- Suba (musician)
Suba a.k.a Rex Illusivi (born
June 23 1961 inNovi Sad ,Serbia , FPR Yugoslavia — diedNovember 2 1999 inSão Paulo ,Brasil ) was aSerbia n-born musician and composer who was set to become one ofBrazil 's most prominent producers when he died in November 1999.Born Mitar Subotić, he obtained a university degree in his hometown
Novi Sad ,Vojvodina ,Serbia , before continuing the electronic music studies inBelgrade . He studied music theory, piano and accordion playing, and composition. He was a pioneer of electronic music in all of the ex-Yu countries, since he mixed and produced a number of celebrated albums of Yugoslav New Wave musicians and bands (Ekatarina Velika ,Haustor ,Bolero ,Marina Perazić ...) in the course of the '80s.In 1986, his fusion of electronica and Yugoslav folk lullabies, "
In The Mooncage " was awarded the International Fund for Promotion of Culture fromUNESCO , which included a three-month scholarship to research Afro-Brazilian rhythms in Brazil. Falling in love with the country and its music, he emigrated toSão Paulo in the '90s, where his fruitful production began and ended. During that time he producedMilan Mladenović 's last project "Angel's Breath" (1994), and recorded his famous album "São Paulo Confessions".On
November 2 ,1999 , he was working on the postproduction of the album of his newfound diva,Bebel Gilberto , when his studio caught fire. Overcome by smoke, he died trying to rescue the newly recorded material with her.Suba died just a few days after the release of his now-legendary album "
São Paulo Confessions ", and shortly before the completion ofBebel Gilberto 's acclaimed "Tanto Tempo ", the biggest selling Brazilian album outside Brazil.Suba's label
Ziriguiboom alongside his closest musical associates (vocalistsCibelle ,Taciana ,Katia B and percussionistJoão Parahyba ) prepared a tribute album.External links
* [http://suba.isallineed.net/ Official website]
* [http://www.ziriguiboom.com Ziriguiboom - Suba's Label]
* [http://www.crammed.be/zir/13/01.htm Unofficial Suba Page]
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