Željko Brodarić

Željko Brodarić "Jappa" (born 1954) is a Croatian and Yugoslav musician and music producer, known as the guitarist and vocalist of the rock band Metak, as well as for producing albums by a number of prominent acts of the Yugoslav rock scene.

Brodarić started his career in his home city Split in the early 1970s, joining the band Metak in 1978 as guitarist. After the departure of the band's original vocalist Ranko Boban, Brodarić also took over the vocal duties. With Metak, he recorded two studio albums, gaining significant popularity on the Yugoslav music scene. After Metak disbanded in 1981, Brodarić started a short-lasting career as a solo act, releasing one studio album. In mid-1980s, he dedicated himself to album production, producing works by a number of prominent acts of the Yugoslav rock scene, including Haustor, Regata, Animatori, D' Boys, Đavoli, Crvena Jabuka, and others. In late 2000s, he turned to jazz – in 2008, he formed his jazz fusion trio Jappa Band, and since 2016, he has been performing with his daughter Sara Brodarić Ševgić.

Musical career Early career (1974–1978) Brodarić started his career at the age of eighteen, playing guitar with the veteran Split band Delfini. After Metak was joined by Zlatko Brodarić (guitar) and Doris Tomić (keyboards), the band recorded two studio albums and two 7-inch singles, achieving significant popularity on the Yugoslav rock scene.

The lyrics of Metak's 1979 song "Nalazim nebo" ("I'm Finding the Sky"), authored by Željko Brodarić, are featured in Petar Janjatović's book Pesme bratstva, detinjstva & potomstva: Antologija ex YU rok poezije 1967 - 2007 (Songs of Brotherhood, Childhood & Offspring: Anthology of Ex YU Rock Poetry 1967 – 2007).

Haustor album Treći svijet (Third World), produced by Brodarić, was in 1998 polled No.20 on the list of 100 Greatest Albums of Yugoslav Popular Music, published in the book YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike (YU 100: The Best albums of Yugoslav pop and rock music). The list of 100 Greatest Yugoslav Albums published by the Croatian edition of Rolling Stone in 2015 features two albums produced by Brodarić: Haustor's Treći svijet, polled No.8, and Animatori's Anđeli nas zovu da im skinemo krila (Angels Are Inviting Us to Take Their Wings Off), polled No.80.

Discography

With Metak Studio albums U tetrapaku (1979) Ratatatatija (1980)

Compilation albums Da mi je biti morski pas (1995)

Singles "Šijavica" / "Gastarbajterska balada" (1978) "Ona ima svoju dragu mamu" / "Revolver" (1979) "Da mi je biti morski pas" / "Rock'n'roller" (1980)

Solo Studio albums Majmuni (1982)

Compilation albums Moj novi val (2004)

Singles "Majmun radi što majmun vidi" / "Nikad kao kada smo sami" (1982)

As producer Studio albums Zok – Zok (1982) Jappa – Majmuni (1982) Magazin – Slatko stanje D' Boys – Ajd' se zezamo! (1983) Animatori – Anđeli nas zovu da im skinemo krila (1983) Magazin – Kokolo (1983) Magazin – O la-la (1984) Haustor – Treći svijet (1984) Regata – Noćna regata (1984) Crvena Jabuka – Crvena Jabuka (1986) Regata – Spavaj mi vještice (1986) Boris Dvornik – Život ti je ka lišina (1986) Đavoli – Hallo Lulu (1987) Crvena Jabuka – Za sve ove godine (1987) Nemoguće Vruće – Ljubavi malog Werthera (1987) Đavoli – Ostani uz mene (1988) Rusija – Glasnost (1988) Ritam Srca – Pod tvojim prozorom (1989) Kotrljajuće Kamenje – Samo je ljubav (1990) Sedmo Nebo – Pjesma moje ulice (1990) Vještice – Bez tišine! (1991) Jakša & Navigatori – Električne serenade (1991) Crno Vino – Voljeti (1991) Mucalo – Mucalo (1992) Lvky – Ararita (2002)

Singles Jappa – "Majmun radi što majmun vidi" / "Nikad kao kada smo sami" (1982) Magazin – "Slatko stanje" / "Moja mala mila" (1982) D' Boys – "Mi smo D' Boys" / "Crne oči, plava ljubav" (1983) Animatori – "Anđeli nas zovu da im skinemo krila" / "Ljeto nam se vratilo" (1983) Regata – "Andrea" / "Za tebe" (1984) Rusija – "Slatki moj doktore" / "Kiša" (1988) Mucalo – "Prazna objećanja" (2001)