Saša Lošić "Loša" (; born 19 July 1964) is a Bosnian singer, guitarist, songwriter, composer and music producer currently residing in Slovenia. He is best known as the frontman of the highly popular pop rock band Plavi Orkestar.

Lošić started his musical career at the age of sixteen, forming Plavi Orkestar with a group of Sarajevo teenagers. The group gained nationwide popularity with their folk-influenced pop rock debut Soldatski bal, released in 1985, with Lošić and rest of the members rising to the status of Yugoslav teen stars, despite mixed reactions to the album coming from the country's music press. On their following release, 1986 album Smrt fašizmu!, Plavi Orkestar presented themselves with the New Partisans concept, to general dislike of the critics and lukewarm reaction of the group's fans. The band turned towards sentimental pop rock with their following two releases, scoring a number of hit songs. Plavi Orkestar disbanded with the outbreak of the Bosnian War in 1992, with Lošić emigrating to Slovenia. During the 1990s, he wrote songs for other artists, including Crvena Jabuka, Severina, Rade Šerbedžija and Tanja Ribič, and started composing for theatre and cinema. In 1998, Plavi Orkestar reunited, seeing renewed popularity in former Yugoslav republics. Up to date, Lošić has released 7 studio albums with Plavi Orkestar and has composed music for 12 feature films, two television shows and a number of short films and theatre plays. He has performed his film music live with his Saša Lošić Film Orchestra.

Musical career

Plavi Orkestar

Lošić started his musical career in 1981 as a gymnasium student, forming the band Ševin Orkestar (The Lark's Orchestra) with guitarist Srđan Krošnjar, bass guitarist Gordan Džamonja and drummer Admir Ćeremida "Ćera II". The following year, the four teenagers changed their name to Plavi Orkestar. Their debut album Soldatski bal (Soldier's Ball), released in 1985, saw mixed reactions by the Yugoslav music critics, but achieved large success with the country's teen audience, becoming the best-selling debut album in the history of Yugoslav popular music, In 1986, the band released the album Smrt fašizmu! (Death to Fascism!), presenting themselves with the New Partisans concept, featuring lyrics and imagery inspired by Yugoslav Partisans and Yugoslavism.

In 1998, Plavi Orkestar reunited in Slovenia, featuring Lošić, Ćeremida brothers and new guitarist Saša Zalepugin. After emigrating to Slovenia in 1992, Lošić started a career in design and marketing.

Music for theatre, film and television

Lošić has composed music for a number of theatre plays, including Elvis de Luxe performed by Grapefruit theatre troupe, for Slovenian productions of Romeo and Juliet, Mother Courage and Her Children, Lemonade and other plays.

In 2000, Plavi Orkestar song "Bolje biti pijan nego star" was polled No.75 on the Rock Express Top 100 Yugoslav Rock Songs of All Times list. In 2006, the band's song "Goodbye Teens" was polled No.97 on the B92 Top 100 Domestic Songs list.

Awards

  • Best Film Score at the Festival of Slovenian Film for Headnoise film score (2002)
  • Davorin Award for Best Film Score for Fuse film score (2003)

Discography

With Plavi Orkestar

Studio albums

  • Soldatski bal (1985)
  • Smrt fašizmu! (1986)
  • Sunce na prozoru (1989)
  • Simpatija (1991)
  • Longplay (1998)
  • Beskonačno (1999)
  • Sedam (2012)

Compilation albums

  • Everblue 1 (1996)
  • Everblue 2 (1996)
  • The Ultimate Collection (2007)
  • The Platinum Collection (2007)
  • Najlepše ljubavne pesme (2010)
  • Greatest Hits Collection (2016)

Solo

Studio albums

  • Gori vatra (2003)

Filmography

Cinema

  • Outsider (1997)
  • Headnoise (2002)
  • Fuse (2003)
  • Cheese and Jam (2003)
  • Sex, Drink and Bloodshed (2004)
  • Days and Hours (2004)
  • Ljubav na granici (2005)
  • It's Hard to Be Nice (2007)
  • Rooster's Breakfast (2007)
  • Balkanski sindrom (2007)
  • Shanghai Gypsy (2012)
  • Adria Blues (2013)

Television films

  • Rode u magli (2009)

Television series

  • Vratiće se rode (2007)
  • Žigosani u reketu (2019)

References

  • Saša Lošić at Discogs