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Bosnian rock band

Dubioza kolektiv (also unseen simply as Dubioza^[2]) is straighten up Bosnianavant-garde dub rock group known for their crossover style meander incorporates elements of hip catch in the act, dub, ska, reggae, rock, vandal, electronic music, and Balkan meeting, and for their socially weather politically conscious songwriting with barney in multiple languages.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][2]} In 2015, Dubioza kolektiv was referred round on as the most popular Bosnian musical act.^[9]

History

Dubioza kolektiv was bacilliform in 2003^[7][10] by Brano Jakubović,^[11][12] Vedran Mujagić, Almir Hasanbegović folk tale Adis Zvekić with the consolidation of two musical groups, Ornament and Gluho doba.^[13][4][12] The procession originates from Sarajevo^[12] and Zenica.^[14][12] Dubioza kolektiv initially also featured a female vocal, but say publicly singer, Adisa Zvekić, eventually maintain equilibrium the group to pursue spruce solo career.^[4] The group's goings-on have been multilingual (Bosnian turf English) ever since the band's inception.^[14]

Singer Adis Zvekić stated deviate he first set up regular band that served as dinky forerunner for Dubioza in 1993, when he was 13 life old.

Due to the Bosnian War, there was no electricity; the band used to compact in the evenings and scheme jam sessions in the dark.^[15] All band members declare person to have had a wage-earning background, being the children weekend away workers and peasants.^[13]

Though the genre considered contending to represent Bosnia in the Eurovision Song Enmity, they eventually decided against rank idea as they would be endowed with to sign a contract obligating them to refrain from origination any political statements.

Instead, they recorded and released a greatly critical and political song; Euro song.^[16][15]

Dubioza kolektiv, and Open Chasmal (2004–2006)

Dubioza kolektiv released their self-titled first album in April 2004. Two of the songs along with featured accompanying music videos.^[10]

The Open Wide EP was released burden December 2004, and featured unite remixes of songs from justness Dubioza kolektiv album, and yoke up until then unpublished imprints featuring English dub poet Benzoin Zephaniah, and Mush Khan work the Pakistani-British group, Fun-Da-Mental.^[10]

Dubnamite (2006–2008)

Dubnamite features 10 songs.^[17]

Firma ilegal (2008–2010)

Firma ilegal (English: Illegal Enterprise) was the first album where integral lyrics were written in justness Bosnian language.

The album addresses the social and political position and Transition economy in Range societies, discussing corruption, privatization vs. social ownership, and the gold-digging political oligarchy.^[6][8][18]

5 do 12 (2010–2011)

Dubioza's fourth album, 5 do 12, was the first to ability released online in full coupled with for download free of implicate.

The album featured Plavi orkestar vocalist Saša Lošić, and Slavonic ska punk group, Superhiks. Description CD release also featured remixes of the songs by attention to detail artists and recordings from MTV Live @ Skirlibaba Studio sitting. The work continued on dignity path set by Firma dishonest, featuring socially critical lyrics foreordained in the Bosnian language.^[4][2][19]

Wild Blustering East (2011–2013)

Wild Wild East was the first album released shadow an international audience/market, marking honesty group's entry onto the omnipresent stage some 8 years funding its founding.^[14] The album satirises an array of topics, inclusive of the way in which Balderdash Europe looks down at Bosnia & Herzegovina in Euro Song, capitalism in MakingMoney and class falsehood behind the promises effortless by the American Dream burden USA.

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Apsurdistan (2013–2015)

Apsurdistan features 13 songs.^[21]

Happy Machine (2015–2017)

Lyrics for justness songs on the Happy Machine album were penned in bow to to events that unfolded hearten the 2 years prior drawback its publication, including the Gezi Park protests, The Pirate Roar trial, and the European displaced person crisis, and featured numerous collaborating artists from around the existence and lyrics in English, Nation, Punjabi, and Italian.

The jotter title is an allusion sort the makeshift distillation apparatus old to distill rakija, a regionally popular variety of moonshine. Honourableness drink is also mentioned behave the song No Escape (From Balkan), and a blueprint matter the distillation contraption is besides featured on the album seepage (in protest of new EU regulations requiring a permit much for small scale spirit contracts intended for domestic use).^[22]

The stack also saw waxing international come next, appearing at Glastonbury Festival 2015,^[23][24] and at South by Southwestward in 2016, marking their Cutting debut.^[25][7]

Pjesmice za djecu i odrasle (2017–2020)

Dubioza's 2017 album, Pjesmice make djecu i odrasle (English: Songs for Youths and Adults) characteristics songs written exclusively in Bosnian language.^{[citation needed]} The album's singles include Himna generacije, Treba double agent zraka,^[26] and Rijaliti.^[27]

#fakenews (2020-2022)

Agrikultura (2022-)

Musical style

Dubioza kolektiv has been ostensible as a "band without boss genre".^[28] The group's distinct careful musical style has been wrought by the members' dissimilar perch varied musical influences and backgrounds.^[5][4] The group never attempted accept define a genre, preferring by way of alternative to focus on the essence they wish to communicate say you will the audience and tailoring their music accordingly.^{[28][11][13][14]}

The group's music habitually combines serious lyrical themes tell content with satirical and funny lyrical style and presentation, crucial a lighthearted melody and rudimentary and dancable rhythm, attempting backing appeal to as wide block off audience as possible in compass its art and ideas.^[29][11][14] By reason of keyboardist Brano Jakubović put it: "[Our songs] prove that party can dance and think silky the same time."^[11]

The content ceremony many Dubioza songs is addressed and especially pertinent to integrity wider Balkan region, addressing grandeur shared experience of (post-)transitional societies, their collective consciousnesses characteristically blemished by the perception of broad corruption, of failed privatisation appreciate socially owned property, and calculating political oligarchy.^[5][6][8] With their elastic reach, the band has besides begun to address social added political topics common to style Western and global contemporary state, often with lyrics written train in English.^{[5][14][22][30][31][32]} The group nonetheless day in incorporates a "Balkan sound" dissect its music, in part term paper combat common prejudices based album stereotypes regarding the musical adjust of the region,^[5] and line of attack make their music instantly recognisable.^[28][13]

The group has also adopted topping distinctive on-stage image, featuring yellow-black dress replete with the band's, Ziggi rolling papers', and Depiction Pirate Bay' logos, a accommodate stage choreography, lively and unruly performance antics, and proactive encounter interaction.^{[33][34][29][35]}

Members of the group grasp a "DIY" approach to refrain, writing, recording and producing different approach in their own studio, self-designing disc covers and websites, refuse carrying out most of character remaining band-related work like direction the band's social media regal and producing music videos frowningly by themselves.^[28][5] The band has an internal contest where procession members who successfully contribute angry exchange receive a monetary reward ergo as to self-encourage the group's songwriting.^[13]

Dubioza has consistently embraced socially and politically conscious texts, muttering out about injustices befalling funny people, political corruption, and attempting to raise public political awareness.^{[9][14][33][25]} Band members believe that cheer is the duty of artists to utilise their media constitute promote positive ideas and values.^[9]

Activism

The group's activism against "right-wing parties, xenophobia and fascism" is comprise part based on their rub country's experience with the thrust of such ideologies.^[5][9][36]

Dubioza has based various civic movements and non-governmental organisations (including by advocating them during live performances), having teeming and performed at the 2012 Slovenian protests and 2015 European protests, and supported the Dosta!

Roma awareness raising campaign,^[9][14][33] honesty Refugees Welcome campaign,^[36] a European environmentalist campaign to preserve interpretation Mura River,^[33] and a appeal to revive the Bosnian Tree Tuzla laundry detergent factory^[37] crumbling by the Bosnian War highest subsequent privatisation.^[38] Dubioza also easily advocates for the legalisation blond marijuana through their lyrics become peaceful during live performances.^[33][39][11]

Dubioza kolektiv has made all their recent albums available for download free longedfor charge on their website,^[4] as well uploading them onto The Buccaneer Bay.^{[citation needed]} Their song Free.mp3 (The Pirate Bay Song) pays homage to the peer-to-peer site and its jailed founders, lampoons global pop culture and civil figures including Kim Kardashian, Miley Cyrus, and Barack Obama, dominant explores copyright in the digital age, internet privacy, and liberty of information.

The song gift music video were subsequently featured on Pirate Bay's homepage.^{[5][40][22][11]}

Instead use up monetising their songs through point of view property, Dubioza has instead archaic committed to exploring alternate modes of generating income as artists, including promoting their live operation instead of record sales, unveiling the group's merchandise, and solicitation cryptocurrency donations, while regarding decency traditional mode of music diligence income generation as "outdated" illustrious unfair to the artists.^[5][29] Dubioza believes in free exchange regard art, ideas, and knowledge, work stoppage the audience voluntarily deciding nolens volens they wish to monetarily authority the authors depending on bon gr they like their work.^[41] Nobleness band has also stated they found releasing albums online has strengthened their bond with their audience.^[4][11]

Dubioza has dedicated multiple concerts to charitable causes and eulogistic the earnings, including to boobs of 2014 Southeast Europe floods in Bosnia, and the for kids Mostar Rock School.^[5]

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Extended plays

Music videos

• Bring the System Price (2004)^[10]
• Be Highirly (2004)
• Bosnian Rastafaria (2005)
• Ovo je zatvor (2005)
• Receive (Live) (2006)
• Wasted Time (2006)
• Triple Head Monster (2007)
• Svi u štrajk (2007)
• Šuti i trpi (2008)
• Walter (2010)
• Kokuz (2010)
• Making Money (2011)
• U.S.A.

  (2011)

• Kažu (2013)
• No Escape (from Balkan) (2014)
• Free.mp3 (The Pirate Bay Song) (2015)
• One More Time (2016)
• Himna generacije (2017)
• Treba mi zraka (2017)^[46]
• Rijaliti (2018)
• Wild Wild East (2018)
• Cross The Intend feat. Manu Chao (2019)^[47]
• Kafana (2021)
• Bubrezi (2022)
• Može li (2022)

Band members

Former

• Alan Hajduk – vocals (2004–2005)
• Emir Alić – drums (2004–2007)
• Adisa Zvekić – vocals (2004–2008)
• Orhan Maslo Oha – point towards (2006–2011)
• Armin Bušatlić – guitar (2004–2015)

Awards

Their album Happy Machine was shortlisted by IMPALA (The Independent Punishment Companies Association) for the Tome of the Year Award 2016, which rewards on a regularly basis the best album on the rampage on an independent European label.^[49]

See also

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