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Nikola Čuturilo ( sr-Cyrl, Никола Чутурило; born 9 July 1962), also known as Čutura ( Чутура, literally " canteen") is a Serbian rock musician. He is known as a guitarist for the band
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, as well as for his solo work.


Biography


Early career

Čuturilo started his career as a teenager, in 1976, playing as a guitarist for the band Kredit, which also featured Igor Popović (who would later become frontman of
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, vocals), Časlav Stanković (guitar), Srđan Đurić (bass guitar) and Milan Bubalo (drums). However, Kredit soon disbanded (Stanković, Đurić and Bubalo would later form Laki Pingvini), and in 1977, Čuturilo and Popović, with Srđan Đurić (bass guitar), Slobodan Đurišić (later would play in Mama Co Co, Točak Band, Spori Ritam Bend and YU grupa, drums) and Saša Lokner (later would play in Bajaga i Instruktori, keyboards), formed the band Paviljon. After a year spent in Paviljon, Čuturilo became a member of Bicikl. With Bicikl Čuturilo recorded a 7-inch single with songs "Palanačka hronika" ("Small Town Chronicles") and "Dečja pesma" ("Children's Song"), released in 1981. Čuturilo soon had to leave Bicikl due to his
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obligations, and after he returned from the army in 1982, he joined Siluete. A year later, Čuturilo moved to the band Zamba, with which he released the album ''Udarac nisko'' (''Low Punch''). In 1984, Zamba disbanded and Čuturilo accepted the invitation from Električni Orgazam leader Srđan Gojković to join Električni Orgazam on tour.


Riblja Čorba

In September 1984, Čuturilo became a member of
Riblja Čorba Riblja Čorba ( sr-Cyrl, Рибља Чорба, pronounced ; ) is a Serbian and former Yugoslav Rock music, rock band formed in Belgrade in 1978. The band has been one of the most popular and most influential acts of the Popular music in the So ...
. He and Vidoja "Džindžer" Božinović became new Riblja Čorba guitar duo, replacing Rajko Kojić and Momčilo Bajagić. Čuturilo spent five years in Riblja Čorba, appearing on studio albums '' Istina'' (''Truth''; 1985), '' Osmi nervni slom'' (''Eighth Nervous Breakdown''; 1986), '' Ujed za dušu'' (''Soul Bite''; 1987) and '' Priča o ljubavi obično ugnjavi'' (''Talking About Love Is Usually Annoying''; 1988).


Solo career

Čuturilo released his first solo album ''9 lakih komada'' (''9 Easy Pieces'') in 1988. He wrote all songs on the album, and played guitar and sung on the album recording. Bass guitarists Bodan Arsovski (of Leb i Sol) and Žika Jelić (of YU grupa), drummers Dragoljub Đuričić (of Leb i Sol) and Ivan Ranković (of Ekatarina Velika), keyboardist Saša Lokner (of Bajaga i Instruktori) and guitarist Vlada Negovanovuć (of Tunel) participated in the album recording. Serbian
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pioneer Mile Lojpur appeared as a guest musician in the song "Kad je Lojpur svirao" ("When Lojpur Used to Play"), referring to himself. The album was well received and Čuturilo formed Laki Band (''Easy Band'') which featured
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member
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(guitar), Dragoljub Đuričić (drums) and Ruž member Dejan Grujić (bass guitar). With Laki Band Čuturilo recorded his second solo album, ''Raskršće'' (''Crossroads'') in 1989. Album was produced by
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, and, alongside Laki Band members, featured
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and Saša Lokner on keyboards and Dejan Cukić on backing vocals. During the same year, Čuturilo wrote the music for the theatre play ''Najbolji ludi dan'' (''The Best Crazy Day'') which was set at the stage of
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theatre. On 14 September 1989 Čuturilo officially left Riblja Čorba and formed the band Oblaci (''The Clouds'') which featured Nikola Čuturilo's brother Darko (keyboards), Zoran "Baki" Radovanović (drums), Dejan Grujić (bass guitar), and Saša Ranđelović (guitar). Čuturilo and Oblaci (under the name Čutura & Oblaci) released the album ''Rekom ljubavi'' (''Down the River of Love'') in 1991. The album was produced by Saša Habić and brought a number of radio hits: "Glorija" ("Gloria"), "Pustiću radio" ("I'll Put the Radio On"), "Reka ljubavi" ("River of Love") and "Srećan put" ("Have a Nice Trip"). Album featured Pera Joe, Jelena Galonić, Nenad Milosavljević,
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and Žika Jelić as guest musicians. In 1991, Čuturilo participated at the Retrospective Evening of the Belgrade Spring Festival, performing a cover of Oliver Dragojević's song "Molitva za Magdalenu" ("Prayer for Magdalene") which was released on the album ''Beograde'' (''Oh, Belgrade''). At the time Čutura & Oblaci went on the ''Rekom ljubavi'' tour,
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broke out, and in November 1991, Čuturilo went to London. In London Čuturilo performed mostly in clubs, playing with
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and Micky Moody, among others. In 1998, he recorded his fourth studio album ''I.D.''. The album was recorded in London with David Duncan (bass guitar) and Neil Findlay (drums), produced in
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by Vlada Negovanović, and released through Komuna Belgrade. In 2006, Čutrilo released his fifth solo album, ''Nemir'' (''The Unrest''), recorded with Dejan Grujić on bass guitar and Blagoje Nedeljković on drums. The album was produced by Block Out leader Nikola Vranjković and released through PGP-RTS. In 2012, Čuturilo released the album ''Tu i sad'' (''Here and Now''). The album was released both on CD, through PGP-RTS, and available for free
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, through timemmachinemusic.org. ''Tu i sad'' featured a new version of his 1989 hit "Voli me" ("Love Me"), and a cover of
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song "Sećanja" ("Memories"). The album featured guest appearances by Dragi and Žika Jelić of YU grupa, and
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and Vidoja Božinović of Riblja Čorba. The video for the song "Sanjam da je bolje" ("I'm Dreaming that It's Better") from the album featured the actress Gala Videnović. During the same year, Čuturilo wrote the official song of the 2012 European Men's Handball Championship, held in Serbia. The song, entitled "Never Give Up", was sung by Ognjen Radivojević. The same song, with lyrics in Serbian and entitled "Nikad ne zaboravi", was recorded by four children, including Čuturilo's son Danilo, as the official song of the 2012 European Women's Handball Championship, also held in Serbia. In March 2014, Čuturilo released the single "Neko ka ja" ("Someone Like Me"), widely praised by the media for its political and social lyrics. In December of the same year, Čuturilo released the compilation album ''Neko kao ja'', featuring 17 old songs, and two new ones, the title track and the song "Nije se dogodilo odavno" ("I Hasn't Happened for a Long Time"). In April 2016, several days before Serbian parliamentary election, Čuturilo released a new single, political-oriented "Cirkus stiže" ("The Circus Is Coming"). In March 2017, Čuturilo released another single with political lyrics, "Welcome to the Show".


Collaborations

In 1986, Čuturilo wrote lyrics for the songs "Blagi bože podigni me" ("Dear God Lift Me Up") and "Još samo ovu noć mi daj" ("Give Me just This more Night") released on Kerber's album '' Seobe'' (''Migrations''). During the same year he wrote lyrics for the song "Obeć'o sam drugu" ("I Promised to My Friend") released on Peđa D' Boy's album ''Laku noć ti mala'' (''Good Night, Baby''). Čuturilo wrote lyrics for six songs released on the YU grupa 1987 album '' Od zlata jabuka'' (''Golden Apple'') and sung backing vocals on the album recording. He also appeared as the author of the lyrics on YU grupa's following album '' Ima nade'' (''There Is Hope''), authoring the lyrics for six songs, including hits "Zaboravi" ("Forget"), "Mornar" ("Sailor") and "Dunavom šibaju vetrovi" ("Winds still Blow by the
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"). On YU grupa's 1990 album '' Tragovi'' (''Traces'') he was the author of all of the lyrics. Čuturilo wrote music for one song and lyrics for three songs, including the hit "Letnje kiše" ("Summer Rains"), for Dejan Cukić's 1989 album ''Zajedno'' (''Together''), but also cooperated in writing of lyrics for three songs released on the album.


Legacy

The album ''9 lakih komada'' was polled in 1998 as 99th on the list of 100 greatest Yugoslav popular music albums in the book '' YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike'' (''YU 100: The Best albums of Yugoslav pop and rock music''). The same list features two Riblja Čorba albums on which Čuturilo played: '' Istina'', ranked No. 43, and '' Osmi nervni slom'', ranked No. 83.


Discography


With Bicikl


Singles

* "Palanačka hronika" / "Dečja pesma" (1981)


With Zamba


Studio albums

* ''Udarac nisko'' (1983)


Singles

* "Zašto ideš s njim" / "Nesvesno zaljubljen" (1983)


With Riblja Čorba


Studio albums

* '' Istina'' (1985) * '' Osmi nervni slom'' (1986) * '' Ujed za dušu'' (1987) * '' Priča o ljubavi obično ugnjavi'' (1988)


Live albums

* '' Nema laži, nema prevare – Uživo, Zagreb `85'' (1995) * '' Od Vardara pa do Triglava'' (1996) * '' Koncert za brigadire'' (2012)


With Arsen Dedić and Bora Đorđević

* '' Arsen & Bora Čorba Unplugged '87'' (1987)


Solo


Studio albums

* ''9 lakih komada'' (1988) * ''Raskršće'' (1989) * ''Rekom ljubavi'' (1991) * ''I.D.'' (1997) * ''Nemir'' (2006) * ''Tu i sad'' (2012) * '' Priče iz depoa'' (2021)


Compilation albums

* ''Neko kao ja'' (2014)


Singles

* "Molitva za Magdalenu" (1991) * "Cirkus stiže" (2016) * "Dobar dan" (2017)


References

* ''EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960–2006'', Janjatović Petar; * ''Riblja čorba'', Jakovljević Mirko;


External links


Official MySpace

Official YouTube channel


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