Leader and performer
BORIS KOVAČ & la Campanella
A Sentimental Journey into a Post-Historic World
...la campanella is suggesting a direct experience of a world barely visible upon remains of history, an inner space bringing individuals closer together in humanness in a way that actual reality at this point in history of civilization, despite its all-powerful communication devices – cannot...
... where la campanella is in the air, the Mediterranean and Central European sentimental spaces are interrelated by the treads of nostalgia, joy, triestesa, romantic enthusiasm, melancholy...
La Campanella Orchestra:
Boris Kovač - alto and soprano sax, voice
Goran Penić - accordion
Vukašin Mišković - classical guitar
Miloš Matić - double bass, tamburitza
Ištvan Čik - drums, percussion
ALEKSANDRA KRČMAR - I violin
JOVANKA MAZALICA - II violin
JELENA FILIPOVIĆ - viola
TIMEA KALMAR - cello
Releases:
BORIS KOVAČ & LA CAMPANELLA: WORLD AFTER HISTORY,
A PANNONIAN - MEDITERRANEAN ROUND - TRIP
Recorded and mixed at KACHARA studio in Bukovac, Vojvodina ( Serbia) from September 2004 – February 2005
Recorded and produced by Boris Kovač & Marinko Vukmanović
Mixed by Boris Kovač & Ljubomir Pejić
Mastered by Powerplay Studios
Text in booklet translated by Nenad Georgievski
Englishing by Elisabeth Wood
Photos by Dejan Djuragić
Layout Studio Maximov / Design Marko Matošić (inlay back)
Costumes for La Campanella designed by Romana Knezević
Executive production by Brigitte Bieg & Borkowsky Akbar
Artwork by PEPERONI
Made in Germany by Piranha
Entertain You
Limping Waltz
Argentina
Malena (Miloš Matić)
DVD "Before and After...Apocalypse"
TWO MUSIC FILMS FROM THE LAND OF PANNONIA
Directet and edited by Boris Kovac and Milos Pusic
Costumes: Romana Knezevic
Camera: Predrag Radosavljevic, Bojan Djurisic, Dragan Stojmenovic, Vanjus
Sound: Marinko Vukmanovic, Boris Kovac, Ljuba Pejic
KACHARA MM PRODUCTION
PANNONIA 2005-2007
Piranha Musik, Berlin 2008
(RECEIVED THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS GERMAN AWARD OF THE CRITICS FOR THE BEST DVD
PREISS DER DEUTSCHEN SCHALLPLATTENKRITIK!)
BORIS KOVAČ & ladaaba orchest
At first sight, the band's name looks a little bit like the DaDaist answer to Lambada. But in fact the orchestra is named after the driven fantasies of bandleader, composer and multimedia-artist Boris Kovac when confronted with the grim reality of living and working in the war-ridden territory of the Balkan states. Written out in full the orchestra's name actually means La Danza Apocalyptica Balcanica a perfect match to their music: An eccentric cycle of dances like tango, waltz, calypso or rumba, played in the style of a syphilitic salon-orchestra, switching rapidly between the atmosphere of a decadent café in 1920s Vienna and the Titanic half an hour after every drink came with ice. Brought up in what was once the cosmopolitan and multicultural society of Novi Sad, capital of the multiethnic region of Vojvodina, Boris Kovac feels as if he is, in many ways, locked behind bars.
La Danza Apocalyptica Balcanica is Kovac's artistic answer to the pressures from both the internal political situation and the fact that his country is only slowly recovering from international pariah status - and he's on a furious ride across the musical languages of the Balkan with only one thought in mind: Dance! Right here and right now, for it could be your last!
womex 2001 guide book 
LaDaABa Orchest:
Istvan Cik, Picu -
drums, percussion
Bogdan Rankovic, Bogi -
clarinet, bass clarinet
Goran Penic, Gogi -
accordion
Boris Kovac, Boki - alto & soprano sax
Olah Vince, Vici - violine & acoustic guitars
Milos Matic, Miki - double bass
Releases:
BORIS KOVAČ & LADAABA ORCHEST - THE LAST BALKAN TANGO
Master of tone Marinko Vukmanovic Mare
Produced and mixed by
Boris Kovac and Mare Vukmanovic,
Postproduction operated by Bane Micic
Front cover by Otto Dix "Grossstadttriptychon"
Executive production by
Brigitte Bieg & Borkowsky Akbar
Made in Germany by Piranha
BORIS KOVAČ & LADAABA ORCHEST - BALADS AT THE END OF TIME
Produced by Boris Kovac & Mare Vukmanovic,
Postoroduced and mixed by
Mare Vukmanovic & Boris Kovac
Mastering by Bane Micic
Texts written by Boris Kovac
Texts translated into English by
Kristof Bodric
Front cover by Steffen Blankenburg
Photos by Dejan Djuragic
Photodesign inlay back by
Ljubomir Maksimov
Artwork by PEPERONI
Executive production by
Brigitte Bieg & Borkowsky Akbar
Made in Germany by Piranha
The Last Balkan Tango
The Last Waltz in Budapest
Begine for Julia
Tango Apocalypso
Danza Transilvanica