Darkwood Dub was a Serbian alternative rock band formed in Belgrade in 1988. In the years after the formation the band gradually grew to prominence on the Serbian rock scene, eventually becoming one of the most notable acts of the 1990s and 2000s Serbian and regional scene. Their music spawned many different genres. It was characterized by a mixture of live drumming and electronic percussion with frequent use of slide guitar, synthesizers and samplers and succinct and introspective lyrics, sung with offbeat vocals of Dejan Vučetić. The band cooperated with a number of musicians—most notably prominent jazz musicians Vasil Hadžimanov and Bisera Veletanlić—and composed scores for several films and theatre plays. The group released eight studio albums before disbanding in 2017.
Darkwood Dub at the Supernatural Festival in 2008
Darkwood Dub performing at the 2006 EXIT Festival
Presing is a Serbian alternative rock band from Belgrade. Formed in 1990 and named after pressure defense in basketball, Presing were, together with Darkwood Dub and Kanda, Kodža i Nebojša, representatives of the so-called NeoBeo sound, alternative, guitar-based rock music produced in Belgrade in the early 1990s. New York Press wrote about Presing: "It's a sound that kicks the pants off the recycle-rock of The Strokes, The Vines and the White Stripes, just to name a few... You can hear bits of the melodic era of The Fall, some Nick Cave, some Neil Young–and even some P-Funk via Kraftwerk".
Presing in 2001, from left to right: Dejan Utvar, Zoran Radović, Vladislav Rac and Vladimir Marković
Zoran Radović "Kiza" performing live with Presing in 2002