Ispočetka (trans. From the beginning) is the fifth solo studio album by Dino Merlin, released on 9 June 2008 via Croatia Records, MP BHRT, City Records, and ShopNovella. The album was named after its titular song, which was recorded in 2004 and was intended to be the last song on Dino's album Burek. The first single promoting the album, "Otkrit ću ti tajnu", was released in August 2007 as a free download in partnership with BH Telecom. He signed a contract with Croatia Records, MP BHRT and City Records. One of the songs, named "Dabogda", from the album is done with Hari Mata Hari, the famous Bosnian singer. The complete song is written by Dino Merlin.See Spektakl Na Koševu . Ispočetka was one of the best selling albums of 2008 in Serbia.See City top 20 .
History The album itself was announced through a promotional single titled "Otkrit ċu ti tajnu" in August 2007. As with his previous works such as Sredinom and Burek the album includes several collaborations with local and regional artists.
In an interview with Maxi Magazin Dino stated that the decision to release the promotional single was made to ease the burden of dealing with over twenty songs he is currently working on and knowing that some of them will never be released. In the same interview he stated that he has enough material for a double CD but that "life is too short for double CD's."
The song "Otkrit ċu ti tajnu" can be downloaded by visiting the BH Telecom Web site. The second single, titled "Dabogda" was released 29 May 2008 to all regional radio and TV stations.
Dino's official site also announced a concert date to coincide with the promotion of Ispočetka.
Track listing
Singles "Otkrit Ću Ti Tajnu" was the first promo single, and was released in August 2007. "Dabogda"(feat. Hari Varešanović) was released a few days before the album release. The video has been shot on Baščaršija in Sarajevo. The director was Pjer Žalica. "Da Šutiš" was released in July 2008. The video was directed by Radislav Jovanov Gonzo and produced by DIM BiH/Hr. "Deset Mlađa" was released in December 2008. The video was premiered at a concert in Switzerland. The main role in the video is played by Giusy lo Brutto, an Italian actress. The video is shot in Switzerland and filmed in black and white. It was directed by Haris Dubica. "Ispočetka" was the fifth single. The video premiere was 15 May 2009. "Nedostaješ" is the sixth video from the album. It was shot in Sarajevo in June 2009, after Dino returned from Montenegro, where he held a concert in Podgorica and shot a video in Budva for his duet with Emina Jahović for the song "Med" from her album Vila. "Individualizam" was the seventh video from the album. The video was shot over a period of two years, in New York, Tokyo, Luzern, Paris, Lyon, Madrid, Lisbon and Sanski Most. The video included five hundred people. The video was directed by Haris Dubica.
Tour The tour for promoting the album started on Koševo. A few concerts were held after that. Then Dino has been on vacation. The tour was continued in autumn. Merlin said that he will make a concert in Belgrade. The Europe tour was continued in March. He toured in USA in April and in Australia in May 2009. Dino was invited to opet the new arena in Zenica with a concert. But all 9000 tickets were sold out, so he decided to make another concert on Saturday, 21 March. So over 15,000 people were on the concerts. It was the first time in Bosnia and Herzegovina that an artist played two concerts in two days in the same arena. The tickets were available for 10 KM($7), but they were sold illegally for 35 KM($24). That was also unusual in Bosnia. After more than 20 years Dino decided to visit Serbia and to make a concert in Belgrade. On Monday, 10 October, the first day of the tickets sale for the concert in the Belgrade Arena a record has been broken: 2500 tickets were sold in the first four hours. The concert was sold out in four days. Another show has been added on 26 November. After the second show was sold out another one was added. All three shows were sold out, 60,000 people attended.
Koševo 2008
A concert at Koševo Stadium was held on 19 July 2008. It was a big event, one of the biggest in Bosnia in the past few years. Special guest of the concert were Hari Varešanović for the song "Dabogda", Tony Cetinski for the song "Drama", Eldin Huseinbegović for the song "Da šutiš (Indigo)" and Vesna Zmijanac for "Klupko" and one of his biggest hits "Kad zamirišu jorgovani". 65,000 people came to the concert. Dino sang for 3 hours. The concert begun with "Otkrit ću ti tajnu", and ended with the duet "Kad zamirišu jorgovani".
Tour dates
Date City Country Venue Notes Europe19 July 2008SarajevoStadion Koševo65,000 people attended the concert. Guests Vesna Zmijanac, Tony Cetinski, Eldin Huseinbegović, Hari Varešanović6 August 2008BudvaJaz Beach10,000 people attended. Guest Vesna Zmijanac8 August 2008BihaćStadion Jedinstva15,000 people attended. Guests Vesna Zmijanac, Eldin Huseinbegović, Hari Verašanović16 August 2008TuzlaStadion Tušanj20,000 people attended. Guests Vesna Zmijanac, Eldin Huseinbegović, Hari Verašanović3 October 2008BielefeldEvent Center4 October 2008MunichKulturhalle24 October 2008HamburgStudenten Halle25 October 2008FrankfurtUnion Halle1 November 2008ErkrathStadthalle15 November 2008LjubljanaGospodarsko Razstavisce20 November 2008SkopjeDvorana Boris Trajkovski22 November 2008ViennaPlanet Discothèque5 December 2008ParisEspace Venise12 December 2008BurghausenGastro und Musik13 December 2008ZürichStadthalle DietikonVideo premiere of Deset Mlađa24 December 2008DüsseldorfConsum-Club25 December 2008BerlinUniversal Hall28 December 2008MontagnyZed Club28 February 2009Dommeldange Salle des sports7 March 2009See Dnevni Avaz .ViennaBank Austria Halle20 March 2009Zenica Arena15,000 people attended.21 March 20094 April 2009Norrköping Folkets Park Borgen10 April 2009GothenburgHogsbohallen Angasvallen-Frolunda11 April 2009MalmöBaltiska Hallen12 April 2009HorsensTorsted Hallen North America17 April 2009DetroitRoyalty House19 April 2009TorontoKool House19 April 2009New York CityEast Manor24 April 2009ChicagoHanging Gardens25 April 2009WaterlooMillenium Hall26 April 2009St. Louis, MissouriOrlando Gardens South Europe9 May 2009StuttgartClub Hot Spot Australia22 May 2009SydneyWhitlam Centre23 May 2009MelbourneMelbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre25 May 2009PerthHerb Graham Recreation Centre Europe6 June 2009Wels Messeggelande Halle 6 3,000 people attended.13 June 2009PodgoricaStadion malih sportova12,000 people attended. Guests Vesna Zmijanac, Eldin Huseinbegović21 July 2009BugojnoGradska sala23 July 2009Bosanska KrupaGradski stadion25 July 2009TešanjGradski stadion10,000 people attended27 July 2009Sanski MostGradski stadion10,000 people attended1 August 2009OhridBiljanini stadion19 August 2009DubrovnikGospino Polje21 August 2009PulaPula Arena3 October 2009MunichTonhalle10 October 2009ErkrathStadthalle Erkrath17 October 2009FrankfurtUnion Hall25 October 2009OsijekDvorana 'Gradsko polje'6000 people attendedDnevni Avaz Dino Merlin zapalio Osijek 14 November 2009LjubuškiSportska DvoranaCanceled due death threat to Dino Merlin. Official because of a soccer game between Bosnia and Herzegovina and PortugalSvet Online Dino Merlin: Otkazao koncert zbog pretnji smrću 21 November 2009WienBank Austria Halle4 December 2009CeljeDvorana Golovec5 December 2009KranjLedena Dvorana12 December 2009ZürichStadthalle Dietikon19 December 2009PforzheimClub Flash6 February 2010SarajevoZetra13 February 2010VaraždinArena Varaždin18 February 2010SplitSpaladium Arena9000 people attended. Guests Edo Zanki and Ivana Banfić30 April 2010BielefeldDiskoteka Prime1 May 2010HamburgBalkan Night7 May 2010OsloFuruset Forum8 May 2010StockholmGamla Tryckeriet-Bromma12 June 2010WelsMessegelende Hall 618 September 2010SkopjeMetropolis Arena12,000 people attended6 November 2010FrankfurtUnionhalle2000 people attended27 November 2010Düsseldorf11 December 2010ZürichStadhalle18 December 2010DommeldangeHall Omnisports5 March 2011StuttgartMesse Sindelfingen12 March 2011MontlingenDisco Flash21 April 2011HorsensTorsted Hallen22 April 2011GothenburgHosbo Hallen23 April 2011NorrköpingBorgen24 April 2011HelsingborgSundsparlan11 June 2011LjubljanaKrižanke18 June 2011ViennaBank Austria Halle Gasometer5000 people attended.9 July 2011OpatijaLjetna Pozornica25 November 2011BelgradeBelgrade ArenaSold out in four days. 20,000 people attended.26 November 201120,000 people attended.27 November 201120,000 people attended.22 December 2011ZagrebArena
References
External links "Otkrit Ću Ti Tajnu" free download site