Cosmic Sounds NEWS 2003

- BELGRADEYARD SOUND SYSTEM has developed from a one man producer to a 3-members live band consisted of Ivan Antić (double bass) and Goran Simonoski and Relja Bobić (programming).

You can see them live:
14 Nov @ ICA London, UK
15 Nov @ ORF Musikprotokoll festival, Graz, Austria
17 Nov – venue tbc, Ljubljana, Slovenia

- 07 November: ZELJKO KERLETA at the Soleal @ Woody's spinning all kind of stuff at the VIP bar (2nd floor).

OCT.
2003

- 25 October BELGRADEYARD SOUND SYSTEM @ Dis-patch festival in BELGRADE (Dusko Radovic Theater 7 PM)

- 03 October: ZELJKO KERLETA at the Soleal @ Woody's spinning all kind of stuff at the VIP bar (2nd floor).

- Licenses: CUBANO CHANT by ENNIO STYLES coming out soon on LONGRAIN 2 compilation (Instinctive Travels/Creative Vibes, Australia) ;

TAKE IT FROM THE PAST by SO HAYASHI on DJ Tatsuo Sunaga's compilation HOTEL SOUNDTRACK (Gate Records, Japan); FREE CLIMBING by PAINKILLER SEPTET on Tom Wieland's compilation NEW EUROPE - FUSION (Perfect Toy, Germany); TRAIN TO MACHU PICHU by ARKESTRA ONE on POST MODERN BOSSA (Schema); I REALLY WANT YOU by ARKESTRA ONE on COOL SUMMER SOUNDS (Som Livre, Portugal)

SEP.
2003

- 20 September: COXLESS PAIR Session Featuring Bugge Wesseltoft & Sidsel Endersen @ Sava Centre, Belgrade.

- 10 September: The premiere of the first BELGRADEYARD SOUND SYSTEM video at SKC, Belgrade. Soon to be available for downloading from our site.

- DUSKO GOJKOVIC - East Of Montenegro CD recorded live at Belgrade Jazz Festival 1975 will be ready for shipping on 7th September. Real treasure for Dusko's fans. Unearthed, previously unreleased, lost tapes.

- 05 September: ZELJKO KERLETA at the Soleal @ Woody's spinning all kind of stuff at the VIP bar (2nd floor).

AUG.
2003

- Check http://www.ROOTDOWN.TV BOSSA NOVA SPECIAL ISSUE06 for excellent interview with MATTHEW TIMONEY (Arkestra One).

- Monday 11th August ZELJKO KERLETA guest at BBC Radio 2 Jazz Standards with Richard Niles

- Friday 8th August: COXLESS PAIR live at Kalemegdan fortress as a part of Belgrade Summer Festival.

- ZELJKO KERLETA gigs in August:

- 01 August: Soleal @ Woody's spinning all kind of stuff at the VIP bar (2nd floor)

- 21 August: NIGHT OF THE INFRA-TERRESTRIALS @ GALLERY 291 (291 Hackney Road) with Richard E - Solar Apple Quarktette / Further Out Recordings and Beverley O - Club E.V.A . - 7.30pm-12am (Cosmic Sounds videos will be shown publicly for the first time)
- 24 August: NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL - GRAND UNION SOUND SYSTEM @ Grand Union Pub (next to Woody's) spinning mostly Brazilian, Latin and Afro-Funk. All day happening with 15 DJs. Catch Zeljko between 12-01pm.

JUL.
2003

- 03 July Soleal @ Woody's with ZELJKO KERLETA spinning all kind of stuff at the VIP bar (2nd floor). 1st floor: Trevor Fung + Nathan Haines, Main Room: Tito Heron & Karl Gonzales. 9pm-2.30am.

JUN.
2003

- One sad news: NADA JOVIC has died in Canada at the age of 75. She spent most of her life in Canada and her only release came out on Cosmic Sounds label last year. That was her recording from 1966 with Dusko Gojkovic Quintet that gained her a reputation of being the best ever Yugoslavian jazz singer.

- ZELJKO KERLETA will be spinning @ Woody's on 6th June at the top floor VIP Bar as a part of Soleal @ Woody's.

- JANKO NILOVIC has recorded his first of several new albums for Cosmic Sounds. The first one was recorded in Slovenia with a Big Band of the Radio TV Ljubljana and with Dusko Gojkovic as a guest star. Recording was finished on 4 June followed by live concert in Ljubljana on 5. June.

MAY
2003

- 31 May COXLESS PAIR playing live in London @ Barbican Centre. Support by DJ ZELJKO KERLETA. Check the INFO

- Mini DJ tour by ZELJKO KERLETA in Germany in the beging of May. Confirmed dates:02 May DARMSTADT: @ Schlosskeller with DJ Jazzmadass & Beatclub 21 live set.04 MayMÜNCHEN: @ Bayerischer Hof, with Jazzmate (Leftofcentre)05 MayKONSTANZ: @ Relaxed-clubbing, with Jazzmate (Leftofcentre)

check photos

- RADIO X from Frankfurt (http://www.radiox.de) will have on 2nd May from 12 h to 2pm

JAZZ 101.4 FM SPECIAL: COSMIC SOUNDS portrait and live DJ set by Z. Kerleta.

- RADIO FREEFM ULM 102,& MHz - 'leftofcentre radioshow' on 3rd May Z. Kerleta live in the studio with Nebojsa 'Jazzmate' & Marc Frank.

APR.
2003

- CS 12 INCHES on CD just arrived and promos being sent around. UK release date is 14 June and export slightly earlier.

MAR.
2003

- Satelliet @ OOG Radio, 106.6 FM and 105.5 FM (cable) in the northern part of Holland, the province of Groningen on March 31, 2003: did a 'Cosmic Sounds - special' playing just CS releases and also from now on taking over one hour of The Return Of Gagarin presented by Zeljko Kerleta that will be broadcast once a month.

- The sublime compilation NOW'S THE TIME compiled by KEVIN LeGENDRE is ready. This kind of music changed my life and that's why I started CS label in a first place. A must for any collection! UK release date is 12 May.

- COSMIC SOUNDS REMIXED getting great respond and a lot of plays. Not enough space here to mention everything so check the CSR page.

FEB.
2003

- ARKESTRA ONE - "I really Want You" came out on couple of compilations: ACID LOUNGE IN SPACE (Hed Kandi) and BRAZILUTION (Ministry Of Sounds Germany)

- QUO VADIS SAMBA 12" came out. It features re-mixes by BUTTI 49 and ZELJKO KERLETA

- COSMIC SOUNDS REMIXED finally out!!!

JAN.
2003

- ARKESTRA ONE - "Shine" licensed for "MAN RAY 3" compilation on Milan Music from France. The whole album is going to be released soon in Poland by BMG.

- ZELJKO KERLETA is finishing remix of the track "Evenings" by Electrosacher (DJ collective from Trieste, Italy). They are starting their own label called ELSA and this is going to be their first 12" release and it's due to be out in April.

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