Tom Fedja Franklin – drums
Branislav Radojković – bass guitar, double bass
Bratislav Radovanović – guitar
Dusan Petrović – saxophone


The band Fish In Oil performs original instrumental music, colored with a bit of blues, rock and roll, surf, folk, free-jazz, film-music atmosphere, at the same time avoiding to be classified under any of these.Music of this band reflects accurately the time and the region where it comes from; namely, this is an intriguing mixture of the western and eastern cosmology, fusion of history and contemporary life.

Guitarist and composer Bratislav Radovanović compose the music for the band. Beside that he is involved in a few more free improvisation projects (leading and composing music for nine piece orchestra ‘’Tusta I Tma’’, composing music for film scores…). He is familiar with the blues, free jazz, film music, avant garde improvisation, punk, folk music, rock n roll. The saxophone player Dušan Petrović is leader of a Menson Benson sextet, Coxless pair and member of few more Belgrade bands Eyesburn, Playboy etc. In his rich carrier he shared the stage with Bugge Wesseltoft, Erik Truffaz, Patrick Müller, Laurent de Wilde, Nicolas Conte, Shri, etc. The doublebass and bass player Branislav Radojković is a leader and music composer of a world music band Naked. In the July 2005, he has successfully finished Berklee summer school in Perugia, Italy. He is active part of Belgrade music scene. The drummer Tom Fedja Franklin is a member of a Coxless pair, Menson Benson sextet. From the late 80s through the 90s, amongst others, has played with the Headley Joseph Quarted, London Fusion Orchestra, Pyramid, Akwaaba People, Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra, Pail Saints, D’ Influence, Celloman, Art Franklin Quartet, Motherland, Naked, Smoke City, KV5, Maxi Jazz. Percussionist Papa Nik (Veljko Nikolić) in his long and rich carrier played with almost every important Serbian musician (pianist Miloš Petrović, Lala Kovače). He is also a leader of ‘’The Institute’’, group that last for almost 40 years and performs improvisational music very often with hand made instruments. He is also a member of early music ensamble ‘’Reinessance’’.