Soon after the album release, the band went through more lineup changes. The tracks like “ Aut” (“Out”), “ Jesen” (“Autumn”), “ Radostan dan” (“A Joyful Day”), “ Treba da se čisti” (“It Ought To Be Cleaned”), “ Ja znam” (“I Know”) the band successfully linked Milan’s descriptive lyrical sensibility with the energetic New Wave sound. Katarina II debut album was eventually released in 1984, mostly featuring the lyrics written by Mladenović, except for the songs “ Vrt” (“The Garden”) and “ Platforme” (“The Platforms”) written by Mihajlović, while the music was a collaboration between the two. The following year in RTV Ljubljana studios, the band took the offer of fellow musician Srđan Marjanović, who was the label’s musical director at the time, to rerecord the material for the debut album. The recording sessions for the material were completed in the Druga Maca studio owned by Enco Lesić however, due to a variety of reasons, most of them having to do with the poor technical equipment, the material was unusable. Their material for the debut album material was recorded soon after, featuring guest appearance by the actor Svetislav Goncić on tin whistles. In the spring of 1983 the band took part in Zagreb Bienalle and received positive reviews. On early 1983, Bojan Pečar became the new band member. At the time, the rhythm section had changed, with Radomirović leaving to join Du Du A and Dejanović joining the heated rivals Disciplina Kičme. During the late 1982, after the performance at the cinema Topčiderska zvezda, the band was joined by the classically trained pianist Margita Stefanović. Group was formed in 1982. The group’s core consisted of singer and guitarist Milan Mladenović, keyboardist Margita Stefanović and bassist Bojan Pečar, with other members mostly remaining for comparatively shorter periods.įollowing the disbandment of Šarlo Akrobata, in February 1982, Milan Mladenović (guitar, vocals) with Gagi Mihajlović (guitar), Dušan Dejanović (drums), and Zoran “Švaba” Radomirović (bass) formed the band Katarina II, named after Mihailović’s unrequited love, a girl named Katarina. EKV or EKATARINA VELIKA was a rock group in former Yugoslavija.ĮKV was one of the most successful and influential music acts coming out of former Yugoslavia.