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{{Short description|Serbian new wave/post-punk band}}
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| name = Šarlo Akrobata
| name = Šarlo Akrobata
| native_name = Шарло Акробата
| native_name_lang = sr-Cyrl
| image = Sarlo Akrobata 1980.jpg
| image = Sarlo Akrobata 1980.jpg
| caption = Šarlo Akrobata in 1980, from left to right: [[Milan Mladenović]], [[Dušan Kojić]], and [[Ivan Vdović]]
| caption = {{small|Šarlo Akrobata in 1980: [[Milan Mladenović]], [[Dušan Kojić]], and [[Ivan Vdović]].}}
| image_size = 250
| image_size = 250px
| landscape =
| landscape =
| background = group_or_band
| background = group_or_band
| alias =
| alias =
| origin = [[Belgrade]], [[Serbia]], [[SFRY|Yugoslavia]]
| origin = [[Belgrade]], [[Socialist Republic of Serbia|SR Serbia]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|SFR Yugoslavia]]
| genre = [[New wave music|New wave]], [[art punk]], [[reggae fusion]], [[post-punk]], [[dub music]], [[experimental music]]
| genre = {{flatlist|
*[[New wave music|New wave]]
*[[art punk]]
*[[reggae fusion]]
*[[post-punk]]
*[[dub music|dub]]
*[[experimental music|experimental]]
}}
| years_active = 1980–1981
| years_active = 1980–1981
| label = [[Jugoton]], [[Croatia Records]]
| label = {{flatlist|
*[[Jugoton]]
*[[Croatia Records]]}}
| spinoffs = {{flatlist|
| associated_acts = [[Angel's Breath]], [[Supernaut (Serbian band)|DDT]], [[Disciplina Kičme]]/[[Disciplin A Kitschme]], [[Doktor Spira i Ljudska Bića]], [[Katarina II]]/[[Ekatarina Velika]], [[Električni Orgazam]], [[Profili Profili]], [[Suncokret]], [[Rimtutituki]]
*[[Ekatarina Velika|Katarina II]]
*[[Disciplin A Kitschme|Disciplina Kičme]]}}
| spinoff_of = Limunovo Drvo
| website =
| website =
| current_members =
| current_members =
| past_members = ''see the [[Šarlo Akrobata#Members|members]] section''
| past_members =
* [[Milan Mladenović]]
* [[Dušan Kojić]]
* [[Ivan Vdović]]
}}
}}
'''Šarlo Akrobata''' ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Шарло Акробата}}; trans. ''Charlot the Acrobat'', a [[Serbo-Croatian language]] version of [[Charlie Chaplin]]'s name in the [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sinemagija.com/cms/view.php?id=177 |title=Sinemagija, Čarli Čaplin |publisher=Sinemagija.com |date= |accessdate=2013-06-11}}</ref>) were a seminal [[Serbian]] and [[SFRY|Yugoslav]] [[New wave music|new wave]]/[[post-punk]] band from [[Belgrade]]. Short-lived but extremely influential, in addition to being one of the most important acts of the [[New Wave music in Yugoslavia|Yugoslav new wave scene]], the three piece left an indelible mark on the entire music scene of former Yugoslavia.
'''Šarlo Akrobata''' ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Шарло Акробата|lit=[[The Tramp|Charlot the Acrobat]]}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sinemagija.com/cms/view.php?id=177 |title=Sinemagija, Čarli Čaplin |publisher=Sinemagija.com |access-date=2013-06-11}}</ref> were a seminal [[Serbia]]n [[New wave music|new wave]]/[[post-punk]] band from [[Belgrade]]. Short-lived but extremely influential, in addition to being one of the most important acts of the [[New wave music in Yugoslavia|Yugoslav new wave scene]], the three piece left an indelible mark on the entire music scene of [[former Yugoslavia]].


Spawning from the [[progressive rock|progressive]]/[[hard rock]] group '''Limunovo Drvo''' ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Лимуново Дрво}}; trans. ''Lemon Tree''), founded in 1977 by guitarist and vocalist [[Milan Mladenović]] and guitarist [[Dragomir Mihajlović|Dragomir Mihajlović "Gagi"]], after several lineup changes, moved towards [[new wave music]], with the arrival of bassist and vocalist [[Dušan Kojić|Dušan Kojić "Koja"]] and drummer [[Ivan Vdović|Ivan Vdović "VD"]]. After performing as an opening act for [[Pankrti]] in April 1980, Mihajlović left the band and the remaining three members changed their name to Šarlo Akrobata. Subsequently, the trio recorded four tracks which were released on the 1981 compilation album ''[[Paket aranžman]]'', now considered to be one of the most influential releases in the history of former [[Yugoslav rock]] music. During 1981, the band released their debut album ''[[Bistriji ili tuplji čovek biva kad...]]'', after which, owing to irreconcilable differences between the band members, the band ceased to exist. The album received critical recognition and is regarded as one of the most notable albums of former Yugoslav rock music.
Spawning from the [[progressive rock|progressive]]/[[hard rock]] group '''Limunovo Drvo''' ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Лимуново Дрво|lit=Lemon Tree}}), founded in 1977 by guitarist and vocalist [[Milan Mladenović]] and guitarist [[Dragomir Mihajlović|Dragomir "Gagi" Mihajlović]], after several lineup changes, moved towards [[new wave music]], with the arrival of bassist and vocalist [[Dušan Kojić|Dušan "Koja" Kojić]] and drummer [[Ivan Vdović|Ivan "Vd" Vdović]]. After performing as an opening act for [[Pankrti]] in April 1980, Mihajlović left the band and the remaining three members changed their name to Šarlo Akrobata, after a Yugoslav nickname for [[Charlie Chaplin]]'s character [[the Tramp]]. Subsequently, the trio recorded four tracks which were released on the 1981 compilation album ''[[Paket aranžman]]'', now considered to be one of the most influential releases in the history of former [[Yugoslav rock]] music. During 1981, the band released their debut album ''[[Bistriji ili tuplji čovek biva kad...]]'', after which, owing to irreconcilable differences between the band members, the band ceased to exist. The album received critical recognition and is regarded as one of the most notable albums of former Yugoslav rock music.


After the band disbandment, Mladenović with Vdović and Mihajlović formed [[Katarina II]], which changed its name to [[Ekatarina Velika]] after the departure of the latter two, and Kojić formed [[Disciplina Kičme]], changing its name to [[Disciplin A Kitschme]] in 1995. In 1992, Ivan Vdović died of [[AIDS]], followed by Milan Mladenović's death from [[pancreatic cancer]] in 1994.
After the band disbandment, Mladenović with Vdović and Mihajlović formed Katarina II, which changed its name to [[Ekatarina Velika]] after the departure of the latter two, and Kojić formed Disciplina Kičme, changing its name to [[Disciplin A Kitschme]] in 1995. In 1992, Vdović died of [[AIDS]], followed by Milan Mladenović's death from [[pancreatic cancer]] in 1994.


== History ==
== History ==
===Background: Limunovo Drvo===
In 1978, [[Milan Mladenović]] (guitar, vocals) and [[Dragomir Mihajlović|Gagi Mihajlović]] (guitar) formed the [[progressive rock|progressive]]/[[hard rock]] band Limunovo Drvo, with bassist Goran "Maksa" Kovinčić and drummer Dušan "Džindžer" Dejanović.<ref name=Rigonat>{{harvnb|Rigonat|2008|p=12}}</ref> The lineup did not last long and the band experienced frequent personnel changes, including bassist Mikica Stefanović as well as Kovinčić's and Dejanović's respective returns.<ref name="Janjatovic1">{{harvnb|Janjatović|2006|p=220}}</ref> Despite never achieving stable lineup, the band still managed to string together a bit of an active presence on Belgrade's underground music scene, performing at the [[Žarkovo]] and [[Železnik]] guitar festivals, at [[Novi Beograd]]'s [[Blokovi|Blok 45]], the [[Belgrade Youth Center]], as well as staging two solo concerts at the [[Studentski kulturni centar|SKC]].<ref name=Rigonat/> During this period, the band also recorded a few demo tracks at the famous JM Sound Studio in [[Zagreb]] owned by Janko "Truli" Mlinarić and Petko Kantardijev.<ref name=Rigonat/>


Still, Limunovo Drvo never managed to put out an official release although they were reportedly close to recording an album for [[Suzy (record label)|Suzy Records]], only to break apart before that could be realized.<ref name="eunet1">{{cite web|url=http://solair.eunet.rs/~gabriel/intervju9.htm |title=Intervju #9 |publisher=Solair.eunet.rs |access-date=2013-07-09}}</ref> Songs performed by Limunovo Drvo include "Da li se sećate?" ("Do you remember?", "Sedmi krug" ("The Seventh Circle", "Oko moje glave" ("All Around My Head"), "Limunovo drvo" ("The Lemon Tree"), "Ne veruj" ("Do Not Believe") and "Gubitak (Nešto u nama)" ("The Loss (Something Within Us)").<ref name=Rigonat/>
=== Band formation ===
In 1978, [[Milan Mladenović]] (guitar, vocals) and [[Dragomir Mihajlović|Dragomir Mihajlović "Gagi"]] (guitar) formed the [[progressive rock|progressive]]/[[hard rock]] band Limunovo Drvo, with Goran Kovinčić (bass guitar) and Dušan Dejanović-Džindžer (drums).<ref name=Rigonat>{{harvnb|Rigonat|2008|p=12}}</ref> However, the lineup did not last long and throughout frequent lineup changes, including the bassist Mikica Stefanović, guitarist Goran Kovinčić "Maksa" and drummer Dušan Dejanović "Džindžer",<ref name="Janjatovic1">{{harvnb|Janjatović|2006|p=220}}</ref> the band performed at the [[Žarkovo]] and [[Železnik]] Guitar Festivals, the [[Novi Beograd]] Blok 45, the [[Belgrade Youth Center]], and had two solo concerts in the [[Studentski kulturni centar|Belgrade SKC]].<ref name=Rigonat/> During this period, the band had also made demo recordings at the famous [[Zagreb]] JM Sound Studio owned by Janko Mlinaric "Truli" and Petko Kantardijev.<ref name=Rigonat/> Nevertheless, the band made no discography debut even though they had a contract offer from [[Suzy (record label)|Suzy Records]], by which time the band had disbanded.<ref name="eunet1">{{cite web|url=http://solair.eunet.rs/~gabriel/intervju9.htm |title=Intervju #9 |publisher=Solair.eunet.rs |date= |accessdate=2013-07-09}}</ref> Songs performed by Limunovo Drvo include "Da li se sećate?" ("Do you remember?", "Sedmi krug" ("The Seventh Circle", "Oko moje glave" ("All Around My Head"), "Limunovo drvo" ("The Lemon Tree"), "Ne veruj" ("Do Not Believe") and "Gubitak (Nešto u nama)" ("The Loss (Something Within Us)").<ref name=Rigonat/>


At the end of Mladenović's and Mihajlović's creative wits, the two were joined by [[Dušan Kojić|Dušan Kojić "Koja"]] (bass, vocals), who had previously played with a number of underground Belgrade bands, moved in alternative and punk circles gathered around the SKC, where he used to conduct public forum debates related to new wave music, and [[Ivan Vdović|Ivan Vdović "VD"]] (drums, backing vocals), a drummer of [[jazz music]] origin, performing with numerous Belgrade bands including BG5 and [[Suncokret]], which brought a change in their musical orientations by adopting a new musical direction inspired by the emerging [[punk rock]] and [[New wave music|new wave]] scene.<ref name="Janjatovic1"/> Kojić and Mladenović previously played in a band Izvan Vremena, having their first performance in 1978.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://solair.eunet.rs/~gabriel/intervju3.htm |title=Intervju #3 |publisher=Solair.eunet.rs |date= |accessdate=2013-07-09}}</ref> Upon his arrival in Limunovo Drvo, Kojić also brought along his and Milan's mutual friend Nenad Krasavac "Kele" who had become the band's unofficial manager.<ref name="Janjatovic1"/> In April 1980, the new Limunovo Drvo lineup opened for [[Pankrti]] at Belgrade SKC, performing a set of new and rearranged older songs, after which guitarist Mihajlović decided to leave the band and the remaining members decided to continue working as a trio, changing the name to Šarlo Akrobata.<ref name="Janjatovic1"/>
At the end of Mladenović's and Mihajlović's creative wits, the two were joined by [[Dušan Kojić|Dušan "Koja" Kojić]] (bass, vocals) who had previously played with a number of underground Belgrade bands in addition to moving in alternative and punk circles gathered around the SKC where he used to conduct public forum debates related to new wave music — as well as [[Ivan Vdović|Ivan Vdović "VD"]] (drums, backing vocals), a drummer with a background in [[jazz music]] who performed with numerous Belgrade bands including BG5 and [[Suncokret]]. Furthermore, Kojić and Mladenović had previously played in a band Izvan Vremena, having their first performance in 1978.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://solair.eunet.rs/~gabriel/intervju3.htm |title=Intervju #3 |publisher=Solair.eunet.rs |access-date=2013-07-09}}</ref> The addition of a new rhythm section brought a change in their musical orientations through adopting a new musical direction inspired by the emerging [[punk rock]] and [[New wave music|new wave]] scenes.<ref name="Janjatovic1"/> Upon his arrival in Limunovo Drvo, Kojić also brought along his and Milan's mutual friend Nenad "Kele" Krasavac who became the band's unofficial manager.<ref name="Janjatovic1"/> In April 1980, the new Limunovo Drvo lineup opened for [[Pankrti]] at Belgrade SKC, performing a set of new and rearranged older songs, after which guitarist Mihajlović decided to leave the band and the remaining members decided to continue working as a trio, changing the name to Šarlo Akrobata.<ref name="Janjatovic1"/>


In June 1980, the band performed at a series of multiple acts free concerts, mostly featuring the newly formed new wave and punk bands, organized at the Belgrade SKC under the supervision of [[Nebojša Pajkić]], after which, Šarlo Akrobata (labeled as Akrobata Šarlo), along with [[Električni Orgazam]] and [[Idoli]] were recognized by the ''[[Džuboks]]'' critic [[Momčilo Rajin]] as "one of the most exciting new acts".".<ref name="Rajin">{{cite journal|last=Rajin|first=Momčilo|date=March 27, 1981|title=Hronika BG talasa|publisher=Dečije novine|location=Gornji Milanovac|issue=Džuboks magazine No. 111|pages=38|language=Serbo-Croatian}}</ref> Rajin stated that Vdović's drum playing style was "reminiscent of [[Stewart Copeland]] of [[The Police]]", Kojić bass playing as "a true example of simplicity and bareness to the essence of playing his instrument", and Mladenović as "matured into a true band leader".<ref name="Rajin" /> Soon after, the three bands were labeled by the music critics as the core of the emerging scene, consisting of the newly formed Belgrade punk rock and new wave bands centered on SKC, which they called the "Belgrade Alternative Scene" or "BAS".<ref>{{cite journal|last=Rajin|first=Momčilo|date=March 27, 1981|title=Hronika BG talasa|publisher=Dečije novine|location=Gornji Milanovac|issue=Džuboks magazine No. 111|pages=38|language=Serbo-Croatian}}</ref> During November, with the performance of the song "Ona se budi" the band competed at [[Subotica]] Youth festival, the event where the representatives of both the [[New Wave music in Yugoslavia|Belgrade and Zagreb new wave scene]] had met for the first time, claiming second jury prize behind [[Film (band)|Film]].<ref name="Janjatovic1"/>
In June 1980, the band performed at a series of multiple acts free concerts, mostly featuring the newly formed new wave and punk bands, organized at the Belgrade SKC under the supervision of [[Nebojša Pajkić]], after which, Šarlo Akrobata (labeled as Akrobata Šarlo), along with [[Električni Orgazam]] and [[Idoli]] were recognized by the ''[[Džuboks]]'' critic [[Momčilo Rajin]] as "one of the most exciting new acts".".<ref name="Rajin">{{cite journal|last=Rajin|first=Momčilo|date=March 27, 1981|title=Hronika BG talasa|publisher=Dečije novine|location=Gornji Milanovac|issue=Džuboks magazine No. 111|pages=38|language=sh}}</ref> Rajin stated that Vdović's drum playing style was "reminiscent of [[Stewart Copeland]] of [[The Police]]", Kojić bass playing as "a true example of simplicity and bareness to the essence of playing his instrument", and Mladenović as "matured into a true band leader".<ref name="Rajin" /> Soon after, the three bands were labeled by the music critics as the core of the emerging scene, consisting of the newly formed Belgrade punk rock and new wave bands centered on SKC, which they called the "Belgrade Alternative Scene" or "BAS".<ref name="Rajin"/> During November, with the performance of the song "Ona se budi" the band competed at [[Subotica]] [[Festival Omladina]], the event where the representatives of both the [[New wave music in Yugoslavia|Belgrade and Zagreb new wave scene]] had met for the first time, claiming second jury prize behind [[Film (band)|Film]].<ref name="Janjatovic1"/>


=== ''Paket aranžman'' ===
=== ''Paket aranžman'' ===
By the Subotica performance, during autumn 1980, the band had already made their first recordings, the songs "Ona se budi" ("She is Rousing"), "Oko moje glave" ("All Around My Head"), "Niko kao ja" ("No One Like Me") and "Mali čovek" ("Little Man") at the Belgrade Druga Maca studio, owned by the former Indexi keyboard player Enco Lesić, who had also made recordings of the other two "BAS" bands, Idoli and Električni Orgazam.<ref name="Sretno dijete 1">{{harvnb|Mirković|2003|p=114}}</ref> Eventually, in coordination with Lesić and Idoli manager Dragan Papić, the [[Jugoton]] executive editor [[Siniša Škarica]] came up with an idea of releasing the recordings of three bands in a compilation album, rather than releasing separate [[maxi single]]s.<ref name="Sretno dijete 1"/> During the recording sessions of the three bands, the Druga Maca studio was visited by the young PGP RTB television directors, [[Boris Miljković]] and Branimir Dimitrijević "Tucko", who were at the time working together on the ''Rokenroker'' (''Rockenroller'') television show, and in the following couple of weeks, they recorded several music videos for the songs of the three bands, all featuring the same style: a minimalist barren white [[chroma key]] scenery surrounding the band members.<ref name="Sretno dijete 2">{{harvnb|Mirković|2003|p=115}}</ref>
By the Subotica performance, during autumn 1980, the band had already made their first recordings, the songs "Ona se budi" ("She is Rousing"), "Oko moje glave" ("All Around My Head"), "Niko kao ja" ("No One Like Me") and "Mali čovek" ("Little Man") at the Belgrade Druga Maca studio, owned by the former Indexi keyboard player Enco Lesić, who had also made recordings of the other two "BAS" bands, Idoli and Električni Orgazam.<ref name="Sretno dijete 1">{{harvnb|Mirković|2003|p=114}}</ref> Eventually, in coordination with Lesić and Idoli manager Dragan Papić, the [[Jugoton]] executive editor [[Siniša Škarica]] came up with an idea of releasing the recordings of three bands in a compilation album, rather than releasing separate [[maxi single]]s.<ref name="Sretno dijete 1"/> During the recording sessions of the three bands, the Druga Maca studio was visited by the young PGP RTB television directors, [[Boris Miljković]] and Branimir Dimitrijević "Tucko", who were at the time working together on the ''Rokenroler'' (''Rockenroller'') television show, and in the following couple of weeks, they recorded several music videos for the songs of the three bands, all featuring the same style: a minimalist barren white [[chroma key]] scenery surrounding the band members.<ref name="Sretno dijete 2">{{harvnb|Mirković|2003|p=115}}</ref>


The recorded music videos, including the video for the song "Niko kao ja", appeared in the third episode of the Rokenroler show, originally broadcast on New Year's Eve 1981 on R, being the debut television appearance of the three Belgrade new wave acts, as well as the first presentation of the Belgrade new wave bands to a nationwide audience outside.<ref name="Sretno dijete 2"/> The show became the most notable of all the Rokenroler episodes as well as the most notable work of the two directors.<ref name="Sretno dijete 2"/> The show also marked one of the first serious attempts of introducing the [[Music video#1981–1991: Music videos go mainstream|mainstream music video]] in Yugoslav media.<ref name="Sretno dijete 2"/> Following the show's broadcast, in January 1981, The ''Džuboks'' magazine journalist Nebojša Mirčetović, in the text "The Ultimate Breakup with the Apathetic Seventies", in the context of the unreleased material promoted by the music videos, stated that the show marked the "beginning of a rainbow at the end of which we would find a jar full of beautiful music waiting for the record labels to release it".<ref name="Sretno dijete 2"/> During following month, in the same magazine, Ivica Vdović was polled by the readers as the 10th best drummer, and Dušan Kojić as the 9th best bassist of the year 1980.<ref>{{cite news|title=Izbor '80|date=February 27, 1981|work=Izbor '80|publisher=Džubokos|pages=19–20|language=Serbo-Croatian|location=Gornji Milanovac}}</ref>
The recorded music videos, including the video for the song "Niko kao ja", appeared in the third episode of the Rokenroler show, originally broadcast on New Year's Eve 1981 on R, being the debut television appearance of the three Belgrade new wave acts, as well as the first presentation of the Belgrade new wave bands to a nationwide audience outside.<ref name="Sretno dijete 2"/> The show became the most notable of all the Rokenroler episodes as well as the most notable work of the two directors.<ref name="Sretno dijete 2"/> The show also marked one of the first serious attempts of introducing the [[Music video#1981–1991: Music videos go mainstream|mainstream music video]] in Yugoslav media.<ref name="Sretno dijete 2"/> Following the show's broadcast, in January 1981, The ''Džuboks'' magazine journalist Nebojša Mirčetović, in the text "The Ultimate Breakup with the Apathetic Seventies", in the context of the unreleased material promoted by the music videos, stated that the show marked the "beginning of a rainbow at the end of which we would find a jar full of beautiful music waiting for the record labels to release it".<ref name="Sretno dijete 2"/> During following month, in the same magazine, Ivica Vdović was polled by the readers as the 10th best drummer, and Dušan Kojić as the 9th best bassist of the year 1980.<ref>{{cite news|title=Izbor '80|date=February 27, 1981|publisher=Džubokos|pages=19–20|language=sh|location=Gornji Milanovac}}</ref>


Despite the intended release during the late-1980, due to the lack of vinyl material, the omnibus compilation album featuring the debut recordings of Šarlo Akrobata, along with the recordings of [[Električni Orgazam]] and [[Idoli]], ''[[Paket aranžman]]'' (''Package Deal''), was released in February 1980 by Jugoton.<ref name="Janjatovic1"/> Despite the fact that initially all three bands were not content with the release itself, especially the album production, owing to the technical limitations of the studio itself, the half-year delay during which the three bands had evolved musically, the release proved to be one of the most influential albums in the history of [[Yugoslav rock]] music.<ref>{{harvnb|Mirković|2003|p=116}}</ref> The album received positive critical reaction, with the ''Džuboks'' magazine critic Momčilo Rajin, in his review of the album, comparing the release with notability of the [[Grupa 220]], [[Bijelo Dugme]], [[Prljavo Kazalište]] and [[Pankrti]] debut album releases.<ref>"Rajin"</ref> The album was not a commercial success, initially being sold in about 10.000 copies with the 20.000 being sold with the subsequent reissues.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vreme.com/cms/view.php?id=148542 |title=Vreme 539 - Srdjan Gojkovic : Usputna stanica |publisher=Vreme.com |date= |accessdate=2013-07-09}}</ref> However, the songs from the release, including "Ona se budi" and "Niko kao ja", were listed on the greatest Yugoslav rock songs lists on several occasions.<ref>{{cite news|title=100 najboljih pesama Yu Rocka svih vremena|year=1999|publisher=Rock Express no. 25|pages=25–28}}</ref>
Despite the intended release during the late-1980, due to the lack of vinyl material, the omnibus compilation album featuring the debut recordings of Šarlo Akrobata, along with the recordings of [[Električni Orgazam]] and [[Idoli]], ''[[Paket aranžman]]'' (''Package Deal''), was released in February 1981 by Jugoton.<ref name="Janjatovic1"/> Despite the fact that initially all three bands were not content with the release itself, especially the album production, owing to the technical limitations of the studio itself, the half-year delay during which the three bands had evolved musically, the release proved to be one of the most influential albums in the history of [[Yugoslav rock]] music.<ref>{{harvnb|Mirković|2003|p=116}}</ref> The album received positive critical reaction, with the ''Džuboks'' magazine critic Momčilo Rajin, in his review of the album, comparing the release with notability of the [[Grupa 220]], [[Bijelo Dugme]], [[Prljavo Kazalište]] and [[Pankrti]] debut album releases.<ref>"Rajin"</ref> The album was not a commercial success, initially being sold in about 10.000 copies with the 20.000 being sold with the subsequent reissues.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vreme.com/cms/view.php?id=148542 |title=Vreme 539 - Srdjan Gojkovic : Usputna stanica |date=2 May 2001 |publisher=Vreme.com |access-date=2013-07-09}}</ref> However, the songs from the release, including "Ona se budi" and "Niko kao ja", were listed on the greatest Yugoslav rock songs lists on several occasions.<ref>{{cite news|title=100 najboljih pesama Yu Rocka svih vremena|year=1999|publisher=Rock Express no. 25|pages=25–28}}</ref>


The release of ''Paket aranžman'' was soon followed by the release of the [[Miša Radivojević]] movie ''[[Dečko koji obećava]]'' (''Promising Boy''), for which the band recorded three songs, with [[Goran Vejvoda]] on guitar and the actor [[Aleksandar Berček]] on lead vocals, which appeared on the movie soundtrack.<ref name="Janjatovic1"/> The recorded songs, for which the music was written by Kojić and the lyrics by the screenplay writer [[Nebojša Pajkić]], were performed in the movie by the fictional musical group VIS Dobri Dečaci (''The Good Boys''), with Kojić acting the guitar player role, Vdović the drummer role and Berček the lead vocalist and film's starring role. The songs "Slobodan" (a popular Serbian [[Slobodan|name]], literally means "free"), "Balada o tvrdim grudima" ("The Ballad of Hard Breasts") and "Depresija" ("Depression), however, were never officially released.<ref name="Janjatovic1"/> In March of the same year, Šarlo Akrobata participated the ''Pozdrav iz Beograda'' (''Greetings from Belgrade'') concert organized in Zagreb as a promotion of the Belgrade new wave scene, and a live promotion of ''Paket aranžman'', on which the band also promoted their debut single "Mali čovek", with "Ona se budi" as the single B-side, released prior to the event.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pamtili pa vratili|last=Gajić|first=Goran|date=March 13, 1981|publisher=Džuboks magazine No. 110|language=Serbo-Croatian}}</ref>
The release of ''Paket aranžman'' was soon followed by the release of the [[Miša Radivojević]] movie ''[[Dečko koji obećava]]'' (''Promising Boy''), for which the band recorded three songs, with [[Goran Vejvoda]] on guitar and the actor [[Aleksandar Berček]] on lead vocals, which appeared on the movie soundtrack.<ref name="Janjatovic1"/> The recorded songs, for which the music was written by Kojić and the lyrics by the screenplay writer [[Nebojša Pajkić]], were performed in the movie by the fictional musical group VIS Dobri Dečaci (''The Good Boys''), with Kojić acting the guitar player role, Vdović the drummer role and Berček the lead vocalist and film's starring role. The songs "Slobodan" (a popular Serbian [[Slobodan|name]], literally means "free"), "Balada o tvrdim grudima" ("The Ballad of Hard Breasts") and "Depresija" ("Depression), however, were never officially released.<ref name="Janjatovic1"/> In March of the same year, Šarlo Akrobata participated the ''Pozdrav iz Beograda'' (''Greetings from Belgrade'') concert organized in Zagreb as a promotion of the Belgrade new wave scene, and a live promotion of ''Paket aranžman'', on which the band also promoted their debut single "Mali čovek", with "Ona se budi" as the single B-side, released prior to the event.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pamtili pa vratili|last=Gajić|first=Goran|date=March 13, 1981|publisher=Džuboks magazine No. 110|language=sh}}</ref>


=== ''Bistriji ili tuplji čovek biva kad...'' ===
=== ''Bistriji ili tuplji čovek biva kad...'' ===
In April 1981, the band entered the studio in order to record their debut studio album, which was intended to be released though [[PGP RTB]]. However, during the recording sessions at the PGP RTB Studio 5, the musical editors of the record label, the composer Aleksandar Pilipenko and [[Bojan Hreljac]], formerly the bassist of [[Korni Grupa]], after visiting the studio during the recording of one of the experimental tracks, the label decided to drop the release.<ref name="popboks1">{{cite web|url=http://www.popboks.com/article/4540 |title=BISTRIJI ILI TUPLJI ČOVEK BIVA KAD - 25 godina kasnije - Ja želim jako… snažno |publisher=Popboks |date= |accessdate=2013-07-09}}</ref> Even though the original band's musical directions were based on a combination of punk rock and white [[reggae]] music, the outcome of the album recording sessions proved turned out to be as experimental as possible, with the British new wave styles being combined with reggae, punk sound backed with dub effects.<ref name="Janjatovic 2">{{harvnb|Janjatovic|2006|p=221}}</ref> The recording sessions were based on a kind of a system where Mladenović and Kojić would bring fresh raw ideas and Vdović would modify and shape them.<ref name="Janjatovic 2"/> Mladenović was into poetic and melodic aspect of the whole thing while Kojić, inspired by [[Jimi Hendrix]] style of playing, was turned to minimal lyrics and aggressive music which can be recognized on different tracks on the album and their work in general.<ref name="Janjatovic 2"/>
In April 1981, the band entered the studio in order to record their debut studio album, which was intended to be released through [[PGP RTB]]. However, during the recording sessions at the PGP RTB Studio 5, the musical editors of the record label, the composer Aleksandar Pilipenko and [[Bojan Hreljac]], formerly the bassist of [[Korni Grupa]], after visiting the studio during the recording of one of the experimental tracks, the label decided to drop the release.<ref name="popboks1">{{cite web|url=http://www.popboks.com/article/4540 |title=BISTRIJI ILI TUPLJI ČOVEK BIVA KAD - 25 godina kasnije - Ja želim jako… snažno |publisher=Popboks |access-date=2013-07-09}}</ref> Even though the original band's musical directions were based on a combination of punk rock and white [[reggae]] music, the outcome of the album recording sessions proved turned out to be as experimental as possible, with the British new wave styles being combined with reggae, punk sound backed with dub effects.<ref name="Janjatovic 2">{{harvnb|Janjatovic|2006|p=221}}</ref> The recording sessions were based on a kind of a system where Mladenović and Kojić would bring fresh raw ideas and Vdović would modify and shape them.<ref name="Janjatovic 2"/> Mladenović was into poetic and melodic aspect of the whole thing while Kojić, inspired by [[Jimi Hendrix]] style of playing, was turned to minimal lyrics and aggressive music which can be recognized on different tracks on the album and their work in general.<ref name="Janjatovic 2"/>


Eventually, in July 1981, after purchasing the recordings from PGP RTB, the debut album ''[[Bistriji ili tuplji čovek biva kad...]]'' (''Brighter or Dumber a Man Gets When...''), was released by [[Jugoton]].<ref name="Janjatovic 2"/> The material featured guest appearances by Goran Vejvoda, Gagi Mihajlović, Jurij Novoselić "Kuzma" from the band [[Film (band)|Film]] and Dejan Kostić from [[Grupa I]].<ref name="Janjatovic 2"/> The producer of the album was signed as Akpiđoto (misspelled on the album cover as Aktiđoto) which represents a combination of names of the real producers: Akrobata (the band), Pile (the nickname of Mile Miletić), Đorđe (Đorđe Petrović) and Toni (Toni Jurij, a recording engineer from [[Ljubljana]] who was an expert on dub techniques).<ref name="Janjatovic 2"/> The album front cover was designed by the band themselves with Goran Vejvoda (who also designed the ''Paket aranžman'' cover), the front cover featuring the band with their backs turned and facing a boy to create a kind of a notion of a mirror,<ref name="Vesic">Vesić (director), 2008</ref> with the band members also contributing with their own drawings on the inner sleeve: Mladenović's drawing of his girlfriend, Kojić drew a two scene caricature and added the text from ''[[Politikin Zabavnik]]'' from an article about the "acrobatic ladles" to the Vdović's drawing.<ref name="popboks2">{{cite web|url=http://www.popboks.com/article/4544 |title=KOJA ŠARLOV AKROBATA – 25 godina kasnije - Akpiđoto je Šarlov drug |publisher=Popboks |date= |accessdate=2013-07-09}}</ref>
Eventually, in July 1981, after purchasing the recordings from PGP RTB, the debut album ''[[Bistriji ili tuplji čovek biva kad...]]'' (''Brighter or Dumber a Man Gets When...''), was released by [[Jugoton]].<ref name="Janjatovic 2"/> The material featured guest appearances by Goran Vejvoda, Gagi Mihajlović, Jurij Novoselić "Kuzma" from the band [[Film (band)|Film]] and Dejan Kostić from [[Grupa I]].<ref name="Janjatovic 2"/> The producer of the album was signed as Akpiđoto (misspelled on the album cover as Aktiđoto) which represents a combination of names of the real producers: Akrobata (the band), Pile (the nickname of Mile Miletić), Đorđe (Đorđe Petrović) and Toni (Toni Jurij, a recording engineer from [[Ljubljana]] who was an expert on dub techniques).<ref name="Janjatovic 2"/> The album front cover was designed by the band themselves with Goran Vejvoda (who also designed the ''Paket aranžman'' cover), the front cover featuring the band with their backs turned and facing a boy to create a kind of a notion of a mirror,<ref name="Vesic">Vesić (director), 2008</ref> with the band members also contributing with their own drawings on the inner sleeve: Mladenović's drawing of his girlfriend, Kojić drew a two scene caricature and added the text from ''[[Politikin Zabavnik]]'' from an article about the "acrobatic ladles" to the Vdović's drawing.<ref name="popboks2">{{cite web|url=http://www.popboks.com/article/4544 |title=KOJA ŠARLOV AKROBATA – 25 godina kasnije - Akpiđoto je Šarlov drug |publisher=Popboks |access-date=2013-07-09}}</ref>


The title of the album was taken from the [[Vasa Pelagić]] book ''Narodni učitelj'' (''The Folk Teacher''), from which the song lyrics for the highly experimental track "Pazite na decu I" ("Take Care Of The Children I") were also taken.<ref name="Janjatovic 2"/> Beside the experimental "Pazite na decu I" and "Ljubavna pesma", the album featured the rearranged songs from the Limunovo Drvo period, along with the new material, and the entire written material and arrangements were credited to Šarlo Akrobata, rather than the individual band members themselves.<ref name="popboks1"/> However, the fact that the album did not feature the hit songs from ''Paket aranžman'' like "Ona se budi" or "Niko kao ja", which the band considered as repetition of old material, affected the album and sales, with the album being sold in about 10.000 copies without another repressing by Jugoton.<ref name="popboks2"/> Like with the case of ''Paket aranžman'', despite not being commercially successful, the album proved to be one of the most significant albums released in the history of Yugoslav rock music, according to a number of musicians and critics,<ref name="Vesic"/> and was also featured on the greatest Yugoslav rock albums list.<ref>Antonić, Štrbac, 1998</ref>
The title of the album was taken from the [[Vasa Pelagić]] book ''Narodni učitelj'' (''The Folk Teacher''), from which the song lyrics for the highly experimental track "Pazite na decu I" ("Take Care Of The Children I") were also taken.<ref name="Janjatovic 2"/> Beside the experimental "Pazite na decu I" and "Ljubavna pesma", the album featured the rearranged songs from the Limunovo Drvo period, along with the new material, and the entire written material and arrangements were credited to Šarlo Akrobata, rather than the individual band members themselves.<ref name="popboks1"/> However, the fact that the album did not feature the hit songs from ''Paket aranžman'' like "Ona se budi" or "Niko kao ja", which the band considered as repetition of old material, affected the album and sales, with the album being sold in about 10.000 copies without another repressing by Jugoton.<ref name="popboks2"/> Like with the case of ''Paket aranžman'', despite not being commercially successful, the album proved to be one of the most significant albums released in the history of Yugoslav rock music, according to a number of musicians and critics,<ref name="Vesic"/> and was also featured on the greatest Yugoslav rock albums list.<ref>Antonić, Štrbac, 1998</ref>


=== Album promotion and breakup ===
=== Album promotion and breakup ===
Following the album recording sessions, on May 15, 1981, with the [[SR Croatia|Croatian]] new wave band [[Haustor]], the band performed as an opening act for the [[Gang of Four (band)|Gang of Four]] at the [[Music Biennale Zagreb]] festival.<ref name=popboks>{{cite web|url=http://www.popboks.com/tekst.php?ID=6434 |title=Pronađoh tu retku esenciju, Popboks, May 9, 2008 |publisher=Popboks.com |date= |accessdate=2013-06-11}}</ref> It was intended that both bands were to open the Gang of Four concert in Ljubljana, but the performance was canceled.<ref name=popboks/> At that time, the professional and, consequently, private relations within the group had been very well among its members, mostly because of the different views on the future directions of the band.<ref name="Janjatovic 2"/> Vdović insisted on bringing in the band Goran Vejvoda and possibly even Vejvoda's girlfriend at the time [[Bebi Dol|Dragana Šarić]], both of which the members of his side project Announda Rouge.<ref name=popboks/> Mladenović was mostly receptive to the idea, also wanted to add a keyboard player and Vejvoda was one of the rare young musicians in Belgrade at the time who owned a Casio VL-2 synthesizer, whereas Kojić vehemently objected to it, feeling the current lineup still had much more to offer.<ref name="Janjatovic 2"/> Kojić would later state, in the 2006 documentary about Ekatarina Velika, ''Kao da je bilo nekad'', that the normal relations and communication in Šarlo Akrobata lasted only about six months.<ref name="Vesic"/>
Following the album recording sessions on 15 May 1981 with the [[SR Croatia|Croatian]] new wave band [[Haustor]], the band performed as an opening act for the [[Gang of Four (band)|Gang of Four]] at the [[Music Biennale Zagreb]] festival.<ref name=popboks>{{cite web|url=http://www.popboks.com/tekst.php?ID=6434 |title=Pronađoh tu retku esenciju, Popboks, May 9, 2008 |publisher=Popboks.com |access-date=2013-06-11}}</ref> It was intended that both bands were to open the Gang of Four concert in Ljubljana, but the performance was canceled.<ref name=popboks/> At that time, the professional and, consequently, private relations within the group had not been very well among its members, mostly because of the different views on the future directions of the band.<ref name="Janjatovic 2"/> Vdović insisted on bringing in the band Goran Vejvoda and possibly even Vejvoda's girlfriend at the time [[Bebi Dol|Dragana Šarić]], both of which the members of his side project Announda Rouge.<ref name=popboks/> Mladenović was mostly receptive to the idea, also wanted to add a keyboard player and Vejvoda was one of the rare young musicians in Belgrade at the time who owned a Casio VL-2 synthesizer, whereas Kojić vehemently objected to it, feeling the current lineup still had much more to offer.<ref name="Janjatovic 2"/> Kojić would later state, in the 2006 documentary about Ekatarina Velika, ''Kao da je bilo nekad'', that the normal relations and communication in Šarlo Akrobata lasted only about six months.<ref name="Vesic"/>


According to Kojić, the band was also reluctant to promote the album with much touring as the writing had already been on the wall since the trio barely tolerated each other at this point, knowing for some time they would soon split apart.<ref name="popboks2"/> The band were also to release a new [[Double A-side|double A-side single]] "Bes" ("Anger") / "Prevaren" ("Fooled"), the former being an original version of the dub remix featured on the debut album and the latter being a power pop track version of a Limunovo Drvo track, which were recorded during the album recording sessions, but it was never released.<ref name="popboks1"/> In the Autumn of 1981, they got the "Smeli cvet" award for music by Socialistic Youth Of Yugoslavia, after which the band embarked on a previously booked tour of [[Poland]], during which they also had an unplanned jam improvising session with some of the British jazz performers at the [[Warsaw]] jazz festival.<ref name="popboks2"/> Upon returning to Yugoslavia, the band performed at a farewell show [[Ljubljana]] in October 1981, which, along with the Music Biennale Zagreb festival performance, proved to be the highest attending Šarlo Akrobata concert (circa 1.000 people),<ref name="eunet1"/> after which they disbanded.<ref name="Janjatovic 2"/>
According to Kojić, the band was also reluctant to promote the album with much touring as the writing had already been on the wall since the trio barely tolerated each other at this point, knowing for some time they would soon split apart.<ref name="popboks2"/> The band were also to release a new [[Double A-side|double A-side single]] "Bes" ("Anger") / "Prevaren" ("Fooled"), the former being an original version of the dub remix featured on the debut album and the latter being a power pop track version of a Limunovo Drvo track, which were recorded during the album recording sessions, but it was never released.<ref name="popboks1"/> In the Autumn of 1981, they got the "Smeli cvet" award for music by Socialistic Youth Of Yugoslavia, after which the band embarked on a previously booked tour of [[Poland]], during which they also had an unplanned jam improvising session with some of the British jazz performers at the [[Warsaw]] jazz festival.<ref name="popboks2"/> Upon returning to Yugoslavia, the band performed at a farewell show [[Ljubljana]] in October 1981, which, along with the Music Biennale Zagreb festival performance, proved to be the highest attending Šarlo Akrobata concert (circa 1.000 people),<ref name="eunet1"/> after which they disbanded.<ref name="Janjatovic 2"/>


=== Post-breakup ===
=== Post-breakup ===
By the time Šarlo Akrobata disbanded, Kojić had already had several rehearsals with the band's manager Nenad Krasovac "Kele", who was also the drummer of the Belgrade punk rock band [[Urbana Gerila]], as a duo under the name of Disciplina Kičme, featuring himself on bass guitar and Krasovac on drums.<ref name="popboks2"/> Following the disbandment, Milan Mladenović with Gagi Mihajlović on guitar, Dušan Dejanović on drums, and Zoran "Švaba" Radomirović on bass guitar, formed the band Katarina II, soon to be joined by the keyboard player [[Margita Stefanović]].<ref name="Janjatovic EKV">{{harvnb|Janjatovic|2006|p=76}}</ref> During the following year, Katarina II drummer Dušan Dejanović left the band in order to join Disciplina Kičme, and was replaced by Ivica Vdović "VD".<ref name="Janjatovic EKV"/> In 1983, Disciplina Kičme with the drummer [[Srđan Todorović]] released their debut album ''Sviđa mi se da ti ne bude prijatno'' (''I Find Your Discomfort Appealing''), featuring the tracks "Mozak" ("Brain") and "Pečati" ("Stamps"), originally performed by Šarlo Akrobata, but never officially released. The following year, Katarina II released their debut album ''[[Katarina II (album)|Katarina II]]'', after which both Mihajlović and Vdović left the band and the rest of the lineup changed the name to [[Ekatarina Velika]].<ref name="Janjatovic EKV"/>
By the time Šarlo Akrobata disbanded, Kojić had already had several rehearsals with the band's manager Nenad Krasavac "Kele", who was also the drummer of the Belgrade punk rock band [[Urbana Gerila]], as a duo under the name of Disciplina Kičme, featuring himself on bass guitar and Krasavac on drums.<ref name="popboks2"/> Following the disbandment, Milan Mladenović with Gagi Mihajlović on guitar, Dušan Dejanović on drums, and Zoran "Švaba" Radomirović on bass guitar, formed the band Katarina II, soon to be joined by the keyboard player [[Margita Stefanović]].<ref name="Janjatovic EKV">{{harvnb|Janjatovic|2006|p=76}}</ref> During the following year, Katarina II drummer Dušan Dejanović left the band in order to join Disciplina Kičme, and was replaced by Ivica Vdović "VD".<ref name="Janjatovic EKV"/> In 1983, Disciplina Kičme with the drummer [[Srđan Todorović]] released their debut album ''Sviđa mi se da ti ne bude prijatno'' (''I Find Your Discomfort Appealing''), featuring the tracks "Mozak" ("Brain") and "Pečati" ("Stamps"), originally performed by Šarlo Akrobata, but never officially released. The following year, Katarina II released their debut album ''[[Katarina II (album)|Katarina II]]'', after which both Mihajlović and Vdović left the band and the rest of the lineup changed the name to [[Ekatarina Velika]].<ref name="Janjatovic EKV"/>


Both Disciplina Kičme and Ekatarina Velika would release a series of critically and moderately commercially successful albums throughout the 1980s.<ref name="Janjatovic EKV"/><ref name="Janjatovic DAK">{{harvnb|Janjatovic|2006|p=63}}</ref> The rivalry between the two bands heated up with the Disciplina Kičme drummer Srđan Todorović joining Ekatarina Velika in 1987.<ref name="Janjatovic EKV"/> During the same year, Disciplina Kičme released the EP ''[[Dečija pesma]]'' (''Children Song''), featuring six different versions of the title track, which featured the lyrics "Nije dobro Bijelo Dugme; Nije dobra Katarina; Šta je dobro; Šta nam treba; Kičme, Kičme Disciplina") ("Bijelo Dugme is no good; And neither is Katarina; What is good?; What we need?; Kičme, Kičme Disciplina").<ref name="Janjatovic DAK"/> One of the versions featured the guest appearance by Vdović, who had been working with [[Du Du A]] and [[Heroji]] after leaving Katarina II,<ref name="Janjatovic EKV"/> on rhythm machine.<ref name="Janjatovic DAK"/> In 1989, Vdović formed the band [[Supernaut (Serbian band)|DDT]] with the former Urbana Gerila member [[Srđan Marković|Srđan Marković "Đile"]] (vocals) and former [[Profili Profili]] member Miodrag Stojanović "Čeza" (rhythm machine).<ref name="Janjatovic, 2006, p. 283">{{harvnb|Janjatovic|2006|p=283}}</ref> On September 23, 1992, Ivan Vdović, being the first officially registered [[HIV positive]] person in former Yugoslavia, died of [[AIDS]] at the age of 32.<ref name="Janjatovic, 2006, p. 283"/>
Both Disciplina Kičme and Ekatarina Velika would release a series of critically and moderately commercially successful albums throughout the 1980s.<ref name="Janjatovic EKV"/><ref name="Janjatovic DAK">{{harvnb|Janjatovic|2006|p=63}}</ref> The rivalry between the two bands heated up with the Disciplina Kičme drummer Srđan Todorović joining Ekatarina Velika in 1987.<ref name="Janjatovic EKV"/> During the same year, Disciplina Kičme released the EP ''[[Dečija pesma]]'' (''Children Song''), featuring six different versions of the title track, which featured the lyrics "Nije dobro Bijelo Dugme; Nije dobra Katarina; Šta je dobro; Šta nam treba; Kičme, Kičme Disciplina") ("Bijelo Dugme is no good; And neither is Katarina; What is good?; What we need?; Kičme, Kičme Disciplina").<ref name="Janjatovic DAK"/> One of the versions featured the guest appearance by Vdović, who had been working with [[Du Du A]] and [[Heroji]] after leaving Katarina II,<ref name="Janjatovic EKV"/> on rhythm machine.<ref name="Janjatovic DAK"/> In 1989, Vdović formed the band [[Supernaut (Serbian band)|DDT]] with the former Urbana Gerila member [[Srđan Marković|Srđan Marković "Đile"]] (vocals) and former [[Profili Profili]] member Miodrag Stojanović "Čeza" (rhythm machine).<ref name="Janjatovic, 2006, p. 283">{{harvnb|Janjatovic|2006|p=283}}</ref> On 23 September 1992 Ivan Vdović, being the first officially registered [[HIV positive]] person in former Yugoslavia, died of [[AIDS]] at the age of 32.<ref name="Janjatovic, 2006, p. 283"/>


In 1991, Jugoton rereleased ''Paket aranžman'' on [[compact disc]], becoming one of the first CD releases in former Yugoslavia.<ref name="popboks4">{{cite web|url=http://www.popboks.com/article/15004 |title=Box set "Paket aranžman" u izdanju Croatia Recordsa |publisher=Popboks |date=2007-03-23 |accessdate=2013-07-09}}</ref> The following year, with the outbreak of the [[Yugoslav wars]], Mladenović participated the antiwar project [[Rimtutituki]],<ref name="Janjatovic EKV2">{{harvnb|Janjatovic|2006|p=77}}</ref> and Kojić moved to [[London]] where, after performing in various bands, revived Discpilina Kičme with an alternative band name Disciplin A Kitschme, releasing several albums, featuring the rerecorded [[English language]] versions of Disciplina Kičme songs along with new material, and achieved a cult status.<ref name="Janjatovic DAK2">{{harvnb|Janjatovic|2006|p=64}}</ref> After releasing two albums with Ekatarina Velika, in 1994, Mladenović moved to [[Brazil]] where, with his friend and musical collaborator, [[Mitar Subotić]], as [[Angel's Breath]], released their eponymous album, recorded with a lineup of Brazilian musicians.<ref name="Janjatovic EKV2"/> Upon his return, on August 24, 1994, Ekatarina Velika played what would turn out to be their last show at the [[Pjesma Mediterana]] festival in [[Budva]], as the next day Mladenović was held in a hospital, and was diagnosed with [[pancreatic cancer]].<ref name="Janjatovic EKV2"/> On November 5, 1994, Milan Mladenović died in Belgrade at the age of 36.<ref name="Janjatovic EKV2"/>
In 1991, Jugoton rereleased ''Paket aranžman'' on [[compact disc]], becoming one of the first CD releases in former Yugoslavia.<ref name="popboks4">{{cite web|url=http://www.popboks.com/article/15004 |title=Box set "Paket aranžman" u izdanju Croatia Recordsa |publisher=Popboks |date=2007-03-23 |access-date=2013-07-09}}</ref> The following year, with the outbreak of the [[Yugoslav wars]], Mladenović participated the antiwar project [[Rimtutituki]],<ref name="Janjatovic EKV2">{{harvnb|Janjatovic|2006|p=77}}</ref> and Kojić moved to [[London]] where, after performing in various bands, revived Discpilina Kičme with an alternative band name Disciplin A Kitschme, releasing several albums, featuring the rerecorded [[English language]] versions of Disciplina Kičme songs along with new material, and achieved a cult status.<ref name="Janjatovic DAK2">{{harvnb|Janjatovic|2006|p=64}}</ref> After releasing two albums with Ekatarina Velika, in 1994, Mladenović moved to [[Brazil]] where, with his friend and musical collaborator, [[Mitar Subotić]], as [[Angel's Breath]], released their eponymous album, recorded with a lineup of Brazilian musicians.<ref name="Janjatovic EKV2"/> Upon his return, on 24 August 1994, Ekatarina Velika played what would turn out to be their last show at the [[Pjesma Mediterana]] festival in [[Budva]], as the next day Mladenović was held in a hospital, and was diagnosed with [[pancreatic cancer]].<ref name="Janjatovic EKV2"/> On 5 November 1994 Milan Mladenović died in Belgrade at the age of 36.<ref name="Janjatovic EKV2"/>


Kojić continued performing with the London lineup of Disciplin A Kitschme until 2003 when he moved back to Belgrade.<ref name="Janjatovic DAK2"/> In 2002, the actress and director [[Sonja Savić]] recorded an [[Independent film|independent]] documentary movie ''[[Šarlo te gleda]]'' (''Charlot is Watching You''), dedicated to the late Šarlo Akrobata drummer Ivan Vdović, which covered the story of Šarlo Akrobata and other bands from the Belgrade scene of the 1980s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.urbanbug.net/magazin_text/6/819/Sonja-Saviae---Sarlo-te-gleda%E2%80%A6-samo-vas-gleda.html/ |title=MUZIKA :: URBAN BEATZ &#124; INTERVJU :: INTERVIEW &#124; Sonja Savić - Šarlo te gleda… samo vas gleda! |publisher=Urban Bug |date= |accessdate=2013-07-09}}</ref> The following year, Igor Mirković released a book and directed a movie on the entire former Yugoslav new wave scene entitled ''[[Sretno dijete]]'' (''Happy Child''), which featured the story on Šarlo Akrobata, however, Kojić refused to participate in the film, dissatisfied with the fact that bands like [[Bijelo Dugme]], a [[progressive rock]] band which switched to playing new wave music with the genre popularity, were included in the storyline.<ref name="popboks2"/> In 2005, Kojić reformed a new Belgrade lineup of Disciplin A Kitschme and resumed discography and touring activities.<ref name="Janjatovic DAK2"/> In 2007, [[Croatia Records]], the successor of Jugoton, released a box set entitled [[Paket Aranžman (box set)|Paket Aranžman]] featuring a remastered edition of the album, packed with the Šarlo Akrobata and [[Električni orgazam]] debut albums.<ref name="popboks4"/>
Kojić continued performing with the London lineup of Disciplin A Kitschme until 2003 when he moved back to Belgrade.<ref name="Janjatovic DAK2"/> In 2002, the actress and director [[Sonja Savić]] recorded an [[Independent film|independent]] documentary movie ''[[Šarlo te gleda]]'' (''Charlot is Watching You''), dedicated to the late Šarlo Akrobata drummer Ivan Vdović, which covered the story of Šarlo Akrobata and other bands from the Belgrade scene of the 1980s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.urbanbug.net/magazin_text/6/819/Sonja-Saviae---Sarlo-te-gleda%E2%80%A6-samo-vas-gleda.html/ |title=MUZIKA :: URBAN BEATZ &#124; INTERVJU :: INTERVIEW &#124; Sonja Savić - Šarlo te gleda… samo vas gleda! |publisher=Urban Bug |access-date=2013-07-09}}</ref> The following year, Igor Mirković released a book and directed a movie on the entire former Yugoslav new wave scene entitled ''[[Sretno dijete]]'' (''Happy Child''), which featured the story on Šarlo Akrobata, however, Kojić refused to participate in the film, dissatisfied with the fact that bands like [[Bijelo Dugme]], a [[progressive rock]] band which switched to playing new wave music with the genre popularity, were included in the storyline.<ref name="popboks2"/> In 2005, Kojić reformed a new Belgrade lineup of Disciplin A Kitschme and resumed discography and touring activities.<ref name="Janjatovic DAK2"/> In 2007, [[Croatia Records]], the successor of Jugoton, released a box set entitled [[Paket Aranžman (box set)|Paket Aranžman]] featuring a remastered edition of the album, packed with the Šarlo Akrobata and [[Električni orgazam]] debut albums.<ref name="popboks4"/>


== Musical style ==
== Musical style ==
During the [[progressive rock|progressive]]/[[hard rock]] period of Limunovo Drvo, Milan Mladenović had already discovered the [[Great Britain|British]] new wave bands [[XTC]] and [[The Stranglers]], a musical preference he discovered to be sharing with Dušan Kojić "Koja", upon whose arrival in Limunovo Drvo, the band moved towards [[punk rock]] and new wave.<ref name="Rajin" /> Another new arrival which influenced the new musical orientation of Limunovo Drvo was the drummer Ivica Vdović "VD", who was more of a [[jazz music]]al background than [[rock music|rock]], being a fan of jazz, [[jazz fusion]], [[swing music|swing]] and [[be-bop]],<ref name="Vukojevic, Pejkic">Vukojević, Pajkić, 1981</ref> and [[Frank Zappa]].<ref name="popboks2"/> During the earliest period of Šarlo Akrobata, the band sounded like a punk rock band rather than a new wave band, which changed with their ambition for a more minimal instrumentation.<ref name="Luković, 1980">Luković, 1980</ref> During this second period, the band embraced [[reggae]], [[ska]] and [[punk funk]], with the [[Gang of Four]] debut album ''[[Entertainment!]]'' and [[Joe Jackson (musician)|Joe Jackson]] debut ''[[Look Sharp! (Joe Jackson album)|Look Sharp!]]'' being a major influence, as documented on the compilation album ''[[Paket aranžman]]''.<ref name="Rajin" /> In an interview, Kojić also listed [[James Chance and the Contortions]], [[The Pop Group]], [[Public Image Limited]], [[Miles Davis]] and [[Jimi Hendrix]] among the band favorites.<ref name="popboks2"/>
During the [[progressive rock|progressive]]/[[hard rock]] period of Limunovo Drvo, Milan Mladenović had already discovered the [[Great Britain|British]] new wave bands [[XTC]] and [[The Stranglers]], a musical preference he discovered to be sharing with Dušan Kojić "Koja", upon whose arrival in Limunovo Drvo, the band moved towards [[punk rock]] and new wave.<ref name="Rajin" /> Another new arrival which influenced the new musical orientation of Limunovo Drvo was the drummer Ivica Vdović "VD", who was more of a [[jazz music]]al background than [[rock music|rock]], being a fan of jazz, [[jazz fusion]], [[swing music|swing]] and [[be-bop]],<ref name="Vukojevic, Pejkic">Vukojević, Pajkić, 1981</ref> and [[Frank Zappa]].<ref name="popboks2"/> During the earliest period of Šarlo Akrobata, the band sounded like a punk rock band rather than a new wave band, which changed with their ambition for a more minimal instrumentation.<ref name="Luković, 1980">Luković, 1980</ref> During this second period, the band embraced [[reggae]], [[ska]] and [[punk funk]], with the [[Gang of Four (band)|Gang of Four]] debut album ''[[Entertainment!]]'' and [[Joe Jackson (musician)|Joe Jackson]] debut ''[[Look Sharp! (Joe Jackson album)|Look Sharp!]]'' being a major influence, as documented on the compilation album ''[[Paket aranžman]]''.<ref name="Rajin" /> In an interview, Kojić also listed [[James Chance and the Contortions]], [[The Pop Group]], [[Public Image Limited]], [[Miles Davis]] and [[Jimi Hendrix]] among the band favorites.<ref name="popboks2"/>


After the ''Paket aranžman'' period, the band moved towards making further experimentation which was marked as an "organized chaos" by Vdović, in which Vdović's playing open forms allowed the connection of Kojić's raw and aggressive treatment of the bass guitar as a solo instrument and Mladenović melodic guitar and vocal style.<ref>Vesić, 2008</ref> Mladenović would later state that he was the force in the band which could organize in a coherent whole the sounds coming from the unrestrained bass and drums, part of which owing to the necessity to play and sing most of the time, which affected his playing style.<ref>http://solair.eunet.rs/~gabriel/intervju9.htm</ref> This period was documented on the band's debut and only studio album ''[[Bistriji ili tuplji čovek biva kad...]]''.<ref name="Janjatovic 2"/> Following the debut track on the album, the Stranglers and [[Magazine]]-influenced waltz intro "Šarlo je nežan", the album’s second track "Pazite na decu" featured the band members unexpectedly entering the studio with a few associates and switching their instruments, with Mladenović on drums and vocals, Vdović playing guitar, Kojić playing the [[goblet drum]] and shouting, Dejan Kostić of [[Du Du A]] on bass, and [[Goran Vejvoda]] on guitar.<ref name="Vukojevic, Pejkic" />
After the ''Paket aranžman'' period, the band moved towards making further experimentation which was marked as an "organized chaos" by Vdović, in which Vdović's playing open forms allowed the connection of Kojić's raw and aggressive treatment of the bass guitar as a solo instrument and Mladenović melodic guitar and vocal style.<ref>Vesić, 2008</ref> Mladenović would later state that he was the force in the band which could organize in a coherent whole the sounds coming from the unrestrained bass and drums, part of which owing to the necessity to play and sing most of the time, which affected his playing style.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://solair.eunet.rs/~gabriel/intervju9.htm|title=Intervju #9|website=Solair.eunet.rs|access-date=3 October 2020}}</ref> This period was documented on the band's debut and only studio album ''[[Bistriji ili tuplji čovek biva kad...]]''.<ref name="Janjatovic 2"/> Following the debut track on the album, the Stranglers and [[Magazine]]-influenced waltz intro "Šarlo je nežan", the album's second track "Pazite na decu" featured the band members unexpectedly entering the studio with a few associates and switching their instruments, with Mladenović on drums and vocals, Vdović playing guitar, Kojić playing the [[goblet drum]] and shouting, Dejan Kostić of [[Du Du A]] on bass, and [[Goran Vejvoda]] on guitar.<ref name="Vukojevic, Pejkic" />


Another highly experimental track was "Ljubavna pesma" which was an improvisation recorded in a single take, the practice also used in the track "Čovek", featuring the exclamation "Družino" ("Camaradery") as a tribute to the band [[Buldožer]],<ref name="popboks1"/> in which the band wanted to play as fast as possible, resulting in the most aggressive track on the album.<ref name="Vukojevic, Pejkic" /> The album also featured the rearranged songs from the Limunovo Drvo period, "Fenomen", "Sad se jasno vidi", "Rano izjutra", which were rearranged to a raw punk sound, and the melodic "Samo ponekad", which featured an oriental solo at the end of the track.<ref name="popboks1"/> Their fondness for ska music was continued on the release with the track "O, O, O", featuring a guest saxophone solo by Jurij Novoselić "Kuzma" from the band [[Film (band)|Film]].<ref name="popboks1"/> "O, O, O" featured [[dub music]] influences which were also found in the tracks "Bes" and "Problem", the latter featuring effects made by the collision of microphones, the placing of nylon bags over the microphones and stopping the tapes with an intense echo.<ref name="popboks1"/> The album also featured the [[power pop]] songs "Ja želim jako" and "Pazite na decu II" influenced by the British power pop scene.<ref name="popboks1"/>
Another highly experimental track was "Ljubavna pesma" which was an improvisation recorded in a single take, the practice also used in the track "Čovek", featuring the exclamation "Družino" ("Camaradery") as a tribute to the band [[Buldožer]],<ref name="popboks1"/> in which the band wanted to play as fast as possible, resulting in the most aggressive track on the album.<ref name="Vukojevic, Pejkic" /> The album also featured the rearranged songs from the Limunovo Drvo period, "Fenomen", "Sad se jasno vidi", "Rano izjutra", which were rearranged to a raw punk sound, and the melodic "Samo ponekad", which featured an oriental solo at the end of the track.<ref name="popboks1"/> Their fondness for ska music was continued on the release with the track "O, O, O", featuring a guest saxophone solo by Jurij Novoselić "Kuzma" from the band [[Film (band)|Film]].<ref name="popboks1"/> "O, O, O" featured [[dub music]] influences which were also found in the tracks "Bes" and "Problem", the latter featuring effects made by the collision of microphones, the placing of nylon bags over the microphones and stopping the tapes with an intense echo.<ref name="popboks1"/> The album also featured the [[power pop]] songs "Ja želim jako" and "Pazite na decu II" influenced by the British power pop scene.<ref name="popboks1"/>


== Legacy ==
== Legacy ==
Šarlo Akrobata songs have been covered by various artists. In 1995, the [[Slovenia]]n group [[2227 (band)|2227]] recorded the single "Šarlo budi nežan" ("Šarlo, Be Gentle") as a tribute to the band. In 1998, the Serbian punk rock band [[Džukele]] performed live a cover version of the song "[[Fenomen (Šarlo Akrobata song)|Fenomen]]" ("Phenomenon"), released on the ''Punk You All'' various artists compilation. In 1999, the Serbian punk rock band [[Plejboj]], on the various artists cover album ''[[Korak napred 2 koraka nazad]]'' (''A Step Forward 2 Steps Backwards''), recorded a cover version of the song "Sad se jasno vidi" ("Now It Is Clearly Visible"). In 2009, the Serbian actor and musician [[Nikola Pejaković|Nikola Pejaković "Kolja"]] covered the song "Samo ponekad" and released it as a [[music download|digital download]] single for his second studio album ''Kolja''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.system.co.rs/web/ |title=Naslovna |publisher=www.system.co.rs |date= |accessdate=2013-06-11}}</ref> In 2013, Serbian guitarist [[Miroslav Tadić]] recorded an instrumental version of "Ona se budi" on his album ''Mirina''.<ref>[http://balkanrock.com/miroslav-tadic-obradio-sarlo-akrobatu-audio/ "Miroslav Tadić obradio Šarlo Akrobatu (audio)", balkanrock.com]</ref>
Šarlo Akrobata songs have been covered by various artists. In 1995, the [[Slovenia]]n group [[2227 (band)|2227]] recorded the single "Šarlo budi nežan" ("Šarlo, Be Gentle") as a tribute to the band. In 1998, the Serbian punk rock band [[Džukele]] performed live a cover version of the song "[[Fenomen (Šarlo Akrobata song)|Fenomen]]" ("Phenomenon"), released on the ''Punk You All'' various artists compilation. In 1999, the Serbian punk rock band [[Plejboj]], on the various artists cover album ''[[Korak napred 2 koraka nazad]]'' (''A Step Forward 2 Steps Backwards''), recorded a cover version of the song "Sad se jasno vidi" ("Now It Is Clearly Visible"). In 2009, the Serbian actor and musician [[Nikola Pejaković|Nikola Pejaković "Kolja"]] covered the song "Samo ponekad" and released it as a [[music download|digital download]] single for his second studio album ''Kolja''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.system.co.rs/web/ |title=Naslovna |publisher=www.system.co.rs |access-date=2013-06-11}}</ref> In 2013, Serbian guitarist [[Miroslav Tadić]] recorded an instrumental version of "Ona se budi" on his album ''Mirina''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://balkanrock.com/miroslav-tadic-obradio-sarlo-akrobatu-audio/|title="Miroslav Tadić obradio Šarlo Akrobatu (audio)"|website=Balkanrock.com|access-date=3 October 2020}}</ref>


In 2002, on the Milan Mladenović tribute album ''Kao da je bilo nekad... (Posvećeno Milanu Mladenoviću)'' (''As If It Had Happened Sometime... (Dedicated To Milan Mladenović)'') appeared several covers of Šarlo Akrobata songs. The Serbian punk rock band [[Novembar]] recorded a cover version of the song "O, o, o", former [[Haustor]] frontman [[Darko Rundek]] covered the song "Ona se budi", and the [[alternative rock]] band [[VROOM]] covered the song "Problem". In 2003, on the Milan Mladenović tribute concert in Zagreb, the [[Električni Orgazam]] frontman [[Srđan Gojković]] performed the songs "Fenomen", "Samo ponekad" ("Just Occasionally") and "O, o, o", all of which appeared on the live Milan Mladenović tribute album ''Jako dobar tatoo!''.
In 2002, on the Milan Mladenović tribute album ''Kao da je bilo nekad... (Posvećeno Milanu Mladenoviću)'' (''As If It Had Happened Sometime... (Dedicated To Milan Mladenović)'') appeared several covers of Šarlo Akrobata songs. The Serbian punk rock band [[Novembar]] recorded a cover version of the song "O, o, o", former [[Haustor]] frontman [[Darko Rundek]] covered the song "Ona se budi", and the [[alternative rock]] band [[Vroom (band)|VROOM]] covered the song "Problem". In 2003, on the Milan Mladenović tribute concert in Zagreb, the [[Električni Orgazam]] frontman [[Srđan Gojković]] performed the songs "Fenomen", "Samo ponekad" ("Just Occasionally") and "O, o, o", all of which appeared on the live Milan Mladenović tribute album ''Jako dobar tatoo!''.


In 1998, in the book ''[[YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike]]'' (''YU 100: The Best Albums Of Yugoslav Pop And Rock Music''), the album ''[[Bistriji ili tuplji čovek biva kad...]]'' was ranked No.&nbsp;11.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Antonić|first1=Duško|last2=Štrbac|first2=Danilo|title= YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike|year=1998|publisher=YU Rock Press|location=Belgrade|page=5}}</ref> In the same book ''[[Paket aranžman]]'' appeared on the second place.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Antonić|first1=Duško|last2=Štrbac|first2=Danilo|title= YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike|year=1998|publisher=YU Rock Press|location=Belgrade|page=33}}</ref> In 2015, ''Bistiriji ili tuplji čovek biva kad...'' was pronounced the second on the list of 100 greatest Yugoslav album, published by Croatian edition of ''[[Rolling Stone]]''.<ref name="rollingstone11">{{cite journal|last=|first=|title=Rolling Stone - Specijalno izdanje: 100 najboljih albuma 1955 - 2015|journal=Rolling Stone|publisher=S3 Mediji|location=Zagreb|issue=Special editidon|page=11|language=Croatian}}</ref> On the same list, ''Paket aranžman'' was ranked No. 38.<ref name="rollingstone64">{{cite journal|last=|first=|title=Rolling Stone - Specijalno izdanje: 100 najboljih albuma 1955 - 2015|journal=Rolling Stone|publisher=S3 Mediji|location=Zagreb|issue=Special editidon|page=64|language=Croatian}}</ref>
In 1998, in the book ''[[YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike]]'' (''YU 100: The Best Albums Of Yugoslav Pop And Rock Music''), the album ''[[Bistriji ili tuplji čovek biva kad...]]'' was ranked No.&nbsp;11.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Antonić|first1=Duško|last2=Štrbac|first2=Danilo|title= YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike|year=1998|publisher=YU Rock Press|location=Belgrade|page=5}}</ref> In the same book ''[[Paket aranžman]]'' appeared on the second place.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Antonić|first1=Duško|last2=Štrbac|first2=Danilo|title= YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike|year=1998|publisher=YU Rock Press|location=Belgrade|page=33}}</ref> In 2015, ''Bistiriji ili tuplji čovek biva kad...'' was pronounced the second on the list of 100 greatest Yugoslav album, published by Croatian edition of ''[[Rolling Stone]]''.<ref name="rollingstone11">{{cite magazine|title=Rolling Stone - Specijalno izdanje: 100 najboljih albuma 1955 - 2015|magazine=Rolling Stone|publisher=S3 Mediji|location=Zagreb|issue=Special editidon|page=11|language=hr}}</ref> On the same list, ''Paket aranžman'' was ranked No. 38.<ref name="rollingstone64">{{cite magazine|title=Rolling Stone - Specijalno izdanje: 100 najboljih albuma 1955 - 2015|magazine=Rolling Stone|publisher=S3 Mediji|location=Zagreb|issue=Special editidon|page=64|language=hr}}</ref>


The [[Rock Express Top 100 Yugoslav Rock Songs of All Times]] list, published in 2000, featured two songs by Šarlo Akrobata, "Niko kao ja" (polled No.8) and "Ona se budi" (polled No.62).<ref name="rockexpress27">{{cite journal|last=|first=|title=100 najboljih pesama svih vremena YU rocka|journal=Rock Express|publisher=Rock Express|location=Belgrade|issue=25|pages=27–28|language=Serbian}}</ref> In 2006, on the [[B92 Top 100 Domestic Songs]] list polled by the listeners of [[Radio B92]], the song "Ona se budi" appeared on the fifth place and the song "Niko kao ja" appeared on the ninth place.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.b92.net/radio/100yunajboljih/ |title=B92 Top 100 Domestic Songs list at |publisher=B92.net |date= |accessdate=2013-06-11}}</ref>
The [[Rock Express Top 100 Yugoslav Rock Songs of All Times]] list, published in 2000, featured two songs by Šarlo Akrobata, "Niko kao ja" (polled No.8) and "Ona se budi" (polled No.62).<ref name="rockexpress27">{{cite journal|title=100 najboljih pesama svih vremena YU rocka|journal=Rock Express|location=Belgrade|issue=25|pages=27–28|language=sr}}</ref> In 2006, on the [[B92 Top 100 Domestic Songs]] list polled by the listeners of [[Radio B92]], the song "Ona se budi" appeared on the fifth place and the song "Niko kao ja" appeared on the ninth place.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.b92.net/radio/100yunajboljih/ |title=B92 Top 100 Domestic Songs list at |publisher=B92.net |access-date=2013-06-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070328190959/http://www.b92.net/radio/100yunajboljih/ |archive-date=2007-03-28 }}</ref>


The lyrics of 6 songs by the band (5 written by Mladenović and 1 witten by Kojić) 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'').<ref name="antologija">{{cite book|last=Janjatović|first=Petar|title= Pesme bratstva, detinjstva & potomstva: Antologija ex YU rok poezije 1967 - 2007|year=2008|publisher=Vega media|location=Belgrade|page=}}</ref>
The lyrics of 6 songs by the band (5 written by Mladenović and 1 witten by Kojić) 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'').<ref name="antologija">{{cite book|last=Janjatović|first=Petar|title= Pesme bratstva, detinjstva & potomstva: Antologija ex YU rok poezije 1967 - 2007|year=2008|publisher=Vega media|location=Belgrade}}</ref>


== Members ==
== Members ==
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== References ==
== References ==
* ''EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960-2006'', Janjatović Petar; ISBN 978-86-905317-1-4
* ''EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960-2006'', Janjatović Petar; {{ISBN|978-86-905317-1-4}}
* "Meni je tvoj mozak drag...", Petar Luković, [[Džuboks]], November 7, 1980
* "Meni je tvoj mozak drag...", Petar Luković, [[Džuboks]], 7 November 1980
* "Muzika, aranžmani i tekst: Šarlo Akrobata", Branko Vukojević, Nebojša Pajkić, Džuboks, September 11, 1981
* "Muzika, aranžmani i tekst: Šarlo Akrobata", Branko Vukojević, Nebojša Pajkić, Džuboks, 11 September 1981
* "BISTRIJI ILI TUPLJI ČOVEK BIVA KAD - 25 godina kasnije: Ja želim jako… snažno", Dušan Kojić "Koja", Popboks, December 29, 2006
* "BISTRIJI ILI TUPLJI ČOVEK BIVA KAD - 25 godina kasnije: Ja želim jako… snažno", Dušan Kojić "Koja", Popboks, 29 December 2006
* Antonić, Duško; Štrbac, Danilo (1998). YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike. Belgrade: YU Rock Press
* Antonić, Duško; Štrbac, Danilo (1998). YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike. Belgrade: YU Rock Press


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
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* [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%C5%A0arlo+Akrobata&search_type= Šarlo Akrobata] at [[YouTube]]
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Šarlo Akrobata
Шарло Акробата
Šarlo Akrobata in 1980: Milan Mladenović, Dušan Kojić, and Ivan Vdović.
Šarlo Akrobata in 1980: Milan Mladenović, Dušan Kojić, and Ivan Vdović.
Background information
OriginBelgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Genres
Years active1980–1981
Labels
Spinoffs
Spinoff ofLimunovo Drvo
Past members

Šarlo Akrobata (Serbian Cyrillic: Шарло Акробата, lit.'Charlot the Acrobat')[1] were a seminal Serbian new wave/post-punk band from Belgrade. Short-lived but extremely influential, in addition to being one of the most important acts of the Yugoslav new wave scene, the three piece left an indelible mark on the entire music scene of former Yugoslavia.

Spawning from the progressive/hard rock group Limunovo Drvo (Serbian Cyrillic: Лимуново Дрво, lit.'Lemon Tree'), founded in 1977 by guitarist and vocalist Milan Mladenović and guitarist Dragomir "Gagi" Mihajlović, after several lineup changes, moved towards new wave music, with the arrival of bassist and vocalist Dušan "Koja" Kojić and drummer Ivan "Vd" Vdović. After performing as an opening act for Pankrti in April 1980, Mihajlović left the band and the remaining three members changed their name to Šarlo Akrobata, after a Yugoslav nickname for Charlie Chaplin's character the Tramp. Subsequently, the trio recorded four tracks which were released on the 1981 compilation album Paket aranžman, now considered to be one of the most influential releases in the history of former Yugoslav rock music. During 1981, the band released their debut album Bistriji ili tuplji čovek biva kad..., after which, owing to irreconcilable differences between the band members, the band ceased to exist. The album received critical recognition and is regarded as one of the most notable albums of former Yugoslav rock music.

After the band disbandment, Mladenović with Vdović and Mihajlović formed Katarina II, which changed its name to Ekatarina Velika after the departure of the latter two, and Kojić formed Disciplina Kičme, changing its name to Disciplin A Kitschme in 1995. In 1992, Vdović died of AIDS, followed by Milan Mladenović's death from pancreatic cancer in 1994.

History

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Background: Limunovo Drvo

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In 1978, Milan Mladenović (guitar, vocals) and Gagi Mihajlović (guitar) formed the progressive/hard rock band Limunovo Drvo, with bassist Goran "Maksa" Kovinčić and drummer Dušan "Džindžer" Dejanović.[2] The lineup did not last long and the band experienced frequent personnel changes, including bassist Mikica Stefanović as well as Kovinčić's and Dejanović's respective returns.[3] Despite never achieving stable lineup, the band still managed to string together a bit of an active presence on Belgrade's underground music scene, performing at the Žarkovo and Železnik guitar festivals, at Novi Beograd's Blok 45, the Belgrade Youth Center, as well as staging two solo concerts at the SKC.[2] During this period, the band also recorded a few demo tracks at the famous JM Sound Studio in Zagreb owned by Janko "Truli" Mlinarić and Petko Kantardijev.[2]

Still, Limunovo Drvo never managed to put out an official release although they were reportedly close to recording an album for Suzy Records, only to break apart before that could be realized.[4] Songs performed by Limunovo Drvo include "Da li se sećate?" ("Do you remember?", "Sedmi krug" ("The Seventh Circle", "Oko moje glave" ("All Around My Head"), "Limunovo drvo" ("The Lemon Tree"), "Ne veruj" ("Do Not Believe") and "Gubitak (Nešto u nama)" ("The Loss (Something Within Us)").[2]

At the end of Mladenović's and Mihajlović's creative wits, the two were joined by Dušan "Koja" Kojić (bass, vocals) — who had previously played with a number of underground Belgrade bands in addition to moving in alternative and punk circles gathered around the SKC where he used to conduct public forum debates related to new wave music — as well as Ivan Vdović "VD" (drums, backing vocals), a drummer with a background in jazz music who performed with numerous Belgrade bands including BG5 and Suncokret. Furthermore, Kojić and Mladenović had previously played in a band Izvan Vremena, having their first performance in 1978.[5] The addition of a new rhythm section brought a change in their musical orientations through adopting a new musical direction inspired by the emerging punk rock and new wave scenes.[3] Upon his arrival in Limunovo Drvo, Kojić also brought along his and Milan's mutual friend Nenad "Kele" Krasavac who became the band's unofficial manager.[3] In April 1980, the new Limunovo Drvo lineup opened for Pankrti at Belgrade SKC, performing a set of new and rearranged older songs, after which guitarist Mihajlović decided to leave the band and the remaining members decided to continue working as a trio, changing the name to Šarlo Akrobata.[3]

In June 1980, the band performed at a series of multiple acts free concerts, mostly featuring the newly formed new wave and punk bands, organized at the Belgrade SKC under the supervision of Nebojša Pajkić, after which, Šarlo Akrobata (labeled as Akrobata Šarlo), along with Električni Orgazam and Idoli were recognized by the Džuboks critic Momčilo Rajin as "one of the most exciting new acts".".[6] Rajin stated that Vdović's drum playing style was "reminiscent of Stewart Copeland of The Police", Kojić bass playing as "a true example of simplicity and bareness to the essence of playing his instrument", and Mladenović as "matured into a true band leader".[6] Soon after, the three bands were labeled by the music critics as the core of the emerging scene, consisting of the newly formed Belgrade punk rock and new wave bands centered on SKC, which they called the "Belgrade Alternative Scene" or "BAS".[6] During November, with the performance of the song "Ona se budi" the band competed at Subotica Festival Omladina, the event where the representatives of both the Belgrade and Zagreb new wave scene had met for the first time, claiming second jury prize behind Film.[3]

Paket aranžman

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By the Subotica performance, during autumn 1980, the band had already made their first recordings, the songs "Ona se budi" ("She is Rousing"), "Oko moje glave" ("All Around My Head"), "Niko kao ja" ("No One Like Me") and "Mali čovek" ("Little Man") at the Belgrade Druga Maca studio, owned by the former Indexi keyboard player Enco Lesić, who had also made recordings of the other two "BAS" bands, Idoli and Električni Orgazam.[7] Eventually, in coordination with Lesić and Idoli manager Dragan Papić, the Jugoton executive editor Siniša Škarica came up with an idea of releasing the recordings of three bands in a compilation album, rather than releasing separate maxi singles.[7] During the recording sessions of the three bands, the Druga Maca studio was visited by the young PGP RTB television directors, Boris Miljković and Branimir Dimitrijević "Tucko", who were at the time working together on the Rokenroler (Rockenroller) television show, and in the following couple of weeks, they recorded several music videos for the songs of the three bands, all featuring the same style: a minimalist barren white chroma key scenery surrounding the band members.[8]

The recorded music videos, including the video for the song "Niko kao ja", appeared in the third episode of the Rokenroler show, originally broadcast on New Year's Eve 1981 on R, being the debut television appearance of the three Belgrade new wave acts, as well as the first presentation of the Belgrade new wave bands to a nationwide audience outside.[8] The show became the most notable of all the Rokenroler episodes as well as the most notable work of the two directors.[8] The show also marked one of the first serious attempts of introducing the mainstream music video in Yugoslav media.[8] Following the show's broadcast, in January 1981, The Džuboks magazine journalist Nebojša Mirčetović, in the text "The Ultimate Breakup with the Apathetic Seventies", in the context of the unreleased material promoted by the music videos, stated that the show marked the "beginning of a rainbow at the end of which we would find a jar full of beautiful music waiting for the record labels to release it".[8] During following month, in the same magazine, Ivica Vdović was polled by the readers as the 10th best drummer, and Dušan Kojić as the 9th best bassist of the year 1980.[9]

Despite the intended release during the late-1980, due to the lack of vinyl material, the omnibus compilation album featuring the debut recordings of Šarlo Akrobata, along with the recordings of Električni Orgazam and Idoli, Paket aranžman (Package Deal), was released in February 1981 by Jugoton.[3] Despite the fact that initially all three bands were not content with the release itself, especially the album production, owing to the technical limitations of the studio itself, the half-year delay during which the three bands had evolved musically, the release proved to be one of the most influential albums in the history of Yugoslav rock music.[10] The album received positive critical reaction, with the Džuboks magazine critic Momčilo Rajin, in his review of the album, comparing the release with notability of the Grupa 220, Bijelo Dugme, Prljavo Kazalište and Pankrti debut album releases.[11] The album was not a commercial success, initially being sold in about 10.000 copies with the 20.000 being sold with the subsequent reissues.[12] However, the songs from the release, including "Ona se budi" and "Niko kao ja", were listed on the greatest Yugoslav rock songs lists on several occasions.[13]

The release of Paket aranžman was soon followed by the release of the Miša Radivojević movie Dečko koji obećava (Promising Boy), for which the band recorded three songs, with Goran Vejvoda on guitar and the actor Aleksandar Berček on lead vocals, which appeared on the movie soundtrack.[3] The recorded songs, for which the music was written by Kojić and the lyrics by the screenplay writer Nebojša Pajkić, were performed in the movie by the fictional musical group VIS Dobri Dečaci (The Good Boys), with Kojić acting the guitar player role, Vdović the drummer role and Berček the lead vocalist and film's starring role. The songs "Slobodan" (a popular Serbian name, literally means "free"), "Balada o tvrdim grudima" ("The Ballad of Hard Breasts") and "Depresija" ("Depression), however, were never officially released.[3] In March of the same year, Šarlo Akrobata participated the Pozdrav iz Beograda (Greetings from Belgrade) concert organized in Zagreb as a promotion of the Belgrade new wave scene, and a live promotion of Paket aranžman, on which the band also promoted their debut single "Mali čovek", with "Ona se budi" as the single B-side, released prior to the event.[14]

Bistriji ili tuplji čovek biva kad...

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In April 1981, the band entered the studio in order to record their debut studio album, which was intended to be released through PGP RTB. However, during the recording sessions at the PGP RTB Studio 5, the musical editors of the record label, the composer Aleksandar Pilipenko and Bojan Hreljac, formerly the bassist of Korni Grupa, after visiting the studio during the recording of one of the experimental tracks, the label decided to drop the release.[15] Even though the original band's musical directions were based on a combination of punk rock and white reggae music, the outcome of the album recording sessions proved turned out to be as experimental as possible, with the British new wave styles being combined with reggae, punk sound backed with dub effects.[16] The recording sessions were based on a kind of a system where Mladenović and Kojić would bring fresh raw ideas and Vdović would modify and shape them.[16] Mladenović was into poetic and melodic aspect of the whole thing while Kojić, inspired by Jimi Hendrix style of playing, was turned to minimal lyrics and aggressive music which can be recognized on different tracks on the album and their work in general.[16]

Eventually, in July 1981, after purchasing the recordings from PGP RTB, the debut album Bistriji ili tuplji čovek biva kad... (Brighter or Dumber a Man Gets When...), was released by Jugoton.[16] The material featured guest appearances by Goran Vejvoda, Gagi Mihajlović, Jurij Novoselić "Kuzma" from the band Film and Dejan Kostić from Grupa I.[16] The producer of the album was signed as Akpiđoto (misspelled on the album cover as Aktiđoto) which represents a combination of names of the real producers: Akrobata (the band), Pile (the nickname of Mile Miletić), Đorđe (Đorđe Petrović) and Toni (Toni Jurij, a recording engineer from Ljubljana who was an expert on dub techniques).[16] The album front cover was designed by the band themselves with Goran Vejvoda (who also designed the Paket aranžman cover), the front cover featuring the band with their backs turned and facing a boy to create a kind of a notion of a mirror,[17] with the band members also contributing with their own drawings on the inner sleeve: Mladenović's drawing of his girlfriend, Kojić drew a two scene caricature and added the text from Politikin Zabavnik from an article about the "acrobatic ladles" to the Vdović's drawing.[18]

The title of the album was taken from the Vasa Pelagić book Narodni učitelj (The Folk Teacher), from which the song lyrics for the highly experimental track "Pazite na decu I" ("Take Care Of The Children I") were also taken.[16] Beside the experimental "Pazite na decu I" and "Ljubavna pesma", the album featured the rearranged songs from the Limunovo Drvo period, along with the new material, and the entire written material and arrangements were credited to Šarlo Akrobata, rather than the individual band members themselves.[15] However, the fact that the album did not feature the hit songs from Paket aranžman like "Ona se budi" or "Niko kao ja", which the band considered as repetition of old material, affected the album and sales, with the album being sold in about 10.000 copies without another repressing by Jugoton.[18] Like with the case of Paket aranžman, despite not being commercially successful, the album proved to be one of the most significant albums released in the history of Yugoslav rock music, according to a number of musicians and critics,[17] and was also featured on the greatest Yugoslav rock albums list.[19]

Album promotion and breakup

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Following the album recording sessions on 15 May 1981 with the Croatian new wave band Haustor, the band performed as an opening act for the Gang of Four at the Music Biennale Zagreb festival.[20] It was intended that both bands were to open the Gang of Four concert in Ljubljana, but the performance was canceled.[20] At that time, the professional and, consequently, private relations within the group had not been very well among its members, mostly because of the different views on the future directions of the band.[16] Vdović insisted on bringing in the band Goran Vejvoda and possibly even Vejvoda's girlfriend at the time Dragana Šarić, both of which the members of his side project Announda Rouge.[20] Mladenović was mostly receptive to the idea, also wanted to add a keyboard player and Vejvoda was one of the rare young musicians in Belgrade at the time who owned a Casio VL-2 synthesizer, whereas Kojić vehemently objected to it, feeling the current lineup still had much more to offer.[16] Kojić would later state, in the 2006 documentary about Ekatarina Velika, Kao da je bilo nekad, that the normal relations and communication in Šarlo Akrobata lasted only about six months.[17]

According to Kojić, the band was also reluctant to promote the album with much touring as the writing had already been on the wall since the trio barely tolerated each other at this point, knowing for some time they would soon split apart.[18] The band were also to release a new double A-side single "Bes" ("Anger") / "Prevaren" ("Fooled"), the former being an original version of the dub remix featured on the debut album and the latter being a power pop track version of a Limunovo Drvo track, which were recorded during the album recording sessions, but it was never released.[15] In the Autumn of 1981, they got the "Smeli cvet" award for music by Socialistic Youth Of Yugoslavia, after which the band embarked on a previously booked tour of Poland, during which they also had an unplanned jam improvising session with some of the British jazz performers at the Warsaw jazz festival.[18] Upon returning to Yugoslavia, the band performed at a farewell show Ljubljana in October 1981, which, along with the Music Biennale Zagreb festival performance, proved to be the highest attending Šarlo Akrobata concert (circa 1.000 people),[4] after which they disbanded.[16]

Post-breakup

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By the time Šarlo Akrobata disbanded, Kojić had already had several rehearsals with the band's manager Nenad Krasavac "Kele", who was also the drummer of the Belgrade punk rock band Urbana Gerila, as a duo under the name of Disciplina Kičme, featuring himself on bass guitar and Krasavac on drums.[18] Following the disbandment, Milan Mladenović with Gagi Mihajlović on guitar, Dušan Dejanović on drums, and Zoran "Švaba" Radomirović on bass guitar, formed the band Katarina II, soon to be joined by the keyboard player Margita Stefanović.[21] During the following year, Katarina II drummer Dušan Dejanović left the band in order to join Disciplina Kičme, and was replaced by Ivica Vdović "VD".[21] In 1983, Disciplina Kičme with the drummer Srđan Todorović released their debut album Sviđa mi se da ti ne bude prijatno (I Find Your Discomfort Appealing), featuring the tracks "Mozak" ("Brain") and "Pečati" ("Stamps"), originally performed by Šarlo Akrobata, but never officially released. The following year, Katarina II released their debut album Katarina II, after which both Mihajlović and Vdović left the band and the rest of the lineup changed the name to Ekatarina Velika.[21]

Both Disciplina Kičme and Ekatarina Velika would release a series of critically and moderately commercially successful albums throughout the 1980s.[21][22] The rivalry between the two bands heated up with the Disciplina Kičme drummer Srđan Todorović joining Ekatarina Velika in 1987.[21] During the same year, Disciplina Kičme released the EP Dečija pesma (Children Song), featuring six different versions of the title track, which featured the lyrics "Nije dobro Bijelo Dugme; Nije dobra Katarina; Šta je dobro; Šta nam treba; Kičme, Kičme Disciplina") ("Bijelo Dugme is no good; And neither is Katarina; What is good?; What we need?; Kičme, Kičme Disciplina").[22] One of the versions featured the guest appearance by Vdović, who had been working with Du Du A and Heroji after leaving Katarina II,[21] on rhythm machine.[22] In 1989, Vdović formed the band DDT with the former Urbana Gerila member Srđan Marković "Đile" (vocals) and former Profili Profili member Miodrag Stojanović "Čeza" (rhythm machine).[23] On 23 September 1992 Ivan Vdović, being the first officially registered HIV positive person in former Yugoslavia, died of AIDS at the age of 32.[23]

In 1991, Jugoton rereleased Paket aranžman on compact disc, becoming one of the first CD releases in former Yugoslavia.[24] The following year, with the outbreak of the Yugoslav wars, Mladenović participated the antiwar project Rimtutituki,[25] and Kojić moved to London where, after performing in various bands, revived Discpilina Kičme with an alternative band name Disciplin A Kitschme, releasing several albums, featuring the rerecorded English language versions of Disciplina Kičme songs along with new material, and achieved a cult status.[26] After releasing two albums with Ekatarina Velika, in 1994, Mladenović moved to Brazil where, with his friend and musical collaborator, Mitar Subotić, as Angel's Breath, released their eponymous album, recorded with a lineup of Brazilian musicians.[25] Upon his return, on 24 August 1994, Ekatarina Velika played what would turn out to be their last show at the Pjesma Mediterana festival in Budva, as the next day Mladenović was held in a hospital, and was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.[25] On 5 November 1994 Milan Mladenović died in Belgrade at the age of 36.[25]

Kojić continued performing with the London lineup of Disciplin A Kitschme until 2003 when he moved back to Belgrade.[26] In 2002, the actress and director Sonja Savić recorded an independent documentary movie Šarlo te gleda (Charlot is Watching You), dedicated to the late Šarlo Akrobata drummer Ivan Vdović, which covered the story of Šarlo Akrobata and other bands from the Belgrade scene of the 1980s.[27] The following year, Igor Mirković released a book and directed a movie on the entire former Yugoslav new wave scene entitled Sretno dijete (Happy Child), which featured the story on Šarlo Akrobata, however, Kojić refused to participate in the film, dissatisfied with the fact that bands like Bijelo Dugme, a progressive rock band which switched to playing new wave music with the genre popularity, were included in the storyline.[18] In 2005, Kojić reformed a new Belgrade lineup of Disciplin A Kitschme and resumed discography and touring activities.[26] In 2007, Croatia Records, the successor of Jugoton, released a box set entitled Paket Aranžman featuring a remastered edition of the album, packed with the Šarlo Akrobata and Električni orgazam debut albums.[24]

Musical style

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During the progressive/hard rock period of Limunovo Drvo, Milan Mladenović had already discovered the British new wave bands XTC and The Stranglers, a musical preference he discovered to be sharing with Dušan Kojić "Koja", upon whose arrival in Limunovo Drvo, the band moved towards punk rock and new wave.[6] Another new arrival which influenced the new musical orientation of Limunovo Drvo was the drummer Ivica Vdović "VD", who was more of a jazz musical background than rock, being a fan of jazz, jazz fusion, swing and be-bop,[28] and Frank Zappa.[18] During the earliest period of Šarlo Akrobata, the band sounded like a punk rock band rather than a new wave band, which changed with their ambition for a more minimal instrumentation.[29] During this second period, the band embraced reggae, ska and punk funk, with the Gang of Four debut album Entertainment! and Joe Jackson debut Look Sharp! being a major influence, as documented on the compilation album Paket aranžman.[6] In an interview, Kojić also listed James Chance and the Contortions, The Pop Group, Public Image Limited, Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix among the band favorites.[18]

After the Paket aranžman period, the band moved towards making further experimentation which was marked as an "organized chaos" by Vdović, in which Vdović's playing open forms allowed the connection of Kojić's raw and aggressive treatment of the bass guitar as a solo instrument and Mladenović melodic guitar and vocal style.[30] Mladenović would later state that he was the force in the band which could organize in a coherent whole the sounds coming from the unrestrained bass and drums, part of which owing to the necessity to play and sing most of the time, which affected his playing style.[31] This period was documented on the band's debut and only studio album Bistriji ili tuplji čovek biva kad....[16] Following the debut track on the album, the Stranglers and Magazine-influenced waltz intro "Šarlo je nežan", the album's second track "Pazite na decu" featured the band members unexpectedly entering the studio with a few associates and switching their instruments, with Mladenović on drums and vocals, Vdović playing guitar, Kojić playing the goblet drum and shouting, Dejan Kostić of Du Du A on bass, and Goran Vejvoda on guitar.[28]

Another highly experimental track was "Ljubavna pesma" which was an improvisation recorded in a single take, the practice also used in the track "Čovek", featuring the exclamation "Družino" ("Camaradery") as a tribute to the band Buldožer,[15] in which the band wanted to play as fast as possible, resulting in the most aggressive track on the album.[28] The album also featured the rearranged songs from the Limunovo Drvo period, "Fenomen", "Sad se jasno vidi", "Rano izjutra", which were rearranged to a raw punk sound, and the melodic "Samo ponekad", which featured an oriental solo at the end of the track.[15] Their fondness for ska music was continued on the release with the track "O, O, O", featuring a guest saxophone solo by Jurij Novoselić "Kuzma" from the band Film.[15] "O, O, O" featured dub music influences which were also found in the tracks "Bes" and "Problem", the latter featuring effects made by the collision of microphones, the placing of nylon bags over the microphones and stopping the tapes with an intense echo.[15] The album also featured the power pop songs "Ja želim jako" and "Pazite na decu II" influenced by the British power pop scene.[15]

Legacy

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Šarlo Akrobata songs have been covered by various artists. In 1995, the Slovenian group 2227 recorded the single "Šarlo budi nežan" ("Šarlo, Be Gentle") as a tribute to the band. In 1998, the Serbian punk rock band Džukele performed live a cover version of the song "Fenomen" ("Phenomenon"), released on the Punk You All various artists compilation. In 1999, the Serbian punk rock band Plejboj, on the various artists cover album Korak napred 2 koraka nazad (A Step Forward 2 Steps Backwards), recorded a cover version of the song "Sad se jasno vidi" ("Now It Is Clearly Visible"). In 2009, the Serbian actor and musician Nikola Pejaković "Kolja" covered the song "Samo ponekad" and released it as a digital download single for his second studio album Kolja.[32] In 2013, Serbian guitarist Miroslav Tadić recorded an instrumental version of "Ona se budi" on his album Mirina.[33]

In 2002, on the Milan Mladenović tribute album Kao da je bilo nekad... (Posvećeno Milanu Mladenoviću) (As If It Had Happened Sometime... (Dedicated To Milan Mladenović)) appeared several covers of Šarlo Akrobata songs. The Serbian punk rock band Novembar recorded a cover version of the song "O, o, o", former Haustor frontman Darko Rundek covered the song "Ona se budi", and the alternative rock band VROOM covered the song "Problem". In 2003, on the Milan Mladenović tribute concert in Zagreb, the Električni Orgazam frontman Srđan Gojković performed the songs "Fenomen", "Samo ponekad" ("Just Occasionally") and "O, o, o", all of which appeared on the live Milan Mladenović tribute album Jako dobar tatoo!.

In 1998, in the book YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike (YU 100: The Best Albums Of Yugoslav Pop And Rock Music), the album Bistriji ili tuplji čovek biva kad... was ranked No. 11.[34] In the same book Paket aranžman appeared on the second place.[35] In 2015, Bistiriji ili tuplji čovek biva kad... was pronounced the second on the list of 100 greatest Yugoslav album, published by Croatian edition of Rolling Stone.[36] On the same list, Paket aranžman was ranked No. 38.[37]

The Rock Express Top 100 Yugoslav Rock Songs of All Times list, published in 2000, featured two songs by Šarlo Akrobata, "Niko kao ja" (polled No.8) and "Ona se budi" (polled No.62).[38] In 2006, on the B92 Top 100 Domestic Songs list polled by the listeners of Radio B92, the song "Ona se budi" appeared on the fifth place and the song "Niko kao ja" appeared on the ninth place.[39]

The lyrics of 6 songs by the band (5 written by Mladenović and 1 witten by Kojić) 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).[40]

Mitglieder

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Former members

Note: Dragomir Mihajlović is tentatively listed here as a band member, since the April 1980 performance of Limunovo Drvo opening for Pankrti was regarded by the band as their first performance, even though the band got the name Šarlo Akrobata immediately after the performance.[29]

Discography

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Studio albums

References

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  • EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960-2006, Janjatović Petar; ISBN 978-86-905317-1-4
  • "Meni je tvoj mozak drag...", Petar Luković, Džuboks, 7 November 1980
  • "Muzika, aranžmani i tekst: Šarlo Akrobata", Branko Vukojević, Nebojša Pajkić, Džuboks, 11 September 1981
  • "BISTRIJI ILI TUPLJI ČOVEK BIVA KAD - 25 godina kasnije: Ja želim jako… snažno", Dušan Kojić "Koja", Popboks, 29 December 2006
  • Antonić, Duško; Štrbac, Danilo (1998). YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike. Belgrade: YU Rock Press

Notes

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  1. ^ "Sinemagija, Čarli Čaplin". Sinemagija.com. Retrieved 2013-06-11.
  2. ^ a b c d Rigonat 2008, p. 12
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Janjatović 2006, p. 220
  4. ^ a b "Intervju #9". Solair.eunet.rs. Retrieved 2013-07-09.
  5. ^ "Intervju #3". Solair.eunet.rs. Retrieved 2013-07-09.
  6. ^ a b c d e Rajin, Momčilo (March 27, 1981). "Hronika BG talasa" (in Serbo-Croatian) (Džuboks magazine No. 111). Gornji Milanovac: Dečije novine: 38. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. ^ a b Mirković 2003, p. 114
  8. ^ a b c d e Mirković 2003, p. 115
  9. ^ "Izbor '80" (in Serbo-Croatian). Gornji Milanovac: Džubokos. February 27, 1981. pp. 19–20.
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