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Slon in sadež ("The Elephant and the Fruit") are a duet established in 2001 at the Ana Desetnica International Street Theatre Festival in Ljubljana. They later produced a hit record with their song titled Taliban Reggae. In 2002, the band staged its musical performance Kabáre at KUD France Prešeren Arts and Culture Association and subsequently also performed it at Lent Festival, Rock Otočec, and the Maribor Theatre Festival.

Slon in sadež-taliban by sonyericson47 on YouTube

Slon in Sadež's hit single "Taliban Reggae" (no video).

Biography and music

Musicians, rappers, event hosts, comedians, social commentators, theatricals, but Slon in Sadež are maybe foremost known as a musical duet formed in 2001 by Jure Karas (The Elephant) and Igor Bračič (The Fruit). Named after an elaborate joke, they perform comical music of varied genres which is often socially and politically charged. In 2003, they published their first album Kabáre.

In their music and performances, they touch on topics such as family violence, drug prohibition, entering NATO and violence in Guantanamo Bay. They have also made a few parodies to popular Slovene turbo folk songs. They mostly target Slovene audiences and subsequently perform in that language, but they have also performed in English (their hit Taliban Reggae) and in Serbian/Croatian when they've seen fit.

They were sometimes joined by other members: Matjaž Ugovšek (nicknamed Ugo), Igor Brvar (Jovo) who later left the group, Rok Šinkovec and Rok Kovačič - Fish. Matej Horvat and Samo Šalomon played in the group in 2007 and 2008.

Other guises

Slon in sadež seem to be firmly entrenched with Slovene pop culture, but they also seize every opportunity to mock it and take it less seriously than it takes itself. Besides the role of musicians, they often find themselves functioning as event hosts, script writers, and advertisers. They have been awarded 3 main prizes by the Slovene Advertising Festival (SOF) and the Effie Award (marketing communications efficiency award) for their endeavours in advertising production.

In 2004, Slon in Sadež received the Slovene media prize Viktor Award for prominent media personalities. In 2008, they hosted this same award show for the first time.

They have also hosted their own Radio Slon in Sadež show on the Slovene commercial radio station Radio Center. There they put on whimsical broadcasts which often consisted of poking fun at numerous and various Slovenian local speeches.

Discography

Kabáre (2003)
Komercialne pizde (2005)
Štafeta mladosti (2006)
Sponzorska plata (2010)
Radio Slon in Sadež (a collection of radio sketches from their Radio Slon in Sadež show, published in 2009)

External links

Slon in sadež website (in Slovenian)

Gallery

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Musicians and stand-up comedians Slon in sadež [The Elephant and the Fruit]

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+[[Slon in sadež]] ("The Elephant and the Fruit") are a duet established in 2001 at the [[Ana Desetnica International Street Theatre Festival]] in Ljubljana. They later produced a hit record with their song titled Taliban Reggae. In 2002, the band staged its musical performance Kabáre at [[KUD France Prešeren Arts and Culture Association]] and subsequently also performed it at [[Lent Festival]], [[Rock Otočec]], and the [[Maribor Theatre Festival]].
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 == Biography and music ==
-Musicians, rappers, event hosts, comedians, social commentators, theatricals, but Slon in Sadež (Slovenian for 'The Elephant and the Fruit') are maybe foremost known as a musical duet formed in 2001 by Jure Karas (The Elephant) and Igor Bračič (The Fruit). Named after an elaborate joke, they perform comical music of varied genres which is often socially and politically charged. In 2003, they published their first album Kabáre.
+Musicians, rappers, event hosts, comedians, social commentators, theatricals, but Slon in Sadež are maybe foremost known as a musical duet formed in 2001 by Jure Karas (The Elephant) and Igor Bračič (The Fruit). Named after an elaborate joke, they perform comical music of varied genres which is often socially and politically charged. In 2003, they published their first album ''Kabáre''.
-In their music and performances, they touch on topics such as family violence, drug prohibition, entering NATO and violence in Guantanamo Bay. They also made a few parodies to popular Slovene turbo folk songs. They mostly target Slovenian audiences and subsequently perform in that language, but they also performed in English (their hit Taliban Reggae) and in Serbian/Croatian when they saw it fit.
+In their music and performances, they touch on topics such as family violence, drug prohibition, entering NATO and violence in Guantanamo Bay. They have also made a few parodies to popular Slovene turbo folk songs. They mostly target Slovene audiences and subsequently perform in that language, but they have also performed in English (their hit Taliban Reggae) and in Serbian/Croatian when they've seen fit.
 They were sometimes joined by other members: Matjaž Ugovšek (nicknamed Ugo), Igor Brvar (Jovo) who later left the group, Rok Šinkovec and Rok Kovačič - Fish. Matej Horvat and Samo Šalomon played in the group in 2007 and 2008.
 == Other guises ==
-Slon in sadež seem to be firmly entrenched with Slovenian pop culture, but they also seize every opportunity to mock it and take it less seriously that it takes itself. Besides the role of musicians, they often find themselves functioning as event hosts, script writers and advertisers. They have been awarded 3 main prizes by [[Slovene Advertising Festival (SOF)]] and the Effie Award (marketing communications efficiency award) for their endeavours in advertising production.
+Slon in sadež seem to be firmly entrenched with Slovene pop culture, but they also seize every opportunity to mock it and take it less seriously than it takes itself. Besides the role of musicians, they often find themselves functioning as event hosts, script writers, and advertisers. They have been awarded 3 main prizes by the [[Slovene Advertising Festival (SOF)]] and the Effie Award (marketing communications efficiency award) for their endeavours in advertising production.
-In 2004, Slon in Sadež received the Slovenian media prize [[Viktor Award]] for prominent media personalities. In 2008, they hosted this same award show for the first time.
+In 2004, Slon in Sadež received the Slovene media prize [[Viktor Award]] for prominent media personalities. In 2008, they hosted this same award show for the first time.
-They have also hosted their own Radio Slon in Sadež show on Slovenian commercial radio station Radio Center. There they put on whimsical broadcasts which would often consist of poking fun at numerous and various Slovenian local speeches.
+They have also hosted their own Radio Slon in Sadež show on the Slovene commercial radio station Radio Center. There they put on whimsical broadcasts which often consisted of poking fun at numerous and various Slovenian local speeches.
 == Discography ==