Inkubator Dobre Glazbe

Music in the Age of Corona means loads of streamed concerts, communication via social media, listening to new songs on the radio in the comfort of our homes and discovering interesting stuff on streaming services. It also means discovering a whole new way to create our Incubator.

Just as always we bring you some musical news, new songs from our music scene, a glance of HR Top 40 and an album that brings smiles. And that`s just how we`d describe this week`s episode - filled with optimism and smiles. Exactly what we need these days...

In this episode we`ll hear songs from Cubismo and Nola, Mile Kekin, Luka Nižetić and Ogenj. Album of the week has an interesting name- Gluten Tag, and it`s the work of Helem nejse, a band from Sarajevo.

List of tracks:

Gelato Sisters - Nezamjenjivo, (Aquarius Records, Mikrofon Records), Cubismo feat. Nola - Lijepa si danas (Aquarius Records), Darius feat. Laura Mjeda - Sve što želim (Hit Records), Helem Nejse - Lagana zadava (Croatia Records), Mile Kekin - Epilog kuće bez krova (Menart), Leteći odred - Hajde reci mi (Croatia Records), Dino Petrić - Vino i noć (Croatia Records), Luka Nižetić - Život je let (Dallas Records), Elemental - Hej, sanjalice (383 Records), Ogenj - Kaj nebi bilo (Dancing Bear), Vatra - Sva naša ljeta (Dallas Records), Robert Funčić – Dječak (Dallas Records)

Corona is in command of our everyday lives these days. Concerts are being cancelled, socializing isn`t recommended, and sports events are getting postponed. Following the cancellation of the NBA season, Champions League and the Croatian First Football League, it`s debatable whether the European Football Championship is going to happen either.

Oh, Kornelije and Ana have also been separated by COVID-19. But don`t be saddened, our favorite duo found a way to film the new episode "together but apart" - Ana is reporting from home this week and she is eager to bring you some of the best Croatian music.

Back to the news - We`re witnessing a new trend. Concerts have become streaming events. Also, new music is coming to streaming platforms. Rita Ora, Ava MAX, The Killers and Justin Timberlake have all recently blessed us with new music.

And not just them. Croatian music scene is equally lively. This weeks Incubator is proof. Amongst many others, we`ll hear songs by Nina Badrić, Mia Negovetić, Jure Brkljača and Damir Kedžo. Album of the week belongs to Baltazar who bring us some hard rock sounds.

Let`s listen!

List of tracks:

Kristijan Rahimovski - Sve dok imaš ljubav (Hit Records), Petar Grašo - Voli me (Tonika), Nina Badrić - Da biram (Aquarius Records), Baltazar - Treba nam ljubav (Dallas Records), Rokambol - Gavran (Mast Produkcija), Markiz feat. Aljoša Šerić & Toni Starešinić – Možda (Croatia Records), Mia Negovetić - When It Comes to You (Croatia Records), Jure Brkljača - Hajde nazovi me (Hit Records), Vlado Kalember i Srebrna krila - Kopija (Dancing Bear), Alen Nižetić - Lete uspomene (Scardona), Damir Kedžo - Divlji vjetre (Croatia Records), Nikola Marjanović - Let's Forgive (Menart)

So, Katy Perry announced her pregnancy in a music video and Lady Gaga confirmed that her baby- the new album- is coming in April. Festival South West has been cancelled due to the Corona virus. We got news of 570 special editions that will be published worldwide for Record Store Day. Amongst them are the records by: Fleetwood Mac, David Bowie, Elton John, Sam Smith, Britney Spears, Destiny`s Child and Motorhead.

List of tracks:

Vladimir Kočiš Zec - Ti si moj rođendan (Croatia Records), Gabriella - Nekog kao ti (Croatia Records), Marei - Ne budi me (Menart), Goran Karan i Severina - Šta je svit (Scardona), Bojan Jambrošić - Više od riječi (Dallas Records), Mia Dimšić - Unatrag (Croatia Records), Jole - San snova (Tonika), Matija Cvek feat. Matija Dedić - Nasloni se (Menart), Mel Camino - Škvadra (Ideš? Idem! Remix) (Aquarius Records, Spona), Vatra - Sva naša ljeta (Dallas Records), Marko Kutlić - Samo nek ona sretna je (Hit Records), Zdenka Kovačiček - Love, Love, Love (Dancing Bear)

IFPI(International Federation of the Phonographic Industry) announced that Taylor Swift is the Biggest global artist of the year 2019. Lady Gaga is about to publish her new album and Public Enemy are amongst many performers who showed their support for Bernie Sanders. Yes, many interesting things are happening in the music industry these days.

The excitement is present in Croatia as well, as was apparent on Dora. That`s why in this episode we`re talking about Dora - The Croatian national selection for a song that`ll represent Croatia on this years` Eurosong. We bring you lots of news and listen to mostly ladies this week. After all, it is the weekend dedicated to women, people. 

List of tracks:

Damir Kedžo - Divlji vjetre (Croatia Records), Iva Ćurić - Izvan ovog vremena (Styx Production/Croatia Records), Elma - Poklone u boji grlim (Croatia Records), Aklea Neon - Zovi ju mama (Aquarius Records), Alen Vitasović i Božidarka-Matija Čerina - Da se ne zatare (Dancing Bear), Anezi - Radoznala budalo (Menart), Jure Brkljača - Hajde nazovi me (Hit Records), Nina Badrić - Ratujem s tugom (Aquarius Records), Nika Turković – Raj (Aquarius Records), Medea - Stranci u našoj sudbini (Croatia Records), Antonija Šola & Mario Roth - Cijena prave ljubavi (Croatia Records), Pavel feat. Tedi Spalato - Ne daj na nas (Dallas Records)

The BRITS are behind us and that night in London gave us a performance by Billie Eilish and Hans Zimmer as well as Johnny Marr (the one from the Smiths). Also, we witnessed Lewis Capaldi getting two awards and wacky Lizzo on stage and around it.

The nominations for Porin award are out! And we`re definitely talking about them. The nominations influenced this week`s Album of the week pick - URBAN&4 and Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra.

The month of love is nearing its end so we bring you some romantic verses, among those we`ll hear some hits from Vanna, Opća opasnost, Lara Demarin and Zdenka Kovačićek.

List of tracks:

Psihomodo pop - Digitalno nebo (Dallas Records), Vanna - Kad smo se voljeli (Croatia Records), Mia Dimšić i Marko Tolja - Sva blaga ovog svijeta (Croatia Records), Urban&4 i Zagrebačka filharmonija - Sutra ćemo pričati (Croatia Records), Opća opasnost - Vrati se (Croatia Records), Marko Rudelić - Živimo na rubu (Dallas Records), Lara Demarin - Uz tebe (Hit Records), Ljubavnici - Iznenadi me (Croatia Records), Zdenka Kovačiček – Adut (Dancing Bear), Demode - Od svega jača (Aquarius Records), Marko Kutlić - Samo nek ona sretna je (Hit Records), Robert Čavlović - Slađa od meda (Menart)

This time of the year, when we eat donuts and dress up in costumes, music awards are being won and news from the music world keep on coming. NME pronounced Lana Del Rey`s album „Norman F. Rockwell“ Album of the Year, Billie Eilish published her James Bond theme song in which Johnny Marr plays the guitar. The music industry surprised us with news of increased sales of casettes as well as the sales increase of casette players.What? That`s right, welcome to the 2020s, the 90s are long gone. Or are they?

In this weeks Incubator we`re listening to Teška industrija, Letu štuke, Jelena Rozga and Pavel. Quite the ensemble!

List of tracks:

Reper iz sobe - Tipkan skrolan (Menart), Teška industrija - Novo je jutro (Croatia Records), Fluentes - Putnici (Menart), Bang Bang - Sebi dovoljni (Croatia Records), Letu štuke - Žad (Menart), Ana Opačak - Susret, (Aquarius Records), Jacques Houdek - Teret, (RTL Music), Jelena Rozga – Sveto pismo (Tonika), Pavel feat. Tedi Spalato - Ne daj na nas (Dallas Records), Marko Kutlić - Samo nek ona sretna je (Hit Records), Jure Lubina - Najdraža moja (Dancing Bear), Branimir Bubica i Klapa Sebenico - Nisam zna (Scardona)

Parasite is going in the history books! This southkorean movie took home 4 Oscars, and among them the Oscar for Best picture. At the Oscars, there was an unexpected appearance by Eminem. Janelle Monae, Idina Menzel and AURORA performed "Into the Unknown" from the movie Frozen, and Billie Eilish put her spin on the Beatles classic.

But more importantly, last week we witnessed the birth of a new prestigious music award. The first Top.HR Music Awards took place in Esplanade hotel in Zagreb and we can only describe the night as "the music to our ears" and a beautiful sight to see. This weeks` Incubator is dedicated to the award that is based on transparent data of radio-streaming and listening, as well as streaming on Deezer.

List of tracks:

Severina – Rođeno moje (Dallas Records), O.S.D.S. - Do kraja vremena (Menart), Franka - Ljubav, ništa više (Karpo Media, Croatia Records), Parni Valjak – Vrijeme (Croatia Records), Nina Badrić - Rekao si (Aquarius Records), Jure Brkljača – Lipa (Hit Records),  Damir Kedžo - Vidi se izdaleka (Croatia Records), Pravila igre feat. EFZG - Samo zbog nje (Gema Produkcija), Nola i Elvis Stanić - Ne traži od mene (Aquarius Records), Marko Kutlić - Samo nek ona sretna je (Hit Records), Vojko V – Moja lipa (Croatia Records), Ogenj – Domaj (Dancing Bear)

Billie Eilish dominated the Grammys, Jennifer Lopez made headlines with her SuperBowl performance. She was joined by her daughter Emma, Shakira, J Balvin and Bad Bunny. Billie, on the other hand was sincerely applauded at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. It was a beautiful sight to see - musicians of all genres celebrating and supporting one another. 

Perfomers from this years` Zagrebački festival showed equal amount of support to each other. That`s the topic of this weeks Incubator. We`ll listen to songs by Maja Posavec, Daleka obala, Marko Kutlić i Jelena Rozga. Album of the week goes to Lea Mijatović titled "Sva moja lica".

Let`s listen!

List of tracks:

Urban & 4 – Iskra (Croatia Records), Maja Posavec - Daleko, iza nas (Aquarius Records), Nikolina Tomljanović - Nemir samoće (Dallas Records), Lea Mijatović - Obrani ljubav (Menart), Vjeko - Karte za sreću (Aquarius Records), Leteći odred - Hajde reci mi (Croatia Records), Daleka obala - Na korak si do mene (Dancing Bear), Nikola Marjanović - Vrati mi se ti (Menart/Rubikon Sound Factory), Marko Kutlić - Samo nek ona sretna je (Hit Records), Igor Delač feat. ZETZ - Previše sam tvoj (Croatia Records), Jelena Rozga - Sveto pismo (Tonika/Croatia Records), 4 Tenora - Brod bez imena (Scardona)

Hey everyone! Incubator is two years old and we have a serious birthday (radio) party. And by that I mean- seriously fun party! We are bringing you so many birthday related songs and chosen tracks. In the next hour we bring you lots of reasons for dancing and laughter. 

Album of the week goes to- Tihomir Pop Asanović "Povratak prvoj ljubavi". The album is published on CD and vinyl, and you get to hear some of it in this episode of Incubator.

List of tracks:

Jacques Houdek - Sretan rođendan (Croatia Records), Tihomir Pop Asanović feat. Sabrini Hebiri & Saša Antić - Femme Fetale (Croatia Records), Mia Dimšić - Sretan put (Croatia Records), Miroslav Rus – Rođendan (Croatia Records), Dubioza kolektiv - Himna generacije (Menart), Severina - Od rođendana do rođendana (Live) (Dallas Records), Davor Radolfi i Ritmo Loco - Za tvoj rođendan (Hit Records), Swingers - Sretan rođendan (Dus Electro Swing Remix) (Aquarius Records), Željko Bebek - Dunavom (Croatia Records), Zdravko Čolić - Rođendanska pjesma (Croatia Records), U pol' 9 kod Sabe - Starimo (Aquarius Records), Zdenka Kovačiček feat. Remi - Pozitivan primjerak (Dancing Bear), Igor Delač feat. ZETZ - Previše sam tvoj (Croatia Records), Tomislav Bralić - Sritan rođendan (Scardona)

We are living in an exciting music era. The proof of it comes from all over. For example, Billie Eilish wrote and sang the new song from the James Bond series, Taylor Swift presents us with a bio-documentary "Miss Americana". It`s an interesting era before us. This year, the Rock & Roll House of Fame welcomes both Notorius B.I.G. and Whitney Houston, while the members of Songwriter's Hall Of Fame welcome Mariah Carey and The Neptune.

Our musicians got their "five minutes of fame" in this episode of Incubator. Amongst them, we`ll  hear some featuring track such as that of Pavel and Tedi Spalato, Marin Jurić-Čivro and Nina Kraljić, Igor Delač and ZETZ, and Chui featuring Mangroove. Album of the week is wistful. It the work of Robert Funčić called "Dječak, brod, čempres".

List of tracks:

Matija Cvek feat. Matija Dedić - Nasloni se (Menart), Mate Bulić & Tarapana Band - Ja sam na te ponosan (Croatia Records), Pavel feat. Tedi Spalato - Ne daj na nas (Dallas Records), Robert Funčić feat. Sabrina Hebiri - Crveno lišće (Dallas Records), Maja Posavec - Daleko iza nas (Aquarius Records), Hari Rončević - Ja noćas odlazim za njom (Scardona), Marin Jurić-Ćivro feat. Nina Kraljić - Zima (Universal), Mia Dimšić - Pomiče se sat (Croatia Records), Zorica Kondža - Zar je voljeti grijeh (Hit Records), Stijepo Gleđ Markos - Zlatne suze (Scardona), Igor Delač feat. ZETZ - Previše sam tvoj (Croatia Records), Chui feat. ManGroove - Iz kapetanovog dnevnika (Dancing Bear)