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Zdob şi Zdub
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Zdob şi Zdub

Background information
Origin Chişinău, Moldova
Genres ska punk, Rapcore
Years active 1994 – present
Website http://www.zdob-si-zdub.com
Members
Roman Iagupov
Mihai Gîncu
Valeriu Mazîlu
Victor Dandeş
Anatol Pugaci
Igor Buzurniuc
Former members
Alexandru Gîncu
Valeriu Pugaci

Zdob şi Zdub are a Moldovan musical group, based in Chişinău, whose work for the last several years combines elements of hip-hop (especially sampling) and hardcore punk with traditional Moldovan music and Roma music. The name is onomatopoeic for the sound of a drum beat. In English the name is sometimes rendered "Zdob shi Zdub" and this is how their work is catalogued at iTunes and elsewhere. The band represented Moldova in the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest, finishing 6th.
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* 1 Band history
* 2 Line-up
* 3 Discography
* 4 External links and references

[edit] Band history

The band was formed in 1994. They have gone through various line-ups. Their initial sound was rather hardcore, and the lyrics were mostly in Russian. They played at "10 Years After Chernobyl" Action in Chişinău, warmed up for Rage Against the Machine at the Learn to Swim II Festival in 1996; the recording of that festival includes their "В доме моем" ("V dome moiom", "In My House") in Russian, and "Hardcore Moldovenesc" in Romanian.

Around 1998, their sound began to change, embracing traditional Romanian/Moldovan music and with lyrics entirely in Romanian.

On August 14, 1999, Zdob şi Zdub played as part of the Russian MTV-Party, held on Red Square in Moscow, along with Russian bands "Gorky Park" and "IFK" and U.S. band Red Hot Chili Peppers.

The band has toured extensively, mostly in Russia, Ukraine, Moldova and Romania, but also in Germany (1998) and the Netherlands (2000), and more recently in Serbia, Hungary, and Italy. On January 31, 2001, in Moscow, "Zdob şi Zdub" performed with the legendary musician and film director Emir Kusturica and his "No Smoking Orchestra".

The video of their song "Bună Dimineaţa!" ("Good Morning"), a tongue-in-cheek evocation of the agro-romanticism of the Stalinist-era Soviet Union and its satellites was awarded Romanian video clip of the year (2001) at the "Televest" Festival in Timişoara, Romania. The following year they won the equivalent MTV Romania Video Music Award for "Ţiganii şi OZN" ("The Gypsies and the UFO").

In 2003, the band's song "Everybody in the Case Mare" was featured over the opening and closing credits of the short film "Călătorie la oraş" ("A Trip to the City") by Romanian director Corneliu Porumboiu.

On February 26, 2005, the band won a national pre-selection contest to claim the right to represent Moldova in its first ever appearance at the Eurovision Song Contest, with their song "Boonika Bate Toba" ("Grandmamma is beating da drum-a"). On May 19 they performed fourth in the running order of the semi-final and came up sixth in the grand final on May 21.

On September 30, 2007 the band appeared on Michael Palin's New Europe shown on BBC 1 in the UK.

Also in 2007, a mashup music video billed as "Black Eyed Peace [sic] ft Zdob şi Zdub—Don't Mess with Inima Mea" began appearing on the Internet, mixing the song "Don't Phunk with My Heart" by the Black Eyed Peas with elements from the song "DJ Vasile" by Zdob şi Zdub.
[edit] Line-up

The following listing is by no means a comprehensive list of who has ever played in Zdob şi Zdub. Early line-ups were very fluid, and many prominent Moldovan musicians have been known to "sit in" for recording sessions or for individual concerts.

* Roman Iagupov (born 13 September 1973) - vocals, flute, ocarina, yorgaphone ("iorgafon"), and other ethnic instruments. Original member.
* Mihai Gîncu (born 5 March 1975) - usually bass guitar; drums 2003-2004. Original member.
* Anatol Pugaci (also spelled "Pugach", born 6 October 1973) - drums, sometimes bass. Original member, left 1999 and returned 2004
* Andrei Cebotari - drums, 1999-2002
* Victor Dandeş (born 3 April 1972)- trombone, accordion, ethnic instruments
* Valeriu Mazîlu (born 12 September 1978) - trumpet
* Sergiu Vatavu - guitar (ex-"Noroc" "Cuibul" "Dirijabli")

[edit] Discography

* 1996 – Hardcore Moldovenesc (Moldovan Hardcore)
* 1999 – Tabăra Noastră (Our camp)
* 1999 – Zdubii bateţi tare (Zdub Guys Beat It Hard)
* 2000 – Remix
* 2001 – Agroromantica
* 2002 – Рок Энциклопедия (Rock Encyclopedia)
* 2003 – 450 De Oi (450 Sheep)
* 2006 – Ethnomecanica

[edit] External links and references

* Zdob şi Zdub official page, including a history of the band. In English, Romanian, and Russian.
* MySpace page

Awards and achievements
Preceded by
None Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest
2005 Succeeded by
Arsenium & Natalia Gordienko
with "Loca"
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zdob_%C5%9Fi_Zdub"
Categories: Gypsy punk | 1990s music groups | 2000s music groups | Moldovan Eurovision Song Contest entrants | Moldovan musical groups | Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2005 | European hardcore punk groups | Romanian-language singers
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