Dino Merlin

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Dino Merlin

Background information
Birth name Edin Dervišhalidović
Also known as Dino Merlin
Born September 12, 1962 (1962-09-12) (age 45)
Origin Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
Genre(s) pop rock
Years active 1983 to present
Associated acts Merlin
Website http://www.dinomerlin.com

Edin Dervišhalidović (born 12 September 1962 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFRY), stage name Dino Merlin, is a Bosnian singer-songwriter and musician. He is one of the most famous singer/songwriters in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and also popular in other countries of former Yugoslavia.

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[edit] Music career

[edit] Merlin Band

Edin Dervišhalidović founded the band "Merlin" in 1983 and has been its singer and songwriter since. With the "Merlin" band, he has recorded 5 studio albums: Kokuzna vremena in 1985, Teško meni sa tobom (a još teže bez tebe) in 1986, Merlin in 1987, Nešto lijepo treba da se desi in 1989, and Peta strana svijeta in 1990.

[edit] Solo career

Dervišhalidović began his solo career under the name 'Dino Merlin' in 1991, and recorded four studio albums: Moja bogda sna in 1993, Fotografija in 1995, Sredinom in 2000, Burek in 2004 and 2 live albums, Vječna vatra in 1999 and Live Koševo 2004 in 2005.

Dino Merlin wrote the first anthem of Bosnia and Herzegovina called Jedna si, jedina. He has also taken part in Eurovision Song Contests, in Dublin in 1993 (Dino is the author of Sva bol svijeta) and in Jerusalem in 1999 (singing Putnici with Beatrice, a French singer). Dino Merlin has also taken part in other big European festivals, such as Copenhagen in 1996 and Turkovision in 1997. His tour promoting his Sredinom album, which was released in 2000, included over 200 concerts, with a spectacular performance at the Koševo Olympic Stadium in Sarajevo, in front of an audience of about 80,000. The 'Sredinom' album was the top-selling album in Bosnia and Herzegovina and sold in all of the countries that were once part of former Yugoslavia.

[edit] Burek

Burek
Studio album by Dino Merlin
Released 2004 (2004)
Recorded 2003–2004
Genre Pop, Etno-pop
Label City Records
Producer Dino Merlin (executive), Dino Merlin
Dino Merlin chronology
Sredinom
(2000)		 Burek
(2004)		 Live Koševo 2004
(2004)

Dino Merlin's next album, Burek, was released in 2004. Three songs were featured as singles: Burek, Supermen and Ako Nastaviš Ovako. On this album are included 15 tracks many of which are new. The song "Supermen" is sung by Dino Merlin with a guest appearance by Željko Joksimović. Many of the songs on this album have also appeared on his Live Koševo 2004 album released in 2005.

The other guest appearances on the Burek album include Nina Badrić on "Ti si mene", and Edo Zanki on "Verletzt".

[edit] Ispočetka

Ispočetka
Studio album by Dino Merlin
Released June 9, 2008
Recorded 2007–2008
Genre Pop, Etno-pop
Label Croatia Records
Producer Dino Merlin (executive), Dino Merlin
Dino Merlin chronology
Burek
(2004)		 Ispočetka
(2008)

An album titled Ispočetka was set for Summer 2008. As with his previous works (Sredinom and Burek) this album was a collaborative work with local and regional singers, songwriters and musicians including Vesna Zmijanac, Toni Cetinski, and Hari Mata Hari.

In an interview with Maxi Magazin Dino stated that the decision to release the promotional single was made to ease the burden of dealing with over twenty songs he was working on and knowing that some of them might never be released. In the same interview he stated that he has enough material for a dual CD but that "life is too short for dual CD's."[1]

The album's promotional single titled "Otkrit' ċu ti tajnu" was released in August, 2007. The song "Otkrit' ċu ti Tajnu" can be downloaded for free by visiting BH Telecom Web site.[2] The second single titled "Dabogda" was released May 29th 2008 to all regional radio and TV stations. The complete album was released June 9, 2008.[1]

Dino's official site also announced a concert date to coincide with the promotion of his new album "Ispočetka." The concert will take place at the Koševo stadium on July 19, 2008. [1]

On April 27, 2008 Dino Merlin signed a distribution contract with Croatia Records for promotion of his new album titled Ispočetka (translation: From the Beginning) According to the most recent information posted on the official site, the distribution contract for Bosnia has been signed. [2]

[edit] Discography

[edit] Merlin band

[edit] Solo career

[edit] Compilations

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Dino Merlin Interview. Maxi Magazin (September 2007). Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
  2. ^ BH Telecom Web site (September 2007). Retrieved on 2008-05-28.

[edit] External links

Preceded by
Alma Čardžić		 Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest
1999		 Succeeded by
Nino Pršeš
Pop and rock music of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Music of Yugoslavia - SFR Yugoslav pop and rock scene - Yugoslav Band Aid (YU Rock Misija) - Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest
Record labels
Jugoton - PGP RTB - Suzy Records - Diskoton - ZKP RTLJ - Jugodisk