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Repetitor, from left to right: Milena Milutinović, Boris Vlastelica and Ana-Marija Cupin |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Genres | Alternative rock, indie rock, noise rock, garage rock, post-punk revival |
| Years active | 2005 – present |
| Labels | Odličan Hrčak, KulturAkt |
| Website | Official Myspace page |
| Members | |
| Boris Vlastelica Ana-Marija Cupin Milena Milutinović |
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Repetitor (Serbian Cyrillic: Репетитор; trans. Repeater) is a Serbian alternative rock band from Belgrade. The band is one of the most prominent bands of the so-called New Serbian Scene.[1][2]
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The band was formed in Belgrade on Autumn of 2005 by Milena Milutinović (drums) and Boris Vlastelica (guitar, vocals), who had been playing together as a duo for a while, joined by Ana-Marija Cupin (bass, vocals). Without much skills at their own instruments, Repetitor started performing live after only a few months of rehearsing, during early 2006 at the Belgrade club Blue Moon.[3] Soon after, they started performing frequently at various venues not only in Belgrade, but also in larger Serbian cities, including Subotica, Novi Sad, Zrenjanin, Niš and Vranje.[3] The band also performed abroad, in Skopje in Macedonia, Zagreb, Osijek and Pula in Croatia, and Banja Luka in Bosnia and Herzegovina, gaining fans and becoming a live attraction. In September 2006, the band performed at the Rock 'n' roll škola (School of Rock 'n' Roll) manifestation,[4] and on December at the Jelen Pivo Live festival.[5]
In January 2007, the band was pronounced by the webzine Popboks critics as the third greatest debut act of the year 2006.[6] In August of the same year, Repetitor won the first place at the 11th Art & Music festival for the best regional non-affirmed band by both the audience and jury votes,[7] and in September they appeared at the Jelen Pivo Live festival, held at the Kalemegdan fortress.[8] During the same year, their first recording, the hit song "Ja" ("I"), produced by Ivan Pavlović,[9] was released on the compilation album Jutro će promeniti sve? (Morning Would Change Everything?), maintaining the top position at the Radio B92 domestic singles chart for five weeks.[3] The compilation was the first release of the of the so-called New Serbian Scene.[10] The following year, the band appeared on another various artists compilation, Zdravo, zdravo, zdravo (Hello, Hello, Hello), released by KulturAkt, with the songs "10 puta nedeljno" ("10 Times A Week"), "Sve što vidim je prvi put" ("Everything I See Is For The First Time") and "Pukotine" ("Cracks").[11]
The songs from both compilations appeared on their debut album, Sve što vidim je prvi put (Everything I See Is For The First Time), released by the independent record label Odličan Hrčak on October 30, 2008.[12] The material, consisting of thirteen songs, was recorded at the Belgrade Digimedia Studio, during April 2008, and the Pula Partyzan studio, on May and produced by Boris Mladenović.[13] The album brought positive critics, with the famous Serbian and former Yugoslav critic Dragan Ambrozić describing the album as "probably the most authentic celebration of the history of the domestic rock and roll ever, without outflanking anyone".[14] Beside the CD edition of the album, it had also been released in mp3 format available for free digital download at the EXIT festival official site, as well as the band Myspace page.[3]
After the album release, the band started a live promotion of the album, performing at the Jelen Pivo live festival, before Jarboli, Električni Orgazam, Dinosaur Jr. and The Stooges,[15] and the Nisomnia festival in Niš.[16] In January 2009, the band appeared on the second place of the Ljubljana Radio Student list of the best albums of the year 2008.[17] At the same time, on the Popboks critics' list annual for the year 2008, Sve što vidim je prvi put appeared at the third place on the best domestic albums list, the song "Opet jak" ("Strong Again") on the third place on the best domestic single and the promotional video for the song was voted as the best in 2008.[18] The music video for the track "Opet jak", was directed by Miloš Tomić and recorded in stop motion technique at several locations in Belgrade from August until October 2008.[13]
In January 2010, the band released another promotional video, for the track "Ogledalo" ("The Mirror"), once again directed by Tomić,[19] appearing on the second place of the Jelen Top 10 chart on April 2010.[20] In July 9 of the same year, the band performed at the Novi Sad EXIT festival main stage.[21] During the same year, remixes of the songs "Ja" and "Sve da zaboravim" appeared on the Shpira remix album As I Would Say Two, released by Exit Music.[22] In January of the following year, the promotional video for the song "Ogledalo" was ranked as the second according to the audience,[23] and third according to the critics[24] on the Popboks annual list for the best music video. The following month, on the Popboks list of the best Serbian albums released in the previous decade, Sve što vidim je prvi put appeared on the 5th place and the compilation Jutro će promeniti sve appeared on the 16th place.[25]
In December 2011, it was announced that the band would perform in Kosovo for the first time, on December 8 in Gračanica, on December 9 in Priština, and on December 10 in Leposavić. They were the first Serbian band to perform in Priština after more than ten years.[26]
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