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V IC Limunada emerged in 2013, though they sound like they met in the middle of the last century. They are connected by a great love for those bygone times and memories of a dancing Belgrade, dance hall evenings and a time when people believed in a better life. “We’re inspired by the Post-WWII pe- riod of reconstruction and development, that dolce vita, the sweet life of the regu- lar, urban, modern, middle-class people that was then developing. Strong faith in better tomorrow ourished sometime from 1955 to 1965, and then very quick- ly dissipated. That faith and hope, more than the clothes and sounds or dance, are what touch us deeply. None of us is a dancer, nor a romantic; we’re not some seducers who bring owers for girls. We don’t live in that way at all,” says singer and guitarist Miodrag‘Miki’Ninić, explain- ing the creative and conceptual frame- work within which VIC Limunada operates. They still nevertheless draw inspira- tion from that period and, as they say, learn from arrangements and bygone productions. “That music has an open, positive at- titude, unlike contemporary music, which often has some closed attitude of negative criticism. We want to avoid being rebel- liously dirty. We don’t want harsh rhythms and harsh lyrics that refute everything that’s beautiful,” says Miki. In their music one recognises the
noličnom bitu u kojem nema nika- kve komunikacije i koji, i kad je naj- bolji, vodi ka otuđenju i zatvaranju u sebe. Ljudi dođu na koncert i sto- je, kao da gledaju film. Mi ne želi- mo da pružimo publici plesno veče, jer smo i sami ponekad takva ista publika. Ali za tih sat, sat i po, ko- liko traje koncert, želja nam je da publiku odnesemo na bolje mesto. Da ne budemo mračni, buntovni i individualni na bini, nego na pru- žimo koreografije, orkestar, svu tu scensku raskoš – objašnjava Miki kako je moguće otopiti savremenu publiku. Pa ako ste u Novom Sadu za Dan zaljubljenih, ponesite slam- čice i pravo na limunadu.
fusion of classical music and jazz, blues and rock‘n’roll, Italian sounds and the hit tracks of San Remo... This 14 th February, to commemorate Valentine’s Day, they will present all of these factors with a ma- jor concert at Novi Sad’s Spens venue. Will they succeed in creating the atmos- phere of a dance and compel an audi- ence of sti modern people to dance to good, old records? “We all feel that huge alienation and the inability of people to form loving re- lationships. Everything is terribly fast; everything is done according to the “hit and run”principle. The entertainment in- dustry is increasingly orientated towards electronic music, towards a monotone beat that doesn’t contain any commu- nication, and which – even at its best – leads towards alienation and closing to oneself. People come to a concert and stand still, as though watching a lm. We, as Limunada, don’t want to give the au- dience a dance evening, because we’re sometimes also that kind of audience our- selves. But for that hour, hour and a half, as long as the concert lasts, our desire is to take the audience to a better place. For us not to be dark, rebellious and individ- ual on stage, but rather to o er choreog- raphy, an orchestra, all that stage splen- dour,” says Miki, explaining how to thaw an icy contemporary audience. So, if you nd yourself in Novi Sad for St. Valentine’s Day, bring your drinking straws and head for some lemonade.
In their music one recognises the fusion of classical music and jazz, blues and rock ‘n’ roll, the hits of San Remo.... This 14 th February, to commemorate Valentine’s Day, they will present all of these with a major concert at Novi Sad’s Spens venue Rema... Ovog 14. februara, na Dan zaljubljenih, sve će to pokazati na svirci u „Spensu“ u Novom Sadu U njihovoj muzici prepoznaje se mešavina klasične muzike i džeza, bluza i rokenrola i šlagera San
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