Boris Štok

Boris Štok is a Croatian singer, composer and lyricist from Rijeka, born there on 18 March 1978. He finished grammar school in his home town and graduated in management from the Faculty of Economics in Rijeka. Among his musical models he names Shirley Bassey, Róisín Murphy of Moloko, Frank Sinatra, Nina Simone, David Bowie and Randy Crawford.

He started out in a string of demo bands, cover bands and choirs, among them Putokazi, performing in Croatia and Slovenia. In 2000 he co-founded the group Quasarr, where he was the lead singer, wrote the lyrics and co-wrote the music. Quasarr played the leading festivals and clubs of the region and recorded three albums, Quasarr, Propaganda (Menart) and Sjene (Croatia Records). Their song "Ljubav", with Josipa Lisac as guest, won the Porin for best vocal collaboration in 2014, and their biggest hit, "Ti", became the theme of the Netflix series Novine. In 2008 he also started the project Manofon with Vedran Križan, which released two albums and the radio hit "Ovisnik".

His solo career began in 2017 with the singles "Ove misli", "Voli me još ovu noć", "Ispod kože" and "Kao mi", and the limited EP Puls, which earned him a Porin nomination as best new artist. His first full album, Ispod kože, followed in October 2018 and won the 2019 Porin for best alternative album. The second, Uvijek dio mene, came out in November 2020 with the radio singles "Predajem se tebi", "Reci mi" and "Još uvijek", and was nominated for the same award.

He has worked with Matija Dedić, Ante Gelo, Elvis Stanić, Yaya of Jinx and many others, and in 2021 he recorded the duet "Večer" with Meritas. At Dora, the Croatian Eurovision selection, he finished 14th with "Grijeh" in 2023 and 12th with "Can We Talk" in 2024.

The playlist gathers his solo recordings, from the first singles to his newest songs.