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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 20 2010 at 06:53
Originally posted by ljubaspriest ljubaspriest wrote:

In any case,I can warmly recommend Bilja's cd w/two for one on one cd,knowing about your publicly declared  love for DCD,I'm sure you will enjoyed it.


In that case, I can hardly refuse your generous recommendation. I will certainly look for Bilja & Bistrik...Wink
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 20 2010 at 06:57
Originally posted by Weirdamigo Weirdamigo wrote:



Originally posted by Seyo Seyo wrote:

Weirdamigo, thanks for opening this post-blog! Clap

Mind you, there are already more than a few bands from exYU included on the PA, look here:

http://www.progarchives.com/Bands-country.asp?country=203

I personally take care of updating all info and reviewing many of the albums which are not yet evaluated. I hope you will contribute too. 

Cheers! Thumbs Up




It's quite an honor for me to see you post here, I've always read your reviews with great delight even before I joined PA, keep up the fantastic workThumbs Up

With the list you provided me has saved me a great deal of work and I will get to reviewing Ex-YU albums as soon as I can.



Your post is the best proof for me that all this work of mine makes sense. I appriciate that much. Big smile
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 20 2010 at 07:04
Originally posted by ljubaspriest ljubaspriest wrote:

One more thing,before I forget(I'm 53,getting senile).Found a used cd from a band called FIRE "Could you understand?" on a South-African(?)label Skyf Zol.I heard of them before,album of theirs is one of the rarest lp's around collectors circles.Apparently they hailed from Croatia(ex YU) and members are:Jura Havidic,Miljenko Balic and Emil Vugrinec,and they played psychedelic hard rock with some killer fuzzed-out guitar leads,stuff everybody call "stoner-rock" nowadays.Well worth investigating.


That was an incredible discovery for me too! It was recommended here for inclusion into PA some time ago but was rejected. Nonetheless, "prog" or not, it is an amazingly rocking album, I would say some early precursors to latecomers Partibrejkers or Majke...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 24 2010 at 02:31
This thread is also a good source of information and the summuary of what we talked about on this site until now.
 
 


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 24 2010 at 07:40
Thanks for sharing this often overlooked music!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 25 2010 at 15:06
Originally posted by AtomicCrimsonRush AtomicCrimsonRush wrote:

Thanks for sharing this often overlooked music!

Thanks for the compliment, i'm just a bit disappointed at myself for not updating as often as I would like to.... still don't know when the next post  will be up
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 27 2010 at 13:56

Leb i Sol (Bread and salt)

Founded: 1976

Country: Macedonia

Genre: Rock, Jazz Rock, Ethno-Jazz, Progressive Rock

Years active: 1976 – 1995, 2006 – Present

 

Current members:

Mico Bozikov

Bodan Arsovski

Nikola Kokan Dimusevski

Mihail Parusev

 

Former Members:

Vlatko Stefanovski

Kiril Dzajkovski

Dragoljub Duricic

Dimitrie Cucurovski

Garabet Tavitjan

Srdan Dunkic

 

Discography (Studio Albums):

Leb i sol (1978)

Leb i sol 2 (1978)

Ručni rad (1979)

Beskonačno (1981)

Sledovanje (1982)

Kalabalak (1983)

Tangenta (1984)

Zvučni zid (1986)

Kao kakao (1987)

Putujemo (1989)

 

Note: There are many fine reviews about this jewel of Yugoslavian prog more so than usual. Thanks go to the usual suspects Seyo and clarke2001, to my helpful visitors Finnforest, snobb and Andrea Cortese, and to those who I did not mention here.

 

Silly little fact: there are some differences how the band is pronounced in countries of ex-Yugoslavia. In Serbia you would say “Hleb” instead of Leb and in Croatia they use the word “Kruh” for bread. The languages might be similar but never quite the same.

Foundation:

Leb i Sol was founded 1976 by legendary guitarist (and vocalist) Vlatko Stefanovski, bass guitarist Bodan Arsovski, Keyboardist Nikola Kokan Dimusevski and drummer Garabet Tavitjan

 

The Impact of Leb i sol 1 and 2:

 

The first album of the band, released in 1978, was well received by critics and with its unusual musical structure and unusual scales it is a magnificent album, truly a must for any collector of Yugoslav prog

 

With the song Devetka you can clearly hear the jazz influence in the work of Leb i Sol.

 

Devetka:

 

Here we have a more folk-like song

 

Pod vodom:

 

 

In the same year the band released Leb i Sol 2 which was more successful than the debut album commercially as well as musically.

 

Here we have the simply stunning Akupunktura

 

Akupunktura:

 

And another stunning song, this album just keeps on giving and giving

 

Marija:

 

 

Rucni Rad:

 

Wow 2 fantastic albums, how can Leb i Sol top that? Simple, they made Rucni Rad! Rucni Rad is my personal favorite of the band; at some moments its melody seemed to bring me to tears. Who knows? Maybe you will also start weeping with joy.

Hogar:

 

Fun fact: The song was named after “Hagar” a comic strip by Dik Browne which was (and still is) translated in Yugoslavia as “Hogar strasni” trans: Hagar the terrible/terrifying.

 

Rucni rad:

 

 

 A slightly different Leb i Sol:

 

Founding Keyboarder Dimusevski left the band and was replaced by ex-Smak keyboarder Miki Petrovski, who left the band as well after a couple months. The band decided to go on as a trio and recorded the album “Infinity”. With the new wave craze coming to Yugoslavia other bands had to adapt or perish, and Leb i Sol wanted to stay at the top. The new album has some New wave influence mixed with a good fusion-like sound. If given a chance, “Infinity” can be a highly enjoyable album.

 

A clear example of this change can be heard in the song beli mrak (which is really enjoyable if you are a fan of New wave such as myself)

 

Beli mrak:

 

 

Sledovanje and Kalabalak

Sledovanje is seen as a very poor album with the same influences as Infinity. Unlike Infinity, Sledovanjes mix of new wave and jazz-fusion failed.

 

Kalabalak is refreshing after Sledovanje with mostly instrumental track and showed the poppy sound of Leb i Sol.

 

Bistra voda:

 

 

Tangenta and Zvucni Zid:

 

Two mediocre pop albums at best, two sad displays by a great band at its worst. Tangenta and Zvucni Zid have little or nothing to offer to the explorer of Yugoslav Prog. Zvucni Zid still features some smooth guitar licks and riffs by Stefanovski but pale in comparison to the first three albums.

 

Kao Kakao:

Kao Kakao is one of the most commercially successful albums of Yugoslavia during the 80’s. Mostly consisting of pop driven sounds you can still recognize the prog/roots of the band

 

 

Cekam kisu:

 

 

 

Putujemo:

Another successful pop album, not something for the prog lover but there is a gem within every album and that gem is Cukni vo Drvo.

 

Cukni vo Drvo:

 

Culture fact: Cukni vo drvo is Macedonian for “knock on wood” which is a saying in Yugoslav countries. Example: “Let’s knock on the wood that we are all alright” it can replace “thank goodness” if it’s more comprehensible that way.

 

Disbandment and reunion:

After a long hiatus(and some more or less successful live albums) the band decided to disband in 1995. 2006 a reunion tour was planned for the 30th anniversary of the band. After the tour Vladko Stefanovski decided to leave the band for good, which came as a shock to many Leb i Sol fans.

 

I TAKA NATAKA:

With Dimitar Bozikov replacing Stefanovski and with Dado Topic (Who we all know quite well by now) the band recorded their latest album I TAKA NATAKA in 2008. Though the elements of prog have faded away jazz is strongly featured in the new album.

Not essential, nonetheless enjoyable.

 

Si zaljubiv edno mome:

 

Hope you all enjoyed this post and I sincerely apologize for the great delay. From now on I can only manage a post in a week or 2 with school starting. Priorities have to be set (sadly) and exams won’t be a stroll in the park this year (I’m getting sick of just thinking of them). Anyway next post might be a special post or a regular post so keep your eyes open. Wink

 

 



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 27 2010 at 14:21
^ Hvala!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 27 2010 at 15:51
nema na cemu Smile
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 27 2010 at 16:49
I thought bread was "peka" in croatian language...
 
by the way Marija, from their second record is simply superb!!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 27 2010 at 17:34
North Korean prog played by children
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 28 2010 at 07:45
Originally posted by Andrea Cortese Andrea Cortese wrote:

I thought bread was "peka" in croatian language...
 
by the way Marija, from their second record is simply superb!!

Not that I know of.... although very possible, "Pekara" means bakery in most slavic languages so it probably derived from it


Originally posted by Paravion Paravion wrote:

North Korean prog played by children

Definitely interesting ... but Korea is somewhat far away from former Yugoslavia isn't it? LOL


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 28 2010 at 08:08
But I really wanted to post that video. The first part of the thread-name is 'proggin in communism' - and I figured that it would somehow be an appropriate addition. Great thread btw.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 28 2010 at 09:21
Originally posted by Paravion Paravion wrote:

But I really wanted to post that video. The first part of the thread-name is 'proggin in communism' - and I figured that it would somehow be an appropriate addition. Great thread btw.

Thank you for the compliment. You know that wouldn't be a bad idea to post about prog in other communistic countries but we'll stay in Yugoslavia on this thread. Thanks for giving me an idea for a new blog Thumbs Up
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 06 2010 at 20:50
I don't know why, but every time I see this thread's title, I start laughing...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 07 2010 at 08:57
Originally posted by SolarLuna96 SolarLuna96 wrote:

I don't know why, but every time I see this thread's title, I start laughing...

Then I have achieved what I wanted LOL
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 07 2010 at 11:23
Originally posted by SolarLuna96 SolarLuna96 wrote:

I don't know why, but every time I see this thread's title, I start laughing...
Not as funny as Progessive conservative(rulling political party in Canada).Now,try to make sense out of that!!!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 14 2010 at 08:13
Originally posted by ljubaspriest ljubaspriest wrote:

Originally posted by SolarLuna96 SolarLuna96 wrote:

I don't know why, but every time I see this thread's title, I start laughing...
Not as funny as Progessive conservative(rulling political party in Canada).Now,try to make sense out of that!!!


Now, I will start laughing... LOL
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 20 2010 at 12:28
What a nice thread! Splendid!Clap
p.s. FOXY LADY cover by Smak, live in Kragujevac 1996


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 30 2010 at 05:56
Please check my last few reviews of POP MASINA:

http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=2907
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