Dah was a former Yugoslav/Belgian progressive rock band. Originally formed in Yugoslavia in 1972, the band, in 1975, moved to Belgium and changed the name to Land. After spending a year in Belgium and releasing an English language album, the band went back to Yugoslavia, where they changed their name back to Dah, disbanding in 1976.
History
Dah was formed in 1972 by Zlatko Manojlović and Branislav Marušić "Čutura". The first lineup also featured Branko Gluščević and Radomir Dubičanin. In April 1973 the band performed at BOOM Festival in Ljubljana and their song "Ako poželiš" was released on the doublelive albumBOOM Pop Fest '73. Soon after the band released their debut 7" single with songs "Ako poželiš" and "Noćna buka", which they promoted performing in the display window of a record shop. After the release of the single, Marušić left the band and began his solo career. Manojlović took the singing duties, and Dah performed as a power trio for a year and a half. After Dubičanin joined Siluete, he was replaced by Velibor "Boka" Bogdanović, and soon the band started performing with violinist and guitarist Dragan Mihajlović. On several occasions the band cooperated with organist Miodrag Okrugić. Dah debut albumVeliki cirkus was released in 1974 through Jugoton. The album lyrics were written by the disc jockeyZoran Modli. The lyrics for some of the songs, such as "Prohujalo sa vihorom", "Majka Jugovića" and "Troil i Kesida" were inspired by film and literature. The album brought the hit "Šošana", the melody of which was based on Yosef Hadar's composition "Erev Shel Shoshanim". The song "Šošana" was recorded by Manojlović with Dragan Mihajlović, bassist Zdenko Pomper and drummer Stevan Milutinović. In 1975 the band moved to Belgium, where they performed under the name Land. The Belgian lineup of the band featured, alongside Manojlović and Bogdanović, Zlatko Manojlović's brother Goran, Tommy Spalteholtz and Willy Pultz. This lineup released "Šošana" as a single. The single was very successful, Polydor Records released it in West Germany, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Austria and Spain, and it reached No. 1 on the Morocco national radio chart. During the band's 1975 staying in Luxembourg they recorded the albumCool Breeze which was released through Jupiter Records. After the album release the band performed with the band Focus. In 1976 the band moved back to Yugoslavia and released their second album under the name Dah, Povratak, which featured a new version of "Šošana". However, in 1977 the band leader Zlatko Manojlović went to serve the Yugoslav People's Army, and his brother Goran became the temporary leader of Dah. The last Dah lineup featured Zdenko Pomper, Vidoja Božinović, Dušan Đukić Đuka and the singer Latke. This lineup of the band performed for a year and disbanded. After his return from the army Zlatko Manojlović formed the band Gordi.
Legacy
In 1994, Serbian pop rock bandRuž covered the song "Šošana" on their album N˚4, which was produced by Manojlović.
