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

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

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band

Zabranjeno Pušenje Zabranjeno Pušenje () is a Bosnian Rock music, rock band formed in Sarajevo in 1980. The group's musical style primarily consists of a distinctive garage rock sound with Bosnian folk music, folk influences, often featuring innovative production a ...

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

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and became a record producer. During the late 1980s, he produced records of several Sarajevo-based bands and musicians, such as LaBanda, Bombarder, Major, Elvis J. Kurtović & His Meteors, and

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. 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 and organized several

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festivals. Čengić moved to Italy in the mid-1990s. As the creator of the ''Rock sotto l'assedio'' () project he had a concert at

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in Milan in August 1995 led by

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. 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 recording studio at the Container Club in

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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

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activity, devoting himself to training both in the

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and in sound engineering. Čengić has been living in

, Italy, since the mid-1990s.

Discography

;Zabranjeno pušenje * ''

'' (1984) * ''

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

References

External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cengic, Mustafa Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Audio engineers Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriates in Italy Bosnia and Herzegovina guitarists Bosnia and Herzegovina male guitarists Bosnia and Herzegovina record producers Musicians from Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina rock musicians Zabranjeno Pušenje members Yugoslav musicians