Gustafi are a Croatian folk rock band formed in Vodnjan, a small town in Istria, in 1980. The band was founded by Edi Maružin, Vlado Maružin, Čedomir Mošnja, Igor Arih and Livio Morosin and was originally called Gustaph y njegovi dobri duhovi. They released their first album titled V in 1985.

Gustafi
Background information
OriginVodnjan, Croatia
GenresWorld rock music
Years active1980 (1980)–present
LabelsArtistra Records/ Spona
MembersEdi Maružin
Čedomir Mošnja
Edin Pecman
Boris Mohorić
Romano Hantih
Martin Šikman
Gianluca Antonini
Sara Queiroz
Ana Antolović
Jimi Grgić
Emmanoele da Silva

The band is known for their eclectic style which combines Istrian folk music and rock, along with blues and Tex-Mex influences. They are considered one of the most prominent examples of the so-called ča-val (Cha Wave), a type of pop rock music accompanied with lyrics sung in the chakavian dialect spoken in Istria, which became popular in the mid-1990s in Croatia (other notable performers of ča-val are Alen Vitasović and Šajeta).

Discography

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  • V (1985)
  • Tutofato (1994)
  • Zarad tebe (1995)
  • Sentimiento muto (1997)
  • Vraćamo se odmah (1999)
  • Na minimumu (2002)
  • Gust of (2004)
  • Tampon, vol. 1 (2005)
  • F.F. (2006)
  • Chupacabra (2009)
  • Kanibalkanska (2012)
  • Maneštra (2015)
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