{"product_id":"borghesia-resistance-remastered-2cd","title":"Borghesia - Resistance \/ remastered [2CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormat: 2CD\u003cbr\u003eCatalogue No.: MMACD05 \u003cbr\u003eBarcode: 3830031970648\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: 28 Aug 2026\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic \/ Industrial \/ EBM\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVinyl in Gatefold Sleeve\u003cbr\u003eMMA05LP - Black vinyl\u003cbr\u003eMMA05Y -  Ltd one disc purple \u0026amp; one disc white vinyl\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMatrix Music Arhiv (MMA) are proud to announce a re-release of the highly sought-after album ‘Resistance’ by the seminal Yugoslavian electronic rock band Borghesia, originally released in 1989 on Play It Again Sam\/PIAS (Europe), Wax Trax (USA) and Jugoton (former Yugoslavia).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe carefully remastered album includes an exclusive bonus live album ‘Dal Vivo A El Paso’, recorded in December 1988 at their gig in Torino (Italy) during one of their European tours. The recording features very different, raw and at times ‘dubbed up’ versions of their early tracks such as ‘Naked, Uniformed, Dead’, Am I? and Him (On). The historical perfectly captures the atmosphere and energy of their live appearances at the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorghesia (Italian for ‘bourgeoisie’), who were formed in Ljubljana (Slovenia) in 1982, had always considered its art to be far broader than just sonic. Borghesia’s transgressive, transdisciplinary alloy of film expression, distinctively physical performative practices, usage of new technology and conveniently abrasive EBM (electronic body music) musical production hasn’t only been ground-breaking in terms of the holistic, visual\/sonic presence of an art collective, but had a rather decisive influence on the general aesthetics of the immensely important Yugoslav subcultural landscape of the 1980s. Borghesia was one of the first bands from the East of the Iron Curtain who used the VHS video medium to distribute their art and was also one of few projects from socialist Yugoslavia to successfully penetrate the curtain itself, reaching international audiences. A series of their releases in the fruitful period between the years 1987 and 1991, including the Resistance album itself, was released by the legendary Belgian label Play It Again Sam (PIAS). The band dissolved in the mid-1990s and then continued their work in 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn line with Borghesia’s unique social engagement, progressiveness and political criticism, Resistance is one of their most powerful statements. It's the ultimate fight the power manifesto, which makes punk and hip-hop albums of the time sound like children's songs. Released during the last stages of socialist Yugoslavia, and in the last sighs of the original Borghesia line-up, the album's sole sonic character anticipated the oncoming atrocities of the civil wars in the region.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is not music for nodding your head to; it's tactical broadcast for the nocturnal resistance to this very day. Borghesia didn’t address control only - they sampled the political top, the secret police and explicitly connected authority with dominance. They offer the tendency for liberation as the only appropriate exit. The production of the album isn’t clean or polished. On the contrary - Resistance sounds like it was created in a bunker, using stolen military equipment and synthesisers. Borghesia’s genius lies in their understanding that the relentless, mechanical EBM beat was the sound of the State - and by hijacking it, turning the system’s own rhythm against itself they created the most powerful form of sonic insurgency.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd since history repeats itself while the little man learns slowly, the re-release of ‘Resistance’ comes at the right time. The dark clouds of violence are already looming over Europe, they’ve never really left the Middle East, and the levers of power and capital ever so louder, not even covertly at all incite: war, war, war! In these times the only appropriate answer is: revolt, rebel, Resistance!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eText by: Dusan Bulajich\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTRACKLIST :  \u003cbr\u003eA1 Theme One (Resistance Mix)\u003cbr\u003eA2 Message\u003cbr\u003eA3 If\u003cbr\u003eA4 Konflikt (Conflict)\u003cbr\u003eA5 October\u003cbr\u003eA6 Rumours\u003cbr\u003eB1 Young Prisoners\u003cbr\u003eB2 Discipline\u003cbr\u003eB3 Mali Čovek (The Little Man)\u003cbr\u003eB4 PIAS\u003cbr\u003eB5 Police Hour\u003cbr\u003eB6 More Resistance\u003cbr\u003eC1 Hunters (Lovci)\u003cbr\u003eC2 Am I?\u003cbr\u003eC3 Sentenced To Death (Na smrtno kazen)\u003cbr\u003eC4 Who Turned Off the Light? (Kdo je ugasnil luč?)\u003cbr\u003eC5 Him (On)\u003cbr\u003eD1 Naked Lunch (Pasto nudo)\u003cbr\u003eD2 So Young (Tako mladi)\u003cbr\u003eD3 Rugged City (Ogolelo mesto)\u003cbr\u003eD4 Mud (Blato)\u003cbr\u003eD5 Naked, Uniformed, Dead (Goli, uniformirani, mrtvi)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"634\" height=\"619\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LJtDtgN5-qM?list=OLAK5uy_lRegLp_rKSPLBsYpD6DMgzJrUdinoIPj0\" title=\"Theme One (Resistance Mix)\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Matrix Music Arhiv","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47294552604828,"sku":"MMACD05","price":23.43,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/files\/MMACD05MOCK.jpg?v=1785526500","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/borghesia-resistance-remastered-2cd","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}