Presing

Presing
Presing in 2001, from left to right: Dejan Utvar, Zoran Radović, Vladislav Rac and Vladimir Marković
Background information
Also known as	Pressing
Origin	Belgrade, Serbia
Genres	Alternative rock, post-rock, art rock, indie rock, experimental music
Years active	1990 – 1993 1996 – 2007 2011 – present
Labels	Nova Aleksandrija, Red Luna Records, B92, Favi, Square, Sensart, Beograund, Ammonite Records
Associated acts	Autopark, Darkwood Dub, Dejan Cukić & Spori Ritam Band, Del Arno Band, E-Play, Eyesburn, Kanda, Kodža i Nebojša, Kazna Za Uši, Kristali, Lira Vega, Partibrejkers, Plejboj, Sunshine
Website	Official website
Members	Dušan Zdravković Ernest Džananović Vlada Marković Zoran Radović
Past members	Blaža Drecun Damjan Dašić Dejan Utvar Jovan Petrović Marko Grubačić Miladin Radivojević Nikola Rađenović Roman Goršek Rudolf Cibulski Saša Bugarčić Vlada Marković Vladislav Rac

Presing is a Serbian alternative rock band from Belgrade. Formed in 1990 and named after pressure defense in basketball (and some other team sports), Presing were, together with Darkwood Dub and Kanda, Kodža i Nebojša, representatives of the so-called NeoBeo sound, alternative, guitar-based rock music produced in Belgrade in early 1990s.New York Press wrote about Presing: "It's a sound that kicks the pants off the recycle-rock of The Strokes, The Vines and the White Stripes, just to name a few... You can hear bits of the melodic era of The Fall (This Nation's Saving Grace through Frenz Experiment), some Nick Cave, some Neil Young–and even some P-Funk via Kraftwerk".

The original lineup consisted of Zoran Radović "Kiza" on vocals, Vladimir Marković "Kraka" on guitar, Roman Goršek on bass guitar and Slobodan Asanović on drums. Radović and Marković remained in the band continuously, while other members kept changing. Highly artistic lyrics of Radović, performed in a rap manner, merged with harmonic and somewhat dissonant guitar tunes of Marković, thus creating a style of post-rock sound. Presing members are also involved in other art forms, such as fiction and poetry (both Radović and Marković released their books), painting and sculpture (Radović and Grubačić). They also have musical side projects such as Tron and Stereo Ikar by Radović and Tornado Ptice and Xanax by Marković.

The band was formed in 1990, in the lineup consisting of former Pasmaters member Zoran Radović "Kiza" (vocals, bass guitar), Vladimir Marković "Kraka" (guitar) and drummer Slobodan Asanović "Boban". Before joining the band, Marković lived in London, working as a window-washer and bassist in a reggae band, but returned to Belgrade on Radović request of joining the band. Soon after, Radović quit playing bass, with former Euforija member Roman Goršek taking over the bass duties. The lineup had their first recordings, the songs "Mačo" ("Macho") and "Oboye" ("Both") released on the various artists compilation Želim jahati do ekstaze, released by Slušaj Najglasnije and Nova Aleksandrija record labels, which, due to the outbreak of the Yugoslav wars, did not have a proper distribution.