Igor Basin alias BIGor is an indefatigable
activist and annalist of Slovenian punk. Born in 1969, he was too
young to be part of the early Slovenian punk movement in the late
seventies. But in 1984, after watching a concert of the Canadian band
D.O.A. he converted to punk and became a committed activist.It all started when BiGor first became an active member at the CRMK, a youth club in his home town. He worked as a DJ, bartender and concert organizer. At the CRMK he met many Yugoslavian post punk bands, but also foreign bands like The Ex, Membranes, Disorder, Eugene Chadbourne and Fred Frith. Today through his job as a culture editor at Radio Student Ljubljana and of various fanzines and magazines, he is constantly following and documenting the Slovenian punk scene. At the Punk! Kongress BIGor will talk about the vital and creative punk scene in Former Yugoslavia and show some rare and unknown video material. In 1989 BIGor started to study Sociology in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. He soon worked for Europe Radio Student, Slovenia’s first independent radio station, founded in 1969. BIGor also wrote at that time for well known Yugoslavian fanzine called D'Iks, later renamed into Rock Vibe. Between 1993 and 1995 BIGor was music journalist at Radio Student. Under the pseudonym Garbageman he hosted a show called Garbage Rock on Radio Student and organized concerts. Furthermore he worked as program manager and DJ in Ljubljana’s underground rock club B-51. From 1995 until 2002 BIGor organized concerts for bands like The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion; Rocket From The Crypt; Delta 72; Killdozer; Kepone; Sleater-Kinney; 20 Miles and Mule. At the end of the nineties he started Garbage Productions, Production Company and a record label. He produced several Slovenian bands and released singles and CDs. In 1997 BIGor founded the band Stirje Pravi Dedci. Because of his interest in bands, music, local movements and the history of punk rock, BIGor was a born music journalist. So he began to work as a cultural editor for the music magazine Muska. In 2000 BIGor finished his studies and wrote a paper about the legendary Novi Rock Festival. The festival is a platform for new Yugoslavian rock bands since 1981. In 2000 he also produced the TV music show Saturday Night, a two hour broadcast on Slovenian Television. Today BIGor is still working for Radio Student, he is hosting a Late-Night-Show for the nationwide radio and is co-editor of Muska. |
|
ALTERNATIVE TV IGOR BASIN MICHAEL "PANKOW" BOEHLKE BOONARAAAS! BOY FROM BRAZIL SEZGIN BOYNIK BUZZCOCKS CHEETAH CHROME CZD DEAN DIRG RONALD GALENZA HENRYK GERICKE THOMAS GROETZ DICK HEBDIGE ALFRED HILSBERG STEWART HOME SIEGFRIED KALUS THE KIDS THOMAS LAU MARLENE MARDER MALCOLM MCLAREN LEGS MCNEIL PADELUUN BERT PAPENFUSS MARK PERRY HARRY RAG ROCKET FROM THE TOMBS SEDLMEIR ANDY SHERNOFF MARTY THAU TOKYO SEX DESTRUCTION VIVA L'AMERICAN DEATH RAY MUSIC |