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Sandu Ciorba

Sandu Ciorba

Romanian Roma singer

Alexandru Ciorbă (born December 30, 1968), better by his stage name Sandu Ciorbă, is a Romanian singer-songwriter known for his work in the "etno" musical genre (Romanian folkloric music with a modern twist). His singles "Dalibomba" and "Pe Cimpoi" have become viral in Poland,[1] and critics praised his musical and video style as "unique and weird".[2] Born in Cluj-Napoca, Ciorbă is of Romani heritage.

Career

His hit single "Dalibomba" shot him to stardom in Poland, where viewers and critics described the track as "It is a piece of shit, but I am watching it for the fifth time".[3] As of 2022, the accompanying music video for "Dalibomba"[4] has received over 43 million views. The title of the hit is translated in Polish as "Wielka dzika bomba" ("Huge Wild Bomb").[1]

In 2015, Romanian press widely commented on the fact that Huffington Post UK tongue-in-cheek nominated Ciorba's hit "Pe cimpoi" ("On Cimpoi" or "By Cimpoi"; over 50 million views[5]) " the weirdest video on the internet".[6][2] The tune of "Pe cimpoi" draws upon Transylvanian folklore tunes.[1] These parody style songs is only part of Ciorba's work. In particular, he cooperates with manele singer Nicolae Guță.[1]

Ciorba's songs have appeared in several films. Sandu Ciorba cooperates with Viper Production music studio devoted to Romani music.[7]

Discography

  • 2007: Fără adversari Vol.2 (with Nicolae Guță), Viper Productions, iTunes [8]
  • 2008: Fără adversari Vol.3 (with Nicolae Guță), Viper Productions, iTunes [9]
  • 2009: Fără adversari Vol.4 (with Nicolae Guță), Viper Productions, iTunes [10]
  • 2015: King of Gipsy Music, Viper Productions, iTunes [11]
  • 2017: Fără adversari Vol.5 (with Nicolae Guță), Viper Productions, iTunes [12]

Some songs of Sandu Ciorba were included in various collections of Roma music by Viper Productions.

Filmography

Sandu Ciorba's songs have appeared in several films.

References

  1. [1]
    "Wielka, dzika bomba", by Witt Wilczyński, April 1, 2013
  2. [2]
    "Music Videos Are Different In Romania", by Ryan Barrell, The Huffington Post UK
  3. [3]
    INTERIA.PL. "Sandu Ciorba: Rumuński Weekend?".
  4. [4]
    Dalibomba on YouTube
  5. [5]
    Pe cimpoi on YouTube
  6. [6]
    "VIDEO "Huffington Post": "Pe cimpoi" a artistului Sandu Ciorba, nominalizare pentru "cel mai ciudat videoclip" de pe internet".
  7. [7]
    (www.autoportret.ro), Autoportret.RO. "Despre-viper-production - Viper Production". www.viper-production.ro.
  8. [8]
    ""Cine e la Mine-n Gand" from Fara Adversari Vol. 2 by Nicolae Guta & Sandu Ciorba on iTunes". iTunes. 1 December 2007.
  9. [9]
    ""Smechera" from Fara Adversari Vol. 3 by Nicolae Guta & Sandu Ciorba on iTunes". iTunes. 1 December 2008.
  10. [10]
    "Fara adversari Vol.4 by Nicolae Guta & Sandu Ciorba". iTunes. 17 December 2012.
  11. [11]
    "King of Gipsy Music by Sandu Ciorba on iTunes". iTunes. 3 July 2015.
  12. [12]
    "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-01-25. Retrieved 2018-01-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. [13]
    "Charlie Countryman (2013)" – via www.imdb.com.
  14. [14]
    Liberté original soundtrack (Liberté is the French title for the movie Korkoro)
  15. [15]
    "Transylvania (2006)" – via www.imdb.com.
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