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duo featuring former

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frontman

Vlada Divljan Vladimir "Vlada" Divljan ( sr-Cyrl, Владимир "Влада" Дивљан; 10 May 1958 – 5 March 2015), was a Serbian singer and songwriter. He was known as the frontman of the Serbian and Yugoslav rock band Idoli, one of the bands which ...

and former Leb i Sol keyboardist Kiril Džajkovski, both living in

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during the late nineties when the band existed. After releasing one EP and one long-play album, the two continued working on their solo projects.

History

Former

frontman

moved to Australia in August 1991. He worked with local bands and soon started working on a local

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n radio station. During the mid-nineties he had already established himself as an expert on soundtrack composing, mainly working with electronic music. At about the same time former Leb i Sol member Kiril Džajkovski moved to Australia and released an EP ''Synthetic Theatre'' through AG records. In January 1997, the two started working together on a project called Aparatchicks and the first release was ''Dekada'' (Decade) featuring four tracks of sampled speeches of

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combined with electronic music and rhythm. It was released as an EP by Avant Garde Records. The next release was a long play album ''Recorded Supplement'' released by AG Records in 1997. The album featured experimental electronic music sound. The font used for the cover was similar to the font of the Serbian daily newspaper ''

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''. In 1998 Divljan returned to

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and recorded the soundtrack album for ''Tri palme za dve bitange i ribicu'', released by Favi. The soundtrack featured tracks from the ''Dekada'' EP. Divljan went back to Australia. He met his future wife Dina, got a son and moved to

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. In the meantime he released two solo albums, one with his Old Stars Band called ''Sve laži sveta'' and the other ''Vlada Divljan presents Die Tonzentrale'' as Die Tonzentrale. Džajkovski continued his solo works and recorded several EPs, albums and soundtracks. In 2005 he worked on the soundtrack album for ''Balcancan'' on which appeared the track "Baba Zumbula" featuring Vlada Divljan. The song became a nationwide hit in

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Discography

* ''Dekada'' (Avant Garde Records, 1997) - EP * ''Recorded Supplement'' (AG Records, 1997) - Studio album * ''Tri palme za dve bitange i ribicu'' (Favi, 1998) - Soundtrack album, featuring tracks from ''Dekada''

External links and references

* EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960-2006, Janjatović Petar;
Kiril Džajkovski official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Apartchiks Australian electronic musicians Musical groups established in 1997