October, November, December 2008
A new release of a Live CD with the group Katrinas -Show Izstekani - Rok conducting for a live radio broadcast with Neisha, Band & the Symphony Orchestra -Gallus Hall - Celebration of the Reformation day - Rok’s music performed in Gallus Hall for a national celebration by full symphony orchestra & 80-piece choir (Opera choir & Ave). Conductor was Uros Lajovic and the choir master was Martina Batic. -Rok composed a new song for a big event of "Zavarovalnica Triglav". The song was performed in Gallus hall (Cankarjev dom) by singers Omar Naber & Irena Preda, Goce Dimovski - kaval, Symphony Orchestra, Choir & band (Rok played drums). Performances also by Marija Serifovic (Eurovision song contest winner), Synthesis (Macedonia) & many others... -A nice concert with a vocal group Katrinas in Slovenian Philharmonic hall, also featuring Croatian group Subrenum - Ljubljana (Union Hall) & Celje - Famous Slovenian violinist Anja Bukovec & Symphony orchestra playing Rok's new piece "Winter tale 2008" -A new single by group HeaveniX called 1 Problem hits the radio charts -Several gigs with HeaveniX
July, August, September 2008
-A big anniversary concert with the group Katrinas, band, concert band and guests recorded for TV and radio. They performed many of Rok's songs and of course he was MD of the band playing keyboards. -Rok's appearance at the big anniversary concert with the group Avtomobili. Rok performed live on electric violin. Other guests included Neisha, Katrinas, Tinkara Kovac...Live radio broadcast and TV broadcast. -Rok's songs "Vedno Prvi" with Urska Majdic & "Nevihtni ples" with Katrinas hit the charts very successfully. -New commissions for full symphony orchestra and choir, concert band and big band. -Rok's song H2o with the group HeaveniX hits the MTV Adria video chart. -The official date for Rok's Big band project with RTV SLO Big Band is set for the 18th of April! -Video made for the songs H2o - HeaveniX, Nevihtni ples - Katrinas, Vedno Prvi - Urska Majdic & Rok Golob -Several gigs with HeaveniX
April, May, June 2008
-Rok performed a song "Vedno prvi" with Urska Majdic on a TV show Stars singing. Live performance! -Rok's song H2O, performed with a group HeaveniX became song of the week on several radio stations -"Primoz Trubar celebration" - Rok’s original music was played by Sancti Petri Symphony Orchestra, APZ choir, percussion group STOP. violinist Anja Bukovec and performer Janez Jocif, conducted by Marko Hribernik -Rok composed, performed & produced 2 new songs for the group Katrinas. -Rok played live with a group HeaveniX on a TV show NLP. The song was called H2O. -successful tour in Sweden with a vocal group Katrinas -several shows with a group HeaveniX
March 2008
-A very cool trip to Los Angeles - business & pleasure! -Andraz Hribar released a new CD called Narobe Ton (Wrong note). Rok played piano, hammond, fender rhodes, synths, violin and wrote some song & string arrangements. -New release of a DVD Pilates Joga (Yoga). Original music for this Pilates Yoga CD composed and performed by Rok. Synths, vocals, guitars, bass, various ethnic instruments... -upcoming short tour in Sweden with a vocal group Katrinas coming in May.
January, February 2008
-Rok composed a new piece for symphony orchestra called "KIBUKI MAGICAL TRIP". You can hear it in: - Ljubljana - Cankarjev dom - Gallus hall - 4.3.2008 at 16.00 - Berlin - 10.3.2008 - Rok wrote & produced a new song for radio-play. It's called Vedno prvi, the vocalist is Urska Majdic (Billysi). This was their first collaboration. - Rok wrote & produced a new song for Neza Drobnic, called "Ujela sonce bom z neba". - Now, you can also find Rok on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/golobrok
December 2007
-Rok finished his music for a new musical "the Magic Tree". The shows are in Linhart hall (Cankar hall). -He also composed and produced the music for 7 series of new animated Games. -Rok arranged the song All I Ask of You (Phantom of the Opera) for singer Darja Svajger.
November 2007
THE STORY OF LAXENO BECOMES CD OF THE MONTH!!! An amazing review in November's issue of Drummer Magazine gives Rok 5/5 stars and the title CD of the month. Click below and read the review of the renowned British magazine!
October 2007
-Rok is composing songs for a brand new musical called "The Magic Tree" .Rok's piece "The Book of Adventures for a Concert Band" was performed in Stuttgart by “Verbandsjugendblasorchester Schwarzwald-Baar" from Germany -new arrangement, a big-band version of Magnifico's Silvia -new arrangements for RTV Slovenia
September 2007 Rok has a new endorsement! With Demsar violins, now he is also endorsed by an amazing company Line 6. Great guitars and effects! Check this out: http://www.rokgolob.com/endr
May 2007
Big news!!! Rok's solo CD "THE STORY OF LAXENO" is now released! After 2 years of hard work, this great, conceptual CD with the world-renowned artists is done! And the cast is still amazing: Vinnie Colaiuta (Sting, Quincy Jones, Marcus Miller, Frank Zappa…) - drums, Jimmy Haslip (Yellow Jackets) - bass, Luis Conte (Santana, Phil Collins, Madonna) - percussion, Gino Vannelli - vocal, Katia Moraes - vocal, Oto Pestner - vocal, Bendik (Steps Ahead) - saxophone, Laxeno Choir and Laxeno Symphony Orchestra Rok Golob - all music, arrangements, orchestrations, violin, el. violin, piano, synthesizers, programming The sessions were in Los Angeles, Norway and Slovenia. The first single is called The Dance of Laxeno - Rok Golob featuring Katia Moraes
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March, April 2007
A lot of work. Rok finished a very fun project with Magnifico. He arranged strings, choirs and keyboards for his new upcoming album. The first single is called The Land of Champions. Rok also wrote the full symphony orchestra version for the winning song from the Slovene Eurovision Song Contest called The Flower from the South performed by Alenka Gotar.
January, February 2007
Rok gathered a cool session-band for Andraz Hribar's new upcoming CD. They recorded most of the tracks playing all at once with no overdubs, which was very refreshing. Rok played synths, piano, violin and arranged live strings and some songs. Rok also had a string session for the band "Posodi mi jurja". He played the violin and made string arrangents.
November 2006
You can find Rok's work on new albums: Oto Pestner & Academia Sancti Petri - Christmas, Rok Golob & Sasa Olenjuk - Songs of Slovenia, Da Phenomena - Skupaj sva... Rok is also currently working on new projects with Magnifico and Andraz Hribar...
October 2006
"THE JOURNEY OF ONE SOUL" is Rok's brand new composition for full symphony orchestra and mixed choir. Again, it has three movements: 1. The Key 2. Souls of the truth 3. The Adventure of the new dimension The concert was a major success. It was performed and recorded by the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra & APZ Tone Tomsic Choir on the 21st and 22nd of September in Cankar Hall in Ljubljana. It was broadcasted live on radio. The conductor was George Pehlivanian. - On the 13th and the 25th of July 2006, Rok conducted 2 very successful concerts with a young popular singer Neisha, her band, guests and the RTV Symphony Orchestra of Ljubljana. For this occasion, he also made 3 orchestral arrangements. The 1st concert held place in Ljubljana (Krizanke) and was broadcasted for national TV and Radio. The 2nd concert held place in Nova Gorica (open-air), where more than 5000 people showed up.
Credits on the new GINO VANNELLI album "THESE ARE THE DAYS":
IT'S ONLY LOVE : Produced and arranged by Gino Vannelli and Rok Golob Recorded and mixed at Inka Studio, Portland, Oregon Engineered by Ric Duncan and Nick Moon, mixed by Nick Moon Acoustic piano, bass, organ and keyboards by Rok Golob Electric Guitar Ross Seligman Additional keyboards, acoustic guitar by Gino Vannelli Drums and percussion by Gino Vannelli and Rok Golob Background vocals by Leisa Hart and Sean L. Holmes
VENUS ENVY : Produced and arranged by Gino Vannelli and Rok Golob Recorded and mixed at Inka Studio, Portland, Oregon Engineered by Ric Duncan and Nick Moon, mixed by Nick Moon Acoustic piano, organ and bass by Gino Vannelli Keyboards, synthesis and violin by Rok Golob Added violins by Ron Blessinger and Lisa Hanson Drums and percussion by Gino Vannelli and Rok Golob.
THESE ARE THE DAYS : Produced and arranged by Gino Vannelli and Rok Golob Additional arrangement by David Goldblatt Recorded and mixed at Inka Studio, Portland, Oregon Recorded and mixed by Nick Moon Electric piano, keyboards, synthesis and bass by Rok Golob Steel string and electric guitar by Gino Vannelli Drums and percussion by Gino Vannelli and Rok Golob Background vocals by Steven Hale and Rok Golob
ROCK ME TO HEAVEN : Produced and arranged by Gino Vannelli and Rok Golob Recorded and mixed at Inka Studio, Portland, Oregon Acoustic piano, steel string and electric guitar by Gino Vannelli Keyboards and bass by Rok Golob Drums and percussion by Gino Vannelli and Rok Golob Background vocals by Margaret Linn, Sean L. Holmes and Leisa Hart
EASTWEST WORLD : Produced and arranged by Gino Vannelli and Rok Golob Recorded and mixed at Inka Studio, Portland, Oregon Engineered by Rick Duncan Mixed by Nick Moon Acoustic piano, bass, keyboards and violin by Rok Golob Drums and percussion by Gino Vannelli and Rok Golob Electric guitars by Gino Vannelli Added violins by Ron Blessinger and Lisa Hansen Background vocals by Steven Hale and Jim Walker and Wahida Bazani Wahida was recorded at Melusine Studio, France by M. Moore Belhadj
THE GREAT DIVIDE : Produced and arranged by Gino Vannelli and Rok Golob Recorded and mixed at Inka Studio, Portland, Oregon Engineered by Rick Duncan and Nick Moon Mixed by Nick Moon Keyboards, synthesis, fretless bass and violin by Rok Golob Acoustic piano and steel string by Gino Vannelli Drums and percussion by Rok Golob and Gino Vannelli Added violins by Ron Blessinger and Lisa Hansen Background vocals by the Heart and Soul Gospel Choir Featuaring Leisa Harat, LaTanya Carter and Sean L. Holmes
RIGHT WHERE I AM : Produced and arranged by Gino Vannelli, Rok Golob & David Goldblatt Recorded and mixed at Inka Studio, Ptl Oregon Engineered and mixed by Nick Moon Acoustic piano & bass by Rok Golob Steel string by Gino Vannelli Drums & percussion by Gino Vannelli & Rok Golob Backround vocals by Leisa Hart and LaTanya Carter
-NEW!!! Rok was deeply involved with working on the new GINO VANNELLI album for Universal release! Rok is collaborating with extraordinary Gino Vannelli as a producer, arranger, keyboard player and violinist. The CD called "THESE ARE THE DAYS" was released at the end of January.
-Rok wrote orchestral arrangements for the Christmas songs concert. Performers included legendary Oto Pestner as the lead singer, Academia Sancti Petri symphony orchestra, band and a choir. The conductor was Marko Hribernik. The two concerts took place on the 12th and the 13th of December. It looks like there will be a recording of the CD with this program very soon.
-Bassist JIMMY HASLIP (Yellow Jackets) in BASS PLAYER MAGAZINE (April's issue) has a one-page article, talking about working with Rok on his new project THE STORY OF LAXENO! They also included Rok's bass chart for the song The Dance of Laxeno.
-NEW!!! Rok just started recording his new solo project!!! It's his biggest project so far. The cast is really, really awesome and almost from dreams: Vinnie Colaiuta (Sting, Quincy Jones, Marcus Miller, Frank Zappa…) - drums, Jimmy Haslip (Yellow Jackets) - bass, Luis Conte (Santana, Phil Collins, Madonna) - percussion, Gino Vannelli - vocal, Katia Moraes - vocal, Bendik (Steps Ahead) - saxophone, Laxeno choir and Slovenian Symphony Orchestra. The sessions are in Los Angeles, Norway and Slovenia. The sound engineer is grammy-nominated Rich Breen. The CD will be finished shortly. Stay tuned...