Aleksandar Dujin on Fender Rhodes. Novi Sad, 1978.
We're thrilled to announce our newest release — the unreleased LP by the mysterious ex-Yugoslavian jazz-funk fusion outfit META SEKCIJA. This progressive jazz group hailing from Novi Sad, Serbia, has been known in the crate digging circles for their Fly by JAT track released only on the rare Opatija Festival '79 — Rock Grupe LP.
Meta Sekcija, a powerhouse of new jazz ideas in Yugoslavia, recorded 5 additional tracks in 1978 at Radio Novi Sad. Now almost 50 years after sitting in the archives, we're bringing them to your turntables on a 45 RPM 12".
The lacquer for our releases is cut on the original Neumann mixing console (not the cutter itself) used in the Jugoton factory in the 70s — a forgotten piece of musical history we dug out to serve our Yugoslavian releases at full vintage value.
Excerpts from liner notes by Dr. Smeđi Šećer:
"The immeasurable easiness of expression... perfectly describes the music of the cult ex-Yugoslav jazz band Meta sekcija. The perceived easiness is felt as the result of enormous effort by the band members to become undisputed masters of their instruments... a time machine built to transport us to a golden age of Yugoslav discography, and to other ways of living, thinking, and creating art in the wide golden plains of Vojvodina."
"This mysterious progressive jazz group from Novi Sad, Serbia... recorded five additional tracks in 1978 at Radio Novi Sad where they patiently waited in the archives for almost 50 years."
Meta sekcija, live, 1978.
"Meta sekcija was founded in 1975 in Novi Sad by the band's philosophical ideator Boris Kovač (wind instruments), who recruited Aleksandar Dujin – Duja (keyboards) and Aleksandar Kravić – Caki (bass), with the late drummer Siniša Sekulić – Sekula..."
The band, off stage.
"When the band brought the recordings to Kovač's flat for a listening session, they were so disappointed with the sound that they discarded the sessions as unfit for release... Due to their disappointment, the tracks were forgotten by the band members who were surprised by their existence and delighted to hear how the remastered tracks sound ("phenomenal", "unbelievable"...)."
"We have achieved, so to speak, absolute freedom, in which every instrument is important and equal to the others. Jazz is not composed of adolescent whims, but is increasingly a science, a philosophy."
— Siniša Sekulić
Wind and keys, live.
