, Sava Centar November 1993). The recording also features guest appearance by Snežana Jandrlić, who performed the song "Prvi sneg" ("First Snow"), originally recorded by her former band Suncokret
Suncokret
Suncokret was a former Yugoslav acoustic rock band from Belgrade.-Band history:The band was formed in 1975 by former Zajedno member Bora Đorđević , a former U Cvetu Mladosti member Nenad Božić and female singers Snežana Jandrlić and Vesna Rakočević...

. At the same time the band released the compilation album Vreme ispred nas (The Time that's Coming) which featured a live version of "Sunčana strana ulice", and "Na početku i na kraju" ("In the beginning and in the End"), which was recorded in 1973.

In 1995, S Vremena Na Vreme released the album Posle kraja (After the End). The album featured Bata Božanić, Saša Lokner, Čeda Macura (on drums), Pera "Joe" Miladinović (harmonica
Harmonica
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), and Marija Mihajlović (vocals on the song "Spavaj"). The recording of the concert the band held at Studio M in Novi Sad
Novi Sad
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 on January 30, 1996, which was a part of the NS Plus Unplugged series, was released on the live album Unplugged. The album featured a cover of Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
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's song "Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
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". After the album was released, the band disbanded once again.

2011: Svremenaši

In 2011, Ninković and the Đukić brothers reunited under the name Svremenaši (Fromtimers), in order to celebrate forty years since the recording of their debut single "Sunčana strana ulice". The band performed on the 2011 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...

. On November 12, Svremenaši, together with Croatia
Croatia
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n progressive rock
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

 band Drugi Način
Drugi Način
Drugi Način was a former Yugoslav rock band.- 1970s and 1980s :In the first half of the 1970s Branko Požgajec , Halil Mekić and Vjekoslav Poldrugac performed in the reformed Novi Akordi...

, held a concert in Belgrade Youth Center.

Legacy

The song "Traži mene" was covered by Branimir Štulić
Branimir Štulic
Branimir "Johnny" Štulić is a Yugoslav singer, songwriter, poet and a leader of the popular former Yugoslav rock group Azra...

 on his 1989 album Balkanska rapsodija.

The album S Vremena Na Vreme was polled in 1998 as 30th on the list of 100 greatest Yugoslav popular music albums in the book YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike
YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike
YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike is a book by Duško Antonić and Danilo Štrbac...

(YU 100: The Best albums of Yugoslav pop and rock music).

Singles

  • "Sunčana strana ulice" / "Ponekad" (1973)
  • "Čudno drvo" / "Odisej" (1973)
  • "Povratna karta" / "Đački rastanak" (1974)
  • "Jana" / "Tavna noć" (1974)
  • "Kao vreme ispred nas" / "Kad budem stariji" (1974)
  • "Dixie band" / "Tema za šargiju" (1975)
  • "Put putuje karavan" / "Priča sa istočne strane" (1977)
  • "Moj svet" / "Saveti dobroj kuci" (1977)
  • "Učinila je pravu stvar" / "Spavaj" (1978)

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