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Zdob Si Zdub

Zdob Si Zdub is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Alternosfera. Those roots explain a lot about how Zdob Si Zdub arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Alternosfera, Lumen, Guano Apes, 7Б and Gåte, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Parazitii and Eurovision Song Contest 2011, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 15 connections around Zdob Si Zdub, reaching back through Alternosfera and forward to Parazitii. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Zdob și Zdub is a Moldovan folk punk band, based in Chișinău. The band represented Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 in Kyiv, Ukraine, on 21 May 2005, finishing 6th. They also represented Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany, on 14 May 2011, finishing 12th, and represented Moldova again, in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy, on 14 May 2022, finishing 7th. The band is often referred to by its fans as ZSZ. To date, Zdob şi Zdub are the only artists to have qualified from a Eurovision Song Contest semi-final three times. Through their international success, Zdob şi Zdub has become a source of pride for young Moldovans, particularly those in the diaspora, by giving new value to their previously undervalued cultural heritage in a globalized cultural context.

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Zdob Si ZdubAlternosferaParazitiiEurovision Song Cont…AlternosferaLumenGuano Apes7БGåteDolores O'RiordanComaSkunk Anansie

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Zdob Si Zdub connections

Zdob Si Zdub grew out of Alternosfera, shares an orbit with Alternosfera, Lumen, Guano Apes and 7Б, went on to shape Parazitii and Eurovision Song Contest 2011. 15 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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