Saša Antić

From 1997 to 2015, Antić was a founding member of the cult classic recording act The Beat Fleet. He composed and wrote lyrics for most of the songs from the eight studio albums the band had produced. His compositions, often featuring socially conscious and erudite lyrics in an outspoken nature, are subjects of academic study and widely hailed to be one of the greatest compositions of the Croatian hip-hop scene.[8][9]

The Beat Fleet is widely considered to be one of the most innovative experimental bands in Croatia and wider area. Boldly merging various genres, including reggae, the British trip hop, electronic and experimental music, they are credited for inventing the Ping Pong genre, a mixture of reggae, afro beat, hip hop, rap rock and dub. With TBF, Antić won nineteen Porin awards, five Black Cat awards, ten Zlatna Koogla awards and an Index Award.

In 2008, he was a featured artist on the award-winning Edo Maajka track Sve prolazi.[10] To date, he has recorded as a featured artist with over thirty artists, including Dalibor Andonov, Kosturi,[11] Damir Urban, Frankie, Ajs Nigrutin and Dječaci.[12][13][14]

Under the pseudonym Alejuandro Buendija, he released two studio albums Pepermint (2007) and Šporka Posla (2012). Both albums garnered positive reviews by critics and peers alike, with the former gaining considerable praise by Stipan Grladinović for its aspects of merging alternative rock with hip-hop.[15] In 2010, he was awarded the Honour of Split for services to music.[16]

His 2015 album Danas sutra received universal acclaim for critics circles, and was a commercial success.[17][18][19] It won him his twentieth Porin, the 2016 Porin Award for Best Club Album.[20][21]

In 2019, he collaborated with rapper Bobo on the song Uvelo misto, which competed at the 2019 Split Music Festival, winning an honourable mention title.[22] That same year, he produced the Šetači album Galaksija.

In 2003, Antić composed for the Meni ti to nije baš play by Irma Omerzzo at the Zagreb Dance Company.[23][24]

In 2005, he contributed songwriting and starred in the play Pa ne hodaj gola naokolo at INK Pula, based on the play by Georges Feyoeau.[25] Directed by Ivica Buljan, the play also featured appearances by Tarik Filipović, Mia Begović and Mario Mirković.[26] From 2005 to 2009, he produced music for various children's plays with fellow TBF member Luka Barbić, including Miševi i mačke naglavačke (directed by Ladislav Vindakijevič, 2005 in Split), Cinderella (directed by Robert Waltl, 2006 in Zagreb, featuring Barbić and Antić in acting roles, performing as Jacques and Gus), Šuma Striborova (directed by Robert Waltl, 2007 in Velika Gorica) and Vitez od pola (directed by Ivan Plazibat, 2009 in Zagreb). The score to Miševi i mačke naglavačke won the Čakovec Culture Festival Award for Best Music in a Play and was nominated for the Euridice Prize in the Županja Theatre Festival.[27]

In 2009, Antić[28] performed in the Croatian and English language adaptation of The Garage, under the direction of Ivica Buljan at the Zagreb Youth Theatre [29] Starring with fellow band member Mladen Badovinac and actors Frano Mašković, Sreten Mokrović, Doris Šarić-Kukuljica, Ksenija Marinković and Nina Violić, the play drew critical acclaim for the acting performances, musical sequences, directing and tone.[30] With active standing ovations,[31][32] the ensemble toured extensively with the show, most notably in the La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in New York City.[33] That same year, he composed for a Zagreb production of Evita Peron, directed and starring Senka Bulić.[34]

In 2012, he scored for a Croatian National Theatre in Split production of The Orange Peele, directed by Jelena Posavec Tušek.

Antić also composed for the 2003 short film U našem gradu, directed by Irma Omerzzo.[35]

In 2004, he provided voice acting for the Croatian-language version of the DreamWorks Animation feature Shark Tale.[36][37] He voiced one half of the duo Ernie and Bernie with TBF member Mladen Badovinac, and contributed vocals to the film's soundtrack.[38][39]

With Luka Barbić, Antić had co-written the soundtrack for the 2011 Saša Ban documentary feature Zemlja Znanja.[40] The 2007 TBF evergreen Smak svita was used in the Golden Arena-winning Nevio Marasović feature The Show Must Go On.