Electro Team

Last updated
Electro Team
Origin Zagreb, Croatia
Genres Dance, Eurodance, Europop
Years active1987–present
LabelsZG ZOE Music (1994-1996)
Croatia Records (1997-2001)
Gold Music (2002-2006)
Hit Records (2007-present)
MembersAdonis Ćulibrk
Meri Andraković
Past members Vanna
Darko Juranović
Nino Mlinac

Electro Team (ET) is a hip hop/eurodance band from Croatia, active since 1987. [1] [2]

Contents

ET's July 1993 single "Tek je 12 sati" was named by journalists and music critics as Croatia's hit of the decade. [3] E.T. saw their greatest popularity while performing with their former lead singer Vanna, who joined the band in 1991 and left for solo career in 1998. [3]

History

Electro Team was formed in Zagreb in 1987 by Adonis Ćulibrk – Boytronic. The band was inspired by the legendary hip-hop / electro band Mantronix. At that time, on Boytronic's invitation, Darko Juranovic D'Knock (then known under the pseudonyms DáReal and Doc. DáReal), joined the band, and they started a demo recording period in which they created several songs. At the end of the 1980s, Sky Rocker joined the band, but at the beginning of the Homeland War he went to the United States. The band had their first public performance in 1989 on Z3 Television (an experimental programme on Croatian Radiotelevision) where they performed “Miami Ladies“ in their own artistic interpretation. At that time, Vanna (Ivana Ranilović, today Vrdoljak), their future singer, still wasn't a part of their group. To the present day the band has put out seven studio albums. The band collaborated with the producer Ilan Kabiljo who at the time had a duet with Ivana Ranilović which was called Ilan & Ivana. Ivana soon became a backup singer in ET and this combination of hip hop and a female vocal proved to be very successful. Sky Rocker returned to Croatia in 1992 and took part in the production of ET's debut album Electro Team produced by Tomo in der Mühlen which was mostly hip hop and pop rap oriented with heavy use of male rap vocals while Vanna's was appeared just in some songs. ET was becoming more and more popular, which made them first Croatian music band that appeared on MTV.

In spring 1991 Ivana Ranilović left the duet Ilan & Ivana and finally joined ET under her artistic name Vanna. [3] During the war they recorded a song "Molitva za mir" (A Prayer for Peace) which became a huge hit and one of the most popular patriotic songs. In July 1993, they released "Tek je 12 sati" (It's Only 12 O'clock), a tremendously successful hit which, a few years later, was proclaimed Croatian hit of the decade. [3] The song also had a great video which at that time was known in public as the most expensive video in the country ever.

Second to None their second studio album, recorded in 1994 brought turn to eurodance with more famele vocals and became instant success. At that time Vanna comes to be considered the best Croatian dance singer and the album, which generated eight hit singles, was even more popular than the first one. The same year the band got the most important Croatian music award – Porin – for the best vocal performance and the best video. In 1995, they received a Porin for the best single of the year for the song "Da ti nisam bila dovoljna" (That I Wasn't Enough for You).

Their third studio album Anno Domini (1996) sold more than 60,000 copies, while a single from the album "Ja ti priznajem" (I Confess to You) became a huge success. By 1998, the band held many concerts and they even became internationally famous. They set high standards in the production of videos, for which they got two Porin Awards. The same year Vanna and Darko Juranović D`Knock (then known as DáReal) left the band wanting to focus on their solo career.

In 2000 a new album was released with a new singer Andrea Čubrić under the title Disco Neckt. In 2001, another singer, Lana Klingor, replaced Andrea, and in Spring 2002, they put out another album called Vision 5 which brought more commercial dance pop sound while male rap vocals were reduced to minimum. This album brought them back to the top of the singles charts and Lana became accepted by the audience, bringing back the old and attracting some new fans. It sold very well and was certified Gold. They put out a compilation of the best hit singles from 1993 to 2003 under the title Decade, which was certified Silver.

In 2005, the band got a new singer, Katarina Rautek, and released their sixth album Frankfurt Bombay Tokyo, and in 2007, their last album so far, called Vrhunski album (An Excellent Album) whose sound is different from their previous, well-known style, bringing more softer europop and dance pop with elements of pop folk in some songs and without male rap vocals. In June 2007 the band celebrated 20 years since they were formed and started as the first rap and dance band in Croatia.

Although ET is no longer active and have changed a few lead singers, they never repeated the success they had in the 90s with Vanna as their lead singer.

In April 2016, Katarina leaves E.T., and in her place Sara-Elena Menkovska came, with which they were first introduced to the CMC Festival 2016 with the song "Ako možeš, oprosti". After 4 months, cooperation with the new singer ends and since then, the band E.T. had been on a break.

The next appearance of the band was in 2023, announcing a new collaboration with the singer Meri Andraković. [4] The band was among the participants of Dora 2024, the Croatian selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, with the song "Pametnom dosta"; [5] they did not qualify for the final.

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Claudia Beni</span> Croatian pop singer, born in Opatija

Claudia Beni is a Croatian pop singer, born in Opatija.

The music of Croatia, like the divisions of the country itself, has two major influences: Central European, present in central and northern parts of the country including Slavonia, and Mediterranean, present in coastal regions of Dalmatia and Istria.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vanna (singer)</span> Musical artist

Ivana Ranilović-Vrdoljak better known by her stage name Vanna, is a Croatian pop singer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Captain Jack (group)</span> German Eurodance group

Captain Jack is a German Eurodance and dance-rock project formed in Darmstadt in 1995. The project is best known for the single "Captain Jack", which reached the Top-10 in many countries in Europe.

Magazin is a Croatian pop band from Split. Founded in 1979 under the name Dalmatinski magazin, the band quickly began to make a mark on local pop music festivals with its songs influenced by Dalmatian folk music. The band currently consists of lead vocalist Andrea Šušnjara, guitarist Željko Baričić and bass guitarist Nenad Vesanović Keko. Baričić is the only active founding member even though Vesanović featured on every album to date.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nina Badrić</span> Croatian pop singer and songwriter

Nina Badrić is a Croatian pop singer and songwriter. She began performing in the early 1990s, and competed in "Dora" – the Croatian selection for Eurovision Song Contest 4 times. She won 7th place in 1993 with "Ostavljam te", 10th place in 1994 with "Godine nestvarne", 18th place in 1995 with "Odlaziš zauvijek", and second place in 2003 with "Čarobno jutro". Badrić eventually represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan with the song "Nebo". She finished 12th in the second semi-final and failed to qualify for the grand final.

Serbian hip hop refers to all genres of hip hop music in the Serbian language. The term is also sometimes used to refer to any hip hop music made by Serbs, including instrumental hip hop, as well as rap songs by members of the Serbian diaspora, often in languages other than Serbian. Some of most prominent hip hop groups include VIP, Sunshine, p.pop Beogradski Sindikat, Bad Copy. Popular solo artists include Juice, Gru, Struka, Ajs Nigrutin, Marčelo,

Bruno Kovačić is a Croatian musician and composer.

European hip hop is hip hop music created by European musicians. Hip hop is a Great style of music developed by African American and Caribbean communities in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. Due to this success, it has gained worldwide popularity, especially in Europe where many diverse and unique styles of hip hop have been created. This diversity is especially apparent in the forms of hip hop music and culture emanating from settler communities from Europe's former colonies and peripheries.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jelena Rozga</span> Croatian pop singer

Jelena Rozga is a Croatian pop, folk, and electropop singer. Born and raised in Split, Croatia, Rozga was a ballet dancer as a child. She rose to fame in 1996, when she became the lead singer of Magazin, a pop band famous in Croatia. She served as the band's lead singer until 2006, releasing a total of five studio albums. During the ten years, the band released numerous commercially and critically successful singles including "Ginem", "Minut' srca tvog" and "Minus i plus" among others.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Popular music in Croatia</span>

Croatian popular music is the popular music of Croatia.

Dee Monk was a Eurodance group from Belgrade that became popular in the 1990s in Serbia and Montenegro. The group then received even broader recognition, especially in: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia and the rest of the Balkans.

"Castle Walls" is a song by American rapper T.I. featuring American singer Christina Aguilera, from the former's seventh studio album No Mercy (2010). Alex da Kid produced the song and co-wrote it along with Skylar Grey and T.I. The song was initially produced for Diddy's album Last Train to Paris, but Diddy felt that "Castle Walls" would be better suited to T.I.; Aguilera was later chosen as the featured artist on the song. A hip hop and electro number, "Castle Walls" received mixed response from music critics, some of whom picked it as a highlight from No Mercy, and some others criticized the song's lyrics. Despite not being released as a single, the track still managed to appear on record charts of several nations, including on the US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, where it peaked at number five.

<i>Original Me</i> 2011 studio album / greatest hits by Cascada

Original Me is the fourth studio album from German eurodance group Cascada, first released on 17 June 2011. Recording sessions for the album took place from 2009 to 2011 at Plazmatek Studio, Yanou Studio 1. The entire album, like their previous albums, was produced by the two DJs from Cascada, Yanou and DJ Manian. The album’s genre follows in the footsteps of the preceding album, Evacuate the Dancefloor, completely shifting away from the uptempo eurodance, containing electropop songs that are influenced by urban contemporary and pop music. Musically, the album is composed of electro-infused dance tracks with thick euro synths, cymbal crashing beats and Europop lyrics. Lyrically, the album, like the preceding albums, is composed of songs about love, dancing, and relationships.

<i>Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head</i> 2012 studio album by T.I.

Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head is the eighth studio album by American rapper T.I. It was released on December 18, 2012, by Grand Hustle Records and Atlantic Records. The production was provided by some of T.I.'s longtime collaborators; including DJ Toomp, Jazze Pha, Pharrell Williams and Lil' C. These high-profile record producers such as T-Minus, Cardiak, No I.D., Rico Love, Planet VI, Tommy Brown and Chuck Diesel, also contributed to the album. The album features guest appearances from P!nk, Lil Wayne, André 3000, R. Kelly, Akon, Meek Mill, CeeLo Green, ASAP Rocky, Trae tha Truth, Victoria Monet and Grand Hustle's own D.O.P.E.

Darko Juranović, better known by his stage name D'Knock, is a Croatian record producer, songwriter and artist, as well as a promoter of the Croatian club and hip-hop scene. He is also one of the founding members of the production team PlayOne, a member of the music duo D'Knock & Jay, the owner of D'Knock Production record label, as well as a co-CEO and co-founder of the production company Urbani ZvukArchived 2018-08-19 at the Wayback Machine and video production company JMJ Factory.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jacques Houdek</span> Croatian recording artist (born 1981)

Jacques Houdek is a Croatian recording artist who represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "My Friend". Houdek began his professional solo career in 2000 and has since released many recordings and albums out which 13 have been certified silver, gold, platinum and diamond (once). Houdek is one of the mentors in the Croatian version of the TV talent show The Voice. During show's first season, he mentored the winner Nina Kraljić. Aside from Croatian, he has sung and recorded in English, Italian, German, Spanish, French, Slovene, Macedonian, and Māori language.

Croatian hip hop is a genre of music, and a culture that covers a variety of styles of hip hop music made in Croatia. Croatian hip hop was originally influenced by the American hip hop scene and introduced to Croatia in the mid-1990s. Croatian hip hop, particularly that originating from Rijeka and Zagreb in the 1990s, was mainly concentrated on social issues due to the corruptive system of government at the time. In the 2000s, Croatian hip hop started becoming more mainstream and it spread to Split developing its own hip hop style.

<i>Lo Esencial</i> (Dark Latin Groove album) 2004 greatest hits album by DLG (Dark Latin Groove)

Lo Esencial is the fourth greatest hits album by the American salsa band Dark Latin Groove. It was released on December 7, 2004 through Legacy Recordings, Sony BMG and Sony Music Latin. Part of the Lo Esencial compilation album series, it contains songs from his first studio album Dark Latin Groove released in 1996 by Sony Discos to his third studio album entitled Gotcha! released in 1999 on Columbia Records.

Croatian singer-songwriter Vanna has released seven studio albums, four live albums, three compilation albums, and 45 singles. From 1991 to 1998 she was the lead vocalist of the Croatian eurodance band Electro Team. With the group, she released three studio albums before starting her solo career in 1998. Vanna's debut studio album, I to sam ja, was released in early 1997 while she was still in the group. The album spawned two singles, "You Must Love Me" and "Crazy", and included mostly cover songs.

References

  1. ↑ Vanna official site -- discography with Electro Team (in Croatian)
  2. ↑ A Dutch-based information website on Croatian music Archived 2008-12-25 at the Wayback Machine (in English)
  3. 1 2 3 4 "ET - Electro Team". crorec.hr. Croatia Records . Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Kultni ET predstavio novu pjevačicu, domaćoj je publici već dobro poznata od ranije: "Nije moglo bolje ispasti!"". dnevnik.hr. 29 May 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  5. ↑ "Croatia 2024: HRT reveal the 'Dora' lineup". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.