Mustafa Čengić, known by his nickname MuČe, is a Bosnian record producer, sound engineer,

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, and

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. He first found mainstream success as an original lineup member of a Bosnian

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band

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and by his stage name at the time Mujo Snažni ().

Career

In 1976, Čengić was a founding member and guitarist of a Sarajevo-based

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band Prvi čin (). In the next year, the band was disbanded with no album released. Čengić joined a Sarajevo-based

band

in fall 1980. As a lead guitarist, he performed on the band's first two studio albums: ''

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'' (1984) and ''

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'' (1985). In 1986, he left the band with some other members. At twenty-seven, Čengić left his career as a guitarist to devote himself to the study of sound engineering and became a record producer. During the late 1980s, he produced records of several Sarajevo-based bands and musicians, such as LaBanda,

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, Major, Elvis J. Kurtović & His Meteors, and Milić Vukašinović. In 1990, he co-founded the Rasa Music Production, an

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that survived the siege of the city thanks to its anti-war efforts. At the same time, Čengić became a music producer on the

Bosnia and Herzegovina Television BHRT (Bosnian-Herzegovinian Radio Television) ''Bosanskohercegovačka radiotelevizija''/ ''Босанскохерцеговачка радиотелевизија'') formerly known as PBSBiH (Public Broadcasting Service of Bosnia and Herzegovina ...

and organized several light music festivals. Čengić moved to Italy in the mid-1990s. As the creator of the ''Rock sotto l'assedio'' () project he had a concert at San Siro in Milan in August 1995 led by Vasco Rossi. At the time in Italy he worked as a

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for various musical and theatrical groups, including the

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. Also, he created a

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at the Container Club in Bologna where he recorded, mixed and produced for several groups including Opa Cupa, The Childbirth of Heavy Clouds,

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, Bernstein School Of Musical Theater, World Youth Chamber Orchestra, Oblivion. In recent years, Čengić carries out a pedagogical activity, devoting himself to training both in the

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and in sound engineering. Čengić has been living in Bologna, Italy, since the mid-1990s.

Discography

;Zabranjeno pušenje * ''

'' (1984) * ''

'' (1985) ;Major * ''Son Late Zigi Daj'' (1989)

References

External links

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