LoOney

LoOney
Promo photo (2009)
Background information
Birth name	Vladimir Marković
Also known as	LoOney
Genres	rnb, pop, dance
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2004–present
Labels	Looneyrama (2008-Present)

Vladimir Marković alias LoOney (born December 4, 1980) is a Serbian singer-songwriter, actor, filmmaker and comic artist.

Life and career

LoOney is probably most known as Zlatko,^[1] main character from "Metla Bez Drške", one of the most popular children's television series in Serbia.^[2] He sang in famous children's choir Kolibri, and appeared with them (and solo) in several TV shows like "Deco Pevajte Sa Nama",^[3] "Ispeci Pa Reci", "Sedefna Ruža"^[4] and others.

As a teenager, he discontinued acting and singing and turned underground comic artist with dozens of other artists' and self-published fanzines.^[5] Vladimir started using his alias LoOney in 1999 as art-name, although it's his real nickname. In 2002, with group of friends he created and managed "Šlic Comix", highly praised alternative comics magazine and weekly workshop (which is still active without him).^[6] Some comics got re-published internationally, and exhibitions traveled around Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Slovenia, Romania, Italy, Sweden, etc.^[7] In lack of time and other career paths, LoOney stopped drawing, but wrote for other artists. His latest comic is "Kiki Rot", a pirate adventure drawn by Toni Radev.^[8] In 2002, he started directing and editing hip-hop music videos.^[9] Six years later, he became recognizable filmmaker in Serbia. LoOney directed TV shows "Hoću Da Znaš", "Siti i Vitki","X-Factor Adria" and edited TV shows "Zvezda Pre Svega", "Exit Kultomotivator",^[10] "Exit U Pokretu" and "Ja Imam Talenat!".

In 2004, LoOney self-published his first solo single "Jutro (Pametnije Od Noći)" with accompanying music video which got #2 place on, at that point, only domestic music video chart in Serbia on TV Metropolis. For the next single fans had to wait six more years. But in the meantime, LoOney was often featured on other (mostly hip-hop) artists' albums and singles. Most notably Struka's "Tajne", Lud's "Geto Riba" samples Janet Jackson's Let's Wait Awhile and with accompanying music video featuring stars of a movie "Mi Nismo Anđeli 2", since the song appears on the soundtrack, and "Sekund, Minut, Sat" also with recognizable music video entirely shot in Serbia's maximum security prison in Sremska Mitrovica (not to mention that the last one is also directed and edited by LoOney).

In 2010, he put his featuring efforts as a free music download mixtape "Featuring! Vol. 1".^[11] Soon after that, December 10, 2010, LoOney published a single "Mucam" with two remixes made by very popular Serbian DJs SevdahBaby and Flip.^[12] SevdahBaby, amongst other celebrities, appears in "Mucam" music video, again directed by LoOney himself. Debut album "Kompromis", rare Serbian urban and RnB effort, finally saw the light of day in 2011 in digital form through MTV Adria Network websites.^[13] In that way, album became accessible to the whole Adriatic region, not only Serbia.^[14] His latest single "(Hoću S Tobom Da) Đuskam / (I Wanna) Dance With You" was released in September 2013.^[15]

Discography

Videography

External links

• LoOney's official About.me
• Looneyrama youtube channel
• Looneyrama Music youtube channel
• Discogs LoOney's Discogs
• LoOney on IMDb