The Romanian Pop Music Orchestra Bosquito
Will perform at the Easter Banquet (2005)
(compiled from an
article appeared in "V.I.P." magazine written by Dorinel Artene)
Bosquito is a story... a story about five
Romanian guys who begun to shake the East European charts. Although it's been
only two and a half years since the recording of their first album
("Bosquito" - September 2000) and first public appearance (august
2000), Radu (lead singer), Solo (guitars), Mishu (keyboards), Vicky (bass) and
Axi (drums) have already been acquainted to success.
The band had three no.1 hits: "Pas cu pas" ("Step by
step")
–
2000 "Pepita"
–
2001 "Doua maini" ("Two
hands")
–
2002 One record going gold ( "Sar
scantei" - "Bursting flames" - 2002) by selling over 50,000
copies in Romania only.
They took over 300
concerts (including two national tours) and 70 TV shows. With the latest album (2002) Bosquito managed to break
into the East European market by starting touring in the neighboring
countries: Hungary, Russia, Moldavia and more
recently Bulgaria.
The next record is
expected to be a real sales hit in all these countries.
Their Latin-rock
style mixed up with "balkano" influences, their energetic stage
performance and natural behavior led them into the heart of the audience. The
latest single "Doua maini" ("Two hands")
was chosen the song of the year 2002 in
Romania, being no. 1 for 7 weeks (also
no. 1 in some Moldavian and Hungarian radio stations).
Their lead singer
became known as the "wildest" entertainer in the area.
Might seem enough... but they find it is not!
Their dream is that of being the first East European band who really goes
international. "We can do it!" said Radu. "We have a lot of
energy, lots of songs comin'
on and I feel excited by the idea of
"tearing" the musical scenes abroad. We have Balkan influences so
we'll try a little originality. It's a challenge that we're willing to
take!"
Asked
about the european producers and labels, he once answered laughing and joking a
little bit: "In the world of art everything is about inspiration... the
one who will produce Bosquito should have a lot of it... because we're gonna
bring lots of damn money in his pockets!" So five successful musicians are
in a quest to find an important producer in order to give them the opportunity
to show what they're made of. Let's see what happens now!...
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