Slon in sadež
Founded byJure Karas and Igor Bračič
Jure Karas
Slon in sadež
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- 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 (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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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)
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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. +
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