Kozmetika

Kozmetika (Serbian Cyrillic: Козметика; trans. Cosmetics) were a Serbian new wave/art rock band from Belgrade, notable as one of the pioneers and promoters of new wave music and culture in Yugoslavia through their youth magazine Izgled.

History

Influenced by the David Bowie album Diamond Dogs, painter Vladimir Jovanović, director Marko Pešić, music editor of the Studio B television station Slobodan Konjović and Saša Nikolić, the owner of the first discothèque in Belgrade at the Atelje 212, formed the band Dijamantski Psi (Diamond Dogs) in 1974. However, the band career was interrupted at the very beginning by the incarceration of the band members due to marijuana possession.

Having been released from prison, in 1976, the band continued working, changing the name for a short period of time to Spajalice (The Staples). The band was finally renamed to Kozmetika in 1978, named after a combination of the words Kosmička Etika (Cosmic Ethics), featuring Vladimir Jovanović (guitar, vocals), Marko Pešić (synthesizer), Slobodan Konjović (bass guitar) and Miško Mihajlovski (rhythm machine). The following year, Jovanović got the award Sedam Sekretara SKOJ-a for his works as a painter. At the time, the band started preparing their debut album. Simultaneously, the band worked on publishing the youth magazine Izgled, and it was on the magazine promotion, held at the Belgrade SKC that the band had their first live performance.

Kozmetika (album)

Kozmetika (trans. Cosmetics) is the only album by the eponymous Yugoslav new wave band. It was released in 1983.

The album Kozmetika was polled in 1998 as the 98th on the list of 100 greatest Yugoslav popular music albums in the book YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike (YU 100: The Best albums of Yugoslav pop and rock music).

Track listing

All songs written by Kozmetika.

Side A

Side B

Personnel

Guest musicians and additional personnel