Rural balkan funk jazz from Belgrade
This year again, the Naked guys will surprise you all at Babel Sound!
Naked was founded in Belgrade in 2006. The band immediately attracted the attention of the local audience! They stood out on the Serbian music scene thanks to its multilayered and energetic musical expression, receptive, at the same time intriguing original compositions, and compact, well-coordinated playing. In addition to the above, there are convincing stage performances and the image of the group members, which could most simply be described as “very cool”.
A gypsy violin, saxophone and clarinet converse with the melody accompanied by a tight, upbeat bass and drum section. Together they generate a sense of updated-global-urbanism and accurate synergy by diversity, a natural crossover of swing, funk, trippy psychedelic dub, classical music with flashes of the Mediterranean and African, Eastern European traditions as well as bebop, odd-rhythm and free-jazz.
Why are they called Naked? Because they love honesty, openness, truth, purity, nakedness, demystification. Because the members of the group carry an emotional spectrum, which germinated in their souls and minds first during a carefree early childhood, and then maturing in ungrateful social circumstances in the former Yugoslavia, in an atmosphere of poverty, hatred, fear, violence, hyperinflation, war, bombing, general social decline… In an atmosphere in which fertile ideas about freedom, hope, good vibes, love, endeavour could develop at the same time.
Branislav Radojkovic – bass
Goran Milosevic – drums
Djordje Mijuskovic – violin
Rastko Uzunović – saxophone and clarinet
Djordje Kujundzic – bariton sax