Bastion (band)

The band was formed in April 1983 in Skopje, SR Macedonia by keyboardist Kiril Džajkovski, vocalist Ana Kostovska and bass guitarist Ljubomir Stojsavljević.[1] The band released their debut self-titled album in 1985 through PGP-RTB.[1] Music was composed by Džajkovski and Stojsavljević,[2] and the lyrics were written by Milčo Mančevski, at that time a correspondent of the magazines Džuboks and Zdravo from New York City.[1] Mančevski also directed the music video for the band's song "Hot Day in Mexico".[1] The songs on the album were in Serbo-Croatian, but the band had also recorded several songs in their native Macedonian for the music production of the national Radio-Television Skopje. The group ended their activity in 1987.[1]

After Bastion disbanded, Ana Kostovska dedicated herself to her acting career, occasionally making guest appearances on the albums by other Yugoslav acts.[1] She appeared as vocalists on the albums by Leb i Sol, Riblja Čorba, Vlatko Stefanovski and The No Smoking Orchestra.[3]

Kiril Džajkovski joined Leb i Sol, recording the album Kao kakao (Like Cacao, 1987) with them.[1] He started his solo career with the album Synthetic Theatre, released in 1996.[1] During the 1990s, he occasionally performed with the Australian band Kismet, formed by Mizar member Gorazd Čapovski.[1] With Vlada Divljan, Džajkovski recorded the album Dekada (Decade, 1997) under the name Apartchicks.[1] During the following years, he released a number of electronic music albums and wrote music for theatre and film.[1] He cooperated with Mančevski's on his 2001 film Dust.[1]

Works and Rew>>works cover

In 2006, PMG Recordings released the album Works and Rew>>works. The album featured remastered version of the Bastion's only album, as well as covers of the band's songs by Foltin, Superhiks and other Macedonian bands.[1]

• Bastion (1985)

• Works and Rew>>works (2006)