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Čista Proza 
Background information Origin Novi Sad, Serbia, Yugoslavia Genres New Wave Years active 1979 – 1985 Labels PGP-RTB Associated acts La Strada, Luna, Ekatarina Velika, Jakarta Past members Nandor Bakoš
Milan Ćirić
Stevan Mijučić
Đorđe Pilipović
Miroslav Papić
Ivan FeceČista Proza (Serbian Cyrillic: Чиста Проза; trans. Pure Prose) was a former Yugoslav New Wave band from Novi Sad, founded by the well-known Serbian producer and sound engineer Milan Ćirić.
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History
The band was formed during the summer of 1979, when Đorđe Pilipović (bass guitar, vocals) and Milan Ćirić (guitar, vocals) met at Krk where they both performed with their own bands. Moving to Novi Sad, the two started looking for musicians, mainly via newspaper adverts, changing numerous lineups until the arrival of the Stevan Mijučić (vocals, guitar) and the Nandor Bakoš (drums, guitar). For a short period of time, the band's drummer was Ivan Fece "Firchie", who was at the time playing with the band La Strada. Together, they started writing their own material, mainly performing at youth work actions. In 1981, the band had their first notable performance at the Subotica Youth Festival, which was followed by a series of successful appearances in Zagreb, Belgrade and Novi Sad. The popularity of the band was increased by the band's two-song recording which was broadcast by the major Yugoslav radio stations, and the opportunity to have television appearances.
On the 1982 New Year's Eve, the band performed at the Grok festival in Novi Sad, along with Bulevar, Paraf and Buldogi. After the performance, Bakoš temporarily left the band being firstly replaced by Gradski Magazin member Dragan Kašiković, and then Miroslav Papić. In the meantime, the band started preparing their debut album for which the recording sessions started on Bakoš's return, during March 1983 at the Meta Sound studio.[1] Čista proza, released by PGP-RTB, written and produced by the band themselves, featured eleven songs[1] including the hit "Leto" ("Summer"). Song lyrics were written by Ćirić except for the song "Krug" ("Circle"), written by Pilipović. As guests on the album appeared Zoran Stojšin (keyboards), Fazekaš Tibor (keyboards) i Josip Kovač (saxophone).[2]
After the album release, the band went on a promotional tour, mainly performing in Vojvodina, and started preparing new material for the second studio album. The album recording started in early 1985 at the Barbaro studio in Bukovac, but after the recording of only three songs, due to a quarrel between Pilipović and Ćirić, the band ceased to exist.
Post-breakup
After the disbandment of Čista Proza, Ćirić opened a studio in Novi Sad and having worked as a producer with acts such as KUD Idijoti, Partibrejkers and Instant Karma, he moved to Netherlands where he worked with numerous bands, also being the Motörhead sound technician for a while.[3] Pilipović started working as a judge in Novi Sad, Bakoš moved to Vienna and became a businessman, and Mijučić founded a marketing company.
Discography
Title Released Čista proza 1983 References
- EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960-2006, Janjatović Petar; ISBN 978-86-905317-1-4
- NS rockopedija, novosadska rock scena 1963-2003, Mijatović Bogomir; Publisher: SWITCH, 2005
External links
- Čista Proza at Youtube
- Čista Proza at Discogs
See also
Pop and rock music of Serbia Main Record labels Pop and rock music of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Main Record labels Categories:- Serbian New Wave musical groups
- Musical groups established in 1979
- Musical groups disestablished in 1985
- Culture of Vojvodina
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