The System (11)

Zoran Zelenovic and Mat Aerts met each other for the first time in 2001. Both busy with the cultural history of the Balkan and sharing a passion for music, The System came to existence. In the beginning The System was mainly Zoran (vox) and Matski (Matski), incidentally supported by Slavko (Bass). The first recording session resulted in a 6 song cd called Not Owned By The Music Industry. In 2002 The System toured Europe with the USA band Consolidated in countries as Poland, Germany, The Netherlands, Austria… Coming back from tour Zoran and Mat reconsidered the direction of the band. In 2003 Zoran reformed The System in a more “traditional” line up with 3 other musicians: Jan Pivk – Guitar, Jernej Kobal – Bass, Rok Kovacic (Fish) – Drums. The “electric” noise turned into a more “natural” sound. The new System arranged many new and old songs in a different, special, style registered on May 24, 2004 during a recording session. The cd’s Diesel Hajduks and Diesel Hajduks Alter Ego were the result. Both released on Limbabwe. In 2006 Zoran left The System.The band got dismantled. The second version of The System came to an end. On January 17, 2009 the original 2 members, Zoran and Mat reformed The System and worked on new recordings, that were released as ‘The Wheel’.