Alexandru Ciorbă (born December 30, 1968), better by his stage name Sandu Ciorbă, is a Romanian singer-songwriter known for his work in the "manele" 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
editHis 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[update], 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
edit- 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
editSandu Ciorba's songs have appeared in several films.
- 2023 Romanian-Croatian-French-Luxembourger film Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World.[13]
- 2013 American-Romanian film Charlie Countryman.[14]
- 2009 French film Korkoro about the times during the Porajmos ("Gypsy Holocaust").[15]
- 2006 French film Transylvania.[16]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Wielka, dzika bomba", by Witt Wilczyński, April 1, 2013
- ^ a b "Music Videos Are Different In Romania", by Ryan Barrell, The Huffington Post UK
- ^ INTERIA.PL. "Sandu Ciorba: Rumuński Weekend?".
- ^ Dalibomba on YouTube
- ^ Pe cimpoi on YouTube
- ^ "VIDEO "Huffington Post": "Pe cimpoi" a artistului Sandu Ciorba, nominalizare pentru "cel mai ciudat videoclip" de pe internet".
- ^ (www.autoportret.ro), Autoportret.RO. "Despre-viper-production - Viper Production". www.viper-production.ro.
- ^ ""Cine e la Mine-n Gand" from Fara Adversari Vol. 2 by Nicolae Guta & Sandu Ciorba on iTunes". iTunes. 1 December 2007.
- ^ ""Smechera" from Fara Adversari Vol. 3 by Nicolae Guta & Sandu Ciorba on iTunes". iTunes. 1 December 2008.
- ^ "Fara adversari Vol.4 by Nicolae Guta & Sandu Ciorba". iTunes. 17 December 2012.
- ^ "King of Gipsy Music by Sandu Ciorba on iTunes". iTunes. 3 July 2015.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-01-25. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Thoughts on Music from „Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World"".
- ^ "Charlie Countryman (2013)" – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ Liberté original soundtrack (Liberté is the French title for the movie Korkoro)
- ^ "Transylvania (2006)" – via www.imdb.com.