Roman's notes

After we met Marc Elsner, the man who worked on the last album of gypsy brass orchestra Fanfare Ciocărlia, Kings and Queens project, gypsy band Mahala Raï Banda, we made the decision to record our sixth album. BERLIN, THE STUDIO, HEAD ROOM Guten Tag, Berlin! What will the...

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The songs in English and Romanian were made on the streets of Berlin and Chisinau. Mihai and I suggest you not jump to conclusions when you will listen to the album... Listen to it carefully and with a good sound quality, if it possible of course... It ’s an...

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3:00 am, departure from Chisinau:  Dogs barking in the night, the bright moon, we are loading our equipment in the dark... Then shaking on the roads. Because of the air-conditioner, I need to muffle,...

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Thanks to our friends, we spent the first half of our vacation on the Evpatoria Coast: In comfort and occasionally creeping into the wild...  On the eve of our departure to the next haven, we spent the evening in the company of friends, with a guitar...  We had long...

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That is, departing from the beach, behind the old lighthouse, I saw a different sea: There is wind, there are waves here... Finalized and launched a flying snake...It got up pretty high, even the local helicopter flew past it In the depths we caught a green crab,...

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"Touring, touring, calluses on the heels!" - as they say in Georgia ... After Eurovision we had a little shake-up - about 8 gigs. Then we won the right to a short vacation! The dilemma of “Where to go? Where to jerk?” appeared immediately. And again on the road......

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The last three rehearsals and the semi-final! Here in Düsseldorf all got mixed up in the minds of the 2011 Eurovision participants… Costumes, stage movements, parties, interviews, and dreams about victory, makeup, German beer, emotions......

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In Düsseldorf, there is always something interesting happening! The parties are especially popular and every participating country, if it wishes and has the possibility, can organize one. Most of the time they take...

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The city on the Rhine River, the north-western capital, as Dusseldorf is also called! This isn’t only the center of advertising and fashion, exhibitions and parties, It is also a cute...

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On the next day after the first rehearsal, we decided to visit Cologne. Fortunately, the contestants have this opportunity, There is a private bus and we have some privileges. After the dry breakfast, we set in the comfortable chairs and...

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My friends ! The first day in Dusseldorf: The Chisinau-Frankfurt flight – without turbulences, A space Express train from Frankfurt to Dusseldorf A quick overview of the city’s suburbs at dusk, Holiday Inn, a shower and sleep......

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The Eastern promo-tour came to an end  And, before returning to Romania -  also for "Eurovision business” and a few rock gigs in Bucharest, Pitesti, Brasov,  we stopped in Istanbul - the former capital of the Byzantine Empire... ...

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Do you remember this wonderful film in which songs performed by Polad Bülbüloğlu were played?  --------------------- And here we are on the shore of the Caspian Sea, sunny Baku! Oil – the black gold, here...

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 Georgia. Gamarjoba, Genatsvale! After customs, we headed to the capital of Georgia - Tbilisi On the road, we passed by some strange buildings similar to supermarkets, with transparent storefronts, we asked ourselves in surprise: "What is it?"...

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The journey continues! In the morning, after the Armenian radio, we were completely unaware of the fact  that at a distance of 700 meters from us is the museum of Parajanov (this is the first place that we’ll visit next time in...

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Noroc lume! Hi everyone! Today is the second day of our stay in Yerevan! Our friendly promotional tour continues. It’s my first time in Armenia and it's great I'm in the home-country of such people as Aram...

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Sitting, waiting for our departure to Yerevan We haven’t slept for several days Yesterday we were in Odessa It is collapsing, but the spirit is still alive...

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I was in a mini-vacation in Istanbul, walking through the ruins of the former Byzantine Empire, when I've learned about the tragedy in Japan...   One has to be a stupid to not understand that our planet is our common home, and everything that happens here concerns all of...

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When we have learned about the shootings of the show (" Dostojanie Respublike ") and that the invited composer is Garik Sukachev, we really cheered up!   Why? Because we have long been...

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In a glass of Crimean port wine I hear: The m usic of silence, The gentle rustle of the jellyfish, The cicadas crackle, The splash of the salty wave, The fresh...

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with Evgeny Fedorov

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Already Saturday ! Again, a long road ! Outside the window : Fields , Whiten ed by Snow. It’s already winter ! ***...

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I feel that there is some kind of magic in the folklore music, in these songs -  salt of the earth and the bitterness of life, there is nothing superfluous, no special effects, no guitar slashes... As in Paulo Coelho writings: "By the river Piedra I sat down and wept". Listen:...

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In Berlin at a concert with Cindy Blackman   (from Lenny Kravitz band) during a break from the studio work we went to listen to authentic funk ... middle-aged women ( balzacian age ) with a bottle of beer slowly moving their hips,...

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This is a picture from Danube It is an interesting place ... There, the Danube flows into the Black Sea And on the new album about this: Dunarea Duna Dunarea (Dabune Danu Danube) Du-ma la mare, Dunarea (Bring me to the sea,...

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