Borghesia (

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'') is a Slovenian

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group, created in

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(at the time in

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) in 1982. The band was formed by members of the

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group ''Theatre FV-112/15'' and ''Teater Performans''. Borghesia created its aesthetics using the imagery of what was prohibited, tabooed, and repressed. Their sound is often compared to that of other groups in the period such as D.A.F.,

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, and

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, whom many cite as the chief instigators of the

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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

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, New Life Soundmagazine, and

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. They released four albums on Play It Again Sam, one of the more important indie labels, which were also licensed to

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in the US and Canada. Further interviews and articles can be found in the aforementioned magazines. Aldo Ivancic later formed the band Bast, and is famous in the Slovenian music scene today as a producer. Borghesia together with

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were prominent representatives of Slovenian alternative pop music, and topped the bill on the compilation albums ''Trans Slovenia Express'', released on

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. A Borghesia live show in

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, Sweden in October 1988 was the subject of a broadcast on Swedish national radio, on the show P3 Live.

Members

* Dario Seraval, vocals (1982–1990, 2009–present), programming (1982–1991, 2009–present) *

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, drums, programming (1982–1996, 2009–present) Touring musicians * Irena Tomažin, vocals (2011–present) * Jelena Rusjan, bass (2011–present) * Andrej Mazi, guitar (2011–present)

Previous members

* Zemira Alajbegović, video (1982–1989) * Goran Devide, video (1982, died in Maribor in 1988) * Neven Korda, video (1982–1989) * Bruno Subiotto, lead vocals (1991–1993, 1996, died in Ljubljana on July 7, 2016)

Performances

*''Prisoners'' *'' Bodocniki'' *'' Lustmörder'' ( Cankarjev dom,

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, 1984), *'' Ogolelo mesto'' (1985) *''Borghesia'' (1988)

Discography

*''Borghesia'' (1983) *'' Clones'' (1984) *''

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'' (Zalozba FV, 1985, Italian Materiali Sonori 1985) *'' Their Laws, Our Lives'' (Zalozba FV, 1986, Italian Materiali Sonori 1986) *'' No Hope, No Fear'' (PIAS, 1987) *'' Escorts and Models'' (PIAS, 1988) *''

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'', split album with Click Click (PIAS, 1988) *'' Naked, Uniformed, Dead'' (PIAS, 1988) *'' Ogolelo mesto'' (Zalozba FV, 1988) *''

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'' (PIAS, 1989) *'' She Is Not Alone'' (PIAS, 1989) *'' Resistance'' (PIAS, 1989,

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1989) *''

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'' (PIAS, 1990) *'' 4x12'' (Blind Dog Records, 1991) *'' Dreamers in Colour'' (PIAS, 1992) *'' Pro Choice'' (Zalozba FV, 1995) *'' 20th Century - Selected Works (double CD)'' (FV Music, 2009) *'' And Man Created God'' (Metropolis Records, 10 June 2014) *'' Proti kapitulaciji'' (Moonlee Records, 2018) *''Un Chant d'Amour'' (Final Muzik, 2021)

Compilations

*'' This Is Electronic Body Music'' ( SPV, 1988) *'' Out of Nowhere'' (Out of Nowhere, 1990) *''

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'' (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),

References

External links

All of Borghesia's videos can be found here

artist information/discography page at CyberNoise
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