Borghesia

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  • Years Active: 1980s, 1990s

Albums

Biography Wikipedia

Wikipedia:

Borghesia is a Slovenian electronic music / rock music group, created in Ljubljana in 1982. The band was formed by members of the alternative theatre group Theatre FV-112/15. Borghesia created its aesthetics using the imagery of prohibited, tabooed and repressed. Their sound is often compared to that of other groups in the period such as D.A.F., Manufacture and more notably Front 242, whom many cite as the chief instigators of the Electronic Body Music label used to describe such music. Borghesia went on several Europe-wide concert tours, mainly in 1988-91, which were reviewed in large music magazines in England, Germany etc., such as NME, Melody Maker, New Life, and Zillo. They released four albums on Play It Again Sam, one of the more important indie labels, which were also licensed to Wax Trax in the USA and Canada. Further interviews and articles in the magazines above. Aldo Ivancic later formed the band Bast, and is famous in the Slovenian music scene today as a producer. Borghesia together with Laibach were prominent representatives of Slovenian alternative pop music, and topped the bill on the compilation albums Trans Slovenia Express, released on Mute Records. Borghesia live show in Gothenburg, Sweden in October 1988 was the subject of an hour long broadcast on Swedish national radio network, on the show P3 Live.

Members

Dario Seraval, vocals, programming (1982–1991, 2009-present)Aldo Ivančič, drums, programming (1982–1995, 2009-present)

Previous Members

Zemira Alajbegović, video (1982–1989)Goran Devide, video (1982, died in Maribor in 1988)Neven Korda, video (1982–1989)

Performances

Prisoners,Bodocniki,Lustmörder (Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, 1984),Ogolelo mesto (1985),Borghesia (1988)

Compilations

This Is Electronic Body Music (SPV, 1988)Out of Nowhere (Out of Nowhere, 1990)Trans Slovenia Express (Mute, 1994)Borghesia mfl (Zalozba FV, 1996)Tistega lepega dne.../On that beautiful day... (Zalozba FV, 1996)

Video

Tako mladi/So young (Zalozba FV, 1984),Ogolelo mesto/Naked city (1985),Triumf zelje/Triumph of the wish (Zalozba FV, 1990),Nestrpnost/Intolerance (1992),