Elipse (band)

Elipse
Elipse during their soul period.
Background information
Origin	Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Genres	Rock and roll, beat, rhythm and blues, soul
Years active	1962 – 1968
Labels	PGP-RTB, Simke Music
Associated acts	Siluete, Kongo Kinšasa, KIM Band, Korni Grupa, Mag, Orkestar Zorana Simjanovića
Past members	Aleksandar Mandić Bojan Hreljac Dragan Kuprijanov Edi Dekeng Momčilo Radovanović Nikola Zembić Vladimir Furduj Zoran Simjanović Minja Tasić Slobodan Skakić Radomir Dmitrović Kosta Ignjatović Momčilo Radovanović Simeon Vuković Zoran Jurkić

Elipse (Serbian Cyrillic: Елипсе; trans. The Ellipses) were a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock and roll/beat and later soul group from Belgrade, notable as one of the pioneers of the Serbian and former Yugoslav rock scene.

The band was formed in 1962 by Momčilo "Moma" Radovanović (guitar), Radomir Dmitrović "Đura" (guitar) and Minja Tasić (vocals), as a part of the Society for Culture and Arts Gradimir Mihajlović. The first live appearance the band had was at the Belgrade club Euridika on June 21, 1963, performing cover versions of The Shadows. On Autumn of the same year, the drummer Vladimir "Furda" Furduj joined the band, bringing along Zoran Simjanović (keyboards), formerly of Siluete. At the time, beside Radovanović and Dmitrović, the lineup also featured Božidar Knežević (vocals), Kosta Ignjatović "Gule" (saxophone), and Bojan Hreljac (bass guitar). However, it did not last long and the new vocalist became Slobodan "Skaka" Skakić, Ignjatović left the band and Dmitović was replaced by Simeon "Simica" Vuković (solo guitar). On the departure of Skakić, the band decided to turn to polyphonic vocals with all the members doing vocals beside their instrumental duties. For a while, the band member was also the director Aleksandar Mandić (backing vocals, tambourine).