The Beat Fleet

The Beat Fleet
TBF members in concert at Močvara club in Zagreb in November 2009, when they recorded their live album Perpetuum Fritule.
Background information
Also known as	TBF
Origin	Split, Croatia
Genres	Hip-hop, rap-rock
Years active	1997 (1997)–present
Labels	Croatia (1997–1999) Menart (1999–2009) Dallas (2009–present)
Members	Mladen Badovinac Luka Barbić Aleksandar Antić Ognjen Pavlović Nikša Mandalinić Nikola Vidović
Past members	Nikola Čelan (1990–1994) Sveslav Vrandečić Nikola Luša Dragan Lukić Lvky Edi Grubišić Jan Ivelić Petar Radanović
Website	www.facebook.com/pages/TBF-Official-FanClub/313381382011333

The Beat Fleet, also known as TBF, is a band from Split, Croatia, founded in 1990. Members of the band are: Mladen Badovinac (vocal, samples), Luka Barbić (vocals, keyboards, samples), Aleksandar Antić (vocals, lyrics, samples, harmonica), Ognjen Pavlović (bass guitar), Nikša Mandalinić, (electric guitar), Nikola Vidović (drums). They published six albums.

The Beat Fleet are widely considered to be one of the most innovative experimental bands in Croatia and wider area. They are heavily influenced by reggae, the British trip hop scene, electronic and experimental music. With years their built new style of music was named Ping Pong. Ping pong is mixture of reggae, afro beat, hip hop, rap rock, alternative rock, dub and British trip hop.

Discography

• Ping-Pong (Umjetnost zdravog đira) (1997, Croatia Records)
• Uskladimo toplomjere (2000, Menart Records)
• Maxon Universal (2004, Menart Records)
• Galerija Tutnplok (2007, Menart Records)
• Perpetuum Fritule (2010, Dallas Records - live album)
• Pistaccio Metallic (2011, Dallas Records)
• Danas sutra (2015, Dallas Records)

External links

• Official FanPage on Facebook
• Official website Template:Hr icon
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• The Beat Fleet discography at Discogs