Dom svobode

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Dom svobode

Celovška cesta 32, SI-1000 Ljubljana

http://www.domsvobode.com/

lebar@magnifico.si

Dom svobode was established in 2001 as a production vehicle for the popular singer Robert Pešut (better known under the moniker Magnifico), his wife Barbara Pešut (a poet, novelist and lyrics writer) and his brother, the multi-instrumentalist Aleksander Pešut (who is usually using a nickname as well – Schatzi). Foremost, they use the name Dom svobode for their label (used for publishing music and also poetry) and for the recording studio that they manage. This is set in Ljubljana and the three of them provide a complete set of music production services, from lyrics and music arrangements onwards.

The name Dom svobode can be translated as The house of freedom and is a sort of a nostalgic allusion to the culture centres all around Slovenia in ex Yugoslavia. One of them was later also turned into a popular Ljubljana disco (Domu svobode Šentvid) and is seemingly fondly remembered by the Pešut family.

Magnifico, Shatzi and Barbara Pešut

Magnifico, easily one of the most popular Slovenian musicians, has been on the scene since the late 80s, when he founded the pop group U redu. In 1993 he went solo and until now released about a dozen albums and garnering immense success with his peculiar mix of disco, schlager, funk, Balkan brass music, dance electronica and quirky sense of humour. For a time, he's been releasing his albums on Sony Music and has been also succesfull in some other countries such as Italy and the former Yugoslav republics (one of his songs even found its way to music charts in Japan). Today, a number of his songs (some of them also written for others) are considered to be a part of Slovenian popular music history.

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Aleksander Pešut is less high profile but no less busy. Besides performing with his brother, he has also released and performed his own music and played in a number of other set ups. He also writes music for films and theatre.

Barbara Pešut statrted her career in the same band as Robert, but has later left singing and became a writer, being the woman behind many a hit song in Slovenia. She is also the author of the first (and probably also) only Slovenian SF erotic novel and two poetry collections, which were released at Študentska založba Publishing House.

Dom svobode studio and label

At Dom svobode, a number of bands and musicians have recorded, produced and released their albums. Among them are Šukar,Katice and the singer Peter Lovšin. Dom svobode also produced an album for Sestre (a rather popular transvestite trio from the early 2000s), for whom they made a song that has gotten them to Eurovision contest. Barbara Pešut released her two books of poetry on the label.