Žiga Golob – Double bass

Double bass and bass player Žiga Golob was born in 1973. At the age of ten he allready joined as a bassmaster to his first band. Later, fascinated by the double bass, he enrolled at the secondary music school in Ljubljana and then in 1993, in the class of Professor Luciana Bole he graduated. From elementary school groups, the path led through multiracial Afro-reggae band Afro Sound, the first improvisations with Lado Jakšo, eighth regular appearances with Vlado Kreslin, concerts and recordings with the Big Band RTV Slovenia, to a few years of operation on the Slovenian jazz scene. Later, he started an intensive performing in Croatia, where he is also active today, mainly as a longtime member of the ensembles Tamara Obrovac (since 1994) of the Fog Painters and former group Mildreds, Matija Dedić Trio and Trio Folkestra. His music can be heard at about a hundred albums, which were released in at home and abroad (Croatia, Austria, Ireland, France, Spain, Poland, Germany, Switzerland, etc.). He has performed at concerts, festivals and in clubs in Slovenia, Austria, Italy, Germany, France, England, Latvia, Israel, Belgium, Spain, Greece, USA, Australia, Switzerland, Serbia, Hungary, Croatia, Poland, Czech Repuic, Slovakia , Finland, Japan, Netherlands, Portugal.

 

 

At the moment he plays with:

Tamara Obrovac (TransHistria Ensemble, Quartet feat. Matija Dedić, TransHistria Electric), Chris Eckman (Harney County, The Last Side Of The Mountain Band), Neca Falk, Klarisa Jovanović & Della Segodba, Severa Gjurin, Los Hermanos muy simpaticos, Fog Painters, Zoc, solo.

 

 

and performances:

»Patty Diphusa – izpovedi porno dive« (P. Almodovar/I. Djilas), »Senca tvojga psa« (B. Završan/J. Brel), »PsychoPATTYja Sexualis – vrnitev porno dive« (I. Djilas) »Kurentova svatba« (Z. Kodrič/M. Latin) »Posluh! Recikliramo« (I. Djilas/B. Završan)

 

Cooperation with:

 

Big Band RTV Slovenia (+ Johnny Griffin, Carla Bley, Boško Petrović, Peter Herbolzheimer), Adi Jakša, Lado Jakša, Mia Žnidarič, Steve Klink, Vinko Globokar, Peter Mihelič, Petar Ugrin, Dejan Pečenko, Primož Grašič, Ratko Divjak, Drago Gajo, Renato Chicco, Garrett Wall, Vlado Kreslin, Zlatko Kaučič, Elvis Stanić, Matija Dedić, Folkestra, Tomaž Grom, Terrafolk, Caminoigra, Iztok Knap, Aleš Hadalin, Igor Leonardi, Milko Lazar, Tamara Obrovac, Simone Zanchini, Fausto Beccalosi, Jani Kovačič, Gal Gjurin (Projekt Mesto, Olivija, Orjaška Roza Bunda), Gregor Podlogar, Chris Eckman, Rihard Zadravec, Matjaž Pograjc/Mladinsko, Steve Wynn, Jure Tori, Uroš Rakovec, Vasko Atanasovski, Branko Završan, Boštjan Leben, Charles Gayle, Zoltan Lantos, Michel Godard, Xu Fengxia, Blaž Pucihar, Sašo Zver, Andre Velter, Mateja Bizjak Petit, Vlatko Stefanovski, Ji Eun Moon, Goran Bojčevski, Karen Asatrian, Wolfgang Puschnig, Brahim Dhour, 

etc.