Anavrin is a slovenian rockband. 7 members = 7 different characters = 7 different tastes in music. Exactly this represents the beauty of the band Anavrin; that these men found a compromise despite all their differences, uniting their music into one entirety which compose the characteristical Sound of Anavrin. You can actually say that every member of the band has his own special skills which are expressed in their combined music. They don't want to be constricted into a static genre. In their music modern Rock meets components of Grunge, Ska and Funk. Juice! In the beginning of 2003 the band made a new huge step: the recording of their first CD. The result convinced the persons in charge of the record company Nika Records – they took the band under their wing. The mastering of the CD was done in Sweden by specialists who worked with worldwide well-known bands like Rammstein or The Cardigans; so that was really very special for us. The first record was pictorially and refreshing named Juice! and the band achieved the breakthrough in the musical scene of Slovenia. They recorded high quality videos for songs: Mi laze v obraz, Pri filozofiji and Kot 2 otoka. In the beginning of 2006 Anavrin started to prepare the new material in English language, which was presented for the first time at the festival Newcomer 2006 (Graz, Austria). Energy on the stage and the messages of the music works convinced the professional jury again and Anavrin took the 3rd award. In the end of 2006 Anavrin accepted the invitation of the English producers (Ana Roca, Aaron Maguire in Duncan Sturrock) and set off to London. In the studio SAE engineering they recorded the first part of the disc, which indicates new guidelines in the development of the band with its sound. The powerful song »Better U« was visualised in a bit different style by the director Mirjam Hlastan. The song and the video spot »Better U« was presented to the foreign audience, as several concerts took place out of Slovenia (in Italy, Austria, Croatia, Greece). The special honour was paid to the band in June 2007, as they performed on the stage with the world-recognised music stars (Placebo, Queens of the Stone Age, Kaiser Chiefs) at the festival »Radar 2007« in Zagreb. 2008 was marked by the recording of the second disc in the studio »Guga recording« with the help of Sašo Gostincar and their own »Sick bastard« studio. The boys took the production in their own hands… Concerts Since their start the band had hundred concerts in whole Slovenia and also twice abroad in Austria and Italy. In the nearer time Anavrin wants to introduce their music also to the audience outisde of Slovenia. The band won fifth place in the Newcomer 2005 Competition in Graz (Austria) between 105 young european bands. This year (2006) they went two steps higher and won third! Their bass player (Anej) also won the award for "best bass player" on both occasions! Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.