Composition: Angus Bishop

Guitar/Electronics: Nikos Ziarkas
Bass: JJ Stillwell
Drums/Piano: Angus Bishop
Sax: Rich Muscat

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You are invited into a world between two extremes, a world of immense defiance ("Dišpet").

"Defiance" is the first single of Mimika orchestra's 5th studio album Medzotermina, it is a vision of a world which tries to hold on, yet it is unable to escape the drowning into the sea, the same sea which was there at the beginning.

Music: Mak Murtić
Lyrics: Mak Murtić
Video and editing: Bojan Koštić
© ℗ 2025, Menart label

The video was recorded during the recording of the album Medzotermina in front of a live audience in the concert hall Vatroslav Lisinski, in Zagreb. The making of the album was made possible with the support of Ministry of culture of Republic of Croatia, the Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall, Menart label and crowdfunding through the Indiegogo platform.

Recorded by: Luka Čabo, Mateo Patekar, Vedran Peternel, Marin Hraščanec
Mix and musical production: Vedran Peternel
Master: Miroslav Piškulić

Artwork: Jiao Guo
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"Dišpet"  najavni single 5. studijskog albuma Mimika Orkestra pod nazivom Medzotermina vizija je svijeta koji se nalazi izmežu dviju krajnosti te iako se pokušava držati, taj isti svijet polako nestaje u moru samih začetaka.

Autor glazbe: Mak Murtić
Autor teksta: Mak Murtić
Režija: Bojan Koštić Kamera i montaža: Bojan Koštić  
© ℗ 2025, Menart label  

Video je snimljen uživo na javnom snimanju albuma Medzotermina u maloj dvorani Vatroslav Lisinski pred publikom. Album je ostvaren uz potporu Ministarstva kulture republike hrvatske, Koncertne dvorane Vatroslav Lisinski, izdavača Menart te javnog financiranja (crowdfunding) preko platforme Indiegogo.

Zvuk snimili: Luka Čabo, Mateo Patekar, Vedran Peternel, Marin Hraščanec
Miks i glazbena produkcija: Vedran Peternel
Mastering:  Miroslav Piškulić

Dizajn: Jiao Guo

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Mimika orchestra:

Maja Rivić: vokal / vocals
Anabela Barić: vokal / vocals
Katarina Novčić: vokal / vocals
Anamarija Žugić: vokal / vocals

Nika Bauman: flauta / flute
Jelena Ilčić: oboa / oboe
Tomaž Zevnik: klarinet / clarinet
Marko Lucijan Hraščanec: alt saksofon / alto saxophone
Vojkan Jocić: tenor saksofon / tenor saxophone
Marko Gudelj: bariton saksofon / baritone saxophone

Antonio Geček: truba / trumpet
Branko Sterpin: truba / trumpet
Valdemar Kušan: truba (solo) / trumpet
Mate Picukarić: truba / trumpet
Matija Mlakar: trombon (solo) / trombone
Miron Hauser: trombon / trombone
Joe Kaplowitz: tuba / tuba

Josip Šustić: el.gitara / el.guitar
Viktor Slamnig: el.bas / el.bass
Nenad Kovačić: udaraljke / percussion
Mario Petrinjak: bubnjevi / drums

Mak Murtić: dirigent / conductor

Skladba i aranžman / Composition: Mak Murtić 
Tekst / Lyrics: Mak Murtić 


Mimika Orchestra - Dišpet / Defiance

Mimika orchestra - Klapa za Zemlju / Klapa for the Earth

You are invited into a world between two extremes, a world of Mimika Orchestra's upcoming 5th studio album Medzotermina.

"Klapa za Zemlju" / "Klapa for the Earth" is the second single of Mimika orchestra's 5th studio album Medzotermina, it is a song inspired by traditional a-capella singing of the Croatian coast. It tells a story of exploitation of resources and the unsustainability of such a world. It is a dream-world where reality and symbolism coexist.

Music: Mak Murtić
Lyrics: Mak Murtić
Video and editing: Dinko Ćvorić Doringo
© ℗ 2025, MenArt label

The video was recorded live in the studio of the painter Edo Murtić. The making of the album was made possible with the support of Ministry of culture of Republic of Croatia, the Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall, MenArt label and crowdfunding through the Indiegogo platform.

Recorded by: Vedran Peternel
Mix and musical production: Vedran Peternel
Master: Miroslav Piškulić

Artwork: Jiao Guo, Igor Jurilj
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"Klapa za Zemlju" drugi je singl nadolazećeg album Mimika Orkestra pod nazivom Medzotermina. Klapa je inspirirana tradicijskim pjevanjem te je opis jednog neodrživog svijeta eksploatacije resursa, obogaćivanja na uštrb prirode i društva.

Autor glazbe: Mak Murtić
Autor teksta: Mak Murtić
Režija: Dinko Ćvorić Doringo Kamera i montaža: Dinko Ćvorić Doringo
© ℗ 2025, MenArt label

Video je snimljen uživo u ateljeu slikara Ede Murtića. Album je ostvaren uz potporu Ministarstva kulture republike hrvatske, Koncertne dvorane Vatroslav Lisinski, izdavača MenArt te javnog financiranja (crowdfunding) preko platforme Indiegogo.

Zvuk snimio: Vedran Peternel
Miks i glazbena produkcija: Vedran Peternel
Mastering: Miroslav Piškulić

Dizajn: Jiao Guo, Igor Jurilj

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Mimika orchestra (vocal section / vokalna sekcija):

Maja Rivić: vokal / vocals
Anabela Barić: vokal / vocals
Anamarija Žugić: vokal / vocals

Kompozicija / Composition: Mak Murtić
Tekst / Lyrics: Mak Murtić
Snimljeno u: / Recorded at: Studio Edo Murtić, Zagreb (Vedran Peternel)

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LYRICS:

Preko gore more plavo
Preko gore more
Preko gore more plavo
More plavo

Ispod zemlje živo blago
Ispod zemlje živo
Ispod zemlje živo blago
Živo blago

Ča je nami Gospe Bila ?
Riči trošimo
Karnivalon maske nosimo

kontrutom

Ča smo i mi više mogli

vengo tancati ?
Lipe vešte buri puštili

mizeri Sciavoni

Ju ai venut
Ju vi la puarta inseruta, inseruta

Preko gore more plavo
Preko gore more
Preko gore more plavo
More plavo

Ča je nami Gospe Bila ?
Riči trošimo
Lipe vešte buri puštamo

Ju ai venut de nuf

In sta kontruta vi la puarta inseruta

Ča su moje moje misli šporke?!
Ne... Samo da se prisitim

Mimika Orchestra - Klapa for the Earth - Klapa za Zemlju

You are invited into a world between two extremes, a world of Mimika Orchestra's upcoming 5th studio album Medzotermina.

"Zrcalo" / "Mirror" is the third single of Mimika orchestra's 5th studio album Medzotermina, it is a song inspired by two worlds, one of infinite richness and one of poverty. The one of infinite richness lies on fragile foundations held by the overwhelming resource use from the world of poverty. This is represented both through music and through the use of the chakavian dialect of the Croatian language as well as the primordial Proto-Indoeuropean language.

Music: Mak Murtić
Lyrics: Mak Murtić
Directed by: Dinko Ćvorić Doringo, Mak Murtić
Screenplay: Mak Murtić
Prop design: Jiao Guo
Actors: Maja Rivić, Jiao Guo, Željko Agnić, Mak Murtić, Abi Seydi
Camera:  Dinko Ćvorić Doringo, Igor Bogdanović
Video edit: Dinko Ćvorić Doringo
© ℗ 2025, Menart label    

The video was recorded on islands Krk and Prvić in the Kvarner bay. The making of the album was made possible with the support of Ministry of culture of Republic of Croatia, the Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall, Menart label and crowdfunding through the Indiegogo platform.

Special thanks to theatres Gavella, Kerempuh and ZeKaeM for lending the costumes, special thanks to P&B plant nursery for lending the pot (la jarra) and special thanks to Marta Matić and boat Bura (Baška) for taking us to the island Prvić.

Recorded by: Luka Čabo, Mateo Patekar, Vedran Peternel, Marin Hraščanec
Mix and musical production: Vedran Peternel
Master: Miro Piškulić

Artwork: Jiao Guo
Artwork for single cover (based on Jiao Guo's design): Igor Jurilj

Mimika orchestra:

Vocals: 
Maja Rivić, 
Anabela Barić,
Anamarija Žugić

Woodwinds:
Nika Bauman,
Jelena Ilčić,
Marko Lucijan Hraščanec,
Vojkan Jocić,
Marko Gudelj

Brass:
Branko Sterpin,
Valdemar Kušan,
Mate Picukarić,
Matija Mlakar,
Miron Hauser,
Joe Kaplowitz

Rhythm
Hrvoje Galler,
Josip Šustić,
Viktor Slamnig,
Nenad Kovačić,
Mario Petrinjak

Director:
Mak Murtić

Mimika Orchestra - Zrcalo - Mirror

Bad Ladder is a quartet formed by guitarist Nikos Ziarkas, saxophonist Rich Muscat, bassist JJ Stillwell and drummer Angus Bishop. The group freely explore textures and rhythms, an abstract journey of sounds and shapes that incorporate grooves and melodies, whilst playfully interacting as a group that thrives on improvisational freedom.

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