Sandu Ciorba

Alexandru Ciorba (born December 30, 1968), better by his stage name Sandu Ciorba, is a Romanian singer-songwriter known for his work in the Romanian Romani music genre. 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 2025, the accompanying music video for "Dalibomba"[4] has received over 49 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 55 million views[5]) " the weirdest video on the internet".[6][2][7] 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] Still another popular music video is "Papu" (over 55M views).[8]

Ciorba's songs have appeared in several films. Sandu Ciorba cooperates with Viper Production music studio devoted to Romani music.[9]

Discography

  • 2007: Fără adversari Vol.2 (with Nicolae Guță), Viper Productions, iTunes[10]
  • 2008: Fără adversari Vol.3 (with Nicolae Guță), Viper Productions, iTunes[11]
  • 2009: Fără adversari Vol.4 (with Nicolae Guță), Viper Productions, iTunes[12]
  • 2015: King of Gipsy Music, Viper Productions, iTunes[13]
  • 2017: Fără adversari Vol.5 (with Nicolae Guță), Viper Productions, iTunes[14]

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 2 3 4 "Wielka, dzika bomba", by Witt Wilczyński, April 1, 2013
  2. 1 2 "Music Videos Are Different In Romania", by Ryan Barrell, The Huffington Post UK
  3. ↑ INTERIA.PL. "Sandu Ciorba: Rumuński Weekend?".
  4. ↑ Dalibomba on YouTube
  5. ↑ Pe cimpoi on YouTube
  6. ↑ "VIDEO "Huffington Post": "Pe cimpoi" a artistului Sandu Ciorba, nominalizare pentru "cel mai ciudat videoclip" de pe internet".
  7. ↑ Pe Cimpoi By Sandu Ciorba: Is This The New 'Gangnam Style?'
  8. ↑ Papu on YouTube
  9. ↑ (www.autoportret.ro), Autoportret.RO. "Despre-viper-production - Viper Production". www.viper-production.ro.
  10. ↑ ""Cine e la Mine-n Gand" from Fara Adversari Vol. 2 by Nicolae Guta & Sandu Ciorba on iTunes". iTunes. 1 December 2007. Archived from the original on January 25, 2018.
  11. ↑ ""Smechera" from Fara Adversari Vol. 3 by Nicolae Guta & Sandu Ciorba on iTunes". iTunes. 1 December 2008. Archived from the original on January 25, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Fara adversari Vol.4 by Nicolae Guta & Sandu Ciorba". iTunes. 17 December 2012.
  13. ↑ "King of Gipsy Music by Sandu Ciorba on iTunes". iTunes. 3 July 2015.
  14. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-01-25. Retrieved 2018-01-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. ↑ "Thoughts on Music from "Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World"".
  16. ↑ "Charlie Countryman (2013)" – via www.imdb.com.
  17. ↑ Liberté original soundtrack (Liberté is the French title for the movie Korkoro)
  18. ↑ "Transylvania (2006)" – via www.imdb.com.
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