Raymond Pecotic (Photograph: Non-public album)
by Srecko Mavrek
Raymond Pecotić, an Australian-Croat, releases a stupendous new music ‘Nek jubi tebe jutrom zora’, which was recorded between Perth, Western Australia and Break up. Croatia.
Some might marvel how an Australian born artist, based mostly in Australia, was in a position to construct a community of musicians and report producers in Croatia to deliver this mission to fruition. Raymond has carried out since his teenage years in Croatian golf equipment all through Australia, in addition to in New Zealand, and have on many events been a help act for a number of touring Croatian singers.
“That point spent with them, and their shock that an Australian born Croat knew a lot Croatian music to carry out to and maintain a crowd the way in which I did secured their friendship, so I’ve been lucky to take pleasure in their help and introductions to the individuals who can help. Through the years of lockdown whereas journey was not attainable, the musical association was produced in Croatia. After receiving some primary association tracks, I then recorded the vocals in a Perth recording studio, with the producer linked into the recording studio from Break up through Zoom to take part in and direct the recording session,’ mentioned Raymond.
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Leo Škaro, the arranger and producer, then finalized the remainder of the instrumental recordings and mixture of the music previous to his arrival in Croatia. The video clip was directed by Matko Petrić and filmed in gorgeous places in Kaštel Gomilica and Kaštel Stari, in addition to in Break up.
The music was introduced to Croatia Data, and to Raymond’s nice delight, they agreed to launch it underneath their label on their digital channels in addition to on their CMC TV program. For a Croatian within the diaspora who had grown up listening to music from this label, each underneath this title and its earlier one, it was an incredible honor to have his music launched as a Croatia Data artist.
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Raymond’s story and background to the music
“Korčula is famend for its musicality, particularly Vela Luka which has produced greats reminiscent of Oliver Dragojević, Jasna Zlokić, Klapa Ošjak and plenty of different musical skills. The Velolučani in Perth, Western Australia, regardless of the space from their residence village and a long time spent away from their homeland, nonetheless retain this love for music and singing, klapa singing particularly, they usually commonly get collectively to take pleasure in this widespread ardour. I met Franjo Dragojević, by occupation an Emergency Room physician, some years in the past, and he invited me to his residence on some particular events, the place a few of these older Velolučani would collect. These are old fashioned klapa singers. Their voices are lovely, and though they’re all amateurs, each considered one of them can sing in excellent pitch, and every is aware of his place in creating the concord. Dr Dragojević spends a number of time, unwinding from the stresses of the emergency room, writing poetry and music in his “komin” he constructed behind residence. One yr, his spouse Tanja went to Croatia sooner than him, and whereas she was away, separated from her and lacking her significantly, he was impressed to write down:
“Kad me poželiš tu kraj sebe, a mene nima
Kad zvizde identical budu sjale kraj tvojih dvora
Najdi me tad, u mirnoj noći, tišini mora
Najdi me tad, u svojim snima..”
This grew to become the start of “Nek jubi tebe jutrom zora” He then gathered two of the gents from Vela Luka, Barba Boris Mirosević and Barba Tonći Miojević, to sing it along with him to report on a video to despatched to Tanja. Not lengthy afterwards, Franjo, Barba Boris and Barba Tonći sang the music for me. I instantly requested Franjo if he would let me report it. He agreed. With one situation. If a video clip was created for the music, he had a particular photograph of his spouse Tanja as a younger girl he wished included by some means. We achieved that want of his, in addition to one different for me. I additionally included a photograph of my spouse within the video clip too, so the video accommodates a tribute to each the wives of the artist and creator,” mentioned Raymond.
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Concerning the performer
Raymond Pecotić is an Australian Croat, born in Perth, Western Australia, to oldsters Marinko from the village of Smokvica on the island of Korčula, and mom Jakica, from neighbouring Blato on Korčula.
He has been an energetic member of the native Croatian neighborhood since childhood, and since his teenage years, has been a daily singer and guitarist within the Australian Croatian neighborhood, not solely in Perth, however all through Australia for giant neighborhood gatherings, observations of Croatian state holidays, by way of to weddings and supporting touring Croatian artists. His spouse and three youngsters are additionally energetic contributors in all points of the neighborhood. In 1999 he carried out on the Break up Competition, and in 2016 launched an album recorded in Zagreb.
This involvement within the Croatian neighborhood is a stark distinction to the life he leads throughout enterprise hours, the place he’s the Managing Director of Empire Monetary Group, considered one of Western Australia’s main wealth administration and monetary companies companies, liable for the administration of tons of of tens of millions of {dollars}.
Try the music video for ‘Nek jubi tebe jutrom zora’ under.
