EX YU ELECTRONICA VOL.
VIII
Compiled by Dušan Hedl and Višeslav
Laboš
Liner notes: Višeslav Laboš
Audio restoration and mastering: Višeslav
Laboš
Design: Igor
Compiled byMihovilović
Dušan Hedl and Višeslav
Proof-reading:
Laboš Matea Munitić Mihovi-
lović
Liner notes: Višeslav Laboš
Audio restoration and mastering: Višeslav
Laboš to: Petar Rašić, Miljenko Rajaković,
Thanx
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Delibašić
A1 Rascep Gospodina
Karizmačinskog -
Ples svetlosti i ples mraka
04:32
Music by: Ječmenica, Jovanović, Muc
Lyrics: Ječmenica
Aleksandar Ječmenica: synthesizer, vocals,
Predrag Jovanović: drums,
Srđan Muc: guitar, bass guitar,
Mileta Grujić: Dx7, Jaza Korg Ms20.
• Recorded by: Goran Kostić, Zrenjanin,
1986
Photo by: “K’ vojnom” by: Payche aka Vladi-
mir Jovanović
• Previously unreleased
Dark wave collective Rascep gospodina
Karizmačinskog was formed in summer of
1982 in Zrenjanin with the original line-up: Alek-
sandar Ječmenica, Predrag Jovanović and
Branko Desnica - Redžep. After Redžeps’ leave
to serve the Yugoslav national army, the band is
joined by Srđan Muc for a year before he also
departed to serve in JNA. In the period that fol-
lowed the band performed in group shows as
well as organizing its own concerts mainly in
Zrenjanin (Dom Mladosti, Hala Sportova) and in
Novi Sad (Medicinska škola) with Luna, Obojeni
program, Boye and Grad. The collective also
featured its demo recordings on Radio Ljublja-
na, Studio B, Radio Novi Sad and Radio Zrenja-
nin. RGK stops its activities in March 1986 with
the departure of its leader Ječmenica into the
service of Yugoslav national Army. The band
again emerges in 1996 with an upgraded line-
up under the name Rascep (React). The first
version of this song was recorded in 1984, how-
ever, the version of the song featured on this
compilation was recorded two years later, in
1986. (A. Ječmenica)
on this occasion with Mario Marzidovšek. The
musical parts were recorded on both sides of
the globe in few stages, in Boston and in Slove-
nia. Prescott recalls: “I set up patterns of music
in my studio and played a little -- keeping the
music open and with room for someone else.
A2, A3 Ivor Lord - I sent the tape over to Mario and he processed
Requiem aeternam 04:09 it all further from there. The result is what you
Sinking 04:56 hear. A kind of combination of both.” At least
three cassette overdubbing resulted in very lo-fi
sound quality, but the proces of how the piece-
Music by: Očuršćak
was made is of great historical importance for
Siniša Očuršćak: synthesizer, rhythm-ma- the home-taping culture. “To my American ears
chine. Mario’s music sounded like a voice that I’ve nev-
• Recorded at Očuršćak/s home, Zagreb, er could have possibly heard if it were not for
1988-1990 the power of cassettes. It was clear to anybody
• Previously self-released on double cassette: listening that Mario was doing new music with
incredible inexpensive equipment, and it was
Ivor Lord “Gospod je lice naše”, 1990
powerful, brave and bold music.” (D.S. Prescott).
After a metal-influenced period the project
Ivor The Lord, which was a 4 man line-up at the
time, changes its name to Ivor Lord and contin-
ues its work as a duo with its original seed Siniša
Očuršćak and Goran Terihaj. With the chang-
ing of the bands name, the music also shifts to
ambiental, etheral and industrial sounds. In the
period between 1988 and 1989 the first demo
was recorded, which was supposed to be re-
leased on FV record company, but was ultimate-
ly released on a DIY cassette entitled “Gospod
je lice naše”. After another change of the band’s
name to TeHÔM in the year 1991, the material
grew, as well as production levels resulting in
the bands first official album entitled “Despiritu-
alization Of Nature“ (1996 Twilight Command).
Cassette edition from 1990 includes three un-
published songs of which “Requiem Aeternam”
and “Sinking” are included on this compilation.
The second album of the project TeHÔM “Ther-
iomorphic Spirits” (featuring Miljenko Rajakov-
ić as a backing member) was delayed until 2000
– three years after the untimely death of Siniša
in 1997. It was released on Douglas Pearce’s
(Death in June) label Twilight Command. (M.
Rajaković)
B1 Local TV - Domovina 03:34
Music by: Local TV, lyrics by: Bedrač
Dani Bedrač: vocals, guitar, synthesizer,
rhythm machine,
Aleš Jošt: bass guitar,
Primož Schmidt: alt saxophone
A4 D.S.Prescott & Mario • Recorded by Dani Bedrač at his home
Marzidovšek - Union Electr.
studio, Celje, 1984
Music (A side Track 2) 06:04 • Previously released on compilation cas-
sette: “Condotte Perturbate” - M.M.L.017/Il
Music by: Prescott, Marzidovšek Posto della fragole, 1985
David Prescott, Mario Marzidovšek: syn-
thesizers, fx Local TV, Local Television or Lokalna Tele-
• Recorded in Boston, USA and Maribor, vizija (1984 - 1987), was a short lived electronic
Slovenija, 1987-1988 experimental outfit formed in Celje. One of very
few recordings that survived only as 3rd cas-
• Previously released on cassette:
sette copy is the track “Domovina”. Multi-instru-
D.S.Prescott & Mario Marzidovšek - Union
mentalist, composer, sociologist, painter and
Electr. Music - 1988 - M.M.L. no cat.nr.
poet Dani Bedrač was previously the founding
member and author of the acoustic acid-folk
Working mostly out of Boston in the 1980s group Kladivo Konj in Voda, active in the pe-
David Prescott created old-school electronic riod 1978-1983. Both Aleš Jošt and Primož
music and was part of the home-taping move- Schmidt were members of the avant-garde jazz
ment. His label Generations Unlimited had an in- bend Moonyane releasing one cassette album
ternational roster of artists with LP and cassette for FV Založba label in 1989, while Jošt and Be-
releases. He collaborated with other home-tap- drač collaborated also with Marko Brecelj.
ing artists including Minoy, Zan Hoffman and

B2 Babel - The Monk 05:45
Music by: Babel,
Lyrics by: Ignjatović
Željko Bzik: bass guitar,
Svetozar Ignjatović: vocals, synthesizer,
rhythm-machine and vocals
Written in 1987, • Recorded by: Ignjatović at
studio Lärm, Sarajevo, 1989
• Previously released on cassette:
Babel “But vague” - Black & White tapes 003,
1992.
Babel was formed in Sarajevo in 1986 more
or less as a rock collective. After the bands’
guitarist quit the band and a few other line-up
changes, the band decided to stick to a duo and
focused more on a minimalistic sound. In that
time Svetozar Ignjatović - Sveto also played
in a Sarajevo based band SCH, slowly collecting
equipment for his studio that opened in 1989.
“We started playing music listening to bands
like Joy Division and Velvet Underground,
later Psychic TV and Kraftwerk… but impor-
tantly also to bands like Renaldo & the Loaf,
Residents and Tuxedomoon. The name Babel
was chosen as a sign of cacophony of sound;
even destruction. Our music is a compromise
between our knowledge, our tradition and our
technical capabilities. Songs are just a propos-
al, set of tones, holding in itself a dose of unde-
fined: leaving the audience to create their own
conclusions about it. “The Monk” was developed
in 1987 and put on a tape two years later. With
the demise of Yugoslavia Babel – with only one
DIY cassette release –also stopped with its work.
Neither Ivica nor Sveto are active musicians at
the moment. (S.Ignjatović)
B3 Vinil Desant - Linija 3:39
Music by: Družak, Stošić, Matošević
Zoran Stošić: Roland TR 808, YAMAHA MCX5
Darko Matošević: KORG Poly 800.
Written in 1984 • Recorded by Vinil Desant at
home, Zagreb, 1985
• Previously unreleased.
Vinil desant was in the media before it was
a music group, or even had any desire to play
anything. A popular and respected weekly mag-
azine Polet released an article about Zagreb’s
graffiti relating to bands Dorian Gray, SeXA
and Vinil Desant. In fact, the band at that time
only existed on these graffiti. Ivica Družak and
Zoran Stošić started making music with Casio
VLT1 and an electric guitar and tried very hard
to make it sound like nothing they were hear-
ing at the time. They recorded four short instru-
mentals with little technological knowledge on a
tape recorder in their room in early 1984. One of
these songs is titled „Linija“ and was featured on
all the demos, also on the one recorded the next
year while Zoran and (newly joined) Darko Ma-
tošević were waiting for Ivica who was serving
his duty in the Yugoslav national army. The band
quickly went from room instrumentals to a group
with a singer changing their name to Nezabora-
van san o... – but that is a whole other story.
(I. Družak)
B4 Gino de Gagi i nivnite
strasti - Živeam, umiram 2:43
Music by: Gino de Gagi i nivnite strasti,
Lyrics by: Argirovski
Dejan Argirovski - Uško: vocals,
Mayo Vox: Korg MS 10, Yamaha CS 01, Bass
Line TB 303, Drumatix Roland TR 606
Dragan Ginovski - Gino: guitars,
Risto Vrtev and Risto Stavrev: back vocals
• Recorded at Dejan Argirovski’s home, 1984
• Previously released on compilation CD: “14
pesni za Uško” / Trot - TR CD 004/ - 1995.
The new-wave, post punk, synth-pop collec-
tive Gino de Gagi i Nivnite Strasti first played
in a three-piece formation, but had a line-up
of up to seven people between 1983 and 1986
– thus earning themselves the epithet of the
Macedonian Talking Heads. After their gig in
„Dom Mladosti 25 Maj“ a journalist of the stu-
dent paper Studentski Zbor wrote „Gino de Gagi
is one of the biggest promising rock bands in
Macedonia“. Nonetheless the formal album re-
lease never happened as was the case for so
many talented artists from that period. After the
band’s disbandment the three members Gino,
Petar Jankov and Uško went on to play in the
Macedonian dark rock collective Arhangel. One
of the first songs the band ever recorded was on
a TEAC Tascam owned by Risto Vrtev (Arhangel)
in Uško’s flat on May 1st was entitled “Živeam
umiram”. The song’s author Uško died in 1994
due to Krohn’s disease. The band occasionally
reunites to this day.
B5 PIN - Mother’s Kitchen
1:32
Music by: Špegel, Rabič, Polutnik, Rihter
Lyrics by: Rabič
Stanislav Špegel: Roland TR 808, Niko
Rabič: synthesizer, Andrej Polutnik: vocals,
Miran Rihter: synthesizer
• Recorded by: Stojan Smrekar, 1984/85
• Previously released on compilation cas-
sette: “The Second Slovene Wave” - MML
040/1, 1985
When we talk about pioneering the sphere of
electronic music in Slovenia, the Velenje based
group PIN was one of the most innovative.
The collective was formed in 1983 by longtime
friends who emerged from local punk, rock and
new wave groups. In 1983 Stane Špegel, con-
siderd by many as one of the original seeds of
Slovenian electonic scene, swaped his Fend-
er for a rythm machine (Roland TR-808). Niko
Rabič and Miran Rihtar exchanged their gui-
tars and Trombone for synthesizers (Korg Poly-
six, Korg Poly 800). Andrej Polutnik joined the
collective as singer, while Stojan Smrekar was
responsible for mixing and and sound design.
The band didn’t care much about the local and
regional scene, they were much more interest-
ed in foreign recognition. That is also the reason
why their engaging and often humorous and lyr-
ics are all in English. Till the year 1985 the band
had enough recordings for an album. The mate-
rial was performed and recorded from scratch,
often with no prior rehearsals, and was to be
released by a Dutch record company “Sema-
for”, but the company went under just months
before the release. The band is then hosted on
Val 202, Radio RGL and Radio Študent, where
they are promised a gig on Novi Rock, but the
pressures from shady sources prevent the band
from performing. PIN was self-extinguished in
1985.
B6 Dani Bedrač - Music for
your tape-recorder 02:08
Dani Bedrač: guitars, synthesizer,
rhythm-machine
Music by: Bedrač
• Recorded by Bedrač at his home studio,
Celje, 1985
• Previously released on compilation cas-
sette: “The Second Slovene Wave” - MML
040/1, 1985
Multi-instrumentalist, composer, sociologist,
painter and poet Dani Bedrač was the founding
member and author of the legendary acoustic
acid-folk group Kladivo Konj in Voda, active
in the period 1978-1983 releasing one cassette
“Zorenje” (OO ZSMS Žalec, 1979) and today the
much sought-after vinyl “Vidov ples” (PGP RTB,
1983). The group was reformed in the mid-90s.
In 1984 Bedrač formed Local TV, while in 1985
he started working on another electronic proj-
ect called Sfinkter, together with Primož Ježa.
Sfinkter released one DIY cassette “Under the
liquid light”. “Music for your tape recorder” was
his very personal experiment recorded in his
home studio on a 4 track Fostex cassette re-
corder.
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