Bastion (band)

Bastion ( mk, Бастион) was an eminent

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group from

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, notable for its member

Kiril Džajkovski Kiril Džajkovski (Djaikovski), ( mk, Кирил Џајковски ) – often credited as simply Kiril – is an internationally acclaimed Macedonian electronic musician and music composer. Biography In the early 1980s together with Milčo Man ...

(Кирил Џајковски), who later rose to international prominence as a solo musician, DJ and a composer of the

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for

Milčo Mančevski Milcho Manchevski ( mk, Милчо Манчевски, )"Milcho Manchevski: Full Biography"

's movie ''
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''. The trio was formed in 1983 in Skopje, then
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. The line up consisted of: Ana Kostovska (
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), Kiril Džajkovski (
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) and Ljubomir Stojsavljević (
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). The author of their lyrics was the internationally acclaimed film director Milčo Mančevski, at that time a correspondent of the magazines
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and ''Zdravo'' from
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. He was also a director of their
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for the song ''Hot day in Mexico''. The group recorded several songs in Macedonian for the music production of the national Radio-Television Skopje. They released their debut self-titled album in 1984. Most of the songs on the record, which was released for
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from
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are in Serbo-Croat, because it was the most widespread language in the former Yugoslav federal market. After they disbanded, Džajkovski started to work with the prominent Macedonian
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Leb i sol Leb i sol ( mk, Леб и сол) is a Macedonian and former Yugoslav rock group founded in the 1970s by Vlatko Stefanovski (guitar), Bodan Arsovski (bass guitar), Nikola Kokan Dimuševski (keyboards) and Garabet Tavitjan (drums). Tavitjan ced ...
and played on their albums ''Kao Kakao'' and ''Putujemo''. Ana Kostovska continued as a solo singer and actress. In 1987 she was a candidate from Macedonia at
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, the Yugoslav national pre-selection for the
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. In 2006 their first album was re-released on
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in Republic of Macedonia by ''Lithium Records'', ''PMG Recordings'' and ''AG Records'' under the title ''Works and Rew>>works''. The CD also included tribute cover versions recorded by several, mostly younger Macedonian bands and solo artists such as: Robotek, PMG Collective, Steel Temple and others.

References

Janjatović, Petar. ''Ilustrovana Enciklopedija Yu Rocka 1960-1997'', publisher: Geopoetika, 1997

See also
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Kiril Džajkovski Kiril Džajkovski (Djaikovski), ( mk, Кирил Џајковски ) – often credited as simply Kiril – is an internationally acclaimed Macedonian electronic musician and music composer. Biography In the early 1980s together with Milčo Man ...
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