Stižemo
| Stižemo | |||||
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| Studio album by Laza & Ipe | |||||
| Released | 1978 | ||||
| Recorded |
Matrix Recording Studios, London February - March 1978 | ||||
| Genre |
Progressive rock Symphonic rock | ||||
| Label | ZKP RTLJ | ||||
| Producer | Zlatko Hold | ||||
| Laza Ristovski chronology | |||||
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| Ipe Ivandić chronology | |||||
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Stižemo (trans. Here We Come) is the album by Serbian and Yugoslav keyboardist Laza Ristovski and Yugoslav drummer Ipe Ivandić, released in 1978.
Recording
At the time of the album recording, both Ristovski and Ivandić were members of the hard rock band Bijelo Dugme.[1] During 1978, the band was on hiatus because the band's leader, guitarist Goran Bregović, was serving his mandatory army stint, so Ristovski and Ivandić decided to record an album as a side project.[1] Stižemo was recorded in Matrix Recording Studios in London during February and March 1978.[2] All songs on the album were composed by Ristovski, and the lyrics were written by Ranko Boban.[2] Beside Ristovski and Ivandić, the album also featured Leb i Sol member Vlatko Stefanovski (guitar), Teška Industrija member Goran Kovačević (vocals), Ivandić's sister Gordana Ivandić (vocals) and Zlatko Hold (bass guitar, synthesizer).[2] Zlatko Hold also produced the album.[2]
Track listing
All music written by Laza Ristovski, all lyrics written by Ranko Boban
| Side A: Odlazak (The Leaving) | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | "Noć u paklu" ("A Night in Hell") | 5:52 | ||||||||
| 2. | "Ko sam ja?" ("Who Am I?") | 7:39 | ||||||||
| 3. | "Intro-Mental" | 6:12 | ||||||||
| Side B: Dolazak (The Coming) | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | "Poslije svega" ("After All") | 5:56 | ||||||||
| 2. | "Top Hit Lista" ("Top Hit List") | 2:59 | ||||||||
| 3. | "Ljubav" ("Love") | 6:01 | ||||||||
Personnel
- Laza Ristovski - piano, Hammond organ, synthesizer, electric piano, Mellotron, acoustic guitar
- Ipe Ivandić - drums, percussion, vocals, arranged by
Additional personnel
- Zlatko Hold - bass guitar, synthesizer, producer
- Vlatko Stefanovski - guitar
- Goran Kovačević - vocals
- Gorana Ivandić - vocals
- Richard Whaley - engineer
- Will Reid-Dick - engineer
- Andy Llewellyn - engineer (assistant)
- Peter James - engineer (assistant)
- Ray Staff - engineer (cutting)
- Ljubomir Milojević - design
Events after the release
After the release, the album was praised by the critics, and Ristovski and Ivandić decided to leave Bijelo Dugme.[1] However, on September 10, the same day for which the beginning of the promotional tour was scheduled, Ivandić, Kovačević and Boban were arrested for owning hashish.[3] In the documentary series Rockovnik, Ristovski recalled:
| “ | We were ready to go on tour, and I'm waiting at home, waiting for them to pick me up, we're leaving, to some town, I can't remember which one. And then, Ipe's sister is calling me on the phone, saying: 'There won't be a tour', I'm asking: 'Why, what's the matter?', and she says: 'They arrested Ipe'. I immediately bought a plane ticket and went to Sarajevo. And there I heard what happened.[4] | ” |
Ivandić was sentenced to three and a half years in jail, but following an appeal, the sentence was reduced to three years.[3] Kovačević was sentenced to a year and a half, and Boban to a year in jail.[3]
Ristovski and Ivandić never performed live as Laza & Ipe. They performed together once again as members of Bijelo Dugme (to which Ivandić returned in 1982, and Ristovski in 1984).[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Janjatović, Petar (2007). EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960-2006. Belgrade: self-released. p. 33.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Stižemo at Discogs
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Krstulović, Zvonimir (2005). Bijelo Dugme: Doživjeti stotu. Profil. p. 32.
- ↑ "Rockovnik, Strana XVIII, "Pakleni vozači" Rock scena 1978-79", YouTube
- ↑ Janjatović, Petar (2007). EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960-2006. Belgrade: self-released. p. 34.