Elipse
Elipse | |
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Elipse in 1968 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 1962–1968 |
| Labels | PGP-RTB, Simke Music |
| Past members | Momčilo Radovanović Radomir Dmitrović Minja Tasić Vladimir Furduj Zoran Simjanović Božidar Knežević Kosta Ignjatović Bojan Hreljac Slobodan Skakić Simeun Vuković Aleksandar Mandić Edi Dekeng Nikola Zembić Dragan Kuprijanov Zoran Jurkić |
Elipse (Serbian Cyrillic: Елипсе; trans. The Ellipses) were a Yugoslav rock band formed in Belgrade in 1962. They were one of the pioneers of the Yugoslav rock scene and one of the country's most popular bands during the 1960s.
Elipse initially performed beat music and rhythm and blues. With the arrival of vocalist Edi Dekeng, the band added a brass section and moved towards soul music. During the six years of the band's activity, they enjoyed nationwide popularity. Their releases and live performances were praised by the press, and the Yugoslav media compared their rivalry with the band Siluete to the one between The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. After the group disbanded in 1968, bass guitarist Bojan Hreljac and drummer Vladimir Furduj would join highly influential band Korni Grupa, and keyboardist Zoran Simjanović would go on to become one of the most notable composers of film music in South-Eastern Europe.