Profili Profili
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Profili Profili was a Serbia
n and former Yugoslav New Wave
/ experimental music
duo from Belgrade
, 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: Kazimir's Punishment Corpus) and both bands appeared on their split album
which is the first album in Yugoslavia
to be released under an independent record label
.
(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
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
, with the band Katarina II
. At the time, the band was joined by Milan Mladenović
, a former Šarlo Akrobata
and Katarina II member as an additional bass guitarist.
band Laibach
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
NGM studio. The album recording cost the band 15.000 Yugoslav dinar
s, which rated the album as a low-budget release, and was released under the independent record label
Galerija Srecna nova umetnost SKC, making it the first independent music release in Yugoslavia
.
Kazimirov Kazneni Korpus / Profili Profili
, released on March 1982, featured five versions of the Profili Profili song "Ventilatori" ("Ventilators"), and five versions of the Kazimirov Kazneni Korpus song "Paranoidno šizoidne devojke" ("Paranoid Schizophrenic Girls"). Originally released in a hundred copies, with each copy having a different album cover, soon after the release went out of print, and on 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' "Paraliticno 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.
On September 11, 1987, the band reunited as KKK and performed as an opening act for the Tonny Montano
concert at the Belgrade SKC.
, changed the name to Ekatarina Velika
, releasing six studio albums and achieving mainstream success. As Angel's Breath
, with Mitar Subotić
, 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
. He died on November 5, 1994 in Belgrade.
Radojković continued performing with Laibach
. Stojanović, with Radojković and Partibrejkers
guitarist Nebojša "Anton" Antonijević, formed the band Plaćenici, in 1986. 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
vocalist 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
, released in 1993, and the live album Live in Zombietown
, 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
in 1998, Raj na nebu, pakao na Zemlji
in 2000, Eli
, on which Radojković appeared as guest drummer, in 2006, and Pobuna mašina
in 2010.
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
n and former Yugoslav New Wave
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
/ experimental music
Experimental music
Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...
duo from Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
, notable as the participant of the Artistička radna akcija
Artisticka radna akcija
Artistička radna akcija is a new wave and punk rock compilation album released in late 1981 by Jugoton in SFR Yugoslavia...
project in 1981. During the same year the band members formed another band Kazimirov Kazneni Korpus (Serbian Cyrillic: Казимиров Казнени Корпус, trans: Kazimir's Punishment Corpus) and both bands appeared on their split album
Split album
A split album is a music album which includes tracks by two or more separate artists. There have been singles and EPs released in the same nature, which can be referred to as split singles and split EPs respectively...
which is the first album in Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
to be released under an independent record label
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
.
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 akcijaArtisticka radna akcija
Artistička radna akcija is a new wave and punk rock compilation album released in late 1981 by Jugoton in SFR Yugoslavia...
(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
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
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
Topcider
Topčider is a forest park and an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is divided between in the municipalities of Čukarica, Rakovica and Savski Venac...
, with the band Katarina II
Ekatarina Velika
Ekatarina Velika , sometimes referred to as EKV for short, was a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock group from Belgrade, being one of the most successful and influential music acts coming out of former Yugoslavia....
. At the time, the band was joined by Milan Mladenović
Milan Mladenovic
Milan Mladenović was a Yugoslav and Serbian musician best known as the frontman of Serbian art rock band Ekatarina Velika.-Early life:...
, a former Šarlo Akrobata
Šarlo Akrobata
Šarlo Akrobata were a seminal Yugoslav rock band often categorized as late punk or New Wave, particularly art-oriented. Short-lived but extremely influential, in addition to being one of the most important acts of the Yugoslav New Wave scene, the three piece left an indelible mark on the entire...
and Katarina II member as an additional bass guitarist.
Album recording, breakup
On May 18 1982, the two bands performed at the LjubljanaLjubljana
Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...
band Laibach
Laibach (band)
Laibach is a Slovenian avant-garde music group associated with industrial, martial, and neo-classical musical styles. Laibach formed June 1, 1980 in Trbovlje, Slovenia . Laibach represents the music wing of the Neue Slowenische Kunst art collective, of which it was a founding member in 1984...
art exhibition, at the gallery of the Belgrade SKC
SKC
SKC may refer to:*St Kevin's College, Melbourne*SKC Corporation*Chaebol or South Korean Companies*South Korean Cars*Saint Kentigern College*Studentski Kulturni Centar*Sporting Kansas City...
. 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
Banovo Brdo
Banovo Brdo, , is a neighbourhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Čukarica.Banovo Brdo generally stretches along the Požeška street, the main street connecting the central parts of the Belgrade with the southwestern boroughs and suburbs and itself is...
NGM studio. The album recording cost the band 15.000 Yugoslav dinar
Yugoslav dinar
The dinar was the currency of the three Yugoslav states: the Kingdom of Yugoslavia , the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia between 1918 and 2003. The dinar was subdivided into 100 para...
s, which rated the album as a low-budget release, and was released under the independent record label
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
Galerija Srecna nova umetnost SKC, making it the first independent music release in Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
.
Kazimirov Kazneni Korpus / Profili Profili
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 on March 1982...
, released on March 1982, featured five versions of the Profili Profili song "Ventilatori" ("Ventilators"), and five versions of the Kazimirov Kazneni Korpus song "Paranoidno šizoidne devojke" ("Paranoid Schizophrenic Girls"). Originally released in a hundred copies, with each copy having a different album cover, soon after the release went out of print, and on 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' "Paraliticno 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.
On September 11, 1987, the band reunited as KKK and performed as an opening act for the Tonny Montano
Toni Montano
Toni Montano , real name Velibor Miljković is a Serbian rock musician. One of pioneers of psychobilly on the former Yugoslav rock scene, Toni Montano is better known for his controversial statements.-Radost Evrope:Miljković started his career as a vocalist of the band Radost Evrope Toni Montano...
concert at the Belgrade SKC.
Post-breakup
After the band disbandment, Jeličić stopped playing and performing, starting his own business company, and, on April 1996, died of cancer. Mladenović continued performing with Katarina II which, after the release of their self-titled albumKatarina II (album)
Katarina II is the first studio album by the Serbian rock band Ekatarina Velika, released in 1984. The band was called Katarina II at the time of its release, but changed the name to Ekatarina Velika, and has continued to work under that name till the end...
, changed the name to Ekatarina Velika
Ekatarina Velika
Ekatarina Velika , sometimes referred to as EKV for short, was a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock group from Belgrade, being one of the most successful and influential music acts coming out of former Yugoslavia....
, releasing six studio albums and achieving mainstream success. As Angel's Breath
Angel's Breath
Angel's Breath was a project of Serbian musicians Milan Mladenović and Mitar Subotić "Suba". Initially named Dah Anđela and founded in 1985 by the two musicians with the guitarist Goran Vejvoda, the project was reactivated in São Paulo, Brazil, where Subotić had moved to live in the early 1990s,...
, with Mitar Subotić
Suba (musician)
Mitar "Suba" Subotić a.k.a Rex Illusivi was a Serbian-born musician and composer who was set to become one of Brazil's most prominent producers when he died in November 1999.-Biography:Born Mitar Subotić, he obtained a university degree in his hometown from the University of Novi Sad,...
, 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
Pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer refers to a malignant neoplasm of the pancreas. The most common type of pancreatic cancer, accounting for 95% of these tumors is adenocarcinoma, which arises within the exocrine component of the pancreas. A minority arises from the islet cells and is classified as a...
. He died on November 5, 1994 in Belgrade.
Radojković continued performing with Laibach
Laibach (band)
Laibach is a Slovenian avant-garde music group associated with industrial, martial, and neo-classical musical styles. Laibach formed June 1, 1980 in Trbovlje, Slovenia . Laibach represents the music wing of the Neue Slowenische Kunst art collective, of which it was a founding member in 1984...
. Stojanović, with Radojković and Partibrejkers
Partibrejkers
Partibrejkers is a prominent Serbian rock band from Belgrade, as well as an acclaimed act of the former Yugoslav rock scene....
guitarist Nebojša "Anton" Antonijević, formed the band Plaćenici, in 1986. 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
Radnicka kontrola
Radnička Kontrola 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 album Artistička radna akcija.After the band ceased to exist, vocalist Zoran Kostić "Cane" rose to nationwide and popularity as...
vocalist Srđan "Đile" Marković and former Šarlo Akrobata and Katarina II drummer Ivan "VD" Vdović
Ivan Vdovic
Ivan "Ivica" Vdović also known as VD was Yugoslavian musician, drummer of Yugoslav rock bands such as Suncokret, Šarlo Akrobata and Katarina II....
, formed the band DDT. In 1992, after Vdović's death, the band was renamed to Supernaut
Supernaut (Serbian band)
- 1990s :Having performed as DDT, formed in 1989 by former Šarlo Akrobata member Ivan Vdović "VD" , with Srđan Marković "Đile" and Miodrag Stojanović "Čeza" , the band changed the name to Supernaut, after Vdović's death in 1992...
. With Supernaut, Stojanović released the studio album Budućnost sada
Budućnost sada
- Personnel :* Srđan Marković "Đile" * Miodrag Stojanović "Čeza" - References :* EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960-2006, Janjatović Petar; ISBN 978-86-905317-1-4* *...
, released in 1993, and the live album Live in Zombietown
Live in Zombietown
- Supernaut :* Saša Radić * Čeza * Đile - References :* EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960-2006, Janjatović Petar; ISBN 978-86-905317-1-4...
, 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
- Personnel :* Srđan Marković "Đile" * Saša Radić * Svetolik Trifunović "Trule" - References :* EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960-2006, Janjatović Petar; ISBN 978-86-905317-1-4* *...
in 1998, Raj na nebu, pakao na Zemlji
Raj na nebu, pakao na Zemlji
- Personnel :* Srđan Marković "Đile" * Saša Radić * Aleksandra Arizanović * Dejana Jovanović - References :* EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960-2006, Janjatović Petar; ISBN 978-86-905317-1-4*...
in 2000, Eli
Eli (Supernaut album)
- Personnel :* Srđan Marković "Đile" * Saša Radić * Dragoslav Radojković - References :* EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960-2006, Janjatović Petar; ISBN 978-86-905317-1-4* *...
, on which Radojković appeared as guest drummer, in 2006, and Pobuna mašina
Pobuna mašina
- Personnel :* Srđan Marković "Đile" * Saša Radić - References :*...
in 2010.
Other appearances
- "Majke ih guraju u metalnim kolicima" / Nemir živaca" (Artistička radna akcijaArtisticka radna akcijaArtistička radna akcija is a new wave and punk rock compilation album released in late 1981 by Jugoton in SFR Yugoslavia...
; 1981)
External links
- Profili Profili at DiscogsDiscogsDiscogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...
- Profili Profili at Last.fmLast.fmLast.fm is a music website, founded in the United Kingdom in 2002. It has claimed 30 million active users in March 2009. On 30 May 2007, CBS Interactive acquired Last.fm for UK£140m ....
- Profili Profili at YoutubeYouTubeYouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
- Profili Profili at Rateyourmusic
- Kazimirov Kazneni Korpus at Last.fmLast.fmLast.fm is a music website, founded in the United Kingdom in 2002. It has claimed 30 million active users in March 2009. On 30 May 2007, CBS Interactive acquired Last.fm for UK£140m ....
- Kazimirov Kazneni Korpus at YoutubeYouTubeYouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
- Kazimirov Kazneni Korpus at Rateyourmusic