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The beginnings of the band are placed in the city of Zadar, Croatia and go back to 2001 when Kris Vunić (an Australian ex-pat) and Pavle Valerjev (who had recently moved from Rijeka) managed to form a band with an interest to play frenetic, loud, noisy, psychedelic and “weird” music. Both of them were under the influence of complete history of rock’n'roll especially its weirder, obscurer and wilder part. Saša Velčić joined the band as a drummer. The sound of the band proved excessive for Zadar scene and much hasn’t changed since. Soon, Raul Jereb (Pavle’s childhood friend from Rijeka) joined up without moving to Zadar, making the band a strange rehearsal combo of two coastline cities. The self-titled album [album artist=[mandelbrot set]][mandelbrot set] consisting of 12 songs and about 50 minutes of music came out in 2004 on independent label Carpe Diem! Records from Split. Band’s sound and approach to music was welcomed on Croatian indie scene. Album material is a mixture of older and modern noise-rock, with math-rock odd rhythm measures and two-guitar soundscapes. Band was recognized by Croatian and Slovenian modestly proportioned but devoted indie-rock crowd (especially in Zagreb and Rijeka) that enjoyed band’s gigs because of sincere and non-pretentious rock expression and original songs. 2006, a difficult year for the band, saw Saša’s departure just before Netherlands tour. Željko Anić (from Rijeka) took up this post full time making the band a true Rijeka-Zadar congl