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Graieste Moldoveneste
12+ albums
popparodyhumorcover versionirony
about
The Graieste Moldoveneste band (translated into English as "Speak Moldavian") has been born in the South-Eastern Europe, in the Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, in 2000 . The initial line-up included Calin Soroncean, Anatol Cebotari and Bogdan Dascal. The three-member band started as a parody group and quickly gained popularity among the Romanian and Russian-speaking communities.The official birth date of the band is placed somewhere in May at Chisinau, when the group took part at a radio show broadcast by the “d’Or” radio. The first album followed shortly thereafter in fall. Their melodies are a mix of popular, top-100 international music with changed lyrics played in a strange blend of highly incorrect Romanian and Russian. Their lyrics are a mocking response at the state of the Romanian language spoken in the Republic of Moldova (a language closely related to Romanian, but incorrectly named "limba moldoveneasca" - hence the "Speak Moldavian" moniker), where a large part of Russian and archaic Romanian words make most of the Moldavian vocabulary. During the period of activity, the band managed to release four albums, the last one being suggestively named "Albumul 4" (English translation: "The fourth album"). Graieste Moldoveneste's mission was to educate through mocking of those who would rather use slang, vicious language and a mix of multiple languages as part of their daily communication routine. However, these tracks have become so popular that the artists themse
