Alexandru Ciorba, known as Sandu Ciorba is a Romanian Roma singer from Cluj-Napoca, Romania, singing Romani traditional music.
In 2013 he surprisingly became a YouTube celebrity in Poland. Polish viewers were attracted by his music videos described as a parody of manele music style, collecting millions of views from Poland.[1] Under some of his videos 90% of comments were in Polish language. This phenomenon is summarized by a comment (in Polish) under his hit 'Dalibomba': 'It is a piece of sh*t, but I am watching it for the fifth time'.[2] (As of 2019, 'Dalibomba'[3] has over 36.5 million views) The title of the hit was quickly phonetically translated in Polish as 'Wielka dzika bomba' ('Huge Wild Bomb'), a perfect match for the hit's content.[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 36.8 million views[4]) ' the weirdest video on the internet'.[5][6] 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] His songs appeared several films. Sandu Ciorba cooperates with Viper Production music studio devoted to Romani music.[7]
Discography[edit]
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- 2007: Fără adversari Vol.2 (with Nicolae Guță), Viper Productions, iTunes [8]
- 2008: Fără adversari Vol.3 (with Nicolae Guță), Viper Productions, iTunes [9]
- 2012: 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[edit]
Sandu Ciorba's songs have appeared in several films.
- 2013 American-Romanian film Charlie Countryman[13]
- 2009 French film Korkoro about the times during the Porajmos ('Gypsy Holocaust'),[14]
- 2006 French film Transylvania.[15]
References[edit]
- ^ abcd'Wielka, dzika bomba', by Witt Wilczyński, April 1, 2013
- ^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'.
- ^'Music Videos Are Different In Romania', by Ryan Barrell, The Huffington Post UK
- ^(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'. 1 December 2007.
- ^''Smechera' from Fara Adversari Vol. 3 by Nicolae Guta & Sandu Ciorba on iTunes'. 1 December 2008.
- ^'Fara adversari Vol.4 by Nicolae Guta & Sandu Ciorba'. 17 December 2012.
- ^'King of Gipsy Music by Sandu Ciorba on iTunes'. 3 July 2015.
- ^'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on 2018-01-25. Retrieved 2018-01-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^'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.
External links[edit]
- Sandu Ciorba on Facebook
- Sandu Ciorba at Last.fm
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