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(FOX008LP) ALFI KABILJO - YU AEROBIC (ORIGINAL WORKOUT MUSIC FROM YUGOSLAVIA 1981-1984) LP

★ Unreleased instrumental versions from the original master tapes ★ Vinyl Gatefold LP ★ Liner Notes ★ Limited Edition ★ Exclusive full color design by Dejan Krsic (NEP) ★ Includes socialist era workout graphics ★ DMM cut by Pauler Acoustics ★ Mastering by Antony Ryan (RedRedPaw) ★ Limited edition of 300 ★ No repress ★

★ Unreleased instrumental versions from the original master tapes. ★ A collection of 1980's music for aerobics and fitness craze in Yugoslavia inspired by Jane Fonda ★

The phenomena of exercise tapes and albums started officially in Yugoslavia in 1983, Jane Fonda’s book was heavily promoted and published in local edition. Famous actress Milena Dravić released Aerobika Sa Milenom Dravić cassette for RTV Ljubljana and Sarajevo choreographer Gordana Magaš released Aerobik Ples: Pokrenimo se malo!. They were classical instructional tapes with voice-over and international disco or chart hits in the playlist. But Vesna Mimica, who perfected her art with Sylvie Vartan in Paris and Alfi Kabiljo, famous Croatian composer, had more original and serious take on fitness albums in the same year. Cassettes YU Aerobic Br.1 and YU Aerobic Br.2 were released as a series divided in sections (first one for beginners, the other for the advanced users) and much more importantly, they did not use international cover songs, but used conceptual and original music, intentionally made for fitness and aerobics. Backed up by Jugoton label, the largest and most influential in country, the tapes sold extremely well, making Vesna Mimica a star and a synonym for modern dance, aerobics and fitness. The press called her “our Jane Fonda” and she wore that feminist and activist badge with pride and vigour, making her Dance Studio VEM active in years to come, while also building her respective career in journalism, specializing in performing arts and culture.

But the musical genius behind Vesna Mimica’s Aerobics series was Alfi Kabiljo, already a successful composer (also a conductor, arranger, piano player, lyrics and libretto writer and producer) in the variety of genres in Yugoslavia and all over the world. He has recorded in Barcelona, Vienna, London (Pinewood and Twickenham), Los Angeles (Hollywood), Ljubljana, Madrid, Paris, Tokyo and most of all in Zagreb. He has written the music for more than 30 feature films and over a hundred television episodes. Numerous popular songs and chansons have been recorded worldwide, he has taken part in and won prizes at popular music festivals at home and abroad, including Zagreb, Split and Opatija, then Rio de Janeiro, Tel Aviv, Malta, Seoul, Palma de Mallorca, Cairo, Athens, Caracas, Mexico City and much more. His lesser known passion is for applied and library music. The Vesna Mimica tapes were a bold and unusual step in his career: that kind of applied music was usually hidden in biographies of other composers. They probably considered it artistically irrelevant due to a predefined use, but Alfi Kabiljo never agreed on that, he treated all of his compositions with the same pride.

Fox & His Friends Records team is on the same path: all music should be in an equal opportunity for the aesthetic judgement and should not be forgotten for its back story, purpose or use. The rise of library music appreciation in recent years shows that we are right and more and more hidden gems are being re-discovered and re-evaluated. Such are the selections from the surviving studio masters from the Aerobics era, which we chose to present in their original form without the instructional dubbing and voice-over. That does not mean we do not like Vesna Mimica’s sporty fitness lines (we do!), but in this instrumental form, which was never released and aired publicly, Alfi Kabiljo’s precise jazz and disco mixture of melodies and beats turns out to be still fresh and dance friendly. You can enjoy this rare treat even more and be your own Vesna Mimica while exercising to it. So, just work it left, right, left, right, left, right and breeeathe...

Composed, Arranged and Conducted by Alfi Kabiljo. Musicians: Ozren Depolo (Alto Saxophone, Flute), Mladen Baraković (Bass Guitar), Salih Sadiković (Drums), Vedran Božić (Electric Guitar), Srđan Dedić (Synthesizer), Alfi Kabiljo (Keyboards, Bells, Percussion), Marijan Domić (Trumpet, Flugelhorn). Recorded by Petko Kantardžijev at JM Sound Studio, Zagreb. Engineered by Janko Mlinarić-Truli. Executive Producers, Creative Direction and A&R: Leri Ahel & Željko Luketić Selected by Leri Ahel Research & Liner Notes Željko Luketić Artwork by Dejan Kršić Digitization & Restoration: Leri Ahel & Željko Luketić Mastering: Antony Ryan DMM Cut by Pauler Acoustics Rights Society: HDS/BIEM ©℗ 2022 Fox & His Friends Records

TRACKS:

Ugrijavanje / Warming Up (Instrumental) Izolacije / Isolations (Instrumental) Bedra / Thighs (Instrumental) Jogging (Instrumental) Noge i bokovi / Legs and Hips (Instrumental) Trbuh / The Belly (Instrumental) Ruke / Hands (Instrumental) Struk / The Waist (Instrumental)

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