Dubioza Kolektiv

Formed in 2003 in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dubioza Kolektiv grew out of a post-war scene with almost no music industry, few concerts and little space for cultural or political expression. Mixing local Balkan flavours with ska, punk, reggae, electronic and hip-hop, the band arrived kicking and screaming, putting taboo topics front and centre – and created a phenomenon.

Their 2008 album “Firma Ilegal” made them famous across the entire Balkan region, and in 2010 they released “5 do 12” as a free download for their fans. Faith No More’s Bill Gould then signed them to his label Koolarrow Records, taking “Wild Wild East” (2011) to the international stage. “Apsurdistan” (2013) passed 350,000 downloads, with the animated video for “Kažu” reaching 50 million views on YouTube, while “Happy Machine” (2016) featured Manu Chao, Benji Webbe (Skindred) and La Pegatina, and led to their first US tour and a debut at SXSW. The same year, European festivals voted them the No. 1 band at Eurosonic. The albums “#FAKENEWS” (2020) and “Agrikultura” (2022) followed.

Today Dubioza Kolektiv are the biggest band in the Balkans, with sold-out shows in 12,000+ capacity venues in Zagreb, Belgrade, Ljubljana, Sarajevo and Sofia, as well as across Europe, the USA and Canada. They have played Glastonbury, Roskilde, Lollapalooza and Lowlands, set the attendance record at Exit Festival’s Fusion stage and performed in front of half a million people at Pol’and’Rock Festival, where the audience voted them best international performance in 2018. With more than 100 shows a year, they are simply a must-see live act.

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