Biography ← Previous revision Revision as of 17:06, 4 November 2009 Line 19: Line 19: In 2001, a man named ((Dan Bălan)) was holding casting calls for a band to be called O-Zone. O-Zone used to consist of just Dan and his friend ((Petru Jelihovski)), but even after Petru dropped out, Dan still desired to continue his musical career - hopefully with two others. ((Arsenie Todiraş)) (nicknamed "Arsenium") had auditioned successfully, then Radu joined to become the third and final member. As a group, O-Zone became extremely popular in their home country of Moldova, and were able to branch out to their neighbour, ((Romania)). What came after defined the height of their careers: with the release of two chart-topping albums, Number 1 in 2002 and DiscO-Zone in 2004, they found themselves constantly played on the airwaves throughout Europe, and became fans of many listeners. In 2001, a man named ((Dan Bălan)) was holding casting calls for a band to be called O-Zone. O-Zone used to consist of just Dan and his friend ((Petru Jelihovski)), but even after Petru dropped out, Dan still desired to continue his musical career - hopefully with two others. ((Arsenie Todiraş)) (nicknamed "Arsenium") had auditioned successfully, then Radu joined to become the third and final member. As a group, O-Zone became extremely popular in their home country of Moldova, and were able to branch out to their neighbour, ((Romania)). What came after defined the height of their careers: with the release of two chart-topping albums, Number 1 in 2002 and DiscO-Zone in 2004, they found themselves constantly played on the airwaves throughout Europe, and became fans of many listeners. - O-Zone's dance-pop music consisted of beats and catchy lyrics, able to surpass any language barrier. As Radu himself said, their songs have "positive emotion" - it really doesn't matter if you can't speak or understand Romanian, you just "feel the love" in the music. O-Zone later became well known in ((France)), ((Italy)), ((Germany)), ((Romania)),((Mexico)) and the ((United Kingdom)). Their most popular hits included "((Despre tine))" and "((Dragostea din tei))". Later, ((Gary Brolsma)) of ((New Jersey)) made an internet video dance to the song "Dragostea din tei", entitled ''((Numa Numa))''. Gary's internet video helped the group become known in ((United States)). + O-Zone's dance-pop music consisted of beats and catchy lyrics, able to surpass any language barrier. As Radu himself said, their songs have "positive emotion" - it really doesn't matter if you can't speak or understand Romanian, you just "feel the love" in the music. O-Zone later became well known in ((France)), ((Italy)), ((Germany)), ((Romania)),((Mexico)) and the ((United Kingdom)). Their most popular hits included "((Despre tine))" and "((Dragostea din tei))". Later, ((Gary Brolsma)) of ((New Jersey)) made an internet video dance to the song "Dragostea din tei", entitled ''((Numa Numa))''. Gary's internet video helped the group become known in the ((United States)). In January 2005, Dan, Arsenie, and Radu announced that O-Zone disbanded, deciding instead to focus on their respective solo careers. With Dan in America making rock music with his band "Balan", and Arsenie launching in Germany under the name ((Arsenium)), Radu is also working on his solo project. In 2005, he worked together with DJ Mahay and released a song called "Dulce". RadU (as this was his new stage name) currently lives in Romania with his wife, and his daughter, Anastasia Dalia, and he's working on getting his official Website up at (http://www.radusirbu.ro RaduSirbu.ro). He made a video on his song called "Whap-pa" and released his album ''Alone'', and more recently he released his single "Doi străini" ("Two strangers"), and made a video for it. In 2007 he and Arsenium got together and released the single "July". In January 2005, Dan, Arsenie, and Radu announced that O-Zone disbanded, deciding instead to focus on their respective solo careers. With Dan in America making rock music with his band "Balan", and Arsenie launching in Germany under the name ((Arsenium)), Radu is also working on his solo project. In 2005, he worked together with DJ Mahay and released a song called "Dulce". RadU (as this was his new stage name) currently lives in Romania with his wife, and his daughter, Anastasia Dalia, and he's working on getting his official Website up at (http://www.radusirbu.ro RaduSirbu.ro). He made a video on his song called "Whap-pa" and released his album ''Alone'', and more recently he released his single "Doi străini" ("Two strangers"), and made a video for it. In 2007 he and Arsenium got together and released the single "July".