Serbian instrumental Prog - Progressive Rock Music Forum

Nikad Dosta http://www.myspace.com/nikaddosta live:

Edited by Svetonio - August 04 2011 at 12:27

http://www.reverbnation.com/eyot#!/page_object/page_object_bio/artist_796043

Edited by Svetonio - August 02 2011 at 02:19

http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=6157

Edited by Svetonio - July 01 2011 at 05:25

You can't buy full lenght cd via internet, only in the record shops here, in Serbia. But, EP version is free for legal download at http://www.popboks.com/silos.php

Edited by Svetonio - June 29 2011 at 07:18

From debut album by Fitnes (2011, cd, SKC KG) "Udarci i varnice" ("Blows And Sparks") which is completelly instrumental:

"Fitnes duhova" ( "Fitness of The Ghosts")

"Talas" ("Wave")

"Električno kolo" ("Electric Round Dance")

Edited by Svetonio - June 27 2011 at 04:51

http://www.myspace.com/zerkmanbigbang

Edited by Svetonio - June 24 2011 at 23:28

Yu Grupa, an instrumental track from their prog phase; LP released in 1974

Serbian Princess of jazz/blues guitar solos.

Edited by Svetonio - November 23 2012 at 23:18

Proggy funk by Kornelije Kovač, "North Wind" single, 1975:

Svetonio wrote:

CCVP wrote:

Svetonio wrote:

CCVP wrote:

AFAIK, Tako isn't completelly instrumental, at least not in their debut album.

Yes, they were recorded few tracks with vocals and lyrics. Those tracks I don't like, I considered Tako as an instrumental band. Btw, at that time in ex Yugoslavia it wasn't possible that a record company agreed and make a contract for completly instrumental album of progrock band; I think that 1976 solo debut by Serbian guitarist R.M. Točak is the only one lp which is completly instrumental progrock.

That's a VERY interesting bit of information right there. Indeed, the songs with vocals are the minority, but isn't like that in most progressive rock bands? I mean, don't the vocals usually have a secondary place in prog rock? I thought that was about the same with this band.

Anyway, this really interesting. It goes to show that, despite giving ""liberties"" to their citizens, the Yugoslav State didn't go without intervening with the cultural aspects of society as in other dictatorial / totalitarian states of the time (such as happened here in Brasil).

Well, Communist party in former Yugoslavia considered that rock music is on 'left' and supported the bands.

There were quite a few rock bands in the west who were lefties themselves, so I guess it made sense. But then again, in the Soviet Union it was considered a degenerate for of music and playing it was punishable by death (depending on the case). Rock and heavy metal in the Sovet Union were not officially considered forms of music intull the mid 80's, if I recall correctly.