Jani Kovačič

Slovenia, 1953

He has been writing poetry, satires and popular songs and at the same time, he has also been writing complex sound pictures. An aphoristic style, ironic syllogisms and child- like naïveté enrich his texts. He is a town’s folk singer, inventor, explorer of the human mind and an immortal individualist. He has a great appreciation for human stupidity. “Stupidity is king!” He is a real antihero and supporter of the new humanism and solidarity, brotherhood, diversity and a comfortable life. Fame is an unnecessary burden, which makes things predictable. He presented the songs of his new cycle Akkkustik teArter at the venue KUD France Prešeren. He gave up publishing songs completely. All we have are his performances and their unique delirium and memory bombs. When Slovenia gained its independence he foretold the period of privatisation in all its forms in his “Tolovajske balade” (Bandit ballads). A year before Slovenia’s admittance to the European Union he predicted a loss of identity and empty greediness in his “Bulvar Bankrot” (2003). He bid his farewell to the 20th century in “Balade s ceste” (Street Ballads) I. and II. His work “PostBožični Psalmi” (PostChristmas Psalms) predicts a new era of post biblical and post- mythical proportions. Jazz became global ethno and in Jazzitette (2006) he creates a new type of urban jazz. In 2007 he performed troubadour and other songs from the middle ages with Italian consort Dramsam. The following year he had interesting concert with young musicians from the Slovenia United Orchestra. In 2009 Jani Kovačič and Chronographus present “Archaic songs” from his new book KNJIGA.