Elipse

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Elipse
Elipse in 1968
Elipse in 1968
Background information
OriginBelgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Genres
Years active1962–1968
LabelsPGP-RTB, Simke Music
Past membersMomčilo Radovanović
Radomir Dmitrović
Minja Tasić
Vladimir Furduj
Zoran Simjanović
Božidar Knežević
Kosta Ignjatović
Bojan Hreljac
Slobodan Skakić
Simeun Vuković
Aleksandar Mandić
Edi Dekeng
Nikola Zembić
Dragan Kuprijanov
Zoran Jurkić

Elipse (

Yugoslav rock scene
.

Elipse initially performed

the Balkans
.

History

The beat and rhythm and blues years (1962-1967)

The band was formed in 1962 by Momčilo "Moma" Radovanović (guitar), Radomir Dmitrović "Đura" (guitar) and Minja Tasić (vocals), having their first rehearsals at the Society for Culture and Arts Gradimir Mihajlović.

polyphonic vocals with all the members doing vocals beside their instrumental duties.[1] For a while, director Aleksandar Mandić performed live with the band, singing backing vocals and playing tambourine.[1]

During their initial years, Elipse performed mostly covers of the songs by

studio band for the singer Miodrag Marković, on the recording of the extended play featuring the songs "Predaću tugu zvezdama" ("I Will Hand My Grief to the Stars"), "Ne reci sad" ("Do Not Say Now"), "Ne, nemoj nikad plakati" ("No, Don't You Ever Cry"), and "Zaboravi me" ("Forget Me"), released by PGP-RTB in 1965.[1]

In 1964, Elipse took part in the

Eurovision Signal") and "Plaža" ("The Beach").[1]

In 1966, Elipse won the first place on the

Nude Maja"), with the title changed by the record label's censors.[1] At the end of the 1966, the magazine Susret conducted a voting for the most popular band in Belgrade, with Elipse being voted the first, Zlatni Dečaci voted the second, Siluete voted the third, Crni Biseri voted the fourth and Plamenih 5 voted the fifth.[10]

At the beginning of 1967, Elipse performed, alongside the bands Bitnici, on the promotion of PGP-RTB compilation album Beat Scene Now, featuring songs of British beat bands.[10] In April 1967, both Siluete and Elipse had performed as the opening acts on The Searchers concerts in Belgrade and Zrenjanin.[1] Soon after, guitarist Vuković left Elipse, deciding to dedicate himself to his studies of architecture.[1]

The soul years (1967-1968)

After Vuković's departure, in the Spring of 1967, Edi Dekeng, a foreign student from

Tašmajdan Stadium,[1] and held two concerts in Sarajevo, performing in front of 5,000 people on each.[11] During 1967, Elipse appeared in the movies The Naughty Ones, directed by Kokan Rakonjac, and The Rats Woke Up, directed by Živojin Pavlović.[1] The Naughty Ones were the first Yugoslav and Balkan film to feature a performance of a rock band.[12] The music for the film was written by composer Zoran Hristić. As he lacked experience in composing popular music, he cooperated with Simjanović on the film score.[12]

In 1968, the band held a large concert at the Belgrade Youth Center, which was widely praised by the media.[11] The concert featured vocalists Seka Kojadinović and Daliborka Stojšić as guests. The stage was decorated with large portraits of John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan, Jean Shrimpton and Twiggy and a part of the film The Naughty Ones was shown during the band's performance.[11] On August 1968, Elipse and the band Mladi Levi from Ljubljana, as the representatives of Yugoslavia, performed at the Sofia Peace Festival. Since the two bands had similar musical directions, they decided to have a joint performance at a park situated in the city centrum. As soon as the performance had started, the audience started clapping their hands to the rhythm of the music, which provoked the police to stop the Elipse performance after ten minutes and brutally attack the audience.[1] Despite the incident, Elipse got the silver medal for the second best festival performance.[1] By the end of the same year, due to the decision of the band members to focus more on their studies, Elise disbanded.[1]

Post breakup

After he left Elipse, in Autumn of 1967, Slobodan Skakić, with Radomir Dmitović (guitar), Nenad Nedić (bass guitar) and Milenko Kašanin (drums), formed the band Nove Elipse (The New Ellipses). In the band Skakić sung and played the

fashion designer Aleksandar Joksimović.[13] However, in Yugoslavia they did not see expected success and, in 1969, Skakić moved to England.[1] He had been a keyboard player and vocalist in a band called Ici-la until 1987, when he had an accident in which he injured his arm.[1] He died in Dorset in January 2019.[1]

After the disbandment of Elipse in 1968, Furduj and Hreljac joined Korni Grupa.[1] Dekeng went to Germany before moving to the United States, where he worked as a physician.[1] The saxophonist Zoran Jurkić moved to Denmark where he started working at a Porsche service.[1]

Zoran Simjanović started working as a composer, composing music for theatre and film, eventually becoming one of the most notable composers of film music in the Balkans.[1] He wrote an autobiographical book called Kako sam postao (i prestao da budem) roker (How I Started (and Stopped) Being a Rocker), published in 2004. The promotion of the book also included a concert held on November 22, 2004, at the Belgrade Trade Union Hall, where both the Siluete and Elipse former members appeared as performers. Guest appearances also featured Seka Kojadinović, Janez Bončina and the group Valjevski Dečaci.[14]

The Elipse material released on the EPs, along with the unreleased material, appeared on the compilation album Elipse za prijatelje (1963-1968) (Elipse for Friends), released by Simjanović through his own independent record label Simke Music in 1999.[1]

In 2015, Furduj died in Belgrade. He was 70 years old.[15] Bojan Hreljac died in Belgrade in 2018, aged 70.[16] In 2021, Simjanović died in Belgrade due to complications caused by COVID-19. He was 74 years old.[17]

Discography

Extended plays

  • Sentimental Baby / Plaža (split EP with Perica Stojančić; 1965)
  • Pogledaj kroz prozor (1966)
  • Le Telelphone (1967)

Compilation albums

  • Elipse za prijatelje (1963-1968) (1999)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj Janjatović, Petar (2007). EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960–2006. Belgrade: self-released. p. 81.
  2. ^ Fajfrić, Željko; Nenad, Milan (2009). Istorija YU rock muzike od početaka do 1970. Sremska Mitrovica: Tabernakl. p. 181.
  3. ^ a b Fajfrić, Željko; Nenad, Milan (2009). Istorija YU rock muzike od početaka do 1970. Sremska Mitrovica: Tabernakl. p. 188.
  4. ^ a b c Fajfrić, Željko; Nenad, Milan (2009). Istorija YU rock muzike od početaka do 1970. Sremska Mitrovica: Tabernakl. p. 189.
  5. ^ Fajfrić, Željko; Nenad, Milan (2009). Istorija YU rock muzike od početaka do 1970. Sremska Mitrovica: Tabernakl. p. 72.
  6. ^ Fajfrić, Željko; Nenad, Milan (2009). Istorija YU rock muzike od početaka do 1970. Sremska Mitrovica: Tabernakl. p. 73.
  7. ^ a b Rade Dragović and Vuk Mijatović, "Rokeri sviraju Titu i Jovanci", Novosti.rs
  8. ^ "Pravo građanstva za rokenrol", politika.rs
  9. ^ a b Fajfrić, Željko; Nenad, Milan (2009). Istorija YU rock muzike od početaka do 1970. Sremska Mitrovica: Tabernakl. p. 192.
  10. ^ a b Fajfrić, Željko; Nenad, Milan (2009). Istorija YU rock muzike od početaka do 1970. Sremska Mitrovica: Tabernakl. p. 193.
  11. ^ a b c Fajfrić, Željko; Nenad, Milan (2009). Istorija YU rock muzike od početaka do 1970. Sremska Mitrovica: Tabernakl. p. 196.
  12. ^ a b "Intervju - Zoran Simjanović, kompozitor i profesor: Slika muzike", Vreme.rs
  13. ^ a b c Fajfrić, Željko; Nenad, Milan (2009). Istorija YU rock muzike od početaka do 1970. Sremska Mitrovica: Tabernakl. p. 269.
  14. ^ Janjatović, Petar (2007). EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960–2006. Belgrade: self-released. p. 82.
  15. ^ "Preminuo bubnjar Korni grupe Vladimir Furduj Furda". B92.net. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  16. ^ "Umro Bojan Hreljac, bas-gitarista 'Korni grupe' i 'Elipsa'", RTS.rs
  17. ^ "Preminuo Zoran Simjanović", RTS.rs

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