In the 80s, you know, we were living in a different world and since we're used to how we live today, we kinda removed it. Visiting Eastern countries wasn't easy at all, but also there, despite the repression and a difficult political situation, there was a fervent musical scene. Near my country, Italy, there was Yugoslavia and it was kinda obscure to me. I only knew that Laibach and Borghesia were coming from that country but I didn't know much more. In the latest years, thanks to Matthias Weise of Dominance Electricity I had the chance to check some Eastern European electronic music and it would be amazing to reissue also that stuff. Marc at Anna Logue Records, succeeded into getting his hands on some recordings of an electronic band called Beograd. They were from Belgrade, Serbia and their line-up was: Dejan Stanisavljevic, Aleksandar Rodic, Ljubodrag Bubalo and Milan Bubalo. They recorded only a 7" and an album sung in their original language. On this 7" EP you can find the two tracks of their 1982 single "Tv" / "Sanjas Li U Boji?", "Mrak" (the best track of their 1983 album "Remek Depo") plus two demo version of "T.V." and "Mrak" which sound like recorded by ghosts because of the bad quality but which have a eerie atmosphere and a nice retro sound. Musically, Beograd, sounded like a dark version of Telex thanks also to the fact that back then they hadn't sequencers or midi. They had to play live bass lines and melodic parts and along with the Roland CR-78 drum machine, they were able to play something unique. Their songs are minimal but rich thanks to all the nice synth parts and rhythm changes. They knew how to pack a hit and the three original tracks just prove that. They also didn't have pop lyrics as they were critical about tv and also on the second track, which translated it's titled "Do You Dream In Colour?", they were covering the anxiousness of a generation. Great release! You can check some excerpts here http://soundcloud.com/annaloguerecords/anna-036.