- Yugoton
Infobox Album |
Name = Yugoton
Type =Tribute album
Artist =Various Artists
Released = 2001
Recorded =
Genre = New Wave revival
Rock
Length = 43:04
Label = ZIC ZAC Music CompanyBMG
Producer =
Reviews = [http://folkbunker.nnm.ru/yugoton_polska_yugoslavia_2001 Russian and English source]
Last album =
This album =
Next album ="Yugoton" is a
tribute album released inPoland by ZIC ZAC Music Company andBMG Poland in 2001.It features
cover version s of eminent artists from SFR Yugoslavia such as:Električni orgazam ,Idoli ,Bajaga i Instruktori ,Haustor ,Prljavo kazalište andParni valjak . Most of these artists were formerly involved in theYugoslav New Wave scene. The songs including the main single from the Prljavo kazalište's "Crno bijeli svijet " album, are performed in Polish by thecover band "Yugoton" feat. the Polish artists:Katarzyna Nosowska ,Paweł Kukiz ,Olaf Deriglasoff ,Ryszard „Tymon” Tymański and others. TheCD also hasCD ROM multimedia features for PC use.Background
The album is a
tribute to the former Yugoslav music scene. Even its very title is a nod to the Yugoslav record industry, specifically its largest and most prominent publicy ownedrecord label Jugoton , which was very popular among the youths behind theIron Curtain , including thePoles , who couldn't travel freely to western countries and thus had difficulties accessing western music. One of their solutions around this was going shopping to thenon-aligned SFR Yugoslavia which was not anEastern Bloc country, and as such was more opened to western influences. As a result, Yugoslav records gained acult status around Eastern Europe and became a sort of symbol of the westernpopular culture . Another reference to the Yugoslav records and Jugoton can be found in the film "Sonnenallee " (which takes place in the formerEast Germany ), in the scene with the recordsmuggler .Many of the former Yugoslav artists were touring Poland, which also developed a vibrant music scene including
punk rock andnew wave music as well as other genres with largefanbase . In 1981 the former Yugoslav bandAzra fromZagreb released the song "Poljska u mome srcu" ("Poland in my heart") to boost the morale of the Polish people in their struggle against thedictatorship ofWojciech Jaruzelski ; Električni orgazam fromBelgrade released thelive album titled "Warszawa '81" for Jugoton in 1982, while the prominent journalist and promoterIgor Vidmar organized a concert inLjubljana in support of the Polishworker's union Solidarity . Support to the Polish opposition was also expressed by many prominent foreign artists of the time, including for example the British punk rock bandAngelic Upstarts .The ties between the former Yugoslav and the Polish scenes still exist.
Vlada Divljan from Belgrade's Idoli andDarko Rundek from the Zagreb-based Haustor were invited as guests to the "Yugoton" project. They are featured on the photo on the CD cover of "Yugoton" together with the Polish artists.Another
Yugonostalgia project in Poland was "Yugopolis".Track listing
#Malcziki (feat. Kazik)
#Rzadko Widuję Cię Z Dziewczętami (feat. Kasia Nosowska & Paweł Kukiz)
#Dziewczęta W Letnich Sukienkach (feat. Ryszard "Tymon" Tymański)
#Czarno-Biały Świat (feat. Kazik)
#Gdy Miasto Śpi (Snem Kamiennym) (feat. Kasia Nosowska)
#Falochron (feat. Olaf Deriglasoff)
#Elektryczny Orgazm (feat. Kazik)
#To Była Sobota (feat. Kasia Nosowska)
#Ema (feat. Paweł Kukiz)
#W Sercu Miasta (feat. Grzegorz Nawrocki)
#O Nic Nie Pytaj (Bo Nie Pytam Ja) (feat. Paweł Kukiz)
#1000 Kawałków (feat. Olaf Deriglsoff)ee also
*
Yugoslav New Wave
*SFR Yugoslav pop and rock scene
*Jugoton External links
* [http://www.sonymusic.pl Sony Music Poland]
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