今朝起き抜けに、ふとスバの命日が気になり調べてみたら、１９９９年の今日亡くなっていました。今月リリース予定の「１０００Winds」を初めて作ったきっかけが、実は亡くなったスバに捧げる為でした。この写真にも映っている、亡くなる寸前に作り上げた彼の代表作「サンパウロコンフェッションズ」を聴き感動。いつかスバにプロデュースしてもらう事が夢でした。スタジオが火事になり、当時ベベウ・ジルベルトとの作品を制作中で、その制作途中の作品を猛火の中取りに行き、３８歳の若さで亡くなりました。その後、命を懸けて守った作品「タントテンポ」はブラジリアンのアルバムの中でベストセールスを記録、現在に至っています。
Dear Mitar Subotic"Suba"
Now,I am playing your album"Sao Paulo Confessions"and writing this blog.Your music changed my life entirely.I've started to write music after I've listened to your album.Your sound tripped me to a different atmosphere.Really soothing,very sexy,boundless,with solitaire.Thank you for producing magical music.You gave me a strength to create music."You are always around us,aroun and around,in MUSIC."
Love,
nona

After Suba's death,a non-profit organization The Suba institute was founded in his honor in Brazil in 2000.Since 2008,the Novi Sad Exit festival world music stage was named Suba Stage.In January 2012,it was announced that the Novi Sad Liman park would get a Mitar Subotic place in honor of the musician.In 2012,the Suba Connection band,a supergroup consisting of musicians Suba had worked with during his career in Brazil,fronted by Joao Parahyba,performed at the Exit festival Suba stage.