Romanian music

Romanian band Fierbinteanu wins Antonin Dvorak remix contest

Romanian band Fierbinteanu is the winner of the Antonin Dvorak music remixes contest launched by the Czech Centre in Bucharest to mark 170 years since the birth of the composer. The winning band was announced recently at a party at the Czech Center, where all the tracks that entered the competition were played. The prize is a three days trip in Prague. Over 30 Romanian musicians responded to the contest launched by the Czech Centre Bucharest in December last year, to celebrate the 170 [...]

Published by Alexandru Camburu on February 5th, 2012 at 02:02 pm

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Romanian song of the week: ‘Insomniac’ by C.I.A. feat Ciprian

This week’s recommendation is dedicated to people who have trouble sleeping. It’s a hip-hop song called ‘Insomniac’ and is performed by Romanian band C.I.A. The beginning of the song – which, unlike many of Romania’s power tunes these days, is in Romanian- features the voice of Romanian TV anchor Andreea Esca, who reads a piece [...]

Published by Alexandru Camburu on February 4th, 2012 at 03:02 pm

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Romanian song of the week: Gameplay by Manfellow

Our choice for this week’s song is a tune from the recently formed Bucharest band Manfellow. The song is ‘Gameplay’ and its playful rhythm makes a bright day seem even brighter. Manfellow are an alternative post-rock band founded in 2011. They won the second prize at Stufstock Festival 2011 last August – Newcomers section [...]

Published by Alexandru Camburu on January 23rd, 2012 at 02:01 pm

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Romanian song of the week: ‘You give me love’ by Stefan Stan ft. Alex Velea

This week’s song is still hot from the recording studio and features Stefan Stan, the winner of the first edition of the Voice of Romania competition, that ended in December last year. Stan recorded the song together with the HaHaHa Production, recording company of his coach in the show, Romanian artist Smiley. Interest in Stefan [...]

Published by romania insider on January 17th, 2012 at 05:01 pm

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Romanian song of the week: (I don’t wanna) Think Twice by Electric Fence

This week’s song is all about dynamic beats, shouted lyrics, accordion passages and the urge to not think twice. The song ‘(I don’t wanna) Think Twice’ is performed by Electric Fence. Elena Vasile and David Ciente formed the group at the beginning of 2009 and the current line-up is Elena Vasile (lead vocals), David Ciente [...]

Published by Alexandru Camburu on January 10th, 2012 at 02:01 pm

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Overview of 2011: Top 10 Romanian songs

Going back a few years, a select group of Romanian artists started to break into the international charts and get airplay on radio stations across Europe, as well as elsewhere in the world. Romania-Insider.com searched for the top ten Romanian songs of this year. There’s plenty more where these came from – stay tuned to [...]

Published by romania insider on December 29th, 2011 at 03:12 pm

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Romanian song of the week: ‘These are the times’ by DJ Marika feat Badoi

DJ Marika, known to clubbing lovers for his Selectro Wednesday evenings in Expirat & The Other Side Clubs, launched a new single together with Dragos Badoi. DJ Marika – by his real name Florin Marica (in picture)- and Badoi came up with a song called ‘These are the times’, a catchy electronic music beat. In [...]

Published by romania insider on December 28th, 2011 at 01:12 pm

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Romanian song of the week: ‘Lasati-ma sa trec, sunt artist!’ by Mes Quins

This time we have a song by Mes Quins, a band considered one of the most interesting newcomers on the Romanian electro-synth-pop scene by press and fans after their first single, ‘Printeso’ (Princess). ‘Lasati-ma sa trec, sunt artist!’ (Let me go, I am an artist!) is a satirical song about creative types that take themselves [...]

Published by Alexandru Camburu on December 16th, 2011 at 02:12 pm

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Romanian song of the week: ‘Fire’ by East Roots

This week’s song is performed by East Roots, a Romanian reggae band, and it’s called ‘Fire’. It has a positive vibe – as reggae songs usually have- and a rythhm that is likely to catch on the Romanian club scene. East Roots band was founded in 2009 and brought a new sound that combines drum & bass, reggae, ska and dancehall with sitar and pan flute. The band’s [...]

Published by Alexandru Camburu on December 13th, 2011 at 03:12 pm

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Romanian song of the week: ‘Eskimo’ by Kumm

Romanian band Kumm’s ‘Eskimo’ is all about catchy beats and lyrics that stick in your head and put a smile on your face right after you listen to it. Kumm’s indie-alternative ode to feeling good is the second single from their upcoming sixth album, which is as yet unnamed. The first single was ‘Foul Play.’ Kumm [...]

Published by Alexandru Camburu on December 1st, 2011 at 12:12 pm

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Romanian song of the week: ‘This time’ by Cuantune

Romanian Nu Jazz band Cuantune has released a new song that easily made it into our Romanian song section. Their new tune, called ‘This time’, has a new video as well (listen to the song and watch the video below). You could mistake Cuantune for an international band, their sound is really good and most [...]

Published by romania insider on November 27th, 2011 at 10:11 am

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Romanian song of the week: Sonata in La Minor by ROA (Rise of Artificial)

Romanian band Rise of Artificial (ROA) has launched a new song and a video that we choose to feature in this week’s Romanian song article. The video of the song ‘Sonata in La Minor’ premiered on Tuesday on Music Channel. If you’ve listened to their previous well known song ‘Ne place’ (We like it), you’ll [...]

Published by romania insider on November 22nd, 2011 at 06:11 pm

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Romanian songs of the week: Lala Song and Azi NU, by Grasu XXL feat Guess Who

When we started researching for this week’s Romanian song, we had just one tune in mind, but we ended up adding a second one, played by the same Romanian artists: Grasu XXL and Guess Who. The latter is an artist that seems to have gained popularity. You might have heard his song ‘Tot mai sus’ [...]

Published by romania insider on November 9th, 2011 at 05:11 pm

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Suie Paparude band co-founder: Romania is a country of contrasts, and so is its music

Romania is a country of multicultural musical influences and Romanians seem to love to listen to music in general. In an attempt to find out how the Romanian music scene evolved from the 90s and what sort of music makes Romanians click, we’ve talked to Mihai Dobre – aka Dobrica, member of popular Romanian band [...]

Published by Irina Popescu on November 8th, 2011 at 01:11 pm

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Romanian song of the week: Women by The Mono Jacks

We’ve just listened to a new song by Romanian band The Mono Jacks. Their new single called “Women” will be included on the band’s future material “Fortunes” that will be launched early-December. The Mono Jacks also launched the video of the new “Women” single, the first video of the band. You can watch it below. [...]

Published by Irina Popescu on October 31st, 2011 at 02:10 pm

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Romanian Alexandra Stan, among winners of European Border Breakers’ music Awards

Romanian singer Alexandra Stan (in picture) is one of the winners of the European Border Breakers’ Awards, the European Commission has announced. She joined a group of nine other young musicians from the EU who also received the award. Stan was the only singer from Romania to get this award. To be eligible for the [...]

Published by romania insider on October 6th, 2011 at 05:10 pm

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Romanian band of the week: Aria Urbana

This week’s discovery is a mix of electronic, trip-hop, dub and drum & bass from a four-member band canned Aria Urbana. The band caught our attention with its psychedelic, ‘makes-you-want-to-move’ sound and the meaningful lyrics. After listening to their debut album, Urbanofonica, it was rather hard to pick juts one song and feature it. We would [...]

Published by Corina Saceanu on September 26th, 2011 at 11:09 am

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Romanian song of the week: Here we go by Classic Beat Orchestra

Classic music lovers will like this one, a new discovery that has brightened our day here at Romania-Insider.com. Classic Beat Orchestra and their song ‘Here we go’, which was recommended by one of our readers, is a reinvention of the classical beat Canon in D Major by Johann Pachelbel. This team of nine Romanian musicians, [...]

Published by romania insider on September 12th, 2011 at 11:09 am

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Romanian band Suie Paparude, back to its roots: performing in Club A next week

The well-known Romanian band Suie Paparude will return with a concert in Club A (14, Blanari St.) in Bucharest, the place where the band was formed back in 1993. The performance is scheduled for September 14, starting 23:00 hours. The band is recognized as having a distinct sound and style, comparable with very few other [...]

Published by Irina Popescu on September 9th, 2011 at 10:09 am

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Romanian songs of the week: Womanman and Bear Comes Naked, by the Blue Nipple Boy

We’ve been recommended to check out this Romanian band, Blue Nipple Boy, and after listening to their tunes, we chose to feature it in this week’s Romanian song of the week. We liked it so much that we couldn’t just pick one song, so here we have two: ‘Womanman‘ and ‘Bear Comes Naked’. Two songs for [...]

Published by romania insider on September 6th, 2011 at 05:09 pm

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Romanian song of the week: Romanian folk mixes hip-hop in Hora Fericirii by Subcarpati

In our search for something interesting (and Romanian) for you to listen this week, we found a new project called Subcarpati, which was a nice surprise as it reminded us of Romania’s folk music. It was quite hard to choose just one song played (or mixed) by Subcarpati, but we feel that this one, Hora [...]

Published by romania insider on August 31st, 2011 at 06:08 pm

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Romanian songs of the week – Un Momento & Club Rocker by Inna

Romanian singer Inna, who has been witnessing more popularity abroad than in her home country, has recently launched a new video for a song which has been around for a while. The song, called ‘Un Momento’, is one of our picks for the Romanian song(s) of the week. It’s a beat to dance to, and [...]

Published by romania insider on August 22nd, 2011 at 06:08 pm

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Romanian song of the week: ‘Tot mai sus’ by Guess Who feat. Marius Moga

Romanian artist Guess Who has recently launched a new album, under the name ‘Tot mai sus’, which is also the name of the song we have selected for this week’s Romanian music section. ‘Tot mai sus’ means ‘Higher and higher’ and the song presented today is a collaboration between Guess Who – by his real [...]

Published by romania insider on August 15th, 2011 at 04:08 pm

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Romanian song of the week: “Smile” by Les Elephants Bizarres

This week we have for you a song that has a joyful attitude and a catchy beat, just perfect for a carefree summer day. The song is called “Smile”, and it’s performed by the Romanian band Les Elephants Bizarres (The Bizarre Elephants). Les Elephants Bizarres is an indie-pop-disco-punk-funk band formed in 2007 in Bucharest. It [...]

Published by Irina Popescu on August 2nd, 2011 at 03:08 pm

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Romanian song of the week: “Lullabies” by Snails

This week’s song comes from a brit-rock band originating from Chisinau, in the neighbor country the Republic of Moldova, named Snails. Even though the band is Moldovan, most of its gigs are played on Romanian stages and in Romanian clubs. The song we chose is called “Lullabies” and is performed entirely in English. Snails consists [...]

Published by romania insider on July 25th, 2011 at 02:07 pm