Mitar Subotić (Rex Ilusivii, Suba)

Mitar Subotić Suba (1961-1999), also known as Rex Ilusivii, was a Serbian-born musician and composer who was set to become one of Brazil's most prominent producers when he died in November 1999.

Subotić obtained a university degree in his hometown from the University of Novi Sad, Serbia, before continuing electronic music studies in Belgrade. He was a pioneer of electronic music in former Yugoslavia, and in the 1980s he produced many albums of Yugoslav new wave acts such as Ekatarina Velika, Haustor, Marina Perazić. In 1986, his fusion of electronic music and Yugoslav folk lullabies In The Mooncage was awarded the International Fund for Promotion of Culture from UNESCO, which included a three-month scholarship to research Afro-Brazilian rhythms in Brazil. Falling in love with the country and its music, he emigrated to São Paulo in the 1990s.

Suba died in a studio fire days after the release of his album São Paulo Confessions, and shortly before the completion of Bebel Gilberto's acclaimed Tanto Tempo, the biggest selling Brazilian album outside Brazil.

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Mitar Subotić, prvi intervju: Procvat dobra pre dolaska zla - Vladan Mijatović Živojnov (1984)