Dubioza kolektiv

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Dubioza kolektiv

Background information
Origin	Sarajevo & Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Genre(s)	Reggae Dub Rock
Years active	2003–present
Label(s)	Gramofon, (BiH)
Website	http://www.dubioza.org
Members
Adisa Zvekic Almir Hasanbegovic Adis Zvekic Brano Jakubovic Vedran Mujagic Armin Busatlic Orhan Maslo Oha Senad Suta

Dubioza kolektiv (or just Dubioza as referred to by some fans) is a Bosnian band, whose music consists of various styles ranging from Reggae, Dub and Rock intermixed with political lyrics along with uplifting and melodic tendencies carried by the only female member, Adisa Zvekic. Dubioza kolektiv preaches peace, understanding, tolerance, and extreme criticism of nationalism and injustice carried in Bosnia and Herzegovina that resulted in Yugoslav Wars in the early 1990s. The band was founded out of members of bands Gluho doba Against Def Age - Adisa Zvekic, Almir Hasanbegovic and Adis Zvekic from Zenica and Ornamenti - Brano Jakubovic and Vedran Mujagic from Sarajevo.Latter, guitarist Armin Busatlic (ex-SCH, Beastly Stroke), a drummer Senad Suta and percussionist Orhan Oha Maslo joined Dubioza kolektiv.

Gramofon records released Dubioza's first self-titled album in April 2004. In December 2004, Dubioza kolektiv second CD is released: EP Open Wide containing tracks featuring dub poet Benjamin Zephaniah and Mush Khan from Pakistani-UK band Fun-da-mental. In June 2006 Dubioza kolektiv released a new album on Gramofon record company. The album Dubnamite, containing ten new songs, has been recorded in 2005/2006. Guests on the album are Defence and a French artist Niköll (Nicolas Cante).

The band performed at Sziget Festival, Hungary (2005), Socha Reggae Riversplash Festival, Slovenia (2005), Exit Festival, S&MO (2005), Eurosonic Festival, Netherlands (2005), Topvar Rock Festival, Slovakia (2005/2006), Barevná planeta festival, Czech Republic (2005), Rototom Festival, Italy (2006), Colors of Ostrava Festival, Czech Republic (2006), Green Valley Festival, Austria (2006) and numerous gigs in Bosnia, Slovenia and Croatia.