"SCH" is the first official album by SCH

SCH (band)

SCH is the musical and artistic project and band of Senad Hadžimusić, who is better known by his nickname Teno. Formed in the early-eighties in Sarajevo, the band has had an intensive creative and live existence...

. The album was released following the band's successful appearance at the 1987 Novi Rock

Novi Rock

Novi Rock was a widely acclaimed rock festival in Ljubljana, Slovenia, which brought the latest currents in popular music to Slovene and Yugoslav audiences between 1981 and 2000. Igor Bašin wrote the book about the festival in 2006...

 festival in Ljubljana. The recording line-up was Teno

Senad Hadžimusić Teno

Senad Hadžimusić is a musician, songwriter and poet best known as the founder, mastermind, songwriter, producer, singer and guitarist of the Sarajevo alternative industrial band SCH. With SCH, his band-alterego, Teno has authored, performed, produced and recorded 11 official albums...

 (vocals/guitar/bass/synth/noises), Samir Bjelanović (drums), and Petar Erak (bass).

The album is characterized by powerful expression, a mixture of refined noise

Noise rock

Noise rock describes a style of post-punk rock music that became prominent in the 1980s. Noise rock makes use of the traditional instrumentation and iconography of rock, but incorporates atonality and especially dissonance, and also frequently discards usual songwriting conventions.-Style:Noise...

, industrial

Industrial rock

Industrial rock is a musical genre that fuses industrial music and specific rock subgenres. Industrial rock spawned industrial metal, with which it is often confused...

 sounds and totally ruptured tones full of breaks and twists, interfused with short melodic phrases and pieces. The band's political engagement is already in evidence - as the Slovenia

Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

n independent journalist and rock critic Marjan Ogrinc remarked: "The sonic effects of this music utterly embody the question of power, authority, the personal introversion of social exteriors, domination and submission, freedom."

Tracklisting

1. "We Are A Fault"
2. "Happy Family"
3. "Majna"
4. "Smjena"
5. "Falše"
6. "Zavoj"
7. "St. materijal"
8. "F.LJ.P. 3"
9. "Kad se svrši sve"

External links

• SCH Official Discography