mercoledì 31 agosto 2016

BAJAGA I INSTRUKTORI - "PRODAVNICA TAJNI" (1988)

Bajaga i Instruktori were formed in Belgrade by Momčilo Bajagić "Bajaga" after he left hard rock quintet Riblja Čorba, where he played the guitar. Luckily, Instruktori proved to be much more interesting than his previous band. 
This is their fourth and most accomplished work. It was a big hit, selling 360.000 copies before the war started.

Despite its popularity, it doesn't sound trivial at all. On the contrary, it is a refined, beautiful anthology of songs which encompass post-punk epicness ("Tišina"), local folk tradition ("Verujem, ne verujem"), psychedelic synth pop ("Plavi safir"), mysterious ballads ("Ruski voz"), and funny calypso numbers ("Život je nekad siv nekad žut").

It's exciting how it goes from silly refrains to suffocating atmospheres in the space of one song. A must hear for anyone who loves pop-rock music from the Eighties.

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