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“Veja” comes from Pazin (Croatia). It’s focused on researching Istrian traditional folk music and performing the same in more modern arrangements by using various traditional instruments from all over the world.

Midnight Rain je cover band iz Pazina osnovan 2010. godine, te od tada aktivno svira. Članovi benda su nakon godina sviranja u raznim glazbenim formacijama, okupljeni u sastavu: Ivanka Antolović, Marin Anđelini, Alen Zgrablić, Anton Benčić i Dario Budičin.
Marin Anđelini (gitara,vokal) je završio osnovnu glazbenu školu i svira u pazinskom blues bendu Blues Train, zajedno sa Alenom Zgrablićem (bas gitara,vokal) i Antonom Benčićem (bubnjevi). Ivanka Antolović (vokal) pjevanjem se počinje baviti još u djetinjstvu u zborovima, klapama, bendovima i raznim duima. Dario Budičin (gitara,vokal) završava osnovnu i srednju glazbenu školu u Puli, potom Glazbenu Akademiju u Zagrebu, a trenutno je zaposlen kao profesor gitare u Osnovnoj glazbenoj školi Pazin.
Stil benda može se opisati kao pop-rock-blues, s naglaskom na kvalitetu, kako odabirom repertoara, tako i izvedbe.
Repertoar Midnight Rain-a je zaista sveobuhvatan; od klasičnog rock'n'rolla, r&b-a, bluesa, preko soula, popa i funkyja pa sve do današnje moderne pop glazbe interpretirane na zanimljiv način. Opširan repertoar je u potpunosti prilagođen zabavama, kako za mase, tako i za intimnije događaje, a naglasak na njegov zabavni karakter, te naravno kvalitetu dolazi u prvi plan.
 


I’m Orjen Ridanovic, founder and lead guitarist of Oridano, an instrumental jazz band from Zagreb, Croatia.

For over fifteen years, we have been exploring music beyond the boundaries of a single genre. 

Our music reflects our journey, blending Croatian traditions with the influences of blues, rock, swing, and jazz, infused with Mediterranean passion.

Guided by my lead guitar, each ensemble, whether an intimate guitar duo, an energetic trio, or the full band, channels the timeless spirit of Django Reinhardt and the golden era of European jazz, a central influence in shaping Oridano’s distinctive voice. 

For me, every performance is more than just music...it is an authentic, heartfelt exchange with the audience.

This is what makes it unmistakably Oridano!

One Possible Option is an Alt.Rock band from Rijeka, Croatia founded in 2011.

Radio Aktiv je pulsko-zagrebački bend okupljen krajem ljeta 2009. godine u Puli. Zvuk benda mogao bi se okarakterizirati kao rock s elementima reggaea i world musica s tekstovima na hrvatskom jeziku. Orijentiran isključivo na autorsku glazbu, već na prvom koncertu dobija pozitivne kritike i zadobija simpatije šireg kruga publike. Tematikom pjesama, koja seže od osobne do socijalne, ukazuje na goruće probleme društva poput otuđenosti, diskriminacije i nepravde, dok ritmičnom i plesnom glazbom ujedno i zabavlja, čemu najbolje svjedoče njihovi energični live nastupi. 

Da sve to skupa ne ostavlja ravnodušnima ni publiku ni struku, dokazuju i uvjerljive pobjede na dva najveća hrvatska demo festivala (Hrvatski Glazbeni Festival Zabok, HR Demo Klub), nakon kojih se široj javnosti predstavljaju svojim prvim službenim singlom "Vrtimo se", koji nailazi na odličan prijem publike, i značajan uspjeh na top-listama diljem Hrvatske. Trenutno završavaju album prvijenac, čije se izdavanje očekuje krajem ljeta ove godine. 


Članovi:

Branimir Čubrilo - vokal, gitara
Igor Vitasović - vokal, klavijatura
Korado Vidulin - bubnjevi
Aleks Ravnić - bas gitara, prateći vokal
Domagoj Tafra - gitara, prateći vokal
Tihomir Prugovečki - truba, saksofon, prateći vokal
Loris Quargnal - truba

Kontakt:

E-mail: booking@radio-aktiv.org
Mob: 092/ 128 54 54 


The composer, singer and flutist Tamara Obrovac from the Croatian city of Pula is one of the most impressive artists on the Croatian music scene. Her ethnically inspired contemporary Mediterranean jazz is influenced by the particular musical and dialectal traditions of her homeland, the Croatian coastal region of Istria.
She writes lyrics in local dialects, of Slavic and Romanic origin, and sings in other ancient and endangered Istrian dialects.
In addition to her international concert activities, she composes music for theatre and film, and she has received many awards for her work, including 8 Croatian national discographic awards Porin (Croatian Grammy).

Her main bands, the international Transhistria Ensemble (Histria is an ancient name for Istra), and her Quartet incorporates elements of jazz, Istrian and Mediterranean music, and many elements of modern music skilfully and naturally, and her utterly original and autochthonous music goes beyond time and geographical boundaries, thus becoming a universal artistic message which establishes Tamara Obrovac as an exceptional artist who has created her own unique musical expression."

“She tornadoes through the stage leaving in her wake an ever increasing number of fans...”
—  Birgit Gabler, Concerto magazine 

"...Obrovac indigenous music found attentive ears in the audience. Her charismatic voice and moves captured quickly the audience..."
—  Mehdi El Mouden, All About Jazz 

"With her brilliant performance she has presented the best of the Mediterranean; the melancholy of fado, the lightness of tarantella and the lyrics in Croatian have melted with the fury of the accordion player Fausto Beccalossi so organically that the following concert of Richard Galliano Piazzolla Forever Septet seemed nothing but perfectly boring."
—  Josef Engels, Jazzthing 

"Cansoneita" ("A Small Song") performed by Obrovac with the Transhistria Ensemble, is a floating, beguiling track, with spacious drumming, tuneful accordion and a delicious lead vocal by Obrovac. 
(BBC Radio 3 World music Awards nominees compilation review)
—  John L Walters, The Guardian 

"She is an audience-captivating phenomenon. With her trio she brought a different kind of energy and soon had the crowd pleading for more. Obrovac has a phenomenal stylistic range and has the temerity to want to take her trio into any number of moods."
—  Sebastian Scotney, London Jazz News 

“Musical Document from Eternity of Universe" - In the interpretations included in this album ("Madirosa"), Tamara artlessly and logically unites a serious approach and joke, tradition and modernity, classical music and ethno, formal demands and freedom, melody and improvisation, regional and middle-European.”
—  Davor Hrvoj, CD review

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