Destiny Potato: : posts guitar play-through of new track, "Blue Sun"; debut album to be released summer 2013

Century Media Records — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 09:05:47 GMT

Serbian-based rock band, DESTINY POTATO are currently in the studio working on their debut album, tentatively titled Lun, due out summer 2013 via Century Media Records. To give fans a preview of this forthcoming release, DESTINY POTATO mastermind, David Maxim Micic, has posted a guitar play-through of the new album track, "Blue Sun," which can be viewed here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPDHqminzb4 Maxim comments: "As our final days in the studio are finally here, we thought it's about time to put some new music out. More updates, interviews, music, lessons and great news are on the way but for now you can enjoy this instrumental version of Destiny Potato's song 'Blue Sun'. Stay Awesome! Potate!" DESTINY POTATO was formed in the spring of 2011 by Maxim and singer Aleksandra Djelmas, who had been writing and recording songs together since they were 16. Maxim and Djelmas attended the same high school and both of their fathers played in one of Serbia's most popular progressive rock bands, YU GRUPA. When deciding on band name, Maxim and Djelma wanted to come up with something light-hearted to fit their personalities, yet something that everyone would remember-- DESTINY POTATO seemed a fitting choice, and it has stuck with them ever since. To hear a rough mix of the previously released album track, "Dark Side Of You," click HERE. DESTINY POTATO line-up: Aleksandra Djelmas - vocals, piano Ana Little Fog Maglica - vocals, violin David Maxim Micic - guitar, keyboards and production Milan Jejina Yeqy - drums Bojan Kvocka - bass Dusan Vanja Andrijasevic - guitar DESTINY POTATO online: www.facebook.com/destinypotato

Destiny Potato: : Dark Side Of You

Century Media Records — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 02:05:14 GMT

"Just a few months after we officially formed the band we got an opportunity to play our first show at Euroblast 2011 where we met some boys and gals from Century Media as they came to hear/see us play. Not long after the fest we got in touch with them and after months of negotiations we are finally here and really looking forward to an amazing collaboration with all the great people in and around this label." - DESTINY POTATO Officially formed in the spring of 2011, DESTINY POTATO mastermind, David Maxim Micic and singer Aleksandra Djelmas had been writing and recording songs together since they were 16. Maxim and Djelmas attended the same high school and both their fathers played in one of Serbia's most popular progressive rock bands, YU grupa. "I officially met Alex in a music class," says Maxim. "We knew our father's played together so we first started talking about that, then we realized we both loved pop music and would get together after school and write lots of piano based tunes with dreams of one day having a number one song on the pop charts." Following high school, Maxim attended the prestigious Berklee College of Music. It was there a friend introduced him to some heavier sounds, namely the UK based tech metal band, SikTh. "From there I just started discovering so much more metal music. I decided to do a solo album inspired by these bands as well as Serbian and other Eastern European music (Maxim has self released 2 solo albums thus far, the "Bilo" series, volumes 1.0 and 2.0) though some of the heavier sounds also started to be incorporated into the music Alex and I were working on." Maxim and Djelmas worked with a few other people during this time and began uploading songs and clips online. When deciding on band name, they wanted to come up with something light-hearted to fit their personalities, yet something that everyone would remember. DESTINY POTATO was chosen. "I really have no idea what it means or where it actually came from," comments Maxim. When the organizers of the annual Euroblast Festival reached out to Maxim about playing the 2011 edition of the fest, they originally wanted him to perform solo, but he convinced them to add DESTINY POTATO instead. What he didn't tell them was there was no actual band. When the organizers agreed to add them, Maxim and Djelmas assembled one, featuring a popular Serbian singer Ana Maglica as a second vocalist and drummer Milan Yeqy, and performed their first ever show in front of a sold out crowd. In attendance were representatives of Century Media Records, who spoke to the band and later signed them to a worldwide deal. "I guess not much has changed with Alex and I over the years," says Maxim. "We are still best friends and I guess would still love to have a song on top of the charts, maybe not the pop charts, though. Do they have a metal/pop chart? If so, that would be our great. I want to hear that famous American DJ say 'you've just heard DESTINY POTATO, now onto our long distance dedication... haha." The band is currently wrapping up the recording of their debut album, to be released via Century Media in early 2013, but have posted the following rough mix of the track, "Dark Side of You" HERE. DESTINY POTATO will once again be playing this year's Euroblast festival, set to take place in Cologne, Germany October 19th-21st. Line-Up: Aleksandra Djelmas - vocals, piano Ana Little Fog Maglica - vocals, violin David Maxim Micic - guitar, keyboards and production Milan Jejina Yeqy - drums Bojan Kvocka - bass Dusan Vanja Andrijasevic - guitar Potatoes Gonna Potate DESTINY POTATO online: www.facebook.com/destinypotato

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Destiny Potato: : posts guitar play-through of new track, "Blue Sun"; debut album to be released summer 2013

Destiny Potato: : Dark Side Of You