Del Arno Band

Del Arno Band
Del Arno Band performing live in 2009
Background information
Origin	Belgrade, Serbia
Genres	Reggae, pop rock, world music, jazz
Years active	1986 – present
Labels	SKC Beograd, Komuna, Take It Or Leave It Records, Vinylmania Records, Automatik Records
Associated acts	Dead Ideas, Eyesburn, Petar Pan
Website	www.delarnoband.com
Members	Aleksandar Petković Dobroslav Predić Jovan Matić Mihajlo Bogosavljević Milan Petrović Tatjana Popović Tatjana Šuletić Veroljub Spasić Vladan Matić Đorđe Ćurčić
Past members	List Aleksandar Radosavljević Borivoje Borac Brana Kosić Dalibor Vučić Dejan Utvar Dragan Vidojević Dušica Živanović Ilija Miljević Jasna Nikolić Maja Gojković Maja Pajević Miodrag Vidić Mirjana Pilipović Nemanja Kojić Nenad Potije Predrag Kovačević Slobodan Grozdanović Tanja Venčelovski Vedran Nenadović Vladimir Lešić Vladimir Vranić Zoja Borovčanin Đorđe Vasović

Del Arno Band is a Serbian and former Yugoslav reggae band from Belgrade. Formed in 1986, Del Arno Band are considered the longest lasting Serbian reggae band, and one of the pioneers of Serbian and former Yugoslav reggae scenes.

Brothers Jovan (vocals) and Vladan Matić (guitar), fans of reggae music, formed a ten-piece band in 1986, naming it Del Arno Band. After a series of successful live appearances, the band participated in the 1988 Festival Omladina, entering the finals and eventually appearing on the The Best of 237 Festival various artists compilation with the song "Ne radim". This was their discography debut, recorded in the lineup which, beside the two, also featured Aleksandar Radosavljević (guitar), Miodrag Vidić (bass guitar), Dragan Vidojević (drums), Vladimir Lešić (percussion), Bruno Garotić (saxophone), Vladimir Vranić (trumpet) and Slobodan Grozdanović (trombone).

During the early 1990, the band released their debut album, Igraj dok te ne sruše (Dance Until They Break You Down), released on compact cassette only, which beside their material also featured a cover version of the Burning Spear track with lyrics in Serbian language entitled "Ljudi dobre volje" ("People of Good Will"). The album was produced by the band themselves with the help of Miroslav Cvetković. The following year, they released a single featuring the songs "Bi-Bap" ("Be-Bop") and "Putujem" ("I Am Travelling").

The recording of the concert held at the Belgrade SKC on February 21, 1992, was released on the live album Godina majmuna (The Year of the Monkey), featuring quotations from reggae songs included into their own material and a cover version of starogradska muzika standard "Čamac na Tisi" ("A Boat on the Tisa") by Darko Kraljić. During the same year, most of the band personnel had left the band, however, they managed to ensure a continuity in their work by releasing a compilation album Geneza (Genesis), featuring two newly recorded songs, "Iza ugla" ("Behind the Corner") and "DAB in dub", in 1993. The following year, a recording of an acoustic version of their song "Ima mesta za sve" ("There is a Place for Everyone"), performed at an unplugged festival held on January 1994, appeared on the live various artists unplugged album Bez struje (Unplugged), released by MTS Records.