Members
From left to right: Jakov Maleš KIKOS, Milan Mijač MILE, Bože Blajić ZVRK, Ivan Katić JOHN.
Testimonials
“Sinjani su rado viđeni gosti na domaćem terenu, ali i u susjednoj BiH, u čijim su brojnim gradovima već stekli vjernu publiku željnu njihovih uvjerljivih i energičnih nastupa. Tako su svojim automobilom proteklih mjeseci iz vikenda u vikend putovali prema Čapljini, Trilju, BanjojLuci, Bihaću, Livnu, Zagrebu, Neumu, Benkovcu, Šibeniku…”
“Daroviti Sinjani bez kompromisa i s mnogo charliechaplinovskog humora seciraju društvenu zbilju, u paradoksima svakodnevice nalaze inspiraciju za tekstove, i sve to umotavaju u čvrsti gitaristički psihodelični pub-rock s elementima bluesa i countrya. Njihova glazba je glazba malog grada u kojem nema perspektive za mlade, u kojima caruje dosada i prepuštenost samima sebi. Grupa M.O.R.T. ima fantastičnu scensku prisutnost, a još veće od toga je njihova autentičnost. Iako ne sviraju ništa novo, grupa je uspjela blues, country, rock i punk obrasce prilagoditi sebi, kako su to činili Partibrejkersi i Majke, a vjerujem, ako se u međuvremenu ne propiju i ne počnu kockati, da će imati veliku karijeru.”
“Relativno skroman prostor Split Circusa bio je ovom prilikom popunjen do maksimuma, a svoj splitski akustični koncert M.O.R.T je odradio u poprilično opuštenoj atmosferi, gotovo kućnoj.”
“Za svakog ponešto, reklo bi se. Premda glazbeno nisu dotjerani (na omotu piše da se Kikos uči svirati bas, a bubnjar Mile je naučio ubrzavati ritam), njihova snaga su jednostavno koncipirane melodične pjesme koje imaju svoju priču i težinu u sklopu r’n’r svjetonazora. Promukli punkerski vokal, melodični basovi, dostatan ritam i od svega ponajbolji gitaristički rad, M.O.R.T. je već plasirao na listu velikih nada (pobjednici Jelen Demofesta u Banja Luci 2013) od kojih valja očekivati nova intrigantna ostvarenja. Oba palca gore!”
Biography
M.O.R.T. is an uncompromising punk – blues band from Sinj, (Croatia) with intense sound and unrestrained live performances. The band was founded by three friends, John, Zvrk and Kikos, in autumn of 2003. In the late 2012, drummer Mile joins them on recording a full demo album called ˝Vrhunsko dno˝, that is released during the summer of 2013. Since then, they have been performing all over Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegowina, Slovenia and Montenegro, whether as participants of various festivals or independently, with over 200 gigs in four years. Among festival performances, the one which stands out is definitely Jelen Demofest in Banja Luka in 2013., where they won first place, just like they did at Rock Off in 2014. They also got into finale of HR demo club in 2012, and won third place on WHF in 2013.
Their second album “Odjel za žešće”, which received both excellent reviews and title of “the album of the year“, is released in July 2014. In the beginning of 2015 the band is nominated for Porin awards (Croatian music award) in the “new performer“ category. With their third official album “Tužna kocka”, released on 1st of April 2016, once again they receive critical acclaim which got them to the top of regional music industry.
M.O.R.T. has over 400 concerts in 5 years, 20 official video clips, over 8 million YouTube views, four brilliant albums, over 30,000 TV appearances…
The band is just in the process of promoting the fourth album, this time completely in English, named ”Standing Runnungman”.
While releasing their albums and working on new material, the band is continuously touring, spreading their energy and their music.