Center za dehumanizacijo (CZD)
Background - CZD in the 1980s
The band's roots go further back to the end 1970s and the start of 80s, e. Izvira iz podeželsko polproletarske okolice Maribora (Selnica ob Muri, Trate He was also a part of the band Masaker, with other band memeberas playing in the short lived bands Džumbus (ni jih več v czd) and Butli (bojan tomažič). At that time, there was a strong alternative scene in those parts, and the band actively took part in that, and the released casettes were at that time were strongly pšolitically oncorrect and adressed the problematic social climate of that time.
Leta 1987 je prejel nagrado Zlata ptica za glasbeno ustvarjalnost n 1987 CZD received the Golden Bird Award, a distinguished Slovene award for young creativity. . Skupino odlikuje samosvojost, drznost, samobitnost, eksperiment, energija in stalna težnja po inoviranju glasbenega izraza. Že od začetka so uporabljali kasetofon v funkciji samplerja in elektronske instrumente, npr. monofonični sintetizator Korg MS 10
when the band's leader and a multiactive cultural activist Dušan Hedl was active in managing the Mladinski in rock klub Trat Že takrat je svojo dejavnost razširil z glasbenega področja na organizacijo likovnih razstav, video večerov, režijo video spotov, publicistično uredniško delovanje, pisanje člankov itd.
3 kasete v samozaložbi
CZD discography, performances and side projects
1986 when CZD's first album was released, he band performed together with the groups Lačni Franz, Pankrti, Gastrbajtrs and Masaker as the first punk initiative at the Ljubljana Student Residency. Sledili so številni koncerti po Sloveniji, drugih jugoslovanskih republikah in po Avstriji. S skupino Pridigarji so razen Avstrije obredli tudi Nemčijo in Nizozemsko. (in kar nekaj kaset) It then embarked upon numerous concerts around Slovenia and the then Yugoslav republics and toured to Austria, Germany and the Netherlands.
In 1989, 1989 z nekaj ploščami (založba Front Rock, ki jo ustanovi frontman skupine) in video spoti. Video kaseta "Center za dehumanizacijo 1985-1991" izide tik pred nastankom slovenske države. do 1995 kar nekaj kset, malojh plošč in lp, en iuzdan tudi v torontu. he record Ajajajajajajajaja was released in 1995 in Maribor - Front rock (and in 2002 tranferred into digital form), combining punk roots with experimental music patterns. It features the CZD punk'n'roll at its most, very fast, very engaged lyrics. e next CD, Slepa vera ('Blind Faith'), featured further punk and hard core developments. On the band's 2003 album Gverilci brez mej ('No Border Guerillas'), it was accompanied by the Tamburaški orkester Cirkovce (within the 'Unplugged' version broadcast on Radio Sovenia). The next CD, Forma živa ('Form Alive'), included the e-Book I Saw them in My Dream. xyxy All their albums are recorded at the Studio at the Border.
ZD played an important role at the No Border Jam Festival and then released compilations. The band was invited to the first Zgaga Rock Festival and subsequently performed at the legendary Novi rock concert.
2004 saw a new initiative, the American-Slovene avant-garde music project Punkappella (Dušan Hedl, Bojan Tomažič, Mike Pride, Jessica Pavone), which was launched and presented in Germany and New York. Some Punkappella songs have been interpreted by CZD, for example, I am Broke was a music video hit on Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia).
Bibliography
In 1996 the new CD Pokozlane trate and the book CZD: Ethnologic Outline of the rock group by Rajko Muršič appeared.
Two books featruing their lyrics Veselje in radost se budita (1993) in Prvi člen 2007. + artwork, photos..
Center za dehumanizacijo: Etnološki oris rock skupine Rajko MURŠIČ 1995 V SEN SEM JIH VIDEL 1999 Dinamika medkulturnega stika; odnos med rokovsko podkulturo in lokalno kulturo na Tratah v Slovenskih goricah.muršič
CZD song Nimama dnara [I have no money] with a video by the artist Neven Korda.
Line-up
The Center za dehumanizacijo line-up consists of: Dušan Hedl (guitar, vocals), Boštjan Imenšek (guitar, vocals), Franci Novak (drums), Bojan Tomažič (sampler, effects, vocals) and Silvo Zemljič (bass, vocals). All their albums are recorded at the Studio at the Border.