Kind people know that PMG Kolektiv is not really a band. It is a community. A creative space for daring people. Friends hanging around for 30 years now, taking care of each other, making music and whatever they find challenging. Their 9th L.P. Fraternité is a warm and bold statement right in the face of global clear and present danger. Unusually quiet and almost soft and fuzzy, this album is a musical elevation and a rather adventurous change in their sound. PMGK are developing their own take on contemporary pop. A bit of a Trap/Hip Hop here, a bit of jazzy schlager there and of course their trade mark new wavy electronica, but polished to the point of slow ecstasy.
Fraternité marks a special point in this band’s existence. Maturity’s written all over. The music, the lyrics, the production. Finally 🙂
You gotta love this. I mean if you have at least one honest bone in you body you will.
Mirko Popov, February 8 2021, Skopje

PMG Kolektiv personnel on this project:
Mirko Popov (vocals, programming)
Sinisha Evtimov (programming)
Aleksandar Gavrovski (bas)
Vladan Drobicki (trombone, slide trumpet, brass arrangements)

Music written by Mirko Popov and Sinisha Evtimov
All lyrics written by Mirko Popov, except Princeza, co-written with Princess Donatsu
Brass arrangements: Vladan Drobicki
Cover design: Violeta Kachakova
Mixed and mastered by Mirko Popov and Sinisha Evtimov at Shupa between october 2019 and december 2020

Additional musicians:
Maria Kaeva, vocals/backing vocals on: Vojna, Voda, Vo Makedonija
Princess Donatsu, vocal on Princeza
Valentin Vidović, Saxophones and flute on Princeza
Micko Damjanovski, tuba on Skopje
Mia Drobicka, backing vocal on Peer
Ninoslav Spirovski, clarinet and saxophone on Dom
Pavel Drobicki, bass on Dom

Novo Ime contains а sample from “Za Nas Počnuva Život” by Dragan Gjakonovski Špato
Skopje contains а sample from “Skopje Skopje” by Muharem Serbezovski
Vo Makedonija contains sample from “Bistra Voda” by Bodan Arsovski, Vlatko Stefanovski and “Paid in Full” by Eric Barrier and Rakim Allah
Dom contains sample from “Paid in Full” by Eric Barrier and Rakim Allah

PMG Recordings 190 / Vinyl Fetish 008 / 2021