Colonia (band)
| Colonia | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Pop , dance |
| founding | 1996 in Vinkovci |
| Website | www.colonia.com.hr |
| Current occupation | |
| Ivana Lovric | |
| Boris Đurđević | |
| Tomislav | |
| former members | |
| Indira Levak | |
Colonia is a successful and popular Croatian pop - band from Vinkovci . The band consists of three members and is characterized by an individual pop and dance sound. On May 31, 2017, lead singer Indira Levak announced her departure from the band on Instagram. The Croatian singer Ivana Lovric took her place.
Two of the members, Boris and Tomislav, were radio hosts and producers before Colonia was founded . They also worked as DJs in various clubs, which was one of the reasons why the band decided to use a dance sound. The name "Colonia" was derived from the Latin name of the city Vinkovci, where Boris and Tomislav grew up.
Achievements & successes
The debut album of Colonia sold 36,000 times, the second album more than 42,000 times and the third album more than 60,000 times. The fourth album Milijun milja od nigdje has sold more than 50,000 copies in less than a month in Croatia and over 300,000 worldwide to date. It is the best-selling album in Croatia in the last ten years.
Colonia also celebrated enormous success outside of Croatia; so the band is one of the most popular performers in the Czech Republic and Slovakia .
The band was also successful in Asia : In 2001, Colonia's song Deja vu reached number 1 in the Asian charts and was covered by the Japanese group Kinki Kids , who in turn reached number 1 in the charts with their version.
In January 2004 the band released their song Za tvoje snene oči in English under the title A little bit of Uh La La . The text of the English version was created by Mary Susan Applegate wrote the songs already for Celine Dion , Modern Talking , No Mercy , Nena , La Bouche , Jennifer Rush and Boney M. wrote. The single was successfully released in 36 countries and could a. Secure number 1 on the Canadian dance charts. The band also released several songs in Croatian in Korea .
After the fifth and sixth studio albums , which had similar successes to their predecessors, the seventh studio album Colonias Najbolje od svega , which was named after a single of the same name , was released in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia in summer 2005 . The sales figures so far were again high, so it was decided to release the album in other European countries. On July 1, 2006 the album was released in Ukraine , Russia , Belarus , Kazakhstan , Slovakia and the Czech Republic. The single Tako sexy was re-sung in English ( so sexy ) and was released in these countries to promote the album.
On December 5, 2006, the band released their eighth studio album in Croatia and several neighboring countries. This is entitled Do kraja (German: Until the end), named after a song that was released as the first single and was also the title track of the third Croatian Big Brother season. The album also became a huge success. In summer 2007 it was also released as a limited edition .
On June 23, 2008 Colonia's ninth studio album was released with the title Pod sretnom zvijezdom . In addition to twelve new tracks and increasingly complex computer-animated video clips, which are produced in cooperation with the German company DWH-Consult, there is a new version of Sexy Body , one of the band's most popular tracks to this day. The song Pod sretnom zvijezdom (German: Under a lucky star), after which the album was named, served as the theme song for the fifth Croatian Big Brother season in early 2008. Colonia also covered Nisi ti više crno vino , a song that was played by many artists, e . B. Danijela Martinović , has already been covered. The first single was released from the album Mirno More (German: Calm Sea). At the beginning of 2009, Gukni Golube (German: Rede, Taube), a duet with the Slavonia Band group , was the second single.
Furthermore, the band will perform at the Hrvatski Radijski Festival 2009 (German: Croatian Radio Festival). For this purpose, a new single with the title Lažu oči moje (Eng .: My eyes lie) was recorded, with which Colonia participated. In summer 2009, the song Još Jedan Zagrljaj , a co-production with Colonia, was released on Shorty's third album .
Colonia has released 12 studio albums, 3 "best of" albums and 40 singles.
The members & the foundation
Indira (until 2017)
Indira (Ira) Vladić-Mujkić was the band's singer and front woman until March 2017 . She was born on September 15, 1973 in Županja . At the age of nine, Indira attended the “Srećko Albini” music school in Županja. She stayed there for six years.
At the age of twelve she became a member of the Županja Orchestra, in which she played the clarinet for thirteen years. From autumn 1993 Indira worked in the State Chancellery of Županja.
When Indira got to know Boris and he discovered her talent, he offered her the position of front woman and singer of the then unknown and unnamed band.
Boris
Boris Đurđević, born on February 15, 1973 in Vinkovci, is the author of all of Colonia's texts and melodies. Together with Tomislav he is the producer of the group.
Boris founded a rap band during his school days in which he wrote his first songs. In the early 1990s, Boris re-founded a band with which he sent demo tapes to various record companies. The band only got rejections because they relied on a disco sound that was going out of fashion at the time.
In 1993 Boris returned to Vinkovci, where he got a position as a presenter at the radio station VFM and also worked as a DJ and producer. Through his activities he got to know Tomislav and Indira and formed a new band with them.
In the CBS studio ( Crno Bijeli Svijet , record company) the three record their first single "Nek vatre gore sve", which was played on many Croatian radio stations. Through this success, Indira, Boris and Tomislav received their first record deal with CBS .
Tomislav
Tomislav Jelić, alias DJ Kameni, (born May 2, 1973 in Vinkovci) lived in what was then the village, today the city of Otok (Vinkovci) near Vinkovci and is the producer and manager of Colonia. For several years he worked as a DJ in various clubs and discos as well as at the radio station VFM, where he met Boris and Indira.
Discography
Albums
| year | title | German translation | Label and notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 |
Vatra i led First studio album |
fire and Ice | Crno Bijeli Svijet; 36,000 copies sold |
| 1999 |
Ritam ljubavi Second studio album |
Rhythm of love | Crno Bijeli Svijet; 42,000 copies sold |
| 2000 |
Jača nego ikad Third studio album |
Stronger than ever before | Crno Bijeli Svijet; 60,000 copies sold |
| 2001 |
Milijun milja od nigdje Fourth studio album |
Millions of miles from nowhere |
Croatia Records; 300,000 copies sold; Debut album in the Czech Republic and Slovakia |
|
The Best of Volume 1 First best of album |
- | Croatia Records | |
| 2002 |
Izgubljeni svijet Fifth studio album |
Lost world | Croatia Records |
| 2003 |
Dolazi oluja Sixth studio album |
The storm is coming | Croatia Records |
| 2005 |
Najbolje od svega Seventh studio album |
Best of all |
Menart Records; Debut album in four Eastern European countries |
|
Gold Edition Second best-of album |
- | Croatia Records | |
| 2006 |
Thu kraja Eighth studio album |
Until the end |
Menart Records; Released in 2007 as a limited edition |
| 2008 |
Pod sretnom zvijezdom Ninth studio album |
Under a lucky star |
Menart Records; Released in early 2009 as a limited edition |
| 2010 |
Retroactive Early Years Third best-of album |
Retroactive early years |
Menart Records; |
|
X Tenth studio album |
X | Menart Records | |
| 2013 |
Tvrdava
Eleventh studio album |
fortress | Menart Records |
| 2015 |
Feniks
Twelfth studio album |
Phoenix | Menart Records |
| 2018 |
Nova Era
Thirteenth studio album |
New era | Croatia Records |
Singles
Note: In Croatia it is rather uncommon to publish maxi CDs. The songs listed here are therefore used to promote the respective album and are published as radio singles, usually with an associated video clip. The term maxi indicates which singles were actually released as maxi CDs.
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From Vatra I Led (1997):
From Ritam Ljubavi (1999):
From Jača Nego Ikad (2000):
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From Milijun Milja Od Nigdje (2001):
From Izgubljeni svijet (2002):
From Dolazi Oluja (2003):
From Najbolje Od Svega (2005):
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From Do Kraja (2006):
From Pod Sretnom Zvijezdom (2008):
From X (2010):
"Daj, daj" "Nedodirljiva" "Bijela zastava" |
Web links
- Official website (English, Croatian)
- Colonia's discography (Croatian)
- Colonias discography (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Instagram post by Indira Levak Official • May 31, 2017 at 2:05 UTC. Retrieved January 17, 2018 .
- ↑ colonia.com.hr ( Memento of the original from August 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ colonia.com.hr ( Memento of the original from May 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ amazon.com
