Dragi Šestić, Date of Birth

Dragi Šestić

Date of Birth: 14-May-1966

Profession: audio engineer

Nationality: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Dragi Šestic (born 14 May 1966) is a Bosnian music producer, sound engineer, director of music video clips and record label owner. In 1998 he founded the first Bosnian World Music band, Mostar Sevdah Reunion.
He rediscovered almost forgotten Gypsy music legends from ex-Yugoslavia Šaban Bajramovic and Ljiljana Buttler-Petrovic and brought them into the spotlight of the international World Music scene. Šestic was born in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He worked with the famous maqaam (Maqam al-iraqi), star and only female master of it - Farida Ali from Iraq on her album Ishraqaat. His work involved many of the Balkan stars, including the Queen of Gyspies Esma Redžepova, Boban Markovic, Naat Veliov, Amira Medunjanin, Fulgerica, Ljubiša Stojanovic Louis, and many more.
His work can be found on many World Music compilations, but most of it is on his record label Snail Records, founded in 2002.
He lives and works in the Netherlands.