Goran Trajkoski () (born 21 November 1963) is a

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musician. He rose to international prominence as a

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of the group

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which was featured on the

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for the

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-nominated movie '' Before the Rain'' directed by

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. He started his musical career as a member of the

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band Afektiven naboj from

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. After moving to

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he joined the punk band Saraceni led by Vladimir Petrovski Karter. Later he was a

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of the influential 1980s group Padot na Vizantija. He played bass guitar in the Macedonian

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from 1986 until 1987. After the reunion of

in the 2000s, Goran Trajkovski became its new frontman. He is also involved in solo projects, for instance as an author of

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under the

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''Gotra'' (Готра) as well as a composer for

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and

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music.

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"Mizar - 20 years after" by Miodrag Mišolić at the Mizar Official Website
*Dragan Pavlov and Dejan Šunjka "Punk u Jugoslaviji" (Punk in Yugoslavia), publisher: IGP Dedalus, Yugoslavia, 1990 {{DEFAULTSORT:Trajkoski, Goran 1963 births Living people Macedonian rock singers Yugoslav rock singers Macedonian songwriters Gothic rock musicians Punk rock musicians Post-punk musicians People from Veles, North Macedonia

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