At the beginning of the 80`s No Smoking Orchestra and several other bands from Sarajevo responded to punk and new wave music by developing an ironical-satirical movement called New Primitives. In the summer of 1984, the band’s first album was released and becomes one of the most successful rock bands. In 1985 the band recorded its second album and at the beginning of 1986, Emir Kusturica decided to join the band. Together with Emir, the band releases their 3rd album (1987). At the beginning of the 90's, band disintegrated like the country of its origin. The band with the frontman and lead singer, Dr Nele Krajlić, records its first post-war album, in 1997, which tops all previous charts. The „Company Edison“and Andrea Gambeta organized four band concerts in Parma (February 1999). In the same year, just before the end of the NATO bombing, the band played in the Live Aid concert in Athens. The tour that followed was called „Effetti Collaterali“ and the band got the name Emir Kusturica and the No Smoking Orchestra. In April 2000, the recording of Unza Unza Time album is finished, and the title of the album is the name of the style they are playing. After the album release the band embarked on new tours. The tour starts with France when the band played in „Olympia“, then Italy, Portugal, Germany. In 2001 the band played in Latin America. In the spring of 2004, the No Smoking Orchestra meets again to promote a film and a soundtrack Life is a miracle. In March 2005 in the Buenos Ayres the concert is recorded as a new video audio project called Life is a Miracle BsAs. The band composed the music for the opera Time of the Gypsies released in Paris (Bastille Opera) in 2007.
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Nele Karajlić
vocals
Emir Kusturica
rhythm guitar
Dejan Sparavalo
violin
Dražen Janković
keyboard
Stribor Kusturica
drums
Nenad Petrović
saxophone
Goran Popović
tuba
Goran Markovski
bass guitar
Zoran Marjanović
percussions
Ivica Maksimović
guitar
Zoran Milošević
accordion
Brothers in Arms:
Dragan Radivojević Lion sound engineer
Dragan Teodorović Zeko roady
Discography:
1997 Ја ниÑам одавле 1998 Black Cat White Cat – BOF
2000 Unza Unza Time 2004 Life is a miracle - BOF (includes a DVD with clips and film extracts) 2005 Live is a miracle in Buenos Aires (CD, DVD) 2007 Opera "Time of the Gypsies" (CD, DVD) 2009 Best Of - Emir Kusturica and The No Smoking Orchestra
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