The garage rock band Hic et Nunc was founded in 1990, interpreting rock, blues, punk and garage in an innovative way. Currently, Hic et Nunc is made up of musicians Bruno Subiotto (vocals and harmonica), Bernard Kogovšek (guitar), Tomi Popit (bass), and Boris Kerimov (drums). In 1992 the band played at the Novi Rock festival and in Holland, and in 1993 they appeared at the No Border Jam Festival. The band’s first self-titled album was released by FV Music in 1995, and was announced as Best Record of the Year by Radio Študent (RŠ). The band subsequently performed at the Forbidden Fruits for Civil Society festival in Utrecht, Amsterdam, and in 1996 was a representative of the Slovene rock music sector at the international multimedia festival Balkan Dreams in Greece. In 1996 Hic et Nunc were headliners at the two-day festival Rock under Siege in Sarajevo. Their album Lava was released In December 1996, with the EP Howling Monkeys' Blues following in 1998. That October the band, together with fellow Slovene group Dicky B Hardy, toured the US, performing 26 concerts in 17 states. The tour received third place on the eminent 'Beatle Bob' list. Bruno Subiotto joined the group in 1999. In 2002 the new album Manitu, produced at Tivoli Studio in Ljubljana, was released by Statera Records. The video for Death in the Desert received high acclaim.
