Zdob Si Zdub. 450 De Oi (450 Owes).

It’s a pity, but I don’t know Moldavian. (I don’t know Japanese, either, but I listen to “Pizzicato Five” with great pleasure). As for these guys, besides their mother tongue they know Russian and Ukrainian as minimum. At that, when music is saturated with folklore motives so much, and at that not only with Moldavian ones, the language of performance becomes not so important – in such a case you only listen to music. You listen to music, which does not have even a hint at pop-variety art, as it is a real folk-rock. It also has all elements of all other musical styles, and this mixture is made in a saturated and deep manner. The deepness is quite thick to set a spade into it – please note - the spade does not fall down! At the same time, it is strange enough, but the hair of listeners does not become electric, though it is evident that the tension here is higher than normal. May be, the thing is that the musical canvas, though it delights eyes with colourful patterns, is not braided too tight – one can breathe through it, and with such kind of breathing one’s lungs are filled with air, which, by the way, tastes sweet when touched. (It is quite probable that if I knew Moldavian I would tell you something different. But I don’t know this language. May be, it is for good.)

Anton Jozhik Leyba (Hedgehog)

Songs in Moldavian and Russian.