Zdob și Zdub
Zdob şi Zdub ( Cyrillic spelling: Здоб ши Здуб, also Zdob si Zdub or Zdob shi Zdub called ) is a music group from Moldova. It exists since 1994 and was founded by Roman Iagupov, Mihai Gîncu and Anatol Pugaci in Străşeni, a suburban community of Chişinău. The name is an onomatopoeia of a drum beat.
Their music is a mix of, among other things, elements of rock, punk rock and hip hop, combined with the native folklore. Thus already appeared as the opening act internationally known bands like Rage Against the Machine or Biohazard.
Their lyrics range from socially critical content through stories of life and everyday life, to humorous and comical lyrics.
History
1994
When the band was formed in 1994, they still appeared in different formations. Your initial sound could be more likely to associate with the hardcore punk, the lyrics of her songs were mostly in Russian. The group played their first time at an event called "10 years after Chernobyl " in Chisinau. In November 1994 they recorded their first demo tape and played on the " learning to swim 1" festival in Moscow, where they performed for the first time under the name of " Zdob şi Zdub ".
1996
In July 1996, they performed as the opening act for Rage Against the Machine on the " learning to swim 2 " festival with the songs " В доме моем " ( "V dome moiom ", " In my house " ) in Russian and " Hardcore Moldovenesc " ( " Moldovans Hardcore " ) in Romanian on. The song " Hardcore Moldovenesc " was later a hit and was instrumental in the popularity of the group. Zdob şi Zdub In the same year signed a contract with the Russian record company " FeeLee " and released their debut album " Hardcore Moldovenesc ".
1998
Around 1998 began to change their sound in itself, the songs were provided with elements of native folklore, the texts presented mainly in Romanian.
1999
In May 1999, their second album under the name " Tabara noastra " ( "Our Camp" ) was published. On 14 August 1999 Zdob şi Zdub played on the Russian MTV - Party, which was held on Red Square in Moscow, together with Russian bands like Gorky Park and IFK and the American Red Hot Chili Peppers.
2000
In October 2000, the Group recorded a cover version of the song " Видели ночь " ( " Videli still ", " We saw the night ") of the Russian band Kino on. With this song, she participated in the tribute album " КИНОпробы " ( " KINOproby ", " movie samples") for the late poet, actor and frontman of the group cinema, Viktor Tsoi, in part. The cover was on the whole territory of the Commonwealth of Independent States to be a hit and held during the year in many countries of the CIS number one on the charts. There about half a million of tribute albums have been sold. The band had been, as a result, during this time a lot of guest appearances by the St. Petersburg music magazine " Fuzz " award as the best live band of the year 2000 in Russia.
The band toured extensively, making this still, mainly in Russia, Ukraine, Moldova and Romania, but also in Germany (1998 ), the Netherlands (2000) and more recently also in Serbia, Hungary and Italy.
2001
On 31 January 2001 Zdob şi Zdub occurred together with the musician and director Emir Kusturica and his " No Smoking Orchestra " in Moscow. On 12 October 2001 " Б -2" ("B -2") Club was the album " Agroromantica " which means about as much as the "Land romance ", presented to the public in Moscow. The video for her song " Bună Dimineata! " ( "Good morning !"), Which is intended to represent the content of an ironic evocation of the rural romanticism of the Stalinist era of the Soviet Union and its satellites was awarded to the "Tele Fest" Festival in Timişoara in Romania, Romania's Video Clip of the Year ( 2001). The following year, the group won the equivalent MTV Romania Video Music Award for " Ţiganii şi OZN " ( "The Gypsy and the UFO ").
2003
In 2003, their song Everybody in the Case Mare was played ( A trip to the city) by Romanian director Corneliu Porumboiu in the opening and closing credits of the short film calatorie la oras. On 24 November of the same year a new album called 450 de oi (450 sheep) was published.
2004
In July 2004, the album " 450 de oi" reached the 12th place in the World Music Charts Europe. In October 2004, the group worked in her studio on a new album which should be devoted to the 10th anniversary of the band. In the album's 10 best songs of the last 10 years as well as five new tracks were, in the opinion of Zdob şi Zdub, one.
2005
On 26 February 2005, the band won a national competition, which it was entitled to Moldova on its first participation in the Euro Vision Song Contest with the song Bunica bate toba (Cyrillic: Буникa бaте тoбa, also called Boonika, in German: " Granny Strikes the to represent drum " ) in Kiev. On May 19, they reached the semi-final from fourth place out of 207 points for second place. In qualifying for the Zdob şi Zdub Endfinale starting place referred 7 On May 21, they reached 148 points 6th place in the final round.
2007
September 30, 2007 Zdob şi Zdub appeared in Michael Palin's New Europe, the program was broadcast on BBC 1 in the UK. Also in 2007 appeared a mashup music video with the name " Black Eyed Peace [sic ] ft Zdob şi Zdub -Don't Mess with Inima Mea " on the Internet, which is a mix of the song " Do not Phunk with My Heart," the Black Eyed Peas posed with Elemtenten the song DJ Vasile Zdob şi Zdub from and gained a certain popularity.
2009
In 2009, the group ( " Na rechke, na rechke ", " On the river, on the river " ) released the song " На речке, на речке " for the project " СОЛЬ " ( " Solj ", " salt" ) on the Russian radio station " Наше Радио " ( " Nashe Radio ," " Our Radio" ). " СОЛЬ " is a project of the transmitter " Наше Радио " to participate in the more or less known and mostly younger rock musicians of the CIS. In December 2009, Zdob şi Zdub ( " Telega ", " car" ) took the track " Телега " for the tribute album " Машинопись " ( " Maschinopisj " typewriting " ) on, dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the Russian band " Maschina Wremeni " ( " time Machine " ).
2011
In February 2011 the band was awarded the right again, Moldova at the Euro Vision Song Contest, this time in Dusseldorf, with the song "So Lucky" ( So Happy ) to represent. They arrived on May 12th in the second semi-final of 7 starting place from 10th place with 54 points, with which they qualified again for the Endfinale. From the 15th starting position, they reached the final with 97 points 12th place