Profili Profili
| Company type | Music duo |
|---|---|
| Industry | Music |
| Founded | 1981 |
| Headquarters | Belgrade , Yugoslavia (now Serbia) |
| Products | Music recordings |
Profili Profili (, transliterated as Profiles Profiles) was a Serbian and former Yugoslav new wave and experimental music duo originating from Belgrade. They gained recognition through their involvement in the 1981 Artistička radna akcija project. In the same year, the duo's members established another group called Kazimirov Kazneni Korpus (Serbian Cyrillic: Казимиров Казнени Корпус, translated as Casimir's Castigation Corpus). Both bands appeared together on a split album, which holds the distinction of being the first independent label release in Yugoslavia.
Formation of the bands
The duo Profili Profili consisted of Miodrag "Čeza" Stojanović handling bass and vocals, alongside Slobodan "Jela" Jeličić on guitar and vocals. Their tracks "Majke ih guraju u metalnim korpama" ("Mothers Push Them In Metal Baskets") and "Nemir živaca" ("Nerve Unrest") were included in the 1981 compilation Artistička radna akcija.
In that same year, Stojanović and Jeličić joined forces with Dragoslav "Draža" Radojković to form Kazimirov Kazneni Korpus just thirty minutes prior to their inaugural live appearance at the Aktuelna Beogradska Rock Scena festival held at Tašmajdan. Their set featured a single composition performed in five distinct variations. Subsequently, they played at Topčider alongside Katarina II. The lineup was later augmented by Milan Mladenović, formerly of Šarlo Akrobata and Katarina II, who contributed as an additional bassist.
Recording and disbandment
On 18 May 1982, both groups performed at an art exhibition by the Ljubljana band Laibach, hosted at Belgrade's SKC gallery. Following this event, they opted to record their material over a three-day session at the NGM studio in Banovo Brdo. Produced with a modest budget of 15,000 Yugoslav dinars, the album was released through the independent label Galerija Srecna nova umetnost SKC, marking a milestone as Yugoslavia’s first independent music release.
The split album Kazimirov Kazneni Korpus / Profili Profili, issued in March 1982, featured five alternate versions of Profili Profili's "Ventilatori" alongside five renditions of Kazimirov Kazneni Korpus' "Paralitične šizoidne devojke." Initially limited to a run of 100 copies with individually crafted covers, it quickly sold out and became a prized collector’s item.
In 1983, "Paralitične šizoidne devojke" was included in the soundtrack for the film Šećrna vodica, although no official soundtrack album was published. That year, Stojanović sought to steer Kazimirov Kazneni Korpus towards a guitar-centric sound; Saša Radić joined on bass while Mladenović remained exclusively with Profili Profili. Despite rehearsals, the bands only performed live once more in 1984 before Stojanović decided to dissolve both projects.
Post-breakup
Following the group's dissolution, Jeličić left the music industry to pursue entrepreneurial ventures; he succumbed to cancer in April 1996. Mladenović carried on with Katarina II, which later transformed into Ekatarina Velika, producing six studio records and gaining widespread recognition. He also partnered with Mitar Subotić in the project Angel's Breath, releasing an album in Brazil in 1994 before passing away from pancreatic cancer that same year.
Radojković continued his musical journey with Laibach. In 1986, he co-initiated Plaćenici alongside former bandmates but departed after a single performance. The group’s later formations recorded six tracks for the Beogradski grafiti - Bad Boy Rock compilation before disbanding. Subsequently, he established Viet-Viet (which was later renamed Ritual) and, in 1989, formed DDT with Srđan "Đile" Marković and Ivan Vdović; following Vdović's death in 1992, the band evolved into Supernaut. Within Supernaut, Stojanović contributed to the studio album Budućnost sada (1993) and the live release Live in Zombietown (1995) prior to his exit. Saša Radić joined Supernaut afterward, participating in four studio albums from 1998 through 2010, featuring guest appearances by Radojković.
Studio albums
Other appearances
- "Majke ih guraju u metalnim kolicima" / "Nemir živaca" (from Artistička radna akcija; 1981)
References
- EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960-2006, Janjatović Petar
- Review of Prvih 100 kaseta; Kazimirov Kazneni Korpus / Profili Profili SKC, Petar Popović, Džuboks magazine, April 1982
- Drugom stranom, Almanah novog talasa u SFRJ, Janjatović Petar; 1983