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From Mess & Noise:
Predrag Delibasich is a man in the midst of a journey. The journey began on the other side of the world in a country – the former Yugloslavia – that fell prey to internal political and cultural tensions. In the early 1990s, Delibasich moved to Perth, formed a band (Sokkol), then another band (Soviet Valves), another (Bamodi) and joined a couple of others along the way (Airport City Shuffle and Abe Sada). Somewhere in the midst of those mixed and varied musical pursuits, Delibasich – known as Pex for the benefit of the legion of Australians for whom European languages are the stuff of ignorance and frustration – found time to pursue his own solo interests, including the solo bass outfit Bassta! Pex.
At a pinch you can discern a distant theme running through Pex’s work – the industrial punk of Soviet Valves was an opaque inflection of the brutal noise of Bamodi – yet the more significant theme is that of artistic exploration. Delibasich’s latest record, a vinyl/CD combination comprising a 7” (‘Serpent Bites the Young Lion’ b/w ‘Happy Hobo’) and 6-track EP (This Season’s Colourful Tones), confirms that Pex hasn’t finished wandering through the eclectic artistic gardens of his mind quite yet.