Denis & Denis

Denis & Denis is an electropop music band from Rijeka, Croatia established in 1982. The band published four studio albums: Čuvaj se! (1984), Ja sam lažljiva (1985), Budi tu (1988) and "Restart" (2013). They were one of the most popular groups in Yugoslavia, who were often featured on the newspaper and music magazine covers.[1] They fell apart in 1988 after publishing their third album, Budi tu. In 2012 the group reunited.

Denis & Denis
OriginRijeka, SFR Yugoslavia
GenresNew wave, synthpop
Years active1982 (1982)–1988
2012–present
Members
  • Davor Tolja
  • Ruby Montanari Knez
Past members
  • Marina Perazić
  • Edi Kraljić

History of the band
Davor Tolja with Rijeka musicians at the gathering of Rijekas new wave in 2008
Marina Perazić with Rijeka musicians at the gathering of Rijekas new wave in 2008

After the musical group Vrijeme i zemlja disbanded in the early 1980s, Davor Tolja (born 1957) started the group Toljina funk-selekcija with which he played on Ri-rock. The group consisted of two members : Davor Tolja and Marina Perazić. In 1982, they renamed the group to Denis & Denis.[2] Marina previously sang in the choir "Jeka primorja" while studying in university, where she was also a member of the multi-media group Sigma Tau.[3]

The group Denis & Denis soon reached success, to which demo effect recordings and Perazić's voice contributed the most. They reached all major radio stations in former SFRY almost overnight. The first concert they had was at the end of 1982 in Rijeka's Dvorana mladosti (Hall of Youth) as an opening act for the band Boa, soon reaching greater media appearance in 1983. In 1983 they released their first album, Čuvaj se!, with the leading song Program tvog kompjutera (B-side single "Noć"). Their material consisted of a collection of hit singles, which are hard to divide, because they were all favorites. The album Čuvaj se! was ranked as the best album in 1984 in magazine "Rock" rated from the foreign public. Several people contributed to the recording of the album: Massimo Savić (electric guitar), Zoran Prodanović (vocal) and Edi Kraljić (vocal), while the producers were Davor Tolja and Andrej Baša. After the album release a greater media appearance followed, with TV performances, while they played less for public audiences.

Discography
Albums
  • 1984. - Čuvaj se! (Jugoton)
  • 1985. - Ja sam lažljiva (Jugoton)
  • 1988. - Budi tu (Jugoton)
  • 1995. - Program Tvog Kompjutera (kompilacija) (Croatia Records)
  • 2006. - The Best Of Denis & Denis (Croatia Records)
  • 2010. - 2 na 1 (reizdanje prva 2 albuma) (Croatia Records)
  • 2013. - Restart (Dallas records)
Singles
  • 1984. - "Program tvog kompjutera" / "Noć" (Jugoton)
  • 1985. - "Oaze snova" / "Voli me još ovu noć" (Jugoton)
  • 1987. - "Bengalski tigar" / "Bio sam dijete" (Jugoton)

References
  1. "Denis & Denis" (in Croatian). RiRock.com. Retrieved 2013-10-29.
  2. Koraljko Pasarić, "MALA enciklopedija hrvatske pop i rock glazbe", Nema problema, Rijeka, 1994. godine, page. 82, ISBN 978-953-6352-00-5
  3. Petar Janjatović, "Ex YU rock enciklopedija", Čigoja štampa, Beograd, 2007. godine, str. 61, ISBN 978-86-905317-1-4
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