Igra Staklenih Perli
Igra Staklenih Perli | |
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SFR Yugoslavia | |
Genres | |
Years active | 1976–1985 (Reunions: 2011) |
Labels | PGP-RTB, Kalemegdan Disk, PGP-RTS, Second Harvest |
Past members | Zoran Lakić Vojkan Rakić Predrag Vuković Draško Nikodijević Dragan Šoć Slobodan Trbojević Ivan Pajević Ivan Stanković Sinister Borg |
Igra Staklenih Perli (
in 1976.The band was formed by keyboardist Zoran Lakić, guitarist Vojkan Rakić and percussionist Predrag Vuković and was later joined by bass guitarist and vocalist Draško Nikodijević and drummer Dejan Šoć. After the release of their debut self-titled album in 1978, Nikodijević was replaced by Slobodan Trbojević. The band released one more studio album, Vrt svetlosti in 1980, before disbanding in 1985. In 2011 the band reunited for two concerts, after which Nikodijević and Vuković recorded an album with a group of younger musicians under the name Igra Staklenih Perli The Next Generation.
History
1976-1985
The band was formed in 1976 by old school friends, Zoran Lakić "Švaba" (keyboards) Vojkan Rakić (guitar) and Predrag Vuković (percussion).[1] The band chose their name after Hermann Hesse's book The Glass Bead Game[2] and were musically influenced by early Pink Floyd, Can, Tangerine Dream, Hawkwind and Jimi Hendrix.[1] Until the arrival of the bass guitarist and vocalist Draško "Drak" Nikodijević, the band did not appear live.[1]
Their first live appearances were at the
Prior to the recording of the second album, Draško Nikodijević left the band and was replaced by Slobodan Trbojević, who was at the time the bass guitarist for the
The band's last live appearance was in 1985, in the
During the 1970s and the 1980s many Belgrade musicians played with the band as guests. Out of the official members, the following took part: guitar players
Post breakup
In 1983 Nikodijević formed the
During the summer of 1991 German record label Kalemegdan Disk released three Igra Stalkenih Perli LPs. The first one, Soft Explosion Live, featured Cvetić's recording of the concert at the Belgrade Faculty of Dental Medicine.[3] In 1993 the album was remixed and re-released, with some of the tracks shortened and the track "Majestic End" replaced by the final part of the song "Soft Explosion".[3] The next release was Inner Flow which featured unreleased material recorded during the 1976-1979 period.[3] The third Kalemegdan Disk release was Drives, which featured recordings from a four-hours session recorded in April 1977, backed with re-recordings made by Rakić, Vuković and keyboard player Zoran Zagorčić from the band Du Du A.[3] Most of the artwork for these releases was designed by Vuković.[3]
In 2005 Austrian record label Atlantide reissued both Igra Staklenih Perli and Vrt Svetlosti on vinyl.[3] In 2007 remastered editions of both Igra Staklenih Perli studio albums appeared in Serbia and Germany. PGP-RTS edition Retrologija (Retrology), dedicated to remastered albums, featured both studio albums on one CD entitled Igra Svetlosti (The Game Of Light).[5] German label Second Harvest remastered and expanded both albums on separate CDs. Igra Staklenih Perli was expanded with live tracks from Soft Explosion Live,[6] while Vrt svetlosti was expanded with the recordings from Inner Flow.[7]
2011 reunion, post reunion
Igra Staklenih Perli reunited in 2011, featuring old members Draško Nikodijević (bass guitar, vocals), Zoran Lakić (keyboards, vocals) and Predrag Vuković (percussion, vocals), and young musicians Ivan Stanković (guitar, vocals) and Sinister Borg (drums).
Vojkan Rakić died in Belgrade on 21 July 2019.[3] Draško Nikodijević died in Belgrade on 1 August 2021.[3] Before his death Nikodijević finished the recording of White Rabbit Band's first official studio album, entitled Ek-A-Tattwa. The album was released posthumously in 2022.[3][10]
Discography
Studio albums
- Igra Staklenih Perli (1979)
- Vrt svetlosti (1980)
Live albums
- Soft Explosion Live (1991)
- Drives (1993)
Compilation albums
- Inner Flow (1991)
- Igra svetlosti (2007)
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Janjatović, Petar (2024). Ex YU rock enciklopedija 1960–2023. Belgrade: self-released. p. 136.
- ^ a b Janjatović, Petar (2007). Ex YU rock enciklopedija 1960–2006. Belgrade: self-released. p. 104.
- ^ 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 Janjatović, Petar (2024). Ex YU rock enciklopedija 1960–2023. Belgrade: self-released. p. 137.
- ^ a b "Vrt svetlosti at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-09-29.
- ^ "Igra svetlosti at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-09-29.
- ^ "Igra Staklenih Perli 2007 rerelease at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-09-29.
- ^ "Vrt svetlosti 2007 rerelease at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-09-29.
- ^ a b "Dve Igre Staklenih Perli - dva albuma", Balkanrock.com Archived 2012-11-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ ""Grupa Igra Staklenih Perli The Next Generation objavila album", TimeMachineMusic.org". Archived from the original on 2012-11-17. Retrieved 2012-11-14.
- ^ "Posthumno objavljen 'Ek-A-Tattwa', prvi album White Rabbit Banda", Balkanrock.com
External links
- Igra Stalenih Perli at Discogs
- Igra Staklenih Perli at Last.fm
- Igra Staklenih Perli Rateyourmusic
- Igra Staklenih Perli at Prog Archives