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Termiti were a new wave band from Rijeka, Croatia, then Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Their music, sung in mother tongue, had the quirk of an organ sounding keyboard and complex and unusual leading melodies, backed to the usual new wave rock ensemble of images. They are included on the Novi Punk Val compilation album. Some members of the group went on to found Let 3.

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