Dah

Dah (Breath) was a Yugoslav progressive rock band, formed in Belgrade in 1972 by guitarist Zlatko Manojlović and guitarist and singer Branko Marušić "Čutura", who had played together in Džentlmeni. The first lineup was completed by bassist Branko Gluščević, formerly of Iskre, Siluete and Lutalice, and drummer Radomir Dubičanin.

In April 1973 Dah played the BOOM Festival in Ljubljana, and their "Ako poželiš" appeared on the live double album BOOM Pop Fest '73. The studio version came out soon after on their debut single with "Noćna buka", which they promoted by playing in the display window of a record shop. Marušić then left for a solo career, Manojlović took over the vocals and Dah worked as a power trio, with Velibor "Boka" Bogdanović, formerly of YU Grupa, later replacing Dubičanin on drums. The singles "Samo jedna noć" (1973), "Gitareska", made with organist Miodrag Okrugić, and "Mali princ" (both 1974) followed.

The debut album Veliki cirkus came out on Jugoton in 1974, with lyrics by the disc jockey Zoran Modli, some of them inspired by great works of literature, such as "Prohujalo sa vihorom", "Majka Jugovića" and "Troil i Kesida".

In 1975 the band moved to Belgium and played as Land, with Zlatko's brother Goran Manojlović on keyboards and two Belgian musicians. Their single "Shoshana", whose melody was based on Yosef Hadar's "Erev Shel Shoshanim", was released by Polydor in West Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Austria and Spain and reached number one on Moroccan national radio, and the band opened for Focus in the Benelux countries, France and West Germany.

Back home in 1976, Manojlović re-formed Dah and recorded the second album, Povratak, with a Serbo-Croatian version of the hit, "Šošana". When he left for army service, Goran led a last lineup with Vidoja Božinović and Dušan Đukić, both formerly of Pop Mašina, which played for a year and disbanded in 1977. Zlatko Manojlović then formed Gordi, taking Goran and drummer Stevan Milutinović with him, and later had a solo career. In 1991 Disciplina Kičme sampled "Noćna buka", and in 2021 Croatia Records reissued Veliki cirkus in the box set Od Daha do Gordih.