Boštjan M. / Drums, Percussions
Jani H. / Bass
Primož B. / Guitar
Tomaž O.R / Keyboards, Programming
Tomi M. / Guitar, Vocals
Influences
It's varying. We are 5 band members so everybody has his own musical background. In general you can name bands like METALLICA, FAITH NO MORE, SOUNDGARDEN, PEARL JAM, QUEEN and even a bit Jazz. But at the end there is only one name for that mixture of sounds: Siddharta.
Siddharta is the name of a rock band from Slovenia, who got the name from Hermann Hesse's book, a group of five guys who have devoted the last 13 years of their young lives to making music surpassing all their homeland has heard before.
From the beginning they played other bands' music in small clubs, working on their own as time went by. Their first album ID (cf. Freud) was released in 1999.
It was a huge success, only surpassed by their next album Nord two years later. It went straight to number one of the album-selling charts, breaking all known sales records. An incredibly successful tour followed and lasted until summer 2002. (A remix album was released during that time as well, where Siddharta's songs were remixed/remade by the more or less big names in the business, including Laibach, DJ Umek and others.)
After that the band retreated from public life, taking a short vacation and started working on their third album Rh-, which was released in the summer of 2003. A special-edition English version of the album, packed in a bloodbag, was released and sold out immediately.
The tour-opening concert took place in an overcrowded football stadium in Ljubljana, the capital city of Siddharta's homeland, Slovenia in September 2003. People from all parts of the country plus foreigners gathered to see Siddharta who accompanied by the RTV Slovenia's Symphony Orchestra and 60 dancers performed in front of a crowd of over 30,000 people and a few thousands who could not get in as the concert had been sold out way in advance.
In March 2005 Siddharta released an international version of their best-selling album Rh- in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Croatia and Slovenia. With Europe opening up, the journey for Siddharta has only just begun and by receiving MTVs EMA 2005 (Europe Music Award) the band is apt to win wider recognition on the music scene of Europe.
After writing and recording for almost 6 months, on June 4th 2006 Siddharta released Petrolea in Slovenia. Their 4th studio album entered the charts at position 1, stayed there for weeks and got the platinum status in march 2007.
At the end of 2006 they went on a tour through whole Slovenia for around 20 concert to promote their new album and also to please fans with some older stuff. Around 50.000 visitors saw Siddharta in their best way of presentation. The tour ended in front of 15.000 people at an open air show in the capital of Slovenia (Ljubljana). It was also recorded by national TV and Radio and aired in January.
A successful 2007 ends with 2 new albums. The first one is a DVD/CD combination of the acoustic radio show on Val 202 called Izštekani. The release is available with 6 different covers; each with one band member. The second album is a live record of their Maraton concert event held in Hala Tivoli in Ljubljana were they played their whole discography in more than 5 hours. It includes 4 CDs with 56 songs and an additional documentary DVD.
Months of planning and preparation resulted in a project, entitled SiddhartaSaga. It opened in the fall of 2008 with the first visit to the studio recording the first three tracks for the new album and will span across the next months, making it up to almost a yearlong project. During this time the band will not only record the album but will record it under the strict supervision of their fans, who can monitor the progress of the journey any time over a special website dedicated to the project. It will in time offer much more than just studio reports. To see what more is to come, do visit the Saga website.
Latest Video:Baroko Teaser:New EP "Baroko" out 17.06.2009!
The new CD will feature 4 different versions of the song and will be available in our official webstore at http://www.masterofmetal.net/siddharta, at http://www.svetglasbe.net and also in Big Bang and Mueller stores throughout Slovenia and via Čarli TV.
Visit www.siol.net/siddharta-saga and www.siddharta.net for more information!
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Thank you very much for add. You are my favourite band! I'm your biggest fan. I love all the songs, they're awesome, as usual :) Your music has changed my life so much that words could not express. I can hardly wait to buy your new album.
I THINK COME TO POLAND FOR A CONCERT. I will never forget your concert in Pszczyna (2004). I can assure you that you have a lot of fans in Poland! :)
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