Sandu Ciorba
{{Short description|Romanian Roma singer}}
Alexandru Ciorbă (born December 30, 1968), better by his stage name Sandu Ciorbă, is a Romanian singer-songwriter known for his work in the "manele" musical genre (Romanian folkloric music with a modern twist). His singles "Dalibomba" and "Pe Cimpoi" have become viral in Poland,[http://folk24.pl/wiesci/wielka-dzika-bomba/ "Wielka, dzika bomba"], by Witt Wilczyński, April 1, 2013 and critics praised his musical and video style as "unique and weird". 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".{{cite web|url=http://muzyka.interia.pl/pop/news-sandu-ciorba-rumunski-weekend,nId,1660314|title=Sandu Ciorba: Rumuński Weekend?|last=INTERIA.PL|publisher=}} {{As of|2025}}, the accompanying music video for "Dalibomba"{{YouTube|2iUGfURqyhs|Dalibomba}} has received over 48 million views. The title of the hit is translated in Polish as "Wielka dzika bomba" ("Huge Wild Bomb").
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 54 million views{{YouTube|Z0DO0XyS8Ko|Pe cimpoi}}) " the weirdest video on the internet".{{cite web|url=http://adevarul.ro/news/stiri-ciudate/huffington-post-pe-cimpoi-artistului-sandu-ciorba-nominalizare-cel-mai-ciudat-videoclip-internet-1_54c17fd9448e03c0fddd4383/index.html|title=VIDEO "Huffington Post": "Pe cimpoi" a artistului Sandu Ciorba, nominalizare pentru "cel mai ciudat videoclip" de pe internet|publisher=}}[http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/01/21/weird-romanian-dance-music-video_n_6516120.html "Music Videos Are Different In Romania"], by Ryan Barrell, The Huffington Post UK[https://www.huffpost.com/archive/ca/entry/pe-cimpoi-by-sandu-corba-is-this-the-new-gangnam-style_n_2245981 Pe Cimpoi By Sandu Ciorba: Is This The New 'Gangnam Style?'] The tune of "Pe cimpoi" draws upon Transylvanian folklore tunes. These parody style songs is only part of Ciorba's work. In particular, he cooperates with manele singer Nicolae Guță. Still another popular music video is "Papu" (over 54M views).{{YouTube|VB4NExi5uXs|Papu}}
Ciorba's songs have appeared in several films. Sandu Ciorba cooperates with Viper Production music studio devoted to Romani music.{{cite web|url=http://www.viper-production.ro/despre-viper-production.php|title=Despre-viper-production - Viper Production|first=Autoportret.RO|last=(www.autoportret.ro)|website=www.viper-production.ro}}
Discography
- 2007: Fără adversari Vol.2 (with Nicolae Guță), Viper Productions, iTunes{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/cine-e-la-mine-n-gand/321625863?i=321626008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125134524/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/cine-e-la-mine-n-gand/321625863?i=321626008|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 25, 2018|title="Cine e la Mine-n Gand" from Fara Adversari Vol. 2 by Nicolae Guta & Sandu Ciorba on iTunes|website=iTunes |date=1 December 2007|publisher=}}
- 2008: Fără adversari Vol.3 (with Nicolae Guță), Viper Productions, iTunes{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/smechera/321619467?i=321621484|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125134637/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/smechera/321619467?i=321621484|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 25, 2018|title="Smechera" from Fara Adversari Vol. 3 by Nicolae Guta & Sandu Ciorba on iTunes|website=iTunes |date=1 December 2008|publisher=}}
- 2009: Fără adversari Vol.4 (with Nicolae Guță), Viper Productions, iTunes{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/fara-adversari-vol-4/588298735|title=Fara adversari Vol.4 by Nicolae Guta & Sandu Ciorba|website=iTunes |date=17 December 2012|publisher=}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
- 2015: King of Gipsy Music, Viper Productions, iTunes{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/king-of-gipsy-music/1017191058|title=King of Gipsy Music by Sandu Ciorba on iTunes|website=iTunes |date=3 July 2015|publisher=}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
- 2017: Fără adversari Vol.5 (with Nicolae Guță), Viper Productions, iTunes{{cite web |url=https://www.romuzica.eu/16-sandu-ciorba-amp-nicolae-guta-fara-adversari-vol5-2017-album-original.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2018-01-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125134758/https://www.romuzica.eu/16-sandu-ciorba-amp-nicolae-guta-fara-adversari-vol5-2017-album-original.html |archive-date=2018-01-25 }}
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.
- 2023 Romanian-Croatian-French-Luxembourger film Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World.{{cite web|url=https://www.filmsinframe.com/en/features/music-film-radu-jude/|title=Thoughts on Music from „Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World”}}
- 2013 American-Romanian film Charlie Countryman.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1196948/soundtrack|title=Charlie Countryman (2013)|publisher=|via=www.imdb.com}}
- 2009 French film Korkoro about the times during the Porajmos ("Gypsy Holocaust").[https://www.allmusic.com/album/libert%C3%A9-mw0001969730 Liberté original soundtrack] (Liberté is the French title for the movie Korkoro)
- 2006 French film Transylvania.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0463381/soundtrack|title=Transylvania (2006)|publisher=|via=www.imdb.com}}
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External links
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Category:Romanian Romani people
Category:Romanian manele singers