Zdob și Zdub - Moldovenii s-au născut (official video)

my friends and ex-colleagues just released a new song and video… the message is somehow local, but I’m sure foreigners will find it cute, too, especially the ones that already like Zdob si Zdub :)

the music is based on the Italian Tarantella, the lyrics are about Moldovans being born somewhere on the edge of the world, where God wanted, on a bright day… among woods and hills, near a vine trunk, near a flock of white sheep, on a day full of joy etc etc :) very positive-like.

and of course the video is based on Moldovans (people, places) and is connected with Eurovision (the Grandma that beats the drum - 2005, and the pointy hats - 2011) and the Moldovans working abroad, especially Italy (at the end, the Taxi driver asks the Italian tourist to take that jar of sheep/feta cheese and give it to his wife that works in Rome…and tell her that he really misses her, loves her a lot and waits for her to come home)

link to the news on Zdob si Zdub website

Zdob si Zdub, the band that I worked with for a couple of years, is releasing a new album on January 27, 2012. The album is titled ”Basta Mafia”.

”So lucky”, the 2011 Eurovision song, is on the album… For people that know and love Zdob si Zdub for their previous albums, this new one will be a bit of a change :) but rash conclusions should not be drawn. when it is out, give it a few listens and enjoy it for what it is, do not compare :)

And Zdob si Zdub will do some touring in support of the album. Here are the dates and places. I am glad they are also coming to Zurich, on March 10. It will be fun!