Mojmir Novakovic I Kries

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There are moments in each human's life when some idea hits you so powerfully that it becomes the focus of your being. There are only two choices: to give it up or to pursue it. It was 1992 when Mojmir Novaković decided to pursuit his dream: to look for the wisdom of life in the ancient lyrics and chants of his people and to revive them in his time and manner. Being born and raised in the city, he had his own point of view how to revive and transfer parts of the past to the present. Together with some of his college friends he started a band, «Legen». Their first concert, «Tribute to the Spring» happened on March 21st 1993. In 1995 the same group formed «Ethnoambient», a festival dedicated to tradition based music from Croatia and all around the world, which is still successfully introducing different cultures to each other, celebrating the beauty of cultural diversity. Mojmir and Legen presented their music which many called «ethno-rock» through numerous concerts throughout the World, theatre and movie realisations, albums and domestic and international CD compilations. Being a president of ethno section of Croatian Musicians Union, Mojmir also always tried to present other ethno musicians from Croatia in his travelings. In 2002 members of Legen decided to take a break from each other and Mojmir formed a new group which took the name «Kries», which means «Bonfire» in an obsolete form of Croatian language. In the first year of this band's existence, they made music for «

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