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EXCLUSIVE NEWS: Joker Out sign with Wasserman agency.

As reported by Siol, Metropolitan, and other Slovenian media outlets, Joker Out have signed a contract with a booking agency, Wasserman. The Wasserman agency, which was established in 2002, is one of the biggest agencies in the world and is active in a total of 32 countries around the world.

The following is a translation of the Siol article, published today, 7.11.2023:

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New success for Joker Out

Exciting news is coming from the camp of the hottest Slovenian group. Recently, an agency that takes care of a number of celeberities has taken them under their wing, they just recieved a gold plaque in Finland for their song Carpe Diem, meanwhile they're playing multiple sold out concerts.

After playing the biggest headlining concert in their career, Joker Out signed a contract with the booking agency Wasserman, who represents many famous musicians, such as Ed Sheeran, Coldplay, Billie Eilish, Imagine Dragons, Lorde, Skrillex and Run The Jewels.

[Photo caption: Joker Out with the golden plaque which they received for their success on the Finnish music market. Photo: Vita Orehek]

After signing with the agency Wasserman, the group recieved another award - a golden plaque for their single Carpe Diem, which gathered two million streams in Finland. The award was presented on Friday by Virgin Music Group at a press conference in Belgrade which was confirmed by IFPI Finland. The song Carpe Diem has gained over 40 million streams worldwide.

"Proof that language isn't a barrier for a successful international career"

"This award isn't only a confirmation of their success outside their national domestic market, but also proof that language isn't a barrier for a successful international career," said Fabian Stilke, general manager for Universal Music Group in the western Balkan region.

[Photo caption: Concert in Belgrade. Photo: Vita Orehek]

In October, Joker Out played two concerts in Novi Sad, were guests at Rakičan manor, fired up Vienna, and played two more euphoric concerts in Belgrade at the end of last week.

The Serbian music portal Headliner wrote that it was a concert "As if tomorrow didn't exist". On Friday and Saturday, they're preparing the same party in Tvornica Kulture in Zagreb, which will be followed up by concerts in Warsaw, Vilnius, Wroclaw, Poznan, Prague, Rijeka, Skopje, Munich, The Hague, Amsterdam, Madrid, Barcelona, Celje, Maribor and Novo mesto.

Translation cr: @joyridinglove, proof read by IG Gboleyn123

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Well I was supposed to be at a Keni nije mrtav gig tonight... but the police killed Keni 💀

Actually the organisers didn't get a work permit. And I'm extra mad because the organisers are a "friend association" of the one I lead and they always got the permit until now but not fucking today. The hell guys??

Someone who found out called the police and they spent 2 hours in the backstage hassling those poor (but well dressed) guys. I'm just glad they have a gig at Rijeka so they didn't come to this godforsaken country for completely nothing

And the only reason I actually wanted to go to the gig was "well they're friends with Joker Out, let's support them and find out what they're like". Another time I guess, but the once-over I did on yt was pretty promising so I am actually bummed 🙃

#keni nije mrtav #joker out? #night ruined #but also I was a few metres from their backstage room and kept having eye contact with them #and half of me was going ahhh they look amazing #and the other half was freaking out because ughhhh they actually know the jokers #oh and the opening act did play and keni were there vibing in the audience for a few songs #which is lovely

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Joker Out frontman revealed what his fans gave him, one gift is special to him: "I always carry it with me in my bag."

"I even have it with me now because it really touched me", said the singer of the band, Bojan Cvjetićanin.

Written by: Marija Pavić

From Poland to the Czech Republic then again to Croatia comes Joker Out as part of their tour this year. Although they have performed in Croatia five times this year (in Umag, Varaždin and three times in Zagreb), the Slovenian band will have their last gig in Croatia this year in Rijeka on November 24th in Pogon Kulture.

From Eurovision their fanbase has grown, and with that comes even more concerts, more traveling, and more gifts. Toys, sunglasses, bracelets with lettering, and bras are just some of the things that fly to the stage to the boys from Joker Out. And while fangirls are fighting for attention from one of the members, one succeeded.

"They throw letters for us on stage. Those are always lovely to read and they really write some things that have power and great impact, on me especially. In my bag I have one letter that I carry with me now because it really touched me", the frontman of the band, Bojan Cvjetićanin, told In Magazin.

Joker Out is experiencing what they once dreamed of when they were created. Gigs are held all across Europe so Bojan said that they learned what it means to not sleep, wake up at three in the morning to catch a train or flight, but also that they still have a lot more to learn.

For the single "Carpe Diem", they recieved a gold record in Finland, and Käärijä, the Finnish representative at Eurovision, joined them at their concerts. "At the beginning, he was supposed to join us only in Helsinki, but he offered to go with us on our trip around Finland and we had a great time, and he was a part of the band during those three days," explained Cvjetićanin.

The band is planning to move to London for a while, where they will work on new songs. They are planning a new album next year, in three languages. "We are going there to collect inspiration, we want to change our enviroment a bit, throw away our phones, have some space, some new chaos as well as new peace, so we will create new music and in the end record new music," said the singer of the band Joker Out.

Original article Written by: Marija Pavić for jutarnji list English translation by: IG @ itslublue_ Proof read by: TWT @klámstrákur

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Špancirfest and Joker Out: Interview with Kris for Radio Maribor's 'Musical radiogram'

On 1.09.2023, Slovenian radio station Radio Maribor broadcasted a program about Špancirfest in Varaždin, where Joker Out opened for Franz Ferdinand. The program also featured an interview with Kris Guštin, which you can listen to in the audio file above, or at this direct link from 28:30 to 38:00.

English translation below:

This is the radio show 'Glasbeni radiogram' ('Musical radiogram') in which we checked how our Eurovision representatives are doing. A few months after Eurovision we saw them on the main stage of a Croatian music festival "Špancirfest" where they performed as the opener for the group Franz Ferdinand. We spoke to the guitarist, Kris Guštin.

Kris, today I caught you at the concert in Varaždin, how are you feeling after the concert?

Kris: Well, I'll say unbelievable, for multiple reasons. Because, well, for us it's always surprising and an honour when we come abroad, even if it's just across the border, that people come to our concert and especially that they sing our songs in Slovene. It's incredible, on the other hand, this is the first time we opened for a... global name, global stars. Up until now we were openers only for Yugoslavian bands, which is of course an honour on its own, but today was the first time we introduced ourselves as an international opener. So a great memory for sure.

Have you met Elvis Costello in person or only through a video chat?

Kris: Unfortunately only through video chat, I'm pretty sure that since the collaboration happened he hasn't crossed the Atlantic ocean, so there hasn't been any time.

It seems that after thirty years, this border for musicians between Slovenia and Croatia finally opened.

Kris: Yes, it seems so, although we don't want to say too much right now because everything is still new. We need to know how this is going to work in the long run, but we couldn't be on a better track right now and that's what's currently guiding us.

In Croatia you have two concerts coming up in Zagreb, concerts in Rijeka... it seems as if this concert in Varaždin is the perfect springboard for Croatia.

Kris: It's true, we've never preformed in this part of Croatia, but I'd say the perfect springboard for us was at Šalata in Zagreb, where we opened for Buč Kesidi. I'd maybe say that it wasn't so much of a physical springboard, but it did change our perspective, as we saw and realized for the first time that we can attract an audience in Croatia and can afford to have a concert such as Tvornica kulture, which was something we were scared to do before.

With Slovene lyrics?

Kris: Also with Slovene lyrics. We do currently play all of our songs in Slovene, except for the two songs which are already in Serbian

It seems like yesterday when we played your song for the first time on Radio Maribor. A few months later you won at the festival Frišno/Fresh. This year Frišno/Fresh is coming back, but this journey has been, there are no other words than just unbelievable, dreamy.

Kris: By all means, the first Frišno/Fresh was a nice memory for us. At that time, our song was performed by a big band for the first time. Winning was a great honour as well, of course. I can also say that just today I voted for new nominations for Frišno/Fresh.

Should we reveal who you voted for?

Kris: I mean, I don't have any reservations about it if you don't. I voted for our really good friends and excellent musicians, MRFY, because 'Tobogan' ('Slide') was definitely one of the best songs from last year.

I talked to your audio engineer, Sandi, about how concerts at home or close to home are different from those abroad. You were in England, concerts in Sweden and elsewhere in Northern Europe are still to come.

Kris: I am going to say that the audience abroad is different in the sense that even if they don't know you, they gladly and really quickly give you a chance and they listen to you. If you have something to give, they figure it out quickly and they take it. On the other hand, maybe we dare to do more on stage, we go out of our comfort zone, because we are put in an unknown situation and it brings out our animalistic side, our more energetic selves.

A lot of times it seems that the home audience can act stepmotherly.

Kris: Well, not on our concerts. I think that for us, Slovene audience is always great and irreplaceable, for sure. I can't really say which one is my favourite, each has their own charm.

Now a guitar question, we are both guitarists. Sandi told me that when you are abroad, a long way from home, you rent at least the amplifiers. But playing on your own amplifier is still the best, no?

Kris: Definitely, performing when we can provide all of our gear is the best. This is sadly not possible abroad because of the flights. But we are lucky to be playing on relatively standard gear, which we can get anywhere in Europe and everywhere really. These are Fender, Vox amps and Ampeg for the bass, so it's not like we are suffering abroad because of this.

You could say classic gear, for a modern sound.

Kris: Yeah, we've always kind of gone from retro, from retro stuff, to modern sound.

You're about to play a sold-out concert in Stožice; Stožice may seem like a small milestone from the outside, when you've already conquered international stages.

Kris: Maybe it looks like that at this point, but we definitely don't see it that way. Stožice is the biggest thing an artist can achieve in Slovenia, apart from the Bežigrad stadium, which is unfortunately no longer available.* And the fact that at our age, at a relatively young age, as a young band, we managed to sell out this venue, is an incredible achievement for us, regardless of what's happening abroad. It's a great honour and for two, three months now, since I've realized that it's coming around the corner any minute now, I've been waiting impatiently for the moment when we can finally go on stage.

You yourself grew up in Ljubljana or close to Ljubljana. What would it really mean to you, to perform in the Bežigrad stadium?

Kris: There has been talk for years about its revitalisation, the reopening of the stadium, especially for cultural events. It really is such an iconic place, where, let's say, world famous names have performed, but also Slovenian ones. In fact, the Bežigrad stadium is of particular importance to me, because I don't just come from Ljubljana, I come from Bežigrad, and the Bežigrad stadium is definitely the most important symbol of our city's district. We are all very attached to it. And I have to say that I feel really, really sad because for us, for me and for Bojan, who are proud to call Bežigrad home, there is no longer an option for us to perform there.

If you were here today as a listener, and not as Kris Guštin, if you were just a listener from Bežigrad, who would you come to listen to, Franz Ferdinand or Joker Out?

Kris: Yes, definitely Franz Ferdinand. I've asked myself that a number of times. If I had heard us play, and I weren't in the band, whether I would have liked it or not. When we make music I love it, but you never know what it would be like on the other side. Franz Ferdinand are, of course, a legendary band, even if we didn't really listen to them that much, they've influenced our sound because they're one of the main creators of the British sound of the twenty-first century.

Franz Ferdinand are, I mean, famous, but with every new album, even though they haven't released a new album for five years, still modern; despite, let's say, adding an electronic sound, they're still authentic and you can still hear their sound, can't you? How do musicians manage this? Your third album is coming up soon. How to maintain your sound, but still be progressive, different, modern?

Kris: It's hard for me to give one single answer to that, because I don't really know myself, what is the deciding factor. I think it's easier to stay true to what you've always done, and it's harder to upgrade it every new album, every new cycle. We're always trying to push ourselves out of our shell, out of our comfort zone, with every new single, with every new album, that represents a new chapter in our sound. And here we are, we were in the studio two weeks ago, and we recorded a new single, which is going to be quite different from the previous tracks, and we've also indulged in some new instruments.

Kris, thank you.

Kris: Of course, thanks to you too.

*Bežigrad is one of Ljubljana's districts. The stadium in Bežigrad is the oldest stadium in Ljubljana, built by famous architect Jože Plečnik, and used to host Slovenian national football team's matches, as well as musical and other events. It's in need of renovation, but due to disputes about the current owner's renovation plans, it has been closed and falling apart since 2008. In 2003, Slovenian band Siddharta famously performed a concert there for an audience of about 30,000 people (in comparison, the Stožice arena has a capacity of about 12,000 people).

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Joker Out at Tvornica Kulture

Glazba and Muzika articles (11.11.2023)

Joker Out in Tvornica Kulture, Day One: “Scream as loud as you can”

Probably the most popular Slovenian band today, Joker Out, held one of the two sold out concerts in Tvornica Kulture last night. By the way, this was their first independent concert in Croatia. Based on how it started… there’s no doubt they’ll be recognised as a “generational” band, as someone who left a mark on the regional music scene. 

Exactly at 21:00, Bojan Cvjetićanin and the boys jumped onto the stage with “Sunny Side of London” and a “Scream as loud as you can”, to the delight of the mostly younger audience. They continued playing for the next hour and a half without a break. With every song, the atmosphere got closer to the peak and overlapped with the already hoarse voices, until it was time for the Eurovision hit “Carpe Diem”.

The setlist of 23 songs ended the same way it started - with “Sunny Side of London”, which echoed on the street as well.

Original article and more photos (Muzika)

A year ago, the young Slovenian band had no idea they would fill concert venues across Europe.

They represented their country at Eurovision this year with the song “Carpe Diem”, after which they experienced “Måneskin syndrome” - a huge rise in popularity and overnight star status.

As a part of their Europe tour, they’re performing everywhere - from Skopje to London, and in Tvornica Kulture in Zagreb, they sold out two consecutive nights, 10th and 11th of November. The young Slovenians realised how much Zagreb adored them in May, when they were the opening group for Buč Kesidi at Šalata. The frontman Bojan Cvjetićanin pointed out that they scheduled the first concert in Tvornica Kulture a day after Šalata, which sold out in no time.

They entered the stage in Šubićeva street exactly according to the program, at 21:00. They sang “Sunny Side of London”, and screams echoed through the hall to the lyrics of “Scream as loud as you can”, as expected. Nearly two hours of dancing and overall enthusiasm followed.

Throughout the whole concert, stuffed animals, flags, and even bras flew towards the stage. The age profile of everyone in Tvornica was very diverse, but what caught everyone’s eye was a seven year old girl on her mother’s shoulders faithfully reciting all the lyrics. The band paid tribute by dedicating a song to her, and the audience greeted her with enthusiastic applause.

Bojan’s interactions with the audience deserve special praise. With amazing recognition of the right moment and skillful leading, he makes the audience sing even louder and dance even more tirelessly. A couple of times he even gave the microphone to the audience, which showed how well Zagreb knows the Slovenian lyrics.

The costumes of all the members looked well designed, contributing to the overall impression. Unbuttoned shirts, messy hair, and prominent tattoos are undoubtedly reminiscent of Harry Styles’ style. Visually, and with their energy too, our neighbours undoubtedly seem worthy of worldwide stages, a sentiment more and more fans recognise. 

“Novi Val” was an especially emotional performance, before which the boys said it’s the perfect moment to hug the person next to you. The audience, of course, took the advice. At that moment, the drummer Jure Maček approached the audience from the background, so the lyrics “Generation of love and hope” echoed, accompanied only by guitars. 

The biggest hits - “Umazane Misli” and “Carpe Diem” - Joker Out decided to leave for the end, so it’s not a surprise that after those songs, the audience called them back for an encore. Of course, they came back and ended the night the same way it started, with “Sunny Side of London”.

The neighbouring sensation has another sold out night in Zagreb ahead of them, and soon they’re coming to Rijeka as well. With filled venues they’re tirelessly proving Eurovision can be a turning point, even if you finish only in the middle of the leaderboard. In addition, they are proof that there is musical potential in the region, whose sound and charisma transcends borders - Joker Out is a band for big scenes.

Original article and more photos (Glazba)

Translation credit @moonlvster

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On their travels through regional and European stages, the Slovenian sensation stopped by in Rijeka, putting on a concert spectacle for the Rijeka audience in the sold out Pogon Kulture.

Huge international hype, triggered by the recognisable song “Carpe Diem”, threw this Slovenian indie rock five into a demanding concert tempo which has resulted in several European mini tours, confirming the growing popularity of the band outside of their country’s borders.

Despite their dense schedule of sold out concerts, just before the sound check, we caught the members of the band, frontman Bojan Cvjetićanin and guitarist Kris Guštin, and talked with them more about all current events and changes that will follow in the upcoming time period.

A series of “flying” gigs

“Our lifestyle has drastically changed in the last few months. For the first time, we’re travelling as a band and encountering new situations that we’ve never dealt with before, new great experiences and new small problems that, of course, come with it.

More or less, logistics on the road are the biggest problem, but we’ve just returned from our third tour this year. We played in Poland, Lithuania, and Czechia, and it was a really great tour that lasted about two weeks,” said Bojan.

Rijeka, as the last concert in the current cycle, marks the end of travelling with a tour bus. After a week of rest, the band will go on a series of “flying gigs”, which includes Skopje, Munich, The Hague, Amsterdam, Madrid, Barcelona, and, of course, Slovenia at the end of the year.

The fact that Joker Out has already won the hearts of the audience is certainly confirmed by the awarding of "Carpe Diem" with a Golden Record in Finland, as well as recognition by the prestigious booking agency Wasserman.

“We have always welcomed people into the team according to some key to enter our circle more or less naturally, and we were lucky when things rose to the point where actually Ryan, our booking agent from Wasserman, got in contact with us because he was at our concert in London.

He liked how things worked and wanted to start working together, so we were more than happy with the fact that a man from abroad was the first to join our team, somebody who first enjoyed our performance and saw a bigger picture and saw himself as a part of it, in maybe an even bigger version, in the next few years,” revealed Bojan.

Käärijä and Let 3

As much as the process of recognition and breakthrough came suddenly, the discography of the band came at a similar pace. From their beginnings in Ljubljana in 2016, they released their first album only five years later, and the second one - less than a year after the first.

The longer process of musical growth, which began in the band’s high school days, dictated the slow pace of searching for their own sound in singles which eventually, with disruptions due to COVID, culminated in their first serious discography steps, and then in the revolution called Eurovision.

Lightning fast popularity has brought a series of strong music acquaintances to the band, of which their close relationship with Käärijä and Let 3 certainly stand out.

“We met Käärijä at a pre-party in Madrid, he was on a similar energy level as us - he didn’t take himself too seriously and we didn’t either. He was quite open-minded and had a positive approach to the whole situation, so we really connected on that level during Eurovision when huge things were happening to everyone, in the form of media pressure and new situations every day, so it suited us all to have each other to share those feelings.

We stayed in regular contact, we even performed together during our Finnish tour. He left literally everything he had scheduled in his calendar and became a part of the band for four days,” Bojan and Kris remembered.

In a way, the Jokers are an even bigger anomaly in a region marked by a certain language barrier towards its western parts. Despite the cultural and genre homogeneity, Joker Out managed to suspend the primacy of “Serbian and Croatian trap folk music”, showing and proving that Slovenian shagadelic rock and roll also has a place in this whole genre cauldron.

There’s nothing like it in the Balkans

The guys therefore confirm that Slovenia has a lot of quality to offer in terms of new artists, and concert events as well, which are richer compared to the rest of the region.

“Before we started with ex-Yugoslavia, there was always the question of if there was space for a band of this type in the Balkans, because we know this genre of music isn’t the most popular right now. Actually, there’s no band like this in the Balkans, maybe just Buč Kesidi, so we didn’t know what to expect in terms of our popularity in these regions.

I think everything went really well, we were surprised how many people were eager to hear a live band, regardless of the language they sing in,” Kris pointed out.

And it seems that the regional (and worldwide) audience welcomes every new Joker Out show with open arms, because they sing along with equal intensity to the melodies in Slovenian, and also in English, which will certainly take over the steering wheel of the band’s creative direction in the coming period.

The same is evident in the fruitful collaboration with Elvis Costello, who was delighted with the single ‘Novi Val’ and earlier this year joined in the English version of the song, ‘New Wave’, and also the latest single ‘Sunny Side of London’ - which leaves little room for doubt about where Joker Out will set up their new creative camp.

“Next year in January we are moving to London, where we plan to absorb new energies in an unfamiliar living space, so we will change our environment in order to create a new album that will be released by the end of October 2024 at the latest.

We will be more in contact with the English language, which on the one hand represents a mental break for us, because we are used to creating music in the Slovenian language, but there will still be all kinds of material - mostly English, but also songs in Slovenian, Serbian, and Croatian,” Bojan and Kris concluded.

Translation by @moonlvster, reviewed by @klamstrakur.

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