Andrej AÃÂin is a Serbian director, screenwriter and composer from Belgrade, currently residing in Toronto, Canada. In the 1990s, he fronted the gothic rock band BAAL, with which he released one studio album. After BAAL disbanded in 1995, AÃÂin released the material intended to be released on the second BAAL album under the name Retro Deux. After cooperating with the French group Noir Désir in the late 1990s, he dedicated himself to film score composing and directing short and documentary films, receiving a number of awards for his work. He graduated from the film directing department of the Belgrade Faculty of Dramatic Arts.
Having composed ambiental music during the 1980s, AÃÂin founded the gothic rock band BAAL in 1989, as its keyboardist and lead vocalist, with bass guitarist SrÃÂa PopoviÃÂ, guitarist Vojkan PetkoviÃÂ, and drummer Vlada MarinkoviÃÂ. The band released their debut album IzmeÃÂu boà ¾anstva i nià ¡tavila (Between Divinity and Nothingness) in 1993. The album, recorded in April 1992, featured guest appearances by Mizar vocalist Goran Tanevski, on the track "Talas" ("The Wave"), Ekatarina Velika frontman Milan MladenoviÃÂ, guitar on the title track, Van Gogh frontman Zvonimir ÃÂukiÃÂ, guitar on the track "Pad" ("The Fall"), and Ekatarina Velika drummer Marko MilivojeviÃÂ, on the track "Ià ¡ÃÂezavam" ("I Am Vanishing"). Most of the material on the album was composed by AÃÂin, with the exception of "Ià ¡ÃÂezavam", co-written by AÃÂin and PopoviÃÂ, and "Let" ("The Flight"), co-written by AÃÂin and Vladislav JevtiÃÂ. The album was co-produced by Nebojà ¡a MariÃÂ, Vlada Rackoviàand the band members, Mariàalso playing guitar and Rackoviàplaying acoustic guitar on the album recording. Having released the album, the band performed regularly until 1995, when they decided to end their activity.
After the disbandment of BAAL, AÃÂin worked on the material intended to be released on the second BAAL album. The material was released in 1996 under the name Retro Deux, on the EP Artoodeeto, featuring seven tracks. The release, produced by the dance music producer SrÃÂan BaboviÃÂ, featured the lyrics in Serbian, French, and English language. Beside the vocal duties, AÃÂin played the keyboards and did the programming, while guest appearances featured guitarists Duda Petroviàand Nebojà ¡a Mariàand percussionist Aleksandar MilanoviÃÂ. Promotional video was recorded for the track "Run". The opening instrumental, "Waiting 1", and the closing instrumental, "Waiting 2", were originally composed for Milan KonjeviÃÂ's short film Waiting (For Death). In 1998, under the name Retro Deux, AÃÂin appeared on the hip hop band WHO Is The BEST album Play, on the track "Joà ¡ jedan dim" ("Another Puff").
In early 1998, AÃÂin collaborated with the French group Noir Désir, performing live with them, as well as participating on the remix album One Trip, One Noise with his mixes of the tracks "Fin de siecle (G.L.Y.O)" ("End of the Century (G.L.Y.O)") and "Septembre en attendent (un jour a Belgrade)" ("September Awaits (A Day in Belgrade)").
In 2011, he moved to Toronto, and in 2017 started the band Deuxa72. The group recorded the album Years of Stolen Freedom, which remains officially unreleased until the present day.
In 1995, AÃÂin composed music for the omnibus film Package Arrangement, for the story directed by Srdan GoluboviÃÂ. He composed music for three Dejan ZeÃÂeviÃÂ's films, Buy Me an Elliot (1997), T.T. Syndrome (2002), and Little Night Music (2002). He composed music for SrÃÂan GoluboviÃÂ's film Absolute 100 (2001). The music composed for T.T. Syndrome and Absolute 100 was released on official soundtrack albums. He wrote music for the film Stuff and Dough (2001) by Romanian director Cristi Puiu and for the documentary film Turning Point (2015) by Jelena RadeviÃÂ.
AÃÂin graduated from the film directing department of the Academy of Arts, Belgrade. He directed a number of short films, also writing music for three of them: The Margin (2003), The Last Moment of Eternity (2008), T.I.N.A. (2016) and Positive (2021). He directed two feature documentary films, My World Full of Lightness (2007) and Valter (2015), composing the music for the latter.
From 1992 until 1995, AÃÂin worked as the music editor at the Art television station. Between 2004 and 2005, he directed 88 episodes of the Serbian soap opera Jelena, and in 2006, co-directed the reality television show Transforma with PeÃÂa MarkoviÃÂ.
AÃÂin directed the theatre piece Pasija po telu (Passion by the Body), performed at the 2002 BITEF festival. He wrote music for the theater piece Silvija, directed by Milica Kralj at the Atelje 212 theatre.
In 2005, he acted in the movie Bye Bye Blackbird, directed by French director Robinson Savary.