Lav Bratuša

Darkwood Dub
Darkwood Dub at the Supernatural Festival in 2008
Background information
Also known as	Darkvud Dab
Origin	Belgrade, Serbia
Genres	Alternative rock, indie rock, noise rock, reggae, dub, electronic rock, drum and bass, experimental rock, neo-psychedelia, downtempo, jazz, bossa nova
Years active	1988 – present
Labels	Take It Or Leave It Records, B92, L.V.O. Records, Radio BOOM 93, PGP-RTS, Circle Records, Nova Aleksandrija, Magix Entertainment, Stereo Freeze, Multimedia Records, Exit Music, Odličan Hrčak
Associated acts	Fake Madona's Underwear, Klajberi, Menson Benson Sextet, Presing, Plejboj, Sunshine, Teget, Vasil Hadžimanov Band, Bisera Veletanlić
Website	www.darkwooddub.rs
Members	Bojan Drobac Dejan Vučetić Lav Bratuša Milorad Ristić
Past members	Miladin Radivojević Vladimir Jerić Vasil Hadžimanov

Darkwood Dub is an alternative rock band from Belgrade, Serbia, which, formed in 1988, gradually grew to prominence on the Serbian rock scene. Their music is characterized by gentle bass lines, a mixture of live drumming and electronic percussion, along with frequent use of slide guitar, synthesizers and samplers. The succinct and introspective lyrics are also a prominent feature, sung with offbeat vocals of Dejan Vučetić. Apart from 7 official albums, the band participated in several joint projects, composed scores for several films and theatre plays. They also showed a political streak by participating in many pro-democracy projects.

In 2009, the band was nominated for the Best Regional Act at the MTV European Awards. Today, Darkwood Dub are one of the top bands of the Serbian rock scene, and for the last 10 years, they have been touring regularly throughout former Yugoslav countries, Austria, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary.

The band was formed in Autumn 1988 with an intention of playing a combination of reggae and noise music in the lineup consisting of two drummers (playing the same drum kit), two bassists, a rhythm machine and a vocalist. The inspiration for the name the band members found in the Italian comic book Zagor, in a character who lived in the imaginary forest Darkwood. Throughout the years and many personnel changes, the default lineup became Vladimir Jerić "Vlidi" (guitar), Bojan Drobac "Bambi" (guitar), Dejan Vučetić "Vuča" (vocals), Milorad Ristić "Miki" (bass) and Lav Bratuša (drums).