Kristali
| Kristali | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Genres | Pop rock |
| Years active | 1993 – present |
| Labels | L.V.O. Records, PGP-RTS, B92, Metropolis Records, Multimedia Records |
| Associated acts | Del Arno Band, Babe, Đura i Mornari, Familija, Qrve, U Škripcu |
| Members | Dejan Gvozden Jovan Petrović Marko Orlović Bojan Marjanović |
| Past members | Željko Markuš Bojan Dmitrašinović Ernest Džananović Aleksandar Šišić Bojan Dmitrašinović Dejan Kostić Dejan Škopelja Ivan Krstić Milan Popović Nenad Potije Ratko Ljubičić Predrag Manov |
Kristali (Serbian Cyrillic: Кристали; trans. The Crystals) are a Serbian pop rock band from Belgrade.
The band was formed on January 1993, by bassist and vocalist Dejan Gvozden and guitarist Željko Markuš, who, having performed blues and rock standards in Belgrade cafes, were joined by drummer Dejan Kostić. By the time the band had written their first hit song "Dva metra" ("Two Meters"), for which the music video was directed by Milutin Petrović, they had already featured a new bassist Milan Popović, thus leaving Gvozden on the vocal position only. The band was further expanded with the arrival of the former Del Arno Band member Nenad Potije on trombone. During the same year, the band had their first recording, the song "O kako si lepa" ("Oh, How Beautiful You Are"), released on the L.V.O. Records various artists compilation Academia vol.1, and the live version of the song, recorded at the Belgrade club Prostor on February 9, 1994, appeared on the 1995 live various artists compilation Groovanje vol. 1.
The debut album Kristali (The Crystals), released by L.V.O. Records in 1994, featured guest appearances by Eyesburn frontman Nemanja Kojić (trombone), Borivoje Borac (saxophone), Vladimir Lešić (percussion), Đorđe Vasović (keyboards) and Dža ili Bu member Aleksadar Mitanovski, who played the guitar solo on the track "Emili" ("Emily"). The album, recorded at the Belgrade Akademija studio from March until June 1994, was produced by Goran Živković "Žika" and Rodoljub Stojanović, and the album cover was designed by Goranka Matić. Through the notable songs "Dva metra" ("Two Meters"), "O kako si lepa", "Znam" ("I Know") and "Osmi dan" ("The Eighth Day"), the latter two being released on a double A-side 7" single, the band promoted pop structured songs up-to-date with the current Britpop trends in Great Britain. Available on compact cassette only, the album was quickly sold out and is today a rarity and a collector's item.
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