Arsov

90'

Aleksander Arsov aka „Arsov“ started his career in the early 80’s playing guitar with a well-known Slovenian alternative band Gast’r’bajtrs, who released an album and played a number of concerts.. 

 In the late 90’s Arsov started a new musical carrer and composed music for TV commercials. In 1999 he won the 1st Prize in the ‘Best Jingles in a TV commercial’ category at the Slovenian Advertising Festival (SOF).

2001

In 2001, Arsov started work on his first solo project. Guest vocalists were Boris Benko and the young female vocalist Sara Janjic.

At the end of 2001, the song Goodbye was released in a compilation entitled Definitive Chilled, released by U.K. label RAW 42.

2003 - 2005

In 2003, a CD with Arsov’s songs for children was released, Hisa Pesmic – Draga Teta Storklja (The House of Songs – Dear Aunty Stork)  

Roxy Music’s “Beauty Queen,” produced by Arsov and Marc Burns and performed by Sara J., was released in March 2005 as part of a “Roxy Remodeled” compilation, through BasicLux Records.

2005

Roxy Remodeled  charted on both Billboard’s Hot Dance Club Chart and Dance Singles Chart in the U.S. ( number 30 on Dance Club Chart)

In the middle of the same year, “Wildly Irrational” was relased in a Sonic Solutions compilation CD at the American label Acne Records.

2006

2006 was the year when Arsov’s first solo album – Mindless, was released at Aaugh Records in Chicago.

 At the end of that year he started a new dance project – „Neurobic“ with Sara J. and Stane Spegel aka “Housemouse“, the well known Slovenian producer and musician.

2007

Neurobic finished their Discodrama album, and two songs from this albums were released in compilations. The song “I Decide” was released in a Slovenian compilation Electrostars, the compilation which also contained Truth For You from Mindless CD by Arsov, and a second one Money Honey, was released in the compilation New Sound Theory vol. 4 released by BasicLux Records from the U.S. 

2007 - 2008

For the same label Neurobic made a cover of Silent Night in cooperation with opera diva Janja Hvala for the „The Mistletoe Lounge“ compilation which was released at the end of the 2007. 

 In 2008 he became a regular contributor to Wusik Sound Magazine, and he wrote more than hundred articles for them

2010

At 2010 Arsov released a new CD Etnotronika, an album with electro covers of Slovenian folk songs. The vocalists on Etnotronika are one of the most recognizable Slovenian  artists:

Janja Hvala, Katja Sulc, Mare Prezelj, Ales Hadalin, Mateja Blaznik, Anita Kay Kovacevic, Ursula Ramoves, Lara Baruca, Bostjan Gorenc – Pizama, Omar Naber and Neza Buh – Neisha.

2011

“Dajte, dajte” from Etnotronika was released on SIGIC Ethno compillation representing best Slovenian authors on Ethno field. 

At same year started El-Classic.com project with jazz saxophone player Blaz Trcek and opera diva Janja Hvala. They made covers of many classical works from the past for upcoming release
El-Classic.com. 

2012

El-Classic.com performed in Cankarjev dom, main culture institute in Ljubljana. The concert will continue in 2013.  

In mid 2012 Arsov and well known African musician Jeannot Bel  (member of Kanda Bongo Man group) started works on their first “The Arsov-Bel Project” The project was finished in a first quarter of 2013 and it was released on iTune

2013 -2014

In 2013 started a new project, “EtnoKronika” with well known Slovenian vocalist Tinkara Kovac along with excellent violin player Petra Onderufova- Fu

Arsov and David Baer started new musicweb publication Soundbytes magazine. 

 2014 – Album Poezija=Magija with well known Slovenian erotic poet Vida Mokrin Pauer

2014 - 2015

2014 – Arsov is back on Electro. Working on “Electrolyte” album, song Night Love will be released at Voyage label at Boston U.S.  

2015 – Working on a new Slovenian – English project with excellent vocalist Nina Bauman.

2015

October 2015 got a call from New York based Mibe Music with invitation to become a member of their exclusive composition team.  Mibe clients are all the major broadcast networks, such as A&E, ABC, AMC, Bravo, CBS, Discovery, E!, ESPN, FOX, HBO, MTV, Nat Geo, NBC, Nickelodeon, Showtime, Spike, TNT, TruTV, VH1, Vice and many others.

2016

2016 – Song “Late 60” from Audiosparx stock library appear in American documentary Ball Of Confusion – The 1968 Election

Started working on two new instrumental projects. The first one is Confession and the second one, with a bit more relaxed content will be Breakfast delights.

2017

April 2017 – “Neurobic – Discodrama” re-released at Magmatune records – USA 

May 2017 released Rock – Jazz album “Belinda – Etno Raketno” with Marko Prezelj and Deajan Barden, covering well known Slovenian folk songs. 

Summer 2017 compiling material for “Arsov – Years” best off – compilation and working on new album with electro instrumentals

2017 - 2018

End of 2017 Arsov – Years was released.
Started working on new album “Contribution To The Common Madness.” The album will bring a pile of new electro and psy ambient tracks.

2019

Unhappy – Contribution To The Common Madness was released under Sweet Ohm label. Album is available on all main download platforms.

Album review on Rockline portal.
Album review on Sigic
Album review on Delo

2020

BasicLux label (from Atlanta – Georgia USA)  re-released old CD The Mistletoe Lounge on a vinyl. You can buy it through Amazon.
Started working on a new album Breakfast delights. First songs gained over 14.000 views, being a part of a presentation video of Slovenian well known architect Miran Kambic.

2021

January – Arsov Bel Project gained 6th position African chart on Ethnocloud (being on the chart for three months)

June 2021 released album Breakfast Delights. The album contains guitar based laid-back music.

2022

Started new artistic project by composing long, three hours meditation music combined with a sounds from nature.

July – released new album “Electro Acoustic Daydreams”

September, composing music for presentation video clips for Gotropolis Festival.

2023

Trio PAuer Arsov- concerts:
:16 09 Brda Contemporary Festival-Medana
29. 11 TOČKA Zavod za kulturo NG
Recording material for a new acoustic album called “Gospodinja” with the well-known poet from Nova Gorica – Vida Mokrin Pauer.
The album will be released before summer 2024.

 

2024

Januar – Intervju na radio Trieste – projekt Trio Pauer Arsov

Miksanje in mastering albuma Trio Pauer Arsov ter dogovori z Vido Mokrin Pauer za izdelavo otroškega projekta s katerimi bi nastopali po osnovnih šolah.