Silente

Silente is a pop rock band from Dubrovnik, Croatia, formed in 2006 around the brothers Tibor and Sanin Karamehmedović: Tibor sings, plays guitar and writes the music, and Sanin plays bass and writes the lyrics. Drummer Ivuša Gojan joined in 2009, and violinist Lorena Milina was with the band from the start until 2016. Before their breakthrough they played in Šibenik and at Park Orsula in Dubrovnik.

The breakthrough came with their first single, "Terca na tišinu", released on 12 February 2013, by what tportal called a then still unknown band from Dubrovnik. Sung by Doris Kosović, who had joined in 2012, it spent several weeks at the top of the Croatian Music Institute's national radio chart and passed four million views on YouTube. Both it and the next single, "Još jednom", had videos filmed by the director and actor Dejan Aćimović. The debut album "Lovac na čudesa", produced by Nikša Bratoš, came out on Aquarius Records on 28 October 2013, with "Na istom mjestu", "Morski ljudi, morske žene", "Svila", "I ovaj put", "Ne gledaj me kao da sam" and "Zimzelen". In 2014 Silente won the Porin for best new artist.

The second album, "Neće rijeka zrakom teći" (2015), was nominated for two Porins, and on 20 February 2016 the band played its biggest solo concert yet, at Dom sportova in Zagreb. Silente then took a break of about a year and a half and returned in 2018 with "Malo magle, malo mjesečine", with violinist Ivana Čuljak and keyboardist Luka Softić in the line-up.

The fourth album, "IV" (2022), brought two number ones on the HR Top 40, "Nikada ovako" and "Poljubi me za kraj". Lara Viktorija Ilić took over as lead singer in 2023, and Silente kept charting, with "Sve što treba znat' o ženi" at No. 4, "Sve da ima neki način" at No. 3 and "Onaj isti" at No. 2. On 29 June 2024 the band played its biggest solo concert so far, at Šalata in Zagreb.