Ekatarina Velika ( sr-Cyrl, Екатарина Велика, en,
Catherine the Great
, en, Catherine Alexeievna Romanova, link=yes
, house =
, father = Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
, mother = Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp
, birth_date =
, birth_name = Princess Sophie of Anhal ...
), sometimes referred to as EKV for short, was a Yugoslav
rock
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* Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wales ...
band from
Belgrade
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, being one of the most successful and influential Yugoslav music acts.
Initially called Katarina II ( sr-Cyrl, Катарина II, en, Catherine II), the band had built up a devoted following that greatly intensified and expanded after the death of its frontman
Milan Mladenović
Milan Mladenović ( sr-Cyrl, Милан Младеновић; 21 September 1958 – 5 November 1994) was a Serbian and Yugoslavian musician best known as the frontman of the Yugoslav art rock band Ekatarina Velika.
Early life
Born to Serbian f ...
in 1994, which caused the band to dissolve. The group's core consisted of singer and guitarist Milan Mladenović, keyboardist
Margita Stefanović
Margita "Magi" Stefanović ( sr-cyr, Маргита "Маги" Стефановић; 1 April 1959 – 18 September 2002) was a Serbian musician best known as a keyboardist of a Yugoslav rock band Ekatarina Velika (EKV).
Born in Belgrade, she wa ...
and bassist
Bojan Pečar
Bojan Pečar (Serbian Cyrillic: Бојан Печар) (22 March 1960, in Belgrade – 13 October 1998, in London) was a SFRY, Yugoslav and Serbian musician, best known as Bassist, bass player of the cult band, cult Yugoslav rock band Ekatarina V ...
, with other members mostly remaining for comparatively shorter periods.
History
Post-punk years (1982–1986)
Katarina II
In February 1982, following the disbandment of
Šarlo Akrobata
Šarlo Akrobata ( sr-Cyrl, Шарло Акробата; trans. ''Charlot the Acrobat'', a Serbo-Croatian language version of Charlie Chaplin's name in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia) were a seminal Serbian new wave/post-punk band from Belgrade. Short- ...
, 24-year-old guitarist and vocalist
Milan Mladenović
Milan Mladenović ( sr-Cyrl, Милан Младеновић; 21 September 1958 – 5 November 1994) was a Serbian and Yugoslavian musician best known as the frontman of the Yugoslav art rock band Ekatarina Velika.
Early life
Born to Serbian f ...
decided to form a new band with an old friend — 22-year-old guitarist
Gagi Mihajlović. Playing music together again after being bandmates a few years earlier at Limunovo Drvo, Mladenović and Mihajlović decided to name their new band Katarina II after Mihajlović's unrequited love — a girl named Katarina. Rounding out Katarina II's inaugural lineup were Dušan Dejanović (another former Limunovo Drvo member) on drums and Zoran "Švaba" Radomirović on bass guitar.
During late 1982, after their performance at the Topčiderska zvezda cinema, the band was joined by the 23-year-old classically trained pianist
Margita Stefanović
Margita "Magi" Stefanović ( sr-cyr, Маргита "Маги" Стефановић; 1 April 1959 – 18 September 2002) was a Serbian musician best known as a keyboardist of a Yugoslav rock band Ekatarina Velika (EKV).
Born in Belgrade, she wa ...
. Shortly after, the rhythm section left with Radomirović joining
Du Du A
Du Du A ( sr-Cyrl, Ду Ду А) was a Serbian and Yugoslav alternative rock band formed in Belgrade in 1981.
Formed by Dejan Kostić (vocals, guitar, bass guitar) and Vuk Vujačić (saxophone), and soon joined by Zoran Zagorčić (vocals, keyb ...
and Dejanović going over to heated rivals
Disciplina Kičme
Disciplin A Kitschme, originally known as Disciplina Kičme ( sr-Cyrl, Дисциплина Кичме, transl. ''Backbone Discipline''), was a Serbian and Yugoslav and, for a period of time, British rock band, formed in Belgrade in 1981. The ...
.
The vacant drummer position was filled by Branko "Mango" Kuštrin (formerly of
Grupa I
Grupa I ( sr-Cyrl, Група И; trans. ''Group I'') was a Serbian and former Yugoslav new wave band from Belgrade, active in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
History
The band was formed in January 1979 by guitarists Dejan Kostić and Predrag ...
), but after he left within a month, Milan's former bandmate from Šarlo Akrobata
Ivan "VD" Vdović became the new drummer. At the same time, in early 1983,
Bojan Pečar
Bojan Pečar (Serbian Cyrillic: Бојан Печар) (22 March 1960, in Belgrade – 13 October 1998, in London) was a SFRY, Yugoslav and Serbian musician, best known as Bassist, bass player of the cult band, cult Yugoslav rock band Ekatarina V ...
(former
VIA Talas
VIA Talas ( sr-cyr, ВИА Талас; trans. ''VIE The Wave'') was a former Yugoslav new wave band, notable as one of the participants of the '' Artistička radna akcija'' project. The band name featured the prefix ''VIA'' added to the former Y ...
bassist) joined on bass. In spring 1983, the band took part in
Zagreb
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Biennale, receiving positive reviews. Their material for the debut album material was recorded soon after, featuring guest appearance by actor
Svetislav Goncić
Svetislav "Bule" Goncić ( sr-cyr, Светислав "Буле" Гонцић; born 5 May 1960) is a Serbian actor. He has appeared in more than seventy films since 1971.
Selected filmography
References
External links
*
1960 births ...
on
tin whistle
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s. The recording sessions for the material were completed in
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's Druga Maca studio, however, the material was unusable due to a variety of reasons, most of them having to do with the studio's inferior technical equipment.
The following year, the band took the offer from fellow musician and
RTV Ljubljana's musical director
Srđan Marjanović
Srđan Marjanović ( sr-cyr, Срђан Марјановић) is a Serbian singer-songwriter from Belgrade.
Musical career
Early career
Marjanović was born in 1952 in Banja Luka. In 1961, he moved to Belgrade, where he became interested in roc ...
of re-recording their debut album material in the state-owned media company's studios. Katarina II's
eponymous debut album was thus released in 1984 by RTV Ljubljana's in-house record label
ZKP RTLJ. Mostly featuring Mladenović's lyrics, except for the Mihajlović-written tracks "Vrt" ("The Garden") and "Platforme" ("The Platforms"), while the music was a collaboration between the two, the material was produced by Đorđe Petrović featuring guest appearances by Mario Čelik on congas and
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member Jurij "Kuzma Videosex" Novoselić on saxophone. Only 3,000 copies of the album were released, indicative of label's low commercial expectations.
Though it got good reviews, receiving praise for successfully linking Mladenović's descriptive lyrical sensibility with the energetic new wave sound on tracks like "Aut" ("Out"), "Jesen" ("Autumn"), "Radostan dan" ("A Joyful Day"), "Treba da se čisti" ("It Ought To Be Cleaned"), "Ja znam" ("I Know"), ''Katarina II'' album was not a commercial success. In a 1985 interview Mladenović complained about the album's poor sound quality, as well as what he felt to be lack of support from the label.
Soon after their debut album, the band went through more lineup changes amid disagreements and personality clashes between Mladenović and Mihajlović. Mihajlović also ran afoul of the law — a transgression that got him a jail stint — and after serving the punishment got informed by the rest of the band he was no longer a Katarina II member. However, since Mihajlović claimed rights to the "Katarina II" name, he forced the band into using another one. Later he collaborated with
Vlada Divljan
Vladimir "Vlada" Divljan ( sr-Cyrl, Владимир "Влада" Дивљан; 10 May 1958 – 4 March 2015), was a Serbian singer and songwriter. He was known as the frontman of the Serbian and Yugoslav rock band Idoli, one of the bands which ...
before moving to the
United States
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where he has been residing ever since. Additionally, drummer Vdović left due to drug abuse problems, later joining
Du Du A
Du Du A ( sr-Cyrl, Ду Ду А) was a Serbian and Yugoslav alternative rock band formed in Belgrade in 1981.
Formed by Dejan Kostić (vocals, guitar, bass guitar) and Vuk Vujačić (saxophone), and soon joined by Zoran Zagorčić (vocals, keyb ...
and the band
Heroji
Heroji ( sr-Cyrl, Хероји, transl. ''Heroes'') were a Yugoslav rock band formed in Belgrade in 1986.
Heroji were formed by vocalist Vladimir Đurić "Đura", who was soon joined by vocalist Milutin Petrović, both of them graduates from t ...
, being replaced by the former
Luna
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Roma ...
drummer
Ivan "Firchie" Fece. The remaining members continued working as Ekatarina Velika, after
Catherine II of Russia
, en, Catherine Alexeievna Romanova, link=yes
, house =
, father = Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
, mother = Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp
, birth_date =
, birth_name = Princess Sophie of Anhal ...
, or EKV for short. Due to constant
SFR Yugoslavia
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-wide touring, with frequent stops in
Belgrade
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,
Zagreb
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and
Ljubljana
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During antiquity, a Roman city called Emona stood in the ar ...
, and occasional TV spots, the band's popularity had gradually grown.
Ekatarina Velika
In early 1985, the band recorded their second studio album at
SIM studio
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in Zagreb. Produced by Vladimir Smolec featuring guest appearances by
Massimo Savić
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His father was a native of Tulež near Aranđelovac. His mother was Italian from Istria, a native of Raša near Labin.
He fir ...
as well as Karlowy Wary member and SIM studio co-owner
Tomo in der Mühlen, ''
Ekatarina Velika
Ekatarina Velika ( sr-Cyrl, Екатарина Велика, en, Catherine the Great), sometimes referred to as EKV for short, was a Yugoslav rock band from Belgrade, being one of the most successful and influential Yugoslav music acts.
Ini ...
'' gave the band with its first bona fide hits, "Oči boje meda" ("Honey Colored Eyes"), "Modro i zeleno" ("Indigo and Green") and "Tattoo". In keeping with the theme of the "Tattoo" track, the album cover arranged by
Dušan Gerzić features the band members painted in
Native American ritual body art. After the album release on 22 March 1985, they played outside of Yugoslavia for the first time, making a positive impression at Culture Days in
Turin
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,
Italy
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. Another memorable concert took place in Zagreb as part of ''Bolje vas našli'' Belgrade-Zagreb band exchange.
Towards the end of 1985, Fece left the band to serve his mandatory
Yugoslav People's Army
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service, later joining
Laboratorija Zvuka
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, and was replaced by Ivan "Raka" Ranković from the band
Tvrdo Srce i Velike Uši. The following year, the new lineup released the third studio album ''
S vetrom uz lice'' (''Faced Against the Wind''), proving to be the breakthrough album that turned them into bona fide stars. The album was produced by Milan Mladenović, Margita Stefanović and Dragan Čačinović. With the hits "Budi sam na ulici" ("Be Alone on the Street"), "Ti si sav moj bol" ("You Are All My Anguish"), "Novac u rukama" ("Money in the Hands"), and "Kao da je bilo nekad" ("As If It Had Once Been") came some lukewarm reviews from the critics complaining about the similarities to the works of the
Simple Minds
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.
After the album release, the band toured extensively all over former Yugoslavia, and the recording of one of the five sold-out performances at the Zagreb club
Kulušić, made on 2 November 1986, was released in early 1987 on the live album ''
19LIVE86
''19LIVE86'' is the first live album by the Serbian rock band Ekatarina Velika, released in 1987. The album marks EKV's rising popularity following the commercial success of their third album '' S vetrom uz lice''. It was recorded on November 2, ...
''. The band promoted the release of the live album in Belgrade during January 1987 and triumphed at
Dom Omladine with six sold-out shows. During spring of the same year, Ivan Ranković decided to leave EKV in order to form a new group Ulica Od Meseca with his old bandmates from Tvrdo Srce i Velike Uši. Ranković was replaced by the actor
Srđan Todorović
Srđan "Žika" Todorović ( sr-cyr, Срђан "Жика" Тодоровић, ; born 28 March 1965) is a Serbian actor and musician. He has played in numerous bands, including Ekatarina Velika, Disciplina Kičme, Radnička Kontrola and Bezobraz ...
, a former
Disciplina Kičme
Disciplin A Kitschme, originally known as Disciplina Kičme ( sr-Cyrl, Дисциплина Кичме, transl. ''Backbone Discipline''), was a Serbian and Yugoslav and, for a period of time, British rock band, formed in Belgrade in 1981. The ...
member, as drummer, playing his first show on 9 April 1987 at the New Rock festival held at the La Locomotive club in
Paris
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. On autumn of the same year, the band got the Sedam Sekretara SKOJa award for the achievements on the second and third studio album.
Alternative rock years (1987–1991)
During the summer of 1987, the band released the album ''
Ljubav'' (''Love''), co-produced by the band with the
Australia
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n musician Theodore Yanni. It displayed a more guitar-oriented sound, along with stylized sleeve done by Margita and artist
Vuk Vidor
Vuk Vidor (; sr-cyr, Вук Видор, ; born 1965) is a Serbs in France, French-Serbian artist.
Life
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. Prominent tracks from the album include "Zemlja" ("Earth"), "7 Dana" ("7 Days"), "Pored mene" ("Beside Me"), "Ljudi iz gradova" ("People From The Cities"), and "Ljubav" ("Love"). It had also shown the first signs of Milan's depressive lyrics, as exemplified by song "Tonemo" ("We Are Sinking"). The album had also confirmed their live attraction status with two consecutive sold out shows at Belgrade's
Pionir Hall sports arena. New extensive tour commenced in early 1988, and EKV enlisted help from
Tanja Jovićević
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of
Oktobar 1864
Oktobar 1864 ( sr-cyr, Октобар 1864; trans. ''October 1864'') was a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band.
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1984 – 1992
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and
Zvonimir Đukić
Van Gogh is a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band from Belgrade.
The band was formed in 1986, and released their debut alternative rock-oriented self-titled album during the same year. During the 1990s, the band released a number of well-re ...
from
Van Gogh
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to appear as backing live musicians. Fece had also promptly rejoined the band on tour, shortly replacing Srđan Todorović before moving away to
New York City
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in May 1988.
In January 1989, the band finished the recording sessions for the album ''
Samo par godina za nas
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'' (''Only a Few Years for Us''), released during the same year, featuring guest appearances by
Mitar Subotić
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(guitar, album production) and Tanja Jovićević (backing vocals). The critics regarded this album as a mere of the concept from the previous album. Several hits from the album include "Krug" ("The Circle"), "Par godina za nas" ("A Few Years for Us"), and "Srce" ("Heart"). Despite the mixed critics, the band were at their peak performing at the EBU-UER rock festival in
Novi Sad
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, the 1990
Midem
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festival in
Cannes
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and the first
Europe
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an rock music Bienalle held in
Toulouse
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. After the tour, Todorović left the band, focusing on his acting career. Bojan Pečar also decided to leave the band moving to
London
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. The new members became the former
VIA Talas
VIA Talas ( sr-cyr, ВИА Талас; trans. ''VIE The Wave'') was a former Yugoslav new wave band, notable as one of the participants of the '' Artistička radna akcija'' project. The band name featured the prefix ''VIA'' added to the former Y ...
,
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and
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member Miško Petrović "Plavi" on bass and the former
U Škripcu
U Škripcu ( sr-cyr, У Шкрипцу; trans. ''In Dire Straits'') was a Yugoslav rock band formed in Belgrade in 1980.
The band was formed in 1980 by Milan Delčić "Delča" (vocals), Aleksandar Vasiljević "Vasa" (guitar) and Zoran Vulovi ...
member
Marko Milivojević
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on drums.
The sixth studio album ''
Dum dum
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'' (''Bang Bang''), released in 1991, featured the
Plejboj
Plejboj ( sr-cyr, Плејбој; transliteration for ''Playboy'') is a Serbian rock band from Belgrade.
History
Formation, rise to prominence (1992-1993)
The band was formed in 1992 by former Euforija and Presing members, bassist Roman Gorš ...
member Dušan Petrović and session musician Bata Božanić as bass players, Tanja Jovićević on backing vocals, Zvonimir Đukić on guitar and Mitar Subotić on keyboards and machines. The album, produced by Theodore Yanni, featured the prominent songs "Zabranjujem" ("I Forbid"), "Idemo" ("Let's Go"), "Dum dum" ("Bang Bang") and "Bledo" ("Pale"), inspired by the outbreak of the
Yugoslav Wars
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and the general political and economic situation in the country. The following year, Mladenović participated in the anti-war project
Rimtutituki
Rimtutituki ( sr-cyr, Римтутитуки; anagram for ''Turim ti kitu'', trans. ''I put my dick in you'') was a Serbian rock supergroup featuring Ekatarina Velika, Električni Orgazam and Partibrejkers members. The band was formed as an anti-w ...
, also featuring
Električni Orgazam
Električni Orgazam ( sr-cyr, Електрични Оргазам, lit=Electric Orgasm, translit=) is a Serbian rock band from Belgrade. Originally starting as a combination of new wave, punk rock and post-punk, the band later slowly changed th ...
and
Partibrejkers
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The band was formed in 1982 and rele ...
members, releasing the single "Slušaj 'vamo" ("Listen Up"). During the
anti-war protests
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in Belgrade, the band organized a concert on the
Republic Square and also they performed anti-war songs in an open truck while circulating the Belgrade streets.
Mainstream rock years (1992–1994)
During the middle of 1992 the band toured with the new bassist Dragiša Uskoković "Ćima", with whom they recorded the final studio album ''
Neko nas posmatra'' (''Somebody Is Watching Us''), released in May 1993. The album featured a more accessible and communicative sound especially present in the songs "Ponos" ("Pride"), "Jadransko more" ("The
Adriatic Sea
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"), "Just Let Me Play Some Modern R'n'R Music" and "Zajedno" ("Together"). For the first time, the band had included a cover song on and album, "Istina Mašina" ("Truth Machine"), originally performed by the
Yugoslav rock
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band
Time
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. The album was produced by Mladenović and featured Srđan Todorović, Tanja Jovićević and a children's choir as guest performers.
After the album release, in September of the same year, Ekatarina Velika,
Električni Orgazam
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,
Partibrejkers
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The band was formed in 1982 and rele ...
and the
Zagreb
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band
Vještice performed in
Prague
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and
Berlin
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on the concerts entitled ''Ko to tamo pjeva'' (''
Who's That Singing Over There
''Who's Singin' Over There?'' ( sh, Ko to tamo peva) is a 1980 Cinema of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav film written by Dušan Kovačević and directed by Slobodan Šijan. It is a dark comedy and features an ensemble cast. The film tells a story about a gro ...
''). At the time, Mladenović and Stefanović held occasional
unplugged
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club performances, often featuring guest appearances by the Partibrejkers guitarist
Nebojša Antonijević "Anton" and various jazz musicians, until Milan's departure to
Brazil
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, where he worked on a project called Angel's Breath, together with Mitar Subotić and a line-up of Brazilian musicians. The two started recording the material partially written in 1985 when, with the guitarist
Goran Vejvoda
Goran Vejvoda ( Serbian: Горан Вејвода, ''Goran Vejvoda'') (born 1956 in London, United Kingdom) is an English-born, French-based, Serbian media artist (musician, composer, sound and visual artist, performance artist, photographer, wri ...
, they had several live appearances under the moniker Dah Anđela (''Angel's Breath'').
Breakup and post-breakup
The band resumed their activities when Mladenović returned to Serbia. There were plans to make a new album, tentatively titled ''Ponovo zajedno'' (''Together Again''), but the idea was shelved because of Milan's health problems. EKV played what would turn out to be their last ever show on 24 August 1994 in
Budva
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at the
Pjesma Mediterana
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festival. The very next day Milan was held in a hospital, and it was soon discovered that he had
pancreatic cancer
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. Barely a few months later, on 5 November 1994, Milan Mladenović died in Belgrade, at the age of 36, thus Ekatarina Velika ceased to exist.
Margita Stefanović continued working as a musician, for a short period of time performing with the cover band Kurajberi. In 1995, with Vladimir Stojanović, as an
ambiental music
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duo EQV, she released the album ''Ti si sav moj bol'' (''You Are All My Anguish''), released by the
Austria
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n record label Coop Arts Crafts Unltd. In October of the same year, EQV appeared at the
Vienna
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Talkit festival. She had also made occasional live appearances with the bands
Direktori
Direktori ( sr-cyr, Директори; trans. ''The Executives'') is a Serbian oi! punk/ska group from Belgrade.
History
1989 – 1999
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, Glisers and Zion Banda, and appeared as guest on the albums of several Belgrade rock bands. In 1996, she appeared on the
Električni Orgazam
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unplugged live album ''
Živo i akustično
''Živo i akustično'' is the Električni Orgazam unplugged album, released in 1996.
Track listing
Source: Discogs
Personnel
* Srđan Gojković Gile (guitar, vocals)
* Branislav Petrović Banana (guitar, vocals)
* Zoran Radomirović Švaba ...
'' (''Live and Acoustic''), and in 1998, on the fiftieth anniversary of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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signing, she appeared in
Pula
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with Zoran Stojanović, the leader of the
Zagreb
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band Veliki Bijeli Slon, being, along with
Rambo Amadeus
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His songs combine ...
, the first Serbian musician to play in modern-day
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after the
Yugoslav Wars
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.
During the early 1997, a posthumous live album entitled ''Live '88'' was released, featuring the recordings of the performances from Zagreb and Novi Sad held during the 1988 tour. The Zagreb recordings, made at the Kulušić club, were announced by the rock critic
Dražen Vrdoljak
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* Dražen Besek (born 1963), Croatian football player and manager
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and featured Theodore Yanni on guest guitar. The live recordings were owned by Fece who initiated the album release. During the same year, Margita Stefanović founded the record label EKV Records and started reissuing EKV studio album with bonus material. The ''Ljubav'' reissue featured live bonus material made at the Belgrade Dom Omladine on 13 November 1991 and the 1988 Novi Sad SNP performance, ''Samo par godina za nas'' featured the live bonus tracks from the Avala fest held in September 1990 and ''Dum dum'' featured alternate and demo recordings and the 1991 Dom Omladine live tracks.
PGP RTS
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also contributed the CD reissuing by releasing the compilation album ''Kao nada, kao govor, kao more...'' (''Like Hope, Like Speech, Like the Sea...'') in 1997, featuring selected material from the latter four studio albums. During 2001 and 2002, EKV Records and IPS music reissued the rest of the band's catalog, also featuring bonus live material. The label also released the live album ''Kao u snu - EKV live 1991'' (''As If in a Dream - EKV Live 1991'') featuring the Belgrade Dom Omladine 1991 performance. During the same year, a tribute album ''Kao da je bilo nekad... (Posvećeno Milanu Mladenoviću)'' (''As If It Had Once Been'') was released. The following year, a live tribute album ''Jako dobar tattoo - Tribute to EKV'' (''A Very Good Tatto - Tribute to EKV'') was released.
In 2017, Mascom Records released the double live album ''Krug'' (''The Circle''), featuring the recording of Mladenović's and Stefanović's unplugged performance held in
Priština
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in May 1994, only half a year before Mladenović's death.
Ivan Vdović died of
AIDS
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on 25 September 1992 at age 31. Milan Mladenović died of pancreatic cancer on 5 November 1994 at age 36. Bojan Pečar died of a heart attack on 13 October 1998 at age 38. Dušan Dejanović died of AIDS on 16 November 2000. On 18 September 2002 Margita Stefanović died at age 43, being the fifth band member to die prematurely.
Legacy
Ekatarina Velika is considered one of the top and most influential acts of the
former Yugoslav rock scene. Of the bands heavily influenced by Ekatarina Velika, by far the most notable is
Van Gogh
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, which has risen to the status of one of the most popular rock acts in Serbia in the second half of the 1990s. Another band highly inspired by EKV is the alternative rock band
Block Out. The band's work was also praised by Yugoslav rock icons like Rambo Amadeus and Dado Topic
In 2003, a tribute album to Mladenović entitled ''
Kao da je bilo nekad... Posvećeno Milanu Mladenoviću'' (''Like It Happened Someday... Dedicated to Milan Mladenović'') was released. The album consists of 15 covers of Mladenović's songs (14 EKV and one Šarlo Akrobata song) by a range of musicians, spanning from rock veteran
Dado Topić
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, over EKV contemporaries like
Električni Orgazam
Električni Orgazam ( sr-cyr, Електрични Оргазам, lit=Electric Orgasm, translit=) is a Serbian rock band from Belgrade. Originally starting as a combination of new wave, punk rock and post-punk, the band later slowly changed th ...
,
Darko Rundek
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,
Partibrejkers
Partibrejkers (Serbian Cyrillic: Партибрејкерс, transliteration for: ''Partybreakers'') is a Serbian rock band from Belgrade, as well as one of the most acclaimed acts of the Yugoslav rock scene.
The band was formed in 1982 and rele ...
,
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* Miško Mirković, retired Serbian footballer
* Miško Šuvaković, Serbian artist
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* Mišković
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,
Vlada Divljan
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,
Del Arno Band
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, and
Tanja Jovićević
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*Tanja Andrejeva (born 1978), Macedonian handball player
* Tanja Bogosavljevi ...
, to younger acts, like
Jarboli
Jarboli ( sr-cyr, Јарболи; trans. '' The Masts'') is a Serbian alternative rock band from Belgrade.
History
1990s
The band was formed in 1991 by Daniel Kovač (guitar, vocals), Boris Mladenović (guitar, vocals), Žolt Kovač (bass gu ...
,
Darkwood Dub
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,
Novembar
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History
Studeni Studeni, band formation (1986–1991)
During the late 1980s, one of the most promising former Yugoslav bands from Zagreb ...
,
Night Shift, Block Out, and
VROOM. Mladenović's former Šarlo Akrobata bandmate
Dušan Kojić
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also appeared on the album under the pseudonym Crni Zub, participating in the cover of "Zemlja".
Another tribute album, released in 2003, was a
live album
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''Jako dobar tattoo - Tribute to EKV'' (''Very Good Tattoo - Tribute to EKV''), recorded at the tribute concert held on February 22, 2003, in
Zagreb
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's Tvornica club. The performers included
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n bands
Le Cinema,
Vatra, and Urban & 4, and solo artists
Massimo Savić
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His father was a native of Tulež near Aranđelovac. His mother was Italian from Istria, a native of Raša near Labin.
He fir ...
with EKV tribute band Veliki Bijeli Slon, Darko Rundek with his Cargo Orkestar, and Električni Orgazam frontman
Srđan "Gile" Gojković, also with Veliki Bijeli Slon. The album consists of 13 live covers, each artist performing several.
The book ''
YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike'' (''YU 100: The Best albums of Yugoslav pop and rock music''), published in 1998, features two albums by the band: ''
S' vetrom uz lice
''S vetrom uz lice'' ( en, With The Wind Against Our Faces) is the third studio album by the Serbian rock band Ekatarina Velika, released in 1986. With this album Ekatarina Velika reached a wider audience, and it is considered to be the commerci ...
'' (ranked No. 26) and ''
Katarina II (album)
Ekatarina Velika ( sr-Cyrl, Екатарина Велика, en, Catherine the Great), sometimes referred to as EKV for short, was a Yugoslav rock band from Belgrade, being one of the most successful and influential Yugoslav music acts.
Initia ...
'' (ranked No. 68). The list of 100 greatest Yugoslav album, published by Croatian edition of ''
Rolling Stone
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'' in 2015, features three Ekatarina Velika albums: ''S' vetrom uz lice'' (ranked No. 10)
and ''Katarina II'' (ranked No. 29)
and ''
Ekatarina Velika
Ekatarina Velika ( sr-Cyrl, Екатарина Велика, en, Catherine the Great), sometimes referred to as EKV for short, was a Yugoslav rock band from Belgrade, being one of the most successful and influential Yugoslav music acts.
Ini ...
'' (ranked No. 44).
In 1987, in ''YU legende uživo'' (''YU Legends Live''), a special publication by ''
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'' magazine, ''
19LIVE86
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'' was pronounced one of 12 best Yugoslav live albums.
The
Rock Express Top 100 Yugoslav Rock Songs of All Times
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list, published in 2000, featured five songs by Ekatarina Velika: "Krug" (polled No.3), "Par godina za nas" (polled No.11), "Ti si sav moj bol" (polled No.41), "Zemlja" (polled No.54) and "7 dana" (polled No.86).
In November 2006, "Par godina za nas" was polled the Best Yugoslav Popular Music Song on the
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list. In 2011, the songs "Krug" and "Par godina za nas" were polled, by the listeners of
Radio 202, two of 60 greatest songs released by
PGP-RTB
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/
PGP-RTS
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during the sixty years of the label's existence.
The lyrics of 15 songs by the band were featured in
Petar Janjatović
Petar Janjatović (born 1956 in Belgrade) is a Serbian author, journalist, and music critic.
Biography
Janjatović was born in Belgrade on June 30, 1956.
Journalism
As a teenager, he contributed to Radio Beograd show ''Veče uz radio'' (''Eve ...
's book ''
Pesme bratstva, detinjstva & potomstva: Antologija ex YU rok poezije 1967 - 2007'' (''Songs of Brotherhood, Childhood & Offspring: Anthology of Ex YU Rock Poetry 1967 - 2007'').
In July 2011, the hardscape area in front of the
Belgrade Youth Center
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was named the Milan Mladenović Place. In 2012, a street in Zagreb, Milan Mladenović's city of birth, was named after him.
"Milan Mladenović dobio ulicu u Zagrebu", blic.rs
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In 2016, Serbian weekly news magazine
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'' Nedeljnik'' pronounced Milan Mladenović one of 100 people that changed Serbia forever.
Members
* Milan Mladenović
Milan Mladenović ( sr-Cyrl, Милан Младеновић; 21 September 1958 – 5 November 1994) was a Serbian and Yugoslavian musician best known as the frontman of the Yugoslav art rock band Ekatarina Velika.
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Born to Serbian f ...
— vocals, guitar
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(February 1982 - summer 1994)
* Dragomir Mihajlović "Gagi" — guitar (February 1982 - sometime in 1984)
* Zoran Radomirović "Švaba" — bass guitar
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(February 1982 - late 1982)
* Dušan Dejanović — drums (February 1982 - late 1982) (died 2000)
* Margita Stefanović "Magi" - keyboard
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s, backing vocals (late 1982 - summer 1994) (died 2002)
* Branko Kuštrin "Mango" — drums (late 1982 - early 1983)
* Bojan Pečar
Bojan Pečar (Serbian Cyrillic: Бојан Печар) (22 March 1960, in Belgrade – 13 October 1998, in London) was a SFRY, Yugoslav and Serbian musician, best known as Bassist, bass player of the cult band, cult Yugoslav rock band Ekatarina V ...
— bass guitar (early 1983 - early 1990) (died 1998)
* Ivan Vdović "VD" — drum
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s (early 1983 - fall 1984) (died 1992)
* Ivan Fece "Firchie" — drums (fall 1984 - late 1985), (early 1988 - May 1988)
* Ivan Ranković "Raka" — drums (late 1985 - early 1987)
* Srđan Todorović "Žika" — drums (early 1987 - early 1988), (May 1988 - early 1990)
* Marko Milivojević
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— drums (early 1990 - summer 1994)
* Miško Petrović "Plavi" — bass guitar (early 1990 - spring 1991)
* Dušan Petrović — bass guitar (spring 1991 - fall 1991)
* Bata Božanić — bass guitar (spring 1991 - fall 1991)
* Dragiša Uskoković "Ćima" — bass guitar (fall 1991 - late 1993)
* Boško Stanojević "Bole" — bass guitar (summer 1994)
Timeline
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bar:Mladenović from:01/02/1982 till:01/11/1994 color:Guitar width:3
bar:Mihajlović from:01/02/1982 till:01/07/1984 color:Guitar
bar:Radomirović from:01/02/1982 till:31/12/1982 color:Bass
bar:Pečar from:01/01/1983 till:01/01/1990 color:Bass
bar:MPetrović from:01/01/1990 till:01/05/1991 color:Bass
bar:DPetrović from:01/05/1991 till:01/10/1991 color:Bass
bar:Božanić from:01/05/1991 till:01/10/1991 color:Bass
bar:Uskoković from:01/10/1991 till:31/12/1993 color:Bass
bar:Stanojević from:01/06/1994 till:01/11/1994 color:Bass
bar:Dejanović from:01/02/1982 till:01/12/1982 color:Drums
bar:Kuštrin from:01/12/1982 till:01/02/1983 color:Drums
bar:Vdović from:01/02/1983 till:01/10/1984 color:Drums
bar:Fece from:01/10/1984 till:01/12/1985 color:Drums
bar:Ranković from:01/12/1985 till:01/02/1987 color:Drums
bar:Todorović from:01/02/1987 till:01/01/1988 color:Drums
bar:Fece from:01/01/1988 till:01/05/1988 color:Drums
bar:Todorović from:01/05/1988 till:01/01/1990 color:Drums
bar:Milivojević from:01/01/1990 till:01/11/1994 color:Drums
bar:Stefanović from:01/12/1982 till:01/11/1994 color:Keys
Discography
* ''Katarina II
Ekatarina Velika ( sr-Cyrl, Екатарина Велика, en, Catherine the Great), sometimes referred to as EKV for short, was a Yugoslav rock band from Belgrade, being one of the most successful and influential Yugoslav music acts.
Initi ...
'' (1984)
* ''Ekatarina Velika
Ekatarina Velika ( sr-Cyrl, Екатарина Велика, en, Catherine the Great), sometimes referred to as EKV for short, was a Yugoslav rock band from Belgrade, being one of the most successful and influential Yugoslav music acts.
Ini ...
'' (1985)
* ''S' vetrom uz lice
''S vetrom uz lice'' ( en, With The Wind Against Our Faces) is the third studio album by the Serbian rock band Ekatarina Velika, released in 1986. With this album Ekatarina Velika reached a wider audience, and it is considered to be the commerci ...
'' (1986)
* '' Ljubav'' (1987)
* ''Samo par godina za nas
''Samo par godina za nas'' ( en, Only a Few Years Left for Us) is the fifth studio album by the Serbian rock band Ekatarina Velika, released in 1989. It is the last one recorded with Bojan Pečar as a bassist. The album was produced by Mitar " ...
'' (1989)
* ''Dum Dum
Dum Dum is a city and a municipality of Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of Kolkata urban area and also a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).
Etymology
During the 19th ...
'' (1991)
* '' Neko nas posmatra'' (1993)
References
* ''EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960-2006'', Janjatović Petar;
External links
Fan website
Ekatarina Velika
at Discogs
Discogs (short for discographies) is a database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. While the site was originally created with a goal of becoming the la ...
Ekatarina Velika
at Myspace
Ekatarina Velika
at Facebook
Facebook is an online social media and social networking service owned by American company Meta Platforms. Founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin M ...
Ekatarina Velika
at YouTube
YouTube is a global online video platform, online video sharing and social media, social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by ...
Ekatarina Velika
at Rateyourmusic
Rate Your Music (often abbreviated to RYM) is an online collaborative database of music releases and films. Users can catalog items from their personal collection, review them, and assign ratings in a five-star rating system. The site also fea ...
Ekatarina Velika
at Last.fm
Last.fm is a music website founded in the United Kingdom in 2002. Using a music recommender system called "Audioscrobbler", Last.fm builds a detailed profile of each user's musical taste by recording details of the tracks the user listens to, e ...
Ekatarina Velika
at B92.fm
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Serbian rock music groups
Serbian alternative rock groups
Serbian post-punk music groups
Serbian art rock groups
Yugoslav rock music groups
Yugoslav art rock groups
Musical groups from Belgrade
Musical groups established in 1982
Musical groups disestablished in 1994
1982 establishments in Yugoslavia