Profili Profili ( sr-cyr, Профили Профили, trans: ''Profiles Profiles'') was a
Serbia
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n and
former Yugoslav
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new wave/
experimental music
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duo from
Belgrade
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, notable as the participant of the ''
Artistička radna akcija'' project in 1981. During the same year the band members formed another band Kazimirov Kazneni Korpus (Serbian Cyrillic: Казимиров Казнени Корпус, trans: ''
Casimir
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List of variations
*Belarusian: Казі ...
's Castigation Corpus'') and both bands appeared on their
split album
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which is the first album in
Yugoslavia
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to be released under an
independent record label
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.
History
Band formations
The band Profili Profili was formed by Miodrag "Čeza" Stojanović (bass, vocals) and Slobodan "Jela" Jeličić (guitar, vocals). Their two songs, "Majke ih guraju u metalnim korpama" ("Mothers Push Them In Metal Baskets") and "Nemir živaca" ("Nerve Unrest"), appeared on the ''
Artistička radna akcija'' (''Artistic Work Action'') various artists compilation in 1981.
During the same year, Stojanović and Jeličić, with Dragoslav "Draža" Radojković, formed another band, Kazimirov Kazneni Korpus, half an hour before their first live appearance at
Tašmajdan in
Belgrade
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on the ''Aktuelna Beogradska Rock Scena'' festival. The band wrote one song during that time and played it in five different versions. The band made another live appearance, at
Topčider
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, with the band
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 ...
. At the time, the band was joined by
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 ...
, a former
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- ...
and Katarina II member as an additional bass guitarist.
Album recording, breakup
On 18 May 1982 the two bands performed at the
Ljubljana
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During antiquity, a Roman city called Emona stood in the ar ...
band
Laibach
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art exhibition, at the gallery of the Belgrade
SKC.
At the performance, the band made a decision to record the material they had been performing, and within the following three days, the band worked at the
Banovo Brdo
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Location
Banovo Brdo is bounded by the neighborhoods of Čukarica and Čukarička Padina in the west ...
''NGM'' studio. The album recording cost the band 15,000
Yugoslav dinar
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s, which rated the album as a low-budget release, and was released under the
independent record label
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Galerija Srecna nova umetnost SKC, making it the first
independent music
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release in
Yugoslavia
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.
''
Kazimirov Kazneni Korpus / Profili Profili
Kazimirov kazneni korpus / Profili profili is the first and only studio release by the Serbian minimalist / experimental music bands Profili Profili and Kazimirov Kazneni Korpus, recorded and released in March 1982. This split album, released b ...
'', released in March 1982, featured five versions of the Profili Profili song "Ventilatori" ("Ventilators"), and five versions of the Kazimirov Kazneni Korpus song "Paralitične šizoidne devojke" ("Paralitic Schizoid Girls"). Originally released in a hundred copies, with each copy having a different hand made art work album cover, soon after the release went out of print, and in the following month the band released a hundred more copies, which were quickly sold out. Today the album is considered a rarity and a collector's item.
In 1983, a version of Kazimirov Kazneni Korpus' "Paralitične šizoidne devojke" appeared on the ''Šećrna vodica'' (''Sugar Drink'') movie soundtrack, however, the soundtrack was never released as an official album. During the same year, Stojanović wanted to change the concept switching to guitar so that Kazimirov Kazneni Korpus had a vacant spot for a new bass player until Jeličić brought in Saša Radić as the new bassist, and Mladenović remained only the Profili Profili bassist.
The two bands had rehearsed and did not perform live until the following year when they held their last live appearance at the Belgrade Akademija before Stojanović dissolved the bands.
Post-breakup
After the band disbandment, Jeličić stopped playing and performing, starting his own business company, and, in April 1996, died of
cancer
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.
Mladenović continued performing with Katarina II which, after the release of their ''
self-titled album'', changed the name to
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.
Initia ...
, releasing six studio albums and achieving mainstream success. As
Angel's Breath, with
Mitar Subotić
Mitar Subotić "Suba" ( sr-Cyrl, Митар Суботић Суба; June 23, 1961 – November 2, 1999), also known as Rex Ilusivii (Latin for ''The King of Illusions''), was a Serbian-born musician and composer who was set to become one of Brazi ...
, he recorded and released an album called ''Angel's Breath'', in the Spring of 1994 in Brazil, and in August it was discovered that he had
pancreatic cancer
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. He died on 5 November 1994 in Belgrade.
Radojković continued performing with
Laibach
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. Radojković with former bandmate from Profili Profili -KKK Miodrag Čeza Stojanović on a bass and Srđan Đile Marković bass player from Radnička kontrola on guitar and vocals formed the first line up of the band Plaćenici with idea to do a cover songs in 1986 but after one concert Radojković whose idea actually was to start Plaćenici leaves the band. Second line up of the band was with Nebojša Antonijević-Antun from Partibrejkers on guitar, Ivica Vdovic -Vd former Šarlo Akrobata drummer, and lead singer from Berliner Strasse then in band Burbon B Petar Ilić-Ćirilo alongside Stojanović and Marković playing Bo Didley songs and blues, as well as own material, but after few rehearsals Antun stayed in band with Stojanović and Marković and this two left the band to continue with their own projects but appearing as guests on some concerts In a solid line-up consisting of Miodrag Čeza Stojanović on a bass, Srdjan Djile Marković vocals and guitar, Nebojša Antonijević on guitar and Vlada Funtek on drums the band recorded six songs which appeared on the ''Beogradski grafiti - Bad Boy Rock'', released by
Kopar label Slovenija, but after a few live appearances, the band split up. With his wife, he formed the band Viet-Viet, later renamed to Ritual, and in 1989, with former
Radnička Kontrola
Radnička Kontrola ( sr-cyr, Радничка Контрола, trans. ''Workers' Control'') was a former Yugoslav punk rock/ new wave band from Belgrade, active in the late 1970s and early 1980s and notable for its appearance on the compilation ...
bass player Srđan "Đile" Marković and former Šarlo Akrobata and Katarina II drummer
Ivan "VD" Vdović, formed the band DDT. In 1992, after Vdović's death, the band was renamed to
Supernaut. With Supernaut, Stojanović released the studio album ''
Budućnost sada
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'', released in 1993, and the live album ''
Live in Zombietown
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'', released in 1995, before leaving the band. ''Live in Zombietown'' also featured Saša Radić who had joined the band and with Supernaut he has released four studio albums, ''
Niže nego ljudski
''Niže nego ljudski'' (''Less Than Human'') is the second studio album by the Serbian alternative rock
Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became ...
'' in 1998, ''
Raj na nebu, pakao na Zemlji'' in 2000, ''
Eli
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* Eli (biblical figure)
Eli or ELI may also refer to:
Film
* ''Eli'' (2015 film), a Tamil film
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* ''Eli'' (Jan ...
'', on which Radojković appeared as guest drummer, in 2006, and ''
Pobuna mašina
''Pobuna mašina'' (trans. ''Machine Rebellion'') is the fifth studio album by the Serbian alternative rock band Supernaut released independently by the band in 2010. The album is the band's final collaboration with the deceased produces Goran Ž ...
'' in 2010.
Discography
Studio albums
* ''
Kazimirov Kazneni Korpus / Profili Profili
Kazimirov kazneni korpus / Profili profili is the first and only studio release by the Serbian minimalist / experimental music bands Profili Profili and Kazimirov Kazneni Korpus, recorded and released in March 1982. This split album, released b ...
'' (
split album
A split album (or split) is a music album that includes tracks by two or more separate artists. There are also singles and EPs of the same variety, which are often called "split singles" and "split EPs" respectively. Split albums differ from "var ...
; 1982)
Other appearances
* "Majke ih guraju u metalnim kolicima" / Nemir živaca" (''
Artistička radna akcija''; 1981)
References
* ''EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960-2006'', Janjatović Petar; {{ISBN, 978-86-905317-1-4
* ''Prvih 100 kaseta; Kazimirov Kazneni Korpus / Profili Profili SKC'' album review, Petar Popović, Džuboks magazine, April 1982
* ''Drugom stranom, Almanah novog talasa u SFRJ'', Janjatović Petar; 1983
External links
Profili Profiliat
Last.fm
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Kazimirov Kazneni Korpusat
Last.fm
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Serbian rock music groups
Musical groups from Belgrade
Musical groups disestablished in 1982
Yugoslav rock music groups
Serbian new wave musical groups
Serbian experimental musical groups
Serbian post-punk music groups
Serbian indie rock groups
Rock music duos