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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Obojeni Program
 Obojeni Program performing live at the 2007 VIP INmusic festival

in Zagreb

Background information

Also known Program, OP, Coloured Program, oBOYEni Program

as

Origin Novi Sad, Serbia

New wave
Genres
post-punk

art punk

alternative rock

indie rock

electronic music

experimental music

Years active 1980 – present

Labels Search & Enjoy, Sorabia, Metropolis, Tarcus, Tom

Tom Music, Radio B92, urbaNS, Hello Bing, Exit

Music, Odličan Hrčak

Members Branislav Babić

Ilija Vlaisavljević

Ljubomir Pejić

Vladimir Cinkocki

Past see the members section

 members

Website www.obojeniprogram.rs

Obojeni Program (Serbian Cyrillic: Обојени Програм, trans. Colored Program) is

a Serbian alternative rock band from Novi Sad. The band are pioneers of the Serbian
alternative rock scene. The first letters of the band's first seven studio albums form
an acronym of their home town. They have performed at every Exit festival since the
first in 2000, with the exception of the virtual Exit held in September 2020.

History[edit]
Early career (1980–1988)[edit]
Before forming the band, vocalist Branislav Babić "Kebra" was a member of the two
minor Novi Sad punk rock groups, Abortus and Pankreas. With the latter, Babić
performed at the Zemun Punk festival, where the members of the Belgrade punk
group Urbana Gerila approached him and asked to join them. He became their member,
but only for a few months. One of the first Obojeni Program lineups was a trio, featuring
Babić (vocals), Goran Ivčić "Tukša" (bass) and Edi Keler (drums). They sounded similar
to the early period of Disciplina Kičme, which was formed two years later.
Lasting only for six months, the band was transformed into a quintet featuring Babić,
Bora Oslovčan, Pera Telarov, Aleksandar Koledin "Kole" and Aleksandar Jocić "Cana",
who used to change instruments during their performances. Moving towards a
more post-punk oriented sound, influenced by the Manchester bands The
Fall and Magazine, Babić renamed the group to Program, with the lineup which besides
him featured Aleksandar Jocić "Cana" (guitar), Zoran Geratović "Gera" (bass) and Edi
Keler (drums). Having performed for a year, the band renamed itself to Obojeni
Program.
The first live appearance the band had in 1981, at the Novi Sad's club Bronx,
performing their songs only, with Babić singing with his back towards the crowd, which
became a part of his stage performance for a while. During the same year, at the first
Novi Sad private studio Meta Sound, the band recorded four tracks, "Kad bi malo (7x)
mozak stao" ("If the (7x) Brain Could Stop a Little"), "O, da li?" ("Oh, Is It?"), "Obojeni
program" ("Coloured Program"), and "Ulični kerovi" ("Street Dogs"), produced by the
former member Bora Oslovčan. The recordings were often broadcast on Radio Novi
Sad, especially in the Yu pop scena (Yu Pop Scene) radio show hosted by Dragan
Gojković "Goja".
After the media presentation, the band started performing across the former Yugoslavia,
including Belgrade, Zagreb, Osijek and Ljubljana. In February 1982, as a part of
the Novosadski novi talas (Novi Sad New Wave) manifestation, the band performed at
the Vienna Arena, sharing the stage with the groups Grad, Ove Sezone Vedri Tonovi,
Imperium of Jazz, Boye, and Luna. During the same year, with the latter two bands,
Obojeni Program often performed in Novi Sad and Belgrade. The following year, the
band appeared in the director Želimir Žilnik's movie Drugi talas (The Second Wave).
The band would later appear another Žilnik movie, the 1988 Tako se kalio čelik (The
Way Steel Was Tempered), and the TV drama Prvo tromesečje Pavla Hromiša (The
First Quarter of Pavle Hromiš), with the band members appearing as well as their music
being used as the soundtrack. During 1983, the band recorded three new songs,
"Filadelfija" ("Philadelphia"), "Gradonačelnik se buni" ("The Mayor is Angry") and
"Gospodar vaših stolica" ("The Lord of Your Chairs"), later renamed to "981", and a new
version of the local hit "O, da li?". Once again, the recordings were made at the Meta
Sound studio and produced by Bora Oslovčan.
After the song recording, the band refused to perform at the Festival Omladina, due to
the mainstream popularity of the festival. At the time, bassist Geratović left the band,
moving to Australia, being replaced by the former Pečat member Miroslav Bedov
"Micke". However, the band went on an eighteen-months hiatus soon after this due to
Babić's army obligations. Having returned from the army, in June 1985, Babić reformed
the band as a trio, featuring bassist Bedov and Edi Keler on drums. Zoran Lekić "Leki",
guitar player of Ove Sezone Vedri Tonovi who has been playing saxophone with
Obojeni Program since 1982, occasionally performed as an additional member. During
the same year, the band performed at the Split Alternative rock festival. For the
following four years, the band had performed across the country, but with frequent
member changes, which was the reason why the band did not record any material
during the period.
Alternative period (1989–1998)[edit]
In 1989, the lineup which lasted for a while, featuring Branislav Babić "Kebra" (vocals),
Robert Radić (drums), Branislav Bukurov (guitar), Miroslav Bedov (bass) and Maša
Žilnik (backing vocals) performed at the Subotica Youth festival, winning the second
place. The song "Kad bi malo (7x) mozak stao" performed at the Festival Omladina
appeared on the festival official compilation. The band also performed at the YURM
festival where they entered the finals and in Zagreb where they won the first place. At
the festival, the band met Zagreb journalists Aleksandar Dragaš and Ante Čikara who
founded the independent record label Search & Enjoy only to release the material
recorded by the band. Having finished the album recordings, Bukurov left the band, and
Zoran Lekić became the new guitarist.
In May 1990, the band released Najvažnije je biti zdrav (Necessity is To Remain
Healthy), through Search & Enjoy. The album, recorded at the Belgrade Akademija
studio,[1] for which the album production was done by Disciplina Kičme frontman Dušan
Kojić "Koja" and the album cover by the famous Belgrade underground painter Momir
Grujić "Fleka", featured a selection from their decade-long career. The songs "Štipaljka"
("Clothespin"), "Filadelfija" ("Philadelphia") and "O, da li?" ("Oh, is it?"), featured Babić's
unique vocal style and a stiff musical background, owing to which the band had often
been compared to the Greater Manchester band The Fall. A promotional video was
recorded for the song "Štipaljka", which became the album's greatest hit. After the
album release, the band went on a promotional tour, including
Belgrade, Zagreb, Ljubljana, Maribor, Split, Dubrovnik, Skopje and Novi Sad.
The followup, Ovaj zid stoji krivo (On the Side is this Wall Bended), recorded at the
Guru Sound studio during August and September 1991,[2] was released during the late
1991 and once again produced by Kojić. It featured the notable "Nebo, nebo plavo je"
("The Sky, the Sky Is Blue"), inspired by the outbreak of the Yugoslav Wars, "Čudan
glas te poziva" ("A Strange Voice Is Calling You"), "Pozivamo tople reke" ("We Are
Inviting Warm Rivers"), "981", and "Dejvi" ("Davy"), the latter two being recorded for the
first album but were omitted, presented as an array of Babić's claustrophobic visions.
Guest appearances on the album featured the producer Kojić, who played the guitar on
several songs, the members of the Novi Sad band Boye, who did backing vocals, and
Disciplina Kičme member Zoran Erkman "Zerkman", who played the trumpet. The band
was pronounced the album of the year at the TV Revija magazine, and the gained
popularity of the band provided album sales in former Yugoslav republics. By the end of
1991, the band had suddenly disbanded.
In early 1992, Babić reformed the band in the lineup featuring Danica Milovanov "Daca"
(backing vocals), Dragan Knežević (guitar), Ljubomir Pejić (drums) and Boye bassist
Ilija Vasiljević "Bebec" as a temporary member, promoting live the second album, for
the first time in Serbian cities Kragujevac, Užice and Niš. On April, the band had
performed at the Belgrade Republic Square in front of a crowd of fifty thousand people
at an antiwar concert Ne računajte na nas (Do Not Count on Us), also featuring Rambo
Amadeus, Boye, Električni Orgazam, and Rimtutituki, and on December, the band
performed at the Subotica antiwar concert Muzika mira (The Music of Peace).
The recording of the Belgrade KST performance on August 1, 1992, was released the
live album Prijatelju kočnice ti ne rade baš sve (My Friend, Not All of Your Breaks are
Functioning), available on compact cassette only, which, besides the unreleased title
track, featured live versions of the previously released songs. The following year, the
Serbian independent record label Music YUser rereleased the material released on the
first two studio albums with the bonus track "Nebo, nebo drugo je" ("The Sky, the Sky Is
Different") on the compilation album Obojeni program. During the same year, Babić
spent six months in London, and during the time he had made contacts with the people
from MTV, and the music videos for the songs "981" and "Reforma u vašoj glavi" ("A
Reform in Your Head") appeared on the show 120 Minutes, owing to which the songs
appeared on several British various artists compilations.
In 1994, the band released the album Verujem ti jer smo isti (Very Similar Indeed We
are so I Believe You), in a new lineup featuring backing vocalists Danica Milovanov
"Daca" and Jovanka Ilić, guitarist Dragan Knežević, bassist Ljubomir Pejić (a
former Vrisak Generacije member) and drummer Vladimir Cinkocki (a
former Goblini and Generacija Bez Budućnosti member). With an effective cover done
by Talenat and the production done by the band themselves, the band continued
working in the same musical direction as on the previous releases. Important songs
from the album were "ABCD avioni" ("ABCD Airplanes") and "Ruža lutanja" ("Rose of
Wandering"), the latter featuring a recitative by the conceptual artist Miroslav Mandić,
the creator of a project of walking around Europe on foot. During the same year, the
song "Nebo, nebo plavo je" appeared on the various artists compilation album Radio
Utopia, released by B92.[3]
The following album, the 1996 Ili 5 minuta ispred tebe (If Not 5 Minutes Ahead of You),
the band had recorded at the Zrenjanin Tarkus studio. Guest appearances on the album
featured Zoran Erkman "Zerkman" on trumpet and Ivana Vince on backing vocals. The
record label Tarcus, which released the album, also re-released the compilation
album Obojeni program. After the album release, and for the first time since the breakup
of former Yugoslavia, the band had performed in Slovenia. During the same year, the
song "Kočnice" ("Breaks") appeared on the Metropolis Records various artists
compilation album Ustani i kreni (Stand up and Go),[4] and the following year, the band
appeared on the various artists compilation album Ovo je zemlja za nas?!?, with the
song "Dragon".[5]
Electronic period (1999–2010)[edit]

Branislav Babić "Kebra" performing live with Obojeni

Program at the 2010 Novi Sad Exit festival
The fifth studio album Sva sreća general voli decu (Such Good Fortune, the General
Loves Children), released in 1999 by B92 and produced by Boye bassist Ilija Vasiljević
"Bebec", for which the album cover was designed by the painter Saša Stojanović,
featuring an ironical drawing of a child displaying Serbian three-finger salute. The
album, consisting of twenty four songs, brought a modernized sound, including samples
and dance music remix of the Boye song "Fudbal" ("Football"). The lineup which
recorded the album featured the new bassist Zoran Geratović "Gera", backing vocalist
Tamara Dobler and drummer Slobodan Levakov "Coba". The album also featured two
remixed songs, "Srce srce srce" ("Heart Heart Heart") and "Autobran" ("Cardefence"),
done by Smokin' J.[6]
In 2002, the album Ako nisam dobra, šta ćemo onda? (And What Do We Do If I Am Not
Good?), beside the new songs, featured another miniature done by Miroslav Mandić
from his book Ruža lutanja (Rose of wandering). The album received a special critical
recognition by the famous disc jockey John Peel who had included the song "Uživaj u
ludilu nekih malih stvari" ("Enjoy in the Madness of Small Things") on the BBC
Radio playlist. During the same year, the song "Reforma u vašoj glavi" ("A Reform in
Your Head") appeared on the Metropolis Records various artists compilation Metropolis
vol. 2.[4] The following year, the band performed as an opening act for Placebo at
the Belgrade Sports' Hall.
The seventh studio album Da li je to čovek ili je mašina (Do I See a Man or a Machine),
released in 2005, was recorded at the former Čista Proza frontman Milan Ćirić "Mile"
analogue studio Sing Sing in Netherlands, and during the occasion, the band also held
a concert in Amsterdam. Beside the seven new tracks, the album also included the
remixed versions of the songs, done by both Serbian and foreign authors. The lineup
which recorded the album featured Branislav Babić (vocals), Tamara Dobler (backing
vocals), Dragan Knežević (guitar), Miloš Romić (groove box machine), and Miloš
Rašković (bass). The journalist Brankica Drašković recorded the documentary about the
album recording. The following year, Babić appeared in the Jovan
Đerić rockumentary Bilo jednom... (Once upon a Time), dealing with the Novi Sad punk
rock scene during the 1990s.[7]
After a four-year discography break, the band, featuring Babić, Vladimir Cinkocki
(drums), Ilija Vasiljević "Bebec" (bass) and Ljubomir Pejić (bass),[8] started preparing the
eight studio album Kosmos u tvom srcu / Igračke se voze levom rukom (Cosmos in
Your Heart / Toys Are Driven with the Left Hand), released on June 29, 2009, recorded
at the Sing Sing studio in Metslawier, available in LP format in Netherlands and for free
download via the Exit festival record label Exit Music.[9] The album was recorded with
Milan Ćirić as the sound engineer and Boris Schmidt as the album producer.[9] The
record label Hello Bing, which released the album, also released the 7" single "Ja hoću
te" ("I Want You"), a cover of the Boye single, with "981" as the B-side. [10] The single,
recorded at the Sing Sing studio in February 2009, was printed in 500 copies only.
[11]
After the album release, on September 18 of the same year, the band shared the
stage with their idols The Fall, at the Jelen Pivo Live festival, held at the Belgrade SKC.
[12]

Back to basics (2011–present)[edit]

The band's latest studio album, Kako to misliš: mi (What Do You Mean: We), was
released on 6 April 2012. The album was released for download from the Exit music
record label, and on CD through Odličan Hrčak record label.[13] It contains a rerecording
of the song "Ja sam idiot" from Najvažnije je biti zdrav.[13] In 2013, the band's first
guitarist, Aleksandar Jocić "Cana" returned to the band, the starting to perform in the
lineup consisting of Branislav Babić (vocals), Ilija Vlaisavljević (bass guitar), Ljubomir
Pejić (bass guitar) and Vladimir Cinkoski (drums).[14] On June 19, 2015, the band
celebrated 35 years of activity with a concert in Belgrade's Miskalište. The concert
featured the band Virvel as special guests.[15]
On May 2, 2016, the band released the single "Vrlo jednostavno" ("Very Simple"), [16] and
on December 5 of the same year the band released the single "Danas će se desiti nešto
lepo" ("Something Nice Will Happen Today").[17] In December 2017, the band released
the single "Kako ja to ne primećujem" ("How Come I Don't Notice That"), announcing
the live album Exit 2017, with the recording of their performance on the 2017 Exit
festival. The album will be released on vinyl in a limited number of copies.[18]
Legacy[edit]
The song "Nebo, nebo plavo je" ("The Sky, the Sky Is Blue") appeared on the 45th
place of the B92 Top 100 Domestic Songs, polled by the Radio B92 listeners in 2006.[19]
The lyrics of 4 songs by the band were featured in Petar Janjatović's book Pesme
bratstva, detinjstva & potomstva: Antologija ex YU rok poezije 1967 - 2007 (Songs of
Brotherhood, Childhood & Offspring: Anthology of Ex YU Rock Poetry 1967 - 2007).[20]

Members[edit]
Current members

 Branislav Babić "Kebra" – vocals (1980–present)

 Ilija Vlaisavljević "Bebec" – bass guitar, production (1992, 2011–present)

 Milorad Ristic "Miki" – bass guitar, backing vocals

 Vladimir Cinkocki "Cina" – drums, backing vocals (1994-1997, 2009–present)
Former members

 Edi Keler – drums (1980, 1981–1985, 1991)

 Goran Ivčić "Tukša" – bass guitar (1980)
 Bora Oslovčan – bass guitar, drums, guitar (1980)
 Pera Telarov – guitar, drums, bass guitar (1980)
 Aleksandar Koledin "Kole" – drums, guitar, bass guitar (1980)
 Zoran Geratović "Gera" – bass guitar (1981-1983, 1997–2004)
 Miroslav Bedov "Micke" – bass guitar (1983-1985, 1989–1992, 2001–2004)
 Robert Radić – drums (1988-1990, 2005)
 Branislav Bukurov "Koča" – guitar (1988-1990)
 Maša Žilnik – vocals, backing vocals (1988-1990)
 Zoran Lekić "Leki" – guitar (1991)
 Danica Milovanov "Daca" – vocals, backing vocals (1992-1996)
 Jovan Pejić – drums (1992)
 Dragan Knežević "Gagi" – guitar, backing vocals (1992-2010)
 Jovanka Ilić – vocals, backing vocals (1993-1994)
 Tamara Dobler – vocals, backing vocals (1997-2006)
 Slobodan Levakov "Coba" – drums (1997-1999)
 Mirko Topalski – drums (1999-2005)
 Miloš Romić – groove box (2000-2010)
 Miloš Rašković "Raša" – bass guitar (2004-2007)

Discography[edit]
Main article: Obojeni Program discography
 Najvažnije je biti zdrav (1990)
 Ovaj zid stoji krivo (1991)
 Verujem ti jer smo isti (1994)
 Ili 5 minuta ispred tebe (1996)
 Sva sreća general voli decu (1999)
 Ako nisam dobra, šta ćemo onda? (2002)
 Da li je to čovek ili je mašina (2005)
 Kako to misliš: mi (2012)

Videography[edit]
 Drugi talas (1983)
 Prvo tromesečje Pavla Hromiša (1983)
 Tako se kalio čelik (1988)
 Kad se neko nečem dobrom nada (2001)
 Da li je to čovek ili je mašina (2005)
 Bilo jednom... (2006)

References[edit]
1. ^ Obojeni Program - Najvažnije Je Biti Zdrav (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs
2. ^ Obojeni Program - Ovaj Zid Stoji Krivo (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs
3. ^ Various - Radio Utopia (B92: 1989-1994) (CD) at Discogs
4. ^ Jump up to:a b Various - Компилација : Metropolis Vol.2 (CD) at Discogs
5. ^ Various - Ovo Je Zemlja Za Nas?!? Radio Boom 93 (1992-1997) (CD) at Discogs
6. ^ Obojeni Program - Sva Sreća General Voli Decu (Cassette, Album) at Discogs
7. ^ produkcija ...i27!... production
8. ^ "Obojeni Program". Obojeniprogram.rs. Archived from the original on 2009-07-01. Retrieved 2014-
08-13.
9. ^ Jump up to:a b Obojeni Program - Kosmos u tvom srcu / Igračke se voze levom rukom (Vinyl, LP) at
Discogs
10. ^ Hello Bing - CDs and Vinyl at Discogs
11. ^ Obojeni Program - Ja Hoću Te / 982 (Vinyl) at Discogs
12. ^ "Jelen Pivo LIVE". Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2010-08-10.
13. ^ Jump up to:a b "Obojeni Program - Kako to misliš: mi (2012)"
14. ^ "Branislav Babić Kebra (Obojeni Program): “Ako nešto može da spase svet, onda je to lepota
života”", balkanrock.com
15. ^ "35 godina Obojenog Programa na Miksalištu", balkanrock.com
16. ^ "Obojeni Program - Vrlo jednostavno"
17. ^ "Obojeni Program: Pogledajte ‘Danas će se desiti nešto lepo’", Rockomotiva.com
18. ^ "Obojeni program: ‘Kako ja to ne primećujem’ – prvi singl sa live albuma", Rockomotiva.com
19. ^ [1] Archived March 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
20. ^ Janjatović, Petar (2008). Pesme bratstva, detinjstva & potomstva: Antologija ex YU rok poezije 1967
- 2007. Belgrade: Vega media.

 EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960-2006, Janjatović Petar; ISBN 978-86-905317-1-4

 NS rockopedija, novosadska rock scena 1963-2003, Mijatović Bogomir, SWITCH,
2005
 External links[edit]
 Official website Archived 2009-07-01 at the Wayback Machine
 Obojeni Program at Myspace
 Obojeni Program at YouTube
 Obojeni Program at Discogs
 Obojeni Program at Rateyourmusic
 Obojeni Program at Last.fm
 Obojeni Program at B92.fm
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 Ljubomir Pejić

 Vladimir Cinkocki

 Edi Keler

 Goran Ivčić

 Bora Oslovčan

 Pera Telarov

 Aleksandar Koledin

 Zoran Geratović

 Miroslav Bedov

 Robert Radić

 Branislav Bukurov

 Maša Žilnik

 Zoran Lekić

 Danica Milovanov

 Jovan Pejić

 Dragan Knežević

 Jovanka Ilić

 Tamara Dobler

 Slobodan Levakov
  Mirko Topalski

 Miloš Romić

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Da li je to čovek ili je mašina

Kako to misliš: mi

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