Asgjë Sikur Dielli

Asgjë Sikur Dielli
Origin	Kosovo^[a]
Genres	Alternative rock
Website	Official web page
Members	Bujar Hundozi, Visar Qeska, Fatos Berisha, Pellumb Ballata, Kushtrim Hoxha
Past members	Alban Nimani

Asgjë Sikur Dielli one of the most notable Kosovan alternative rock band.^[1]

History

The band was created in 1996 when Alban Nimani (vocal) and Bujar Hundozi (guitar) met and decided to work together. The duo made a lot of rehearsals and gigs in Pristina before they met their bass player Visar Qeska. Asgjë Sikur Dielli was formed in 1996 after series of gigs in Kosovo. ASD (Asgjë Sikur Dielli) played with a lot of drummers until they decided to hire Fatos Berisha as a member of the band. The band managed to record their first album just before the Kosovo War started in 1998. The album was called 1. The band members were forced to leave Kosovo until the war ended. After the war the band was playing in the gigs and different festivals where they won different awards, but did not publish any album until summer of 2005 when they published the album Ndodhemi.

On 1 February 2010, the band announced that Alban Nimani left the group to continue a solo career. Kushtrim Hoxha joined the band as lead vocalist.^[2]

Albums

1 (1999)

1 is the band's debut album produced by Enis Presheva and recorded at the "Unique Sound" in Pristina. Album was recorded on 1998 just before the Kosovo War but it was published on 1999 after the war ended. The album featured many original songs as well as a cover of the Gjurmët song Mendoja çdo gjë merr fund pa ty which was a huge success on many radio stations. The video clip for the same song was hitting top charts on main TV stations in Kosovo, RTK and KTV.

Ndodhemi (2005)

Nodhemi is a multimedial album published in the summer of 2005. It features 11 songs and the CD contains the videoclip of the song Ku ka më mirë se me qenë shqiptar (kush m'ka faj që jam shqiptar), four projections, a photo gallery and lyrics. This albums shows the band's change of style. The songs Ku ka më mirë se me qenë shqiptar (kush m'ka faj që jam shqiptar) Koma, and Eho represent this new style and features some of the new electronic sounds and ambiance.

Band members

Kushtrim Hoxha - vocals
Bujar Hundozi - guitar
Visar Qeska - bass guitar
Fatos Berisha - drums
Pellumb Ballata - keyboards

Former band members

Alban Nimani - vocals (1996–2010)

See also

• Albanian rock
• Albanian hip hop
• Music of Kosovo
• Albanian music

References

1. Gail Warrander; Verena Knaus (1 January 2008). Kosovo: the Bradt travel guide. Bradt Travel Guides. pp. 41–. ISBN 978-1-84162-199-9. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
2. Official web page

External links

• Official Web Page
• Asgjë Sikur Dielli on Facebook
• Asgjë Sikur Dielli on Twitter
• Asgjë Sikur Dielli on Instagram
• Asgjë Sikur Dielli on MySpace

Notes

a.

^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has been recognised as an independent state by 108 out of 193 United Nations member states.