DJ Sava

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = DJ Sava

| image =

| caption = DJ Sava, posed photo, 2010

| alt = Upper body of a middle-aged man. He is wearing a white cotton shirt and a black waistcoat. He is looking straight at the camera.

| birth_name = Constantin Sava

| alias =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1973|4|3}}

| birth_place = Buzău, Romania

| origin =

| genre = Pop, dance, electronic, popcorn

| associated_acts = Raluka, Connect-R, Andreea D, Misha

| instrument =

| occupation = Record producer, DJ

| years_active = 1990s–present

| label = Cat Music

| =

}}

Constantin Sava (born 3 April 1973 in Buzău), known simply as DJ Sava, is a Romanian electronic musician, DJ and record producer of electronic dance music. He started mixing in the early 1990s and eventually became the official resident DJ of a local club called "No Limit". Ten years later, DJ Sava went on a small promotional tour of the Romanian seaside clubs; in 2005 he signed a management contract with record label of Mr Ankit Chouhan l, which promoted his first two singles: "Gone Away" and "Remember". In 2007, DJ Sava came to prominence following his debut album Love Drops, which was a commercial success in Romania, spawning two successful singles: "Sunshine" and "The Reason".

Biography

= 1973–2004: Early life =

Constantin Sava was born 3 April 1973 in Buzău,{{cite web|title=Biografie DJ Sava |work=time4music.biz |url=http://rsshunt.ro/stire/biografie-dj-sava/238355072 |accessdate=July 7, 2010 |language=ro }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Romania and he began showing interest in music as a child.{{cite web |title=Artiști de la A la Z - Dj Sava |work=radio21.ro |url=http://www.radio21.ro/site/muzica/artisti/content/id/1008/Dj_Sava.html |accessdate=July 7, 2010 |language=ro |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620062705/http://www.radio21.ro/site/muzica/artisti/content/id/1008/Dj_Sava.html |archivedate=June 20, 2010 }} He started DJing professionally in the early 1990s and eventually worked as a resident DJ for ten years in a local club called No Limit;{{cite web |title=Despre Dj Sava |work=djsava.ro |url=http://www.djsava.ro/despre-dj-sava/ |accessdate=July 7, 2010 |language=ro |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611121113/http://www.djsava.ro/despre-dj-sava/ |archivedate=June 11, 2010 }} subsequently Sava went on a small promotional tour of Romanian seaside clubs.{{cite web|title=DJ Sava și Raluka în concert la Youtopia |work=agenda.ro |url=http://www.agenda.ro/clubbing/e-1385/dj-sava-si-raluka-in-concert-la-youtopia.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722015817/http://www.agenda.ro/clubbing/e-1385/dj-sava-si-raluka-in-concert-la-youtopia.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 22, 2011 |accessdate=July 7, 2010 |language=ro }} His musical activity intensified between 2000 and 2004, when he was given the opportunity to mix music in one of largest clubs in Costineşti.{{cite web | title=DJ Sava mixează în deschiderea concertului Tiesto din Chişinău| work=adevarul.ro| url=http://www.adevarul.ro/locale/buzau/DJ_Sava_mixeaza_in_deschiderea_concertului_Tiesto_din_Chisinau_0_268773476.html| accessdate=July 7, 2010 |language=ro}}

= 2005–2008: Career beginnings =

Throughout 2005 DJ Sava recorded with Elena Pavel, a teenage Romanian singer. Initially, they made a couple of demo tracks.{{cite web|title=Noutati » Dj Sava |work=e-zine.ro |url=http://www.e-zine.ro/news_details.php?id=508&pag=9&par=0 |accessdate=July 7, 2010 |language=ro |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308234012/http://www.e-zine.ro/news_details.php?id=508&pag=9&par=0 |archivedate=March 8, 2012 }} Shortly afterward, they released a single called "Gone Away", which subsequently helped Sava in signing a small record deal.{{cite web| title=Standard Vision prin label-ul Music Vision castiga teren in sfera radiourilor on-line!| work=comunicatemedia.ro| url=http://www.comunicatemedia.ro/Standard_Vision_prin_label_ul__Music_Vision_castig_ic8278.html| accessdate=July 7, 2010| language=ro| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002123031/http://www.comunicatemedia.ro/Standard_Vision_prin_label_ul__Music_Vision_castig_ic8278.html| archive-date=October 2, 2011| url-status=dead}} The following year, Sava was searching for another female singer with whom to record his songs. His second single, which bears the name "Remember", features the voice of Dana Nicula, making her singing debut. The related promotional campaign consisted of a music video.{{cite web | title=Dj Sava feat. Dana Nicula - Remember| work=youtube.com| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z971U1rm90U |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/z971U1rm90U |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live| accessdate=July 7, 2010 |language=ro}}{{cbignore}}

DJ Sava's debut album, Love Drops, was released in Romania in late 2007.{{cite web | title=DJ Sava si-a lansat albumul de debut| work=beatfactor.ro| url=http://www.beatfactor.ro/STIRI/DJ_Sava_si_a_lansat_albumul_de_debut-aid-53790-l-1| accessdate=July 7, 2010 |language=ro}} Compiled under the auspices of Cat Music, the record contains the two singles promoted before, but also some new tracks with vocals provided by Connect-R.{{cite web | title=Biografie Dj Sava| url=http://www.beatfactor.ro/artisti/Dj_Sava-3719/biografie-l-1|work=beatfactor.ro| accessdate=July 7, 2010 |language=ro}} The album, whose cover was made by Vali Bărbulescu, also contains a series of remixes made by the artist himself.{{cite web|title=Biografie Dj Sava |url=http://www.time4music.biz/biografii/electronica/biografie-dj-sava.html |work=time4music.biz |accessdate=July 7, 2010 |language=ro |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100627051620/http://www.time4music.biz/biografii/electronica/biografie-dj-sava.html |archivedate=June 27, 2010 }} Simultaneously, Sava began promoting a new single called "Sunshine".{{cite web |title=Muzică nouă - "Sunshine" DJ Sava feat. Connect-R |url=http://www.hiq.ro/blog/florin/2007/11/30/muzica-noua-sunshine-dj-sava-feat-connect-r/ |work=hiq.ro |accessdate=July 7, 2010 |language=ro |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080903135846/http://www.hiq.ro/blog/florin/2007/11/30/muzica-noua-sunshine-dj-sava-feat-connect-r/ |archivedate=September 3, 2008 }} A collaboration with Connect-R, the song was incorporated in a music video shot in Moldova.{{cite web | title=Muzică nouă - Videoclip DJ Sava - "Sunshine" Feat Connect-R| url=http://www.muzica.ro/stire/2037/Videoclip-DJ-Sava-_-Sunshine-Feat-Connect_R.html|work=muzica.ro| accessdate=July 7, 2010 |language=ro}} The record met favorable reactions from the public and gained high ranks in the Romanian, Bulgarian, Greek and Italian charts.{{cite web | title=Muzică nouă - Biografie Connect-R| url=http://connect-r.eu/?page_id=147|work=connect-r.eu| accessdate=July 7, 2010 |language=ro}} The two artists continued their collaboration in 2008,{{cite web |title=DJ Sava feat Connect'R - The Reason |url=http://www.radio21.ro/site/muzica/videoclipuri/content/id/4582/DJ_Sava_feat_Connect%26%23039;R-The_Reason.html |work=radio21.ro |accessdate=July 7, 2010 |language=ro |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725203314/http://www.radio21.ro/site/muzica/videoclipuri/content/id/4582/DJ_Sava_feat_Connect%26%23039%3BR-The_Reason.html |archivedate=July 25, 2011 }} when a new song called "The Reason" was released and received a video directed by Botea.{{cite web | title=Clipul oficial The Reason - exclusiv pe vibefm.ro| url=http://www.vibefm.ro/index.php?page=stiri/Clipul-oficial-The-Reason--exclusiv-pe-vibefm-ro|work=vibefm.ro| accessdate=July 7, 2010 |language=ro}}{{cite web|title=Videoclip DJ Sava feat. Connect-R – ‘The Reason’ |url=http://www.monden.info/muzica/videoclipuri/videoclip-dj-sava-feat-connect-r-the-reason/ |work=monden.info |accessdate=July 7, 2010 |language=ro |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110103064625/http://www.monden.info/muzica/videoclipuri/videoclip-dj-sava-feat-connect-r-the-reason/ |archivedate=January 3, 2011 }}

= 2009–2010: Recent activity =

Since the spring of 2009, Sava has been collaborating with the Romanian electronic music singer Raluka in order to record some new tracks.{{cite web | title=Interviu Musichat: Dj Sava şi Raluka| url=http://www.musichat.ro/Interviu-Musichat-Dj-Sava-si-Raluka-6795.html|work=musichat.ro| accessdate=July 7, 2010 |language=ro}} Their single "September" has received favorable reactions from both the public and press.{{cite web | title=See: Topuri Anterioare, ediţia 49 din 2009| url=http://www.mediaforest.ro/weeklycharts/HistoryWeeklyCharts.aspx|work=mediaforest.ro| accessdate=July 7, 2010 |language=ro}}{{cite web | title=O zi din viaţa lui Connect-R| url=http://www.libertatea.ro/stire/o-zi-din-viata-lui-connect-r-276237.html|work=libertatea.ro| accessdate=July 7, 2010 |language=ro}} In the wake of this success, the two continued their collaboration and after "a few days of producing" a new song was released in Romania.{{cite web | title=DJ Sava şi Raluka susţin: "I Like (The Trumpet)", la "Poveştiri de noapte"| url=http://www.acasatv.ro/emisiuni/dj-sava-si-raluka-sustin-i-like-the-trumpet-la-povestiri-de-noapte-video.html/pagina-1|work=acasatv.ro| accessdate=July 7, 2010 |language=ro}} Called "I Like (The Trumpet)", the record was compiled in the studio Rappin On,{{cite web| title=Premieră: Dj Sava Raluka – "I Like (The Trumpet)"| url=http://muzica.ubix.ro/detalii/premiera-dj-sava-raluka-i-like-the-trumpet| work=muzica.ubix.ro| accessdate=July 7, 2010| language=ro| archive-date=August 22, 2011| archive-url=https://archive.today/20110822201430/http://muzica.ubix.ro/detalii/premiera-dj-sava-raluka-i-like-the-trumpet| url-status=dead}} owned by singer Connect-R, who also recorded some background vocals on the song;{{cite web| title=Dj Sava & Raluka – I Like (The Trumpet)| url=http://www.targovetul.info/2010/03/download-dj-sava-raluka-i-like-trumpet.html| work=targovetul.info| accessdate=July 7, 2010| language=ro| archive-date=June 16, 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616075934/http://www.targovetul.info/2010/03/download-dj-sava-raluka-i-like-trumpet.html| url-status=dead}}

{{Listen

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|header= DJ Sava's greatest hit to date

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During the same year, DJ Sava continued his promotional campaign in Romania, supporting a series of concerts in some of the best known clubs;{{cite web| title=Dj Sava & Raluca Live in Turabo Society Club pe 7 Mai| url=http://www.muzica360.ro/concerte/dj-sava-raluca-turabo-7-mai/| work=muzica360.ro| accessdate=July 7, 2010| language=ro| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308235854/http://www.muzica360.ro/concerte/dj-sava-raluca-turabo-7-mai/| archive-date=March 8, 2012| url-status=dead}}{{cite web |title=Video DJ Sava @ Club Cocktail |url=http://www.clubcocktail.ro/video/video-dj-sava-at-club-cocktail.html |work=clubcocktail.ro |accessdate=July 7, 2010 |language=ro |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100513072017/http://www.clubcocktail.ro/video/video-dj-sava-at-club-cocktail.html |archivedate=May 13, 2010 }} simultaneously, the musician opened a concert for Tiësto in Chişinău.{{cite web|title=DJ Sava Mixează în deschiderea concertului Tiesto din Chișinău |url=http://www.info-ziare.ro/locale/stiri-din-buzau/video-dj-sava-mixeaza-in-deschiderea-concertului-tiesto-din-chisinau.html |work=info-ziare.ro |accessdate=July 7, 2010 |language=ro |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308235848/http://www.info-ziare.ro/locale/stiri-din-buzau/video-dj-sava-mixeaza-in-deschiderea-concertului-tiesto-din-chisinau.html |archivedate=March 8, 2012 }}{{cite web |title=Dj Sava a mixat alături de Tiesto! |url=http://www.djsava.ro/dj-sava-a-mixat-alaturi-de-tiesto/ |work=djsava.ro |accessdate=July 7, 2010 |language=ro |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100621082507/http://www.djsava.ro/dj-sava-a-mixat-alaturi-de-tiesto/ |archivedate=June 21, 2010 }} In late 2010 DJ Sava released a new single in collaboration with Raluka and Connect-R, called "Love You".{{cite web |title=Single nou Dj Sava feat. Raluka & Connect-R – Love You |url=http://www.monden.info/muzica/single-nou-dj-sava-feat-raluka-connect-r-love-you/ |work=monden.info |accessdate=November 29, 2010 |language=ro |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125050019/http://www.monden.info/muzica/single-nou-dj-sava-feat-raluka-connect-r-love-you/ |archivedate=November 25, 2010 }}{{cite web |title=New single! DJ Sava ft. Raluka & Connect-R – Love you |url=http://www.divercitycafe.ro/new-single-dj-sava-ft-raluka-connect-r-love-you.html |work=divercitycafe.ro |accessdate=November 29, 2010 |language=ro |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101115144254/http://www.divercitycafe.ro/new-single-dj-sava-ft-raluka-connect-r-love-you.html |archivedate=November 15, 2010 }}

Artistry

According to his own statements,{{cite web|title=Exclusiv! Interviu Dj Sava |url=http://www.divercitycafe.ro/interviu-dj-sava.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130416121735/http://www.divercitycafe.ro/interviu-dj-sava.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 16, 2013 |work=divercitycafe.ro |accessdate=July 7, 2010 |language=ro }} DJ Sava's music was heavily influenced by a number of international artists including John Creamer, Tiësto and David Guetta. Commenting upon the release of "I Like (The Trumpet)", the reviewer in the Romanian newspaper Libertatea described the song as having "a fresh sound and a very interesting beat".{{cite web| title=Ascultă noua piesă DJ Sava & Raluka - I Like (The Trumpet)| url=http://www.libertatea.ro/stire/exclusiv-asculta-noua-piesa-dj-sava-raluka-i-like-the-trumpet-282229.html| work=libertatea.ro| accessdate=July 7, 2010| language=ro| archive-date=July 6, 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706012126/http://www.libertatea.ro/stire/exclusiv-asculta-noua-piesa-dj-sava-raluka-i-like-the-trumpet-282229.html| url-status=dead}} Other Romanian websites wrote that "[the record] has a unique sound compared to other club music productions" and stated that "ever since the first listening, I Like (The Trumpet) succeeds in imposing itself as a different song as style, which however keeps the same popular club style".{{cite web | title=Dj Sava & Raluka – "I like (The trumpet)"| url=http://www.inhibitii.ro/muzica/dj-sava-raluka-i-like-the-trumpet.html|work=inhibitii.ro| accessdate=July 7, 2010 |language=ro}}

Awards

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Year !Award !Category !Nominated work !Result !Note
rowspan="2"\|2008 \|rowspan="1"\|Romanian Music Awards \|width="150" \|Best DJ \|style="150"\|Sunshine \|style="background: #ffdddd"\|Nominated \|width="150" \|{{center\|{{cite web\|title=Câștigători Romanian Music Awards RMA 2008 \|url=http://www.divercitycafe.ro/castigatori-romanian-music-awards-rma-2008.html \|work=divercitycafe.ro \|accessdate=July 7, 2010 \|language=ro \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716074411/http://www.divercitycafe.ro/castigatori-romanian-music-awards-rma-2008.html \|archivedate=July 16, 2011 }}}}
rowspan="1"\|Romanian Top Hits \|width="150" \|Best DJ Hit \|style="150"\|Sunshine \|style="background: #ddffdd"\|Won \|width="150" \|{{center\|{{cite web \| title=Romanian Top Hits 2008 Clasamente- Romanian Top Kitsch\| url=http://www.observatordebacau.ro/2008/08/04/romanian-top-kitsch.html\|work=observatordebacau.ro\| accessdate=July 7, 2010 \|language=ro}}}}
rowspan="2"\|2009 \|rowspan="1"\|Romanian Music Awards \|width="150" \|Best DJ \|style="150"\|The Reason \|style="background: #ffdddd"\|Nominated \|width="150" \|{{center\|{{cite web \| title=Romanian Music Awards 2009 – Craiova\| url=http://www.barfitoarea.ro/2009/05/12/romanian-music-awards-2009-craiova/\|work=barfitoarea.ro\| accessdate=July 7, 2010 \|language=ro}}}}
rowspan="1"\|Romanian Top Hits \|width="150" \|Featuring – The Best Hit \|style="150"\|The Reason \|style="background: #ffdddd"\|Nominated \|width="150" \|{{center\|{{cite web \|title=Castigatorii Romanian Top Hits 2009 \|url=http://www.monden.info/muzica/castigatorii-romanian-top-hits-2009/ \|work=monden.info \|accessdate=July 7, 2010 \|language=ro \|url-status=usurped \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004085639/http://www.monden.info/muzica/castigatorii-romanian-top-hits-2009/ \|archivedate=October 4, 2009 }}}}
rowspan="1"\|2010 \|rowspan="1"\|Romanian Music Awards \|width="150" \|Best DJ \|style="150"\|September \|style="background: #ffdddd"\|Nominated \|width="150" \|{{center\|{{cite web \|title=Nominalizari Romanian Music Awards 2010 \|url=http://www.divercitycafe.ro/nominalizari-romanian-music-awards-2010.html \|work=divercitycafe.ro \|accessdate=July 7, 2010 \|language=ro \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100710132602/http://www.divercitycafe.ro/nominalizari-romanian-music-awards-2010.html \|archivedate=July 10, 2010 }}}}

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Year

!Award

!Category

!Nominated work

!Result

!Note

rowspan="2"|2008

|rowspan="1"|Romanian Music Awards

|width="150" |Best DJ

|style="150"|Sunshine

|style="background: #ffdddd"|Nominated

|width="150" |{{center|{{cite web|title=Câștigători Romanian Music Awards RMA 2008 |url=http://www.divercitycafe.ro/castigatori-romanian-music-awards-rma-2008.html |work=divercitycafe.ro |accessdate=July 7, 2010 |language=ro |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716074411/http://www.divercitycafe.ro/castigatori-romanian-music-awards-rma-2008.html |archivedate=July 16, 2011 }}}}

rowspan="1"|Romanian Top Hits

|width="150" |Best DJ Hit

|style="150"|Sunshine

|style="background: #ddffdd"|Won

|width="150" |{{center|{{cite web | title=Romanian Top Hits 2008 Clasamente- Romanian Top Kitsch| url=http://www.observatordebacau.ro/2008/08/04/romanian-top-kitsch.html|work=observatordebacau.ro| accessdate=July 7, 2010 |language=ro}}}}

rowspan="2"|2009

|rowspan="1"|Romanian Music Awards

|width="150" |Best DJ

|style="150"|The Reason

|style="background: #ffdddd"|Nominated

|width="150" |{{center|{{cite web | title=Romanian Music Awards 2009 – Craiova| url=http://www.barfitoarea.ro/2009/05/12/romanian-music-awards-2009-craiova/|work=barfitoarea.ro| accessdate=July 7, 2010 |language=ro}}}}

rowspan="1"|Romanian Top Hits

|width="150" |Featuring – The Best Hit

|style="150"|The Reason

|style="background: #ffdddd"|Nominated

|width="150" |{{center|{{cite web |title=Castigatorii Romanian Top Hits 2009 |url=http://www.monden.info/muzica/castigatorii-romanian-top-hits-2009/ |work=monden.info |accessdate=July 7, 2010 |language=ro |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004085639/http://www.monden.info/muzica/castigatorii-romanian-top-hits-2009/ |archivedate=October 4, 2009 }}}}

rowspan="1"|2010

|rowspan="1"|Romanian Music Awards

|width="150" |Best DJ

|style="150"|September

|style="background: #ffdddd"|Nominated

|width="150" |{{center|{{cite web |title=Nominalizari Romanian Music Awards 2010 |url=http://www.divercitycafe.ro/nominalizari-romanian-music-awards-2010.html |work=divercitycafe.ro |accessdate=July 7, 2010 |language=ro |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100710132602/http://www.divercitycafe.ro/nominalizari-romanian-music-awards-2010.html |archivedate=July 10, 2010 }}}}

Discography

= Studio albums =

Love Drops (2007)
Cocktail (2013)

= Singles =

"Gone Away" (feat. Elena) (2005)
"Remember" (feat. Dana Nicula) (2006)
"Sunshine" (feat. Connect-R) (2007)
"The Reason" (feat. Connect-R) (2008)
"September" (feat. Raluka) (2009)
"I Like (The Trumpet)" (feat. Raluka & Connect-R) (2010) {{flagicon|Romania}} Romanian Top 100 = peak 1
"Love You" (feat. (feat. Raluka & Connect-R) (2010)
"Money Maker" (feat. Andreea D. & J. Yolo) (2011)
"Free" (feat. Andreea D. & J. Yolo) (2012)
"Cocktail" (feat. Misha & J.Yolo) (2012)
"Tenerife" (feat. Misha) (2013)
"Aroma" (feat. Raluka & Connect-R) (2013) {{flagicon|Romania}} Airplay 100 = peak 1
"Aer" (feat. Raluka & Connect-R) (2014)
"Bailando" (feat. Hevito) (2015)
"Te Strig" (feat. Misha & Connect-R) (2015)
"Amor a Monaco" (feat. Misha) (2015)
"Love in Dubai" (feat. Faydee) (2016)
"I Loved You" (feat. Irina Rimes) (2016)
"Nena" (2017)

Notes

External links

{{in lang|ro}} [http://www.last.fm/music/Dj+Sava DJ Sava] at Last.fm
{{in lang|ro}} [http://www.musicmall.ro/artisti/dj_sava/mp3 DJ Sava] at MusicMall.ro

Category:Living people

Category:1973 births

Category:Romanian DJs

Category:People from Buzău