Dunjaluk (BA, HR)

Dunjaluk are singer Dunja Bahtijarević and electric guitarist Luka Čapeta, who focus on

reinterpreting songs from the Bosnian tradition of sevdah. Dunjaluk looks for the universal in

tradition, for that which still resonates today, and translates it into modern musical

expression. The sound of Dunjaluk is an abstraction of sounds arising from the language of

sevdah, steeped into diverse musical influences, from noise and punk, to jazz and classical

techniques. Sevdah has been transformed many times over centuries, and Dunjaluk strives

to make the most of that space open to change.

Dunja Bahtijarević moved to Croatia as a refugee from Bosnia. She’s interested in traditional

songs and different contexts that can provide them with a new life. She’s constantly looking

for her roots, linking past to present to future.

Luka Čapeta has produced and composed music for contemporary dance, theatre and film,

and played in different bands and projects. Rooted in electronic, ambient, jazz, and classical

music, Luka experiments with traditional and world music, noise, avantgarde aesthetics.

Dunjaluk rids sevdah of the layers that have become the rules of the genre in the 20th

century. Dunja is looking for herself in sevdah, and Luka is looking for sevdah in himself. The

process is an experiment, and the result is yet unnamed.