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The Beat Fleet

Hip-hop
rap rock

Years active1997 (1997)–presentLabelsCroRec (1997–1999)
Menart (1999–2009)
Dallas (2009–present)MembersAleksandar Antić
Mladen Badovinac
Luka Barbić
Ognjen Pavlović
Nikša Mandalinić
Nikola VidovićPast membersNikola Čelan
Sveslav Vrandečić
Nikola Luša
Dragan Lukić Lvky
Edi Grubišić
Jan Ivelić
Petar Radanović

The Beat Fleet, also known as TBF, is a band from Split, Croatia, founded in 1990. Members of the band are: Aleksandar Antić (vocals, lyrics, samples, accordion), Mladen Badovinac (vocal, samples), Luka Barbić (vocals, keyboards, samples), Ognjen Pavlović (bass guitar), Nikša Mandalinić (electric guitar), and Nikola Vidović (drums). They published six albums.

The Beat Fleet are widely considered to be one of the most innovative experimental bands in Croatia and wider area. They are heavily influenced by reggae, the British trip hop scene, electronic and experimental music. With years their built new style of music was named ping pong. Ping pong is a mixture of reggae, afro beat, hip hop, rap rock, alternative rock, dub and British trip hop.

In 2017, former TBF member Nikola Čelan released Baština (Legacy), a book about the emergence of the hip hop scene in Split, as well as the forming years of TBF.^[1]

Discography

Ping-Pong (Umjetnost zdravog đira) (1997, Croatia Records)
Uskladimo toplomjere (2000, Menart Records)
Maxon Universal (2004, Menart Records)
Galerija Tutnplok (2007, Menart Records)
Perpetuum Fritule (2010, Dallas Records - live album)
Pistaccio Metallic (2011, Dallas Records)
Danas sutra (2015, Dallas Records)

References

^ Madunić, Ines. "'Stvari u našem društvu postaju gadljivo nazadne, a svi šute. Najgore je žaliti se i ništa ne poduzimati'". 100posto.jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). Jutarnji list. Retrieved 30 April 2020.