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Ognjen Savija

About Me

Ognjen Savija:
Member of Cultural Association “Ambrosia” .
Guitar player, musician, composer, producer, sound designer, multimedial artist & DJ - the explorer of Infinity and its possibilities.
Born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1971.
Have taken classical guitar lessons from Mile Praljak.
Simultaneously, worked with electronics and audio engineering, andhave studied several other music instruments.
1986, together with brother Nebojsa Savija-Valha, begun music andsound experiment projects within contemporary music, new age,avant-garde jazz and ambient. (See: Ognjen Savija andNebojsa Savija-Valha duo)
At the same time played with several alternative rock bands.
1991-1996 was a leader of a goth rock band the Invisible Fields .
During 1993, together with his brother developed an audio-visualproject "Twilight Whisper" that is performed at the beginning of 1994involving several more people. The project was a milestone for hisfuture work. Soon after they recorded music for a feature film "Mladi muzipoznavaji svet" directed by Radim Spacek in production of the CzechTelevision.
Together with several people is a founding member of a Cultural Association “Ambrosia” , which wasestablished at the end of 1994. Participated in over 100 different art projects done by theassociation in following years.
At the same time played with acid jazz band “Fabrizzio Und HisFriends” latter renamed as “Kaiten“. The band opened the 1st SarajevoJazz Fest .
During mid 90ies started projects in electronic music and havedeveloped the Ambrosia Musica projects, AAM and Techno ExperimentalSound System.
Between 2002 and 2004 cooperated with DJ Kunoichi in the technoproject Echogenic.
Have been working in a lot of solo projects for several years...


Last projects:


"Pasivni pusaci" - Art performance & Sonic installation ; Ambrosia Productio

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 30/11/2007
Influences: John Coltrane, Eberhard Weber, Duo Resonante, Keith Jarret, Jan Garbarek, Ray Lynch, Charels Mingus, Vangelis, Stephan Micus, Albert Ayler, Sunny Murray, Art Blakey, Joe Pass, Miles Davis, John McLaughlin, David Torn, Return to Forever, John Cage, Hector Villa Lobos, Fela Kuti, Trilok Gurtu, Osibisa, The Doors, John Mayall, Lydia Lunch, Joy Division, The Sisters Of Mercy, Bauhaus, Einsturzende Neubauten, Front 242, Front Line Assembly, Hallucinogen, Midi Miliz, Spiralianz, GMS, Astrix,The Delta, X-Dream, The Prodigy, DJ Surgeon, Omni Trio, Portishead, Bjork...
Sounds Like:

Line-up:

Igor Banjac - narration, voice, CD player, sampler, electronic FX and step-percussion synth
Elvir Sahic - didgeridoo, improvised percussion, sound pipes and step-percussion synth
Nebojsa Savija – Valha - guitar, electronic FX, improvised percussion, sound pipes, vocal & step-percussion synth
Ognjen Savija - guitar, keyboards, sequencer, sampler, electronic FX, string box, block flute, programming and step-percussion synth

Video by Adela Jusic

Ambrosia Productio 2009


Record Label: Ambrosia Musica
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

"Interference"

The CD "Interference" offers 11 tracks of similar ambient that originate from the period 2003-2007. Some tracks were modified or (re)mastered in during 2008-2009. It is a very hard, ...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:24:00 GMT

Single 'Transferring'

Single "Transferring"Contemporary music/Fusion/Experimental1. Transferring Data from a Data Bus2. Whirlpools3. Dance BugMusic & production by Ognjen SavijaTrack 1 & 2 - Soundtracks for art performance...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:01:00 GMT

CD release - The Past of the Future - Free for download

'The Past of the Future' Music, production & DJ mix by Ognjen Savija16 techno & breakbeat hard style tracks in the mixCheck out it and download promo for free:DOWNLOAD... The future, the past and the ...
Posted by on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:26:00 GMT