VIA Talas

Infobox musical artist
Name = VIA Talas

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Alias = Talas
Origin = Belgrade, Serbia
Yugoslavia
Genre = New Wave
Years_active = 1981 – 1983
Label = Sarajevo Disk
Jugoton
PGP RTB
PGP RTS

Associated_acts = BG 5
D' Boys
Katarina II / Ekatarina Velika
Piloti
Mission
Miško Plavi Band
URL = [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=136959808 Unofficial myspace]
Past_members = Bojan Pečar
Dušan Gerzić
Mira Mijatović
Miško Petrović

VIA Talas were a Serbian new wave band notable as one of the participants of the "Artistička radna akcija" project.

History

The band was formed in early eighties by fomrer BG 5 member Bojan Pečar (vocals, bass, guitar, synthesizer, percussion), Mira Mijatović (vocals) and Dušan Gerzić Gera (saxophone, drums) and Miško Petrović Plavi (bass, guitar, backing vocals). The band participated the "Artistička radna akcija" compilation with two songs, "Hawai (najljepši kraj)" and "Lilihip (My Boy Lollipop)", the later being a cover version of a Millie Small song. The band performed as an opening act for Idoli at their first concert.

In 1983 the band released their debut record "Perfektan dan za banana ribe" which got the title by the J.D. Salinger's short-story "A Perfect Day for Bananafish". The opening track on the album, "Sama" ("Alone") became a nationwide hit and appeared on the Svetislav "Bata" Prelić's "Šecerna vodica" movie soundtrack. The album was released by Sarajevo disk and was produced by Pečar and Boban Petrović. As guests on the album appeared Milan "Mića" Bubalo (drum machine), Ivan Vdović Vd (drums), Milan Mladenović (guitar) and Vuk Vujačić (saxophone).

The band's song "Ti" appeared on the "Ventilator 202 - Demo top 10" compilation, soon after the band ceased to exist. Mira Mijatović died of drug overdose. Gerzić worked as a designer and graphic artist and collaborated with Yugoslav new wawe bands like Haustor, Električni orgazam, Idoli, D' Boys and Ekatarina Velika. In 1986 he completed the Applied Arts studies in Belgrade and held numerous exhibitions in SFR Yugoslavia and abroad. He worked in Paris, New York, Toronto and in 1997 he returned to Belgrade where he died the following year.

Bojan Pečar joined Katarina II which, after the release of their self titled album, was renamed to Ekatarina Velika with whom he released four more studio and one live album. In early 1990 he left the band and moved to London and played in the band called Mission. He also wrote poetry and was a painter. On October 16 1998 Pečar died of heart attack in London. He was 37.

The only surviving member of the band is Miško Plavi. He joined D' Boys as guitarist and bassist and until 1986 when he joined Piloti. In 1995 he joined Ekatarina Velika and released the song "Zvezde" on the compilation "S' one strane duge". He also started playing accoridion and worked on several movie soundtracks and solo projects. In 2003 he formed the Miško Plavi Band with musicians from Serbia, India, United Kingdom and Israel. He also participated the "Kao da je bilo nekad" tribute to Milan Mladenović. With Miško Plavi Band he released two studio album and one live album. He is the member of the French and Serbian composers organization and is the owner of two golden and one platinum record.

Discography

Studio albums

* "Perfektan dan za banana ribe" (Sarajevo Disk, 1983)

Various artists compilations

* "Artistička radna akcija" (Jugoton, 1981)
* "Ventilator 202 - Demo top 10" (PGP RTB, 1983)
* "Specijal 2: Dan zaljubljenih" (PGP RTS, 2005)

External links and references

* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=136959808 Unofficial myspace]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Via+Talas VIA Talas at Discogs]
* [http://www.last.fm/music/Via+Talas VIA Talas at Last.fm]
* [http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=26nQZAsgYt0 VIA Talas at Youtube]
* [http://www.miskoplavi.com/ Miško Plavi official site]

See also

* New Wave in Yugoslavia
* Serbian rock