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New wave in Yugoslavia ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Нови талас, Novi talas; hr, Novi val; sl, Novi val; mk, Нов бран) was the
new wave music New wave is a loosely defined music genre that encompasses pop-oriented styles from the late 1970s and the 1980s. It was originally used as a catch-all for the various styles of music that emerged after punk rock, including punk itself. La ...
scene of the
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. As its counterparts, the British and the American new wave, from which the main influences came, the Yugoslav scene was also closely related to punk rock,
ska Ska (; ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. It combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. Ska is characterized by a walki ...
,
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, 2 Tone,
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and
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. Some of its acts are also counted as belonging to the Yugoslav punk scene which already existed prior to new wave. Such artists were labeled as both punk rock and new wave (the term "new wave" was initially interchangeable with "punk").


Overview

The Non-Aligned
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Yugoslavia was never part of the Eastern Bloc and it was open to western influences (the
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to some extent even supported Yugoslavia as a " buffer zone" to the
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). The new wave scene in Yugoslavia emerged in the late
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and had a significant impact on the Yugoslav culture. The
Yugoslav rock scene Popular music in Yugoslavia includes the pop and rock music of the former SFR Yugoslavia, including all their genres and subgenres. The scene included the constituent republics: SR Slovenia, SR Croatia, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SR Montenegro, S ...
in general, including the freshly arrived new wave music, was socially accepted, well developed and covered in the media. New wave was especially advocated by the magazines ''Polet'' from
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and ''
Džuboks ''Džuboks'' ( sr-cyr, italic=yes, Џубокс, trans. ''Jukebox'') was a Yugoslav music magazine. Launched in 1966, it was the very first magazine in SFR Yugoslavia dedicated predominantly to rock music and the first rock music magazine to be p ...
'' from Belgrade, as well as the TV show ''Rokenroler'', which was famous for its artistic music videos. This anti-establishment movement was even supported, although moderately, by the Communist authorities, particularly by the Communist youth organisation which often organized concerts, festivals, parties, exhibitions, and other cultural events. The lyrics that were criticizing and satirizing the flaws of the Yugoslav socialism were considered by the authorities as a "useful and friendly critique" and were often tolerated with certain cases of
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. Especially the Zagreb-based band Azra, who were known for their
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and
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in their songs. The Yugoslav new wave scene also cooperated with various conceptual or artistic movements related to pop art,
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etc. Important artists of Yugoslav new wave were: Azra,
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-l ...
,
Idoli Idoli ( sr-cyr, Идоли; trans. The Idols) were a Serbian new wave band from Belgrade. They are considered to be one of the most notable acts of the Yugoslav rock scene, and their 1982 album '' Odbrana i poslednji dani'' was on several occa ...
(famous for their song " Maljčiki" and its respective video in which they ridiculed the
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soc-realism),
Pankrti Pankrti (The ''Bastards'' in Slovene) are a punk rock band from Ljubljana, Slovenia, active in the late 1970s and 1980s. They were known for provocative and political songs. They billed themselves as ''The First Punk Band Behind The Iron Curtai ...
(first Yugoslav punk band), Prljavo kazalište (started as a punk unit; the title of their second album '' Crno-bijeli svijet,'' which means "the black and white world", holds a reference to the 2 Tone movement),
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 ...
(punk at the beginning, they moved towards
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and
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later and were described as "The Punk
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Slađana Milošević Aleksandra Milošević Hagadone ( sr-cyr, Александра Милошевић Хагадон; born 3 October 1955), better known as Slađana Milošević ( sr-Cyrl, Слађана Милошевић, ) is a Serbian singer-songwriter, composer, ...
,
Haustor Haustor ( hr, Hallway or front door) was a Yugoslav rock band from Zagreb, SR Croatia, a member of the new wave movement, and an important act of the former Yugoslav rock scene. History The basis of the band was formed in 1977, when singer ...
(mostly
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,
ska Ska (; ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. It combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. Ska is characterized by a walki ...
and similar influences, but with a more poetic and intellectual approach compared to some danceable bands),
Buldožer Buldožer (meaning " bulldozer"), was a Yugoslav-Slovenian progressive rock band from the 1970s and 1980s. They were one of the first bands in communist Yugoslavia that could be considered Avant-prog, and forefathers of the Yugoslav new wave ...
, Laboratorija Zvuka, Film (one of the first Yugoslav new wave groups), Lačni Franz and many others. Some of them genuinely started as new wave bands, while others previously adhered other styles (for example the members of Azra were previously into a somewhat hippie style prior to becoming a new wave band). With the decreasing popularity of 1970s hard rock and
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among the youths after the expansion of punk and new wave, even the cult rock band
Bijelo Dugme Bijelo Dugme (trans. ''White Button'') was a Yugoslav rock band, formed in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1974. Bijelo Dugme is widely considered to have been the most popular band ever to exist in the former Socialist Federal Republic ...
decided to change its rural
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-ish hard rock style and jump onto the new wave bandwagon. They adopted the 2 Tone style for a short period of time while it was fashionable on their album '' Doživjeti stotu'' which featured the ska theme "Ha, ha, ha". The chorus lyrics were used as a title for the compilation album '' Svi marš na ples!''. Cult symbols of the Yugoslav new wave era are the compilation albums '' Paket aranžman'', '' Novi Punk Val'', '' Artistička radna akcija'' and especially the movie '' The Promising Boy''.


Decline

As new wave perished into the mid-
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, some of the bands split or took different musical directions. The period around 1982 is considered especially crucial concerning the decline of new wave in Yugoslavia. There were several other reasons why Yugoslav new wave started to fade beside the notable general decline of new wave around the world: the economical crisis in Yugoslavia in the first half of the 1980s and the political instability, especially in the
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in
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after Josip Broz Tito's
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. Also, the musical genres such as post-punk,
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and gothic rock, as well as New Romantic and synth-pop already saw a great expansion around the world, including Yugoslavia too.
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-l ...
changed from its initial ska and reggae-inspired period, embracing a deeper post-punk sound. They were also a support act of Gang of Four in Zagreb, before they finally split in 1981.
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 Serbia ...
, the band's notable
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and guitarist in 1982 formed the cult band Ekatarina Velika which was noted for its dark poetic post-punk style and intellectual attitude. In the same year, his bandmate Dušan "Koja" Kojić formed the group Disciplin A Kitschme (), a band influenced by a variety of music styles, which later rose to international prominence. Idoli, Prljavo kazalište and Film (the latter under the moniker '' Jura Stublić i Film'') later became pop or
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and all of them respectively achieved great mainstream success. During the 1980s, Azra gradually moved to more conventional rock with occasional use of
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elements. Johnny Štulić's poetic trademarks were still notable throughout their lyrics; Električni Orgazam soon became a successful mainstream rock band inspired mostly by the 1960s including artists such as
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.


Legacy

The Yugoslav new wave period is still considered the golden age of pop and rock music in the countries that emerged after the breakup of Yugoslavia. The Yugoslav new wave scene gave birth to some of the most important Yugoslav acts ever and it was acclaimed by the Western media (notably by '' Melody Maker'') for its quality and originality as well. In 2004, Igor Mirković made a film titled ''
Sretno dijete ''Sretno dijete'' (English: ''Happy child'') is a Croatian documentary film directed by Igor Mirković, and produced by Rajko Grlić, an Ohio University professor of film, in 2003. The film is a nostalgic autobiographical overview of the authors a ...
'' (''Happy Child'') named after a song by Prljavo kazalište. The movie covers the events in the former Yugoslav new wave scene.


Bands

* In SR Slovenia: ** Avtomobili (
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) - early period ** Borghesia (
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) **
Buldožer Buldožer (meaning " bulldozer"), was a Yugoslav-Slovenian progressive rock band from the 1970s and 1980s. They were one of the first bands in communist Yugoslavia that could be considered Avant-prog, and forefathers of the Yugoslav new wave ...
(Ljubljana) ** Demolition Group (
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) ** Gast'r'bajtr's ** Lačni Franz ( Maribor) **
Pankrti Pankrti (The ''Bastards'' in Slovene) are a punk rock band from Ljubljana, Slovenia, active in the late 1970s and 1980s. They were known for provocative and political songs. They billed themselves as ''The First Punk Band Behind The Iron Curtai ...
(Ljubljana) **
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(Ljubljana) ** Videosex (Ljubljana) * In
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: ** Aerodrom (
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) - on album ''Tango Bango'' only ** Animatori (Zagreb) ** Azra (Zagreb) ** Boa (Zagreb) **
Denis & Denis Denis & Denis was a Croatian and Yugoslav synth-pop group formed in Rijeka in 1982. They were one of the most popular acts of the Yugoslav synth-pop scene. Formed as a duo consisting of keyboardist and vocalist Davor Tolja and vocalist Marina Per ...
( Rijeka) ** Film (Zagreb) **
Haustor Haustor ( hr, Hallway or front door) was a Yugoslav rock band from Zagreb, SR Croatia, a member of the new wave movement, and an important act of the former Yugoslav rock scene. History The basis of the band was formed in 1977, when singer ...
(Zagreb) ** Metak (Split) ** Neki to vole vruće (Zagreb) ** Parlament (Croatian band) (Zagreb) ** Patrola (Zagreb) ** Problemi (Pula) ** Paraf (Rijeka) **
Parni Valjak Parni Valjak (; "steamroller") is a Croatian and former Yugoslav rock band. They were one of the top acts of the former Yugoslav rock scene, and one of the top rock bands in Croatia. Biography Parni Valjak was founded in 1975 in Zagreb. Unl ...
(Zagreb) - on album ''Vruće Igre'' only ** Prljavo kazalište (Zagreb) ** Stidljiva ljubičica (Vrbovec) ** Termiti (Rijeka) ** Zvijezde (Zagreb) ** Xenia (Rijeka/Zagreb) - early period * In
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, including
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and
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Bezobrazno Zeleno Bezobrazno Zeleno ( sr-cyr, Безобразно Зелено, trans. ''Rudely Green'') was a Yugoslav rock band formed in Belgrade in 1980. Led by bass guitarist Bojan Vasić, the band belonged to the second generation of Belgrade new wave ba ...
( Belgrade) - early period ** Bigoti (Niš) ** Boye (
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) - early period ** Bulevar (Belgrade) ** Čista Proza (Novi Sad) ** Defektno Efektni (Belgrade) ** Dobri Isak (Niš) **
Doktor Spira i Ljudska Bića Doktor Spira i Ljudska Bića ( sr-cyr, Доктор Спира и Људска Бића; trans. ''Doctor Spira and the Human Beings'') were a Serbian new wave/alternative rock band from Belgrade. They were a prominent act of the Yugoslav new wav ...
(Belgrade) **
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 ...
(Belgrade) **
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 ...
(Belgrade) ** Gjurmët (
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Idoli Idoli ( sr-cyr, Идоли; trans. The Idols) were a Serbian new wave band from Belgrade. They are considered to be one of the most notable acts of the Yugoslav rock scene, and their 1982 album '' Odbrana i poslednji dani'' was on several occa ...
(Belgrade) ** Kontraritam (Novi Sad) ** Kozmetika (Belgrade) **
Laki Pingvini Laki Pingvini ( sr-Cyrl, Лаки Пингвини; transl. ''The Easy Penguins'') were a Serbian and Yugoslav rock band formed in Belgrade in 1979. Initially a part of the Yugoslav new wave scene, the band later turned towards synth-pop and ...
(Belgrade) - early period **
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(Novi Sad) - early period **
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(Novi Sad) ** Laboratorija Zvuka (Novi Sad) - on album ''Duboko u tebi'' only **
Obojeni Program Obojeni Program ( sr-cyr, Обојени Програм, trans. ''Colored Program'') is a Serbian alternative rock band from Novi Sad. The band are pioneers of the Serbian alternative rock scene. The first letters of the band's first seven studio a ...
(Novi Sad) - early period **
Pekinška Patka Pekinška Patka (Serbian Cyrillic: Пекиншка Патка; trans. ''Peking Duck'') is an eminent Serbian and former Yugoslav punk rock band from Novi Sad. Their debut album, '' Plitka poezija'', released in 1980, is considered the first pu ...
(Novi Sad) ** Pasta ZZ ( Belgrade) **
Petar i Zli Vuci Petar i Zli Vuci ( sr-cyr, Петар и Зли Вуци; trans. ''Peter and the Wolf Pack'') were a former Yugoslav new wave/ ska band from Belgrade, notable as the participant of the '' Artistička radna akcija'' project. History During the ...
(Belgrade) ** Piloti (Belgrade) **
Profili Profili Profili Profili ( sr-cyr, Профили Профили, trans: ''Profiles Profiles'') was a Serbian and former Yugoslav new wave/experimental music duo from Belgrade, notable as the participant of the '' Artistička radna akcija'' project in 19 ...
(Belgrade) ** Propaganda (Belgrade) ** Radnička Kontrola (Belgrade) **
Slađana Milošević Aleksandra Milošević Hagadone ( sr-cyr, Александра Милошевић Хагадон; born 3 October 1955), better known as Slađana Milošević ( sr-Cyrl, Слађана Милошевић, ) is a Serbian singer-songwriter, composer, ...
(Belgrade) - on album ''Neutral Design'' only **
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-l ...
(Belgrade) ** TV Moroni (Belgrade) **
Urbana Gerila Urbana Gerila ( sr-cyr, Урбана Герила, trans: '' Urban Guerrilla'') was a former Yugoslav punk rock and new wave band from Belgrade. The band is notable as the participant of the '' Artistička radna akcija'' project in 1981. In 19 ...
(Belgrade) ** U Škripcu (Belgrade) - early period **
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 ...
(Belgrade) ** Zana (Belgrade) - early period * In
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Bijelo Dugme Bijelo Dugme (trans. ''White Button'') was a Yugoslav rock band, formed in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1974. Bijelo Dugme is widely considered to have been the most popular band ever to exist in the former Socialist Federal Republic ...
(
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) - on album '' Doživjeti stotu'' only ** Kongres (
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) ** Zabranjeno Pušenje (Sarajevo) - on album '' Das ist Walter'' only **Bonton Baya (Sarajevo) - ELPI 1983 * In SR Macedonia: ** Cilinder (
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Haos in Laos Haos in Laos ( mk, Хаос ин Лаос) was a Macedonian new wave and pop-rock band from Skopje, SR Macedonia from 1984–1987. Its frontman Risto Samardžiev, formerly a vocalist of the band Cilindar, later started a successful solo career as ...
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See also

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Popular music in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Popular music in Yugoslavia includes the pop and rock music of the former SFR Yugoslavia, including all their genres and subgenres. The scene included the constituent republics: SR Slovenia, SR Croatia, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SR Montenegro, S ...
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Punk rock in Yugoslavia Punk rock in Yugoslavia was the punk subculture of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The most developed scenes across the federation existed in the Socialist Republic of Slovenia, the Adriatic coast of the Socialist Republic of Cr ...
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Neue Slowenische Kunst Neue Slowenische Kunst (; NSK; German: "New Slovenian Art") is a political art collective that formed in Slovenia in 1984, when the Socialist Republic of Slovenia was part of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. NSK's name was chosen to refl ...
*'' Paket aranžman'' *'' Artistička radna akcija'' * Novi Punk Val * Vrući dani i vrele noći *
New Primitivism New Primitivism (Serbo-Croatian: Novi primitivizam) was a subcultural movement established in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia-Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia in March 1983. It primarily used music, along with satire, sketch and surreal comedy on radio and tel ...
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Yugoton ''Yugoton'' is a tribute album to the former Yugoslav rock scene released in Poland by ZIC ZAC Music Company and BMG Poland in 2001. It features cover versions of eminent ex-Yugoslav artists performed in Polish by the cover band named Yugoton, c ...
'' * Bosnian rock *
Serbian rock Serbian rock is the rock music scene of Serbia. During the 1960s, 1970s and the 1980s, while Serbia was a constituent republic of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Serbian rock scene was a part of the SFR Yugoslav rock scene. The Socia ...
* Croatian popular music


References

*Petar Janjatović "Drugom stranom - Almanah novog talasa u SFRJ" (co-authors David Albahari and Dragan Kremer), 1983
Petar Janjatović "Ilustrovana Enciklopedija Yu Rocka 1960-1997", publisher: Geopoetika, 1997

Petar Janjatović "EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960-2006"
*Dragan Pavlov and Dejan Šunjka "Punk u Jugoslaviji" (Punk in Yugoslavia), publisher: IGP Dedalus, Yugoslavia, 1990. *
Sretno dijete ''Sretno dijete'' (English: ''Happy child'') is a Croatian documentary film directed by Igor Mirković, and produced by Rajko Grlić, an Ohio University professor of film, in 2003. The film is a nostalgic autobiographical overview of the authors a ...
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documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in te ...


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Related movies

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Sretno dijete ''Sretno dijete'' (English: ''Happy child'') is a Croatian documentary film directed by Igor Mirković, and produced by Rajko Grlić, an Ohio University professor of film, in 2003. The film is a nostalgic autobiographical overview of the authors a ...
'' *'' Davitelj protiv davitelja'' *''Dečko koji obećava'' *''Dezerteri Roka''


External links


Film "Neprilagodjen" videoIdoli "Maljčiki" videoŠarlo Akrobata "Pečati" video"Paket Aranžman" and "Artistička radna akcija" review at terapija.net e-zine

Essay: "Singing Cities: Images of the City in Ex-Yu Popular Music"
at Blesok literature magazine, Skopje, Macedonia {{Rock music , state=collapsed New wave music Yugoslav rock music Yugoslav music Serbian rock music Bosnia and Herzegovina music Macedonian music Montenegrin styles of music Music history of Slovenia Croatian music history Music in Vojvodina Music scenes 1970s in Yugoslavia 1980s in Yugoslavia