It seems that all the rage in and around the Balkans this year has been Romanian dance music. It all started in 2009 with Inna reaching popularity across Europe and there are dozens of other Romanian artists achieving great success following in her footsteps.
Diana Birzu's first track Beautiful Night has been a huge hit in the clubs in Greece and even Italy and Spain apparently, but nowhere as much as Turkey. So much so that her follow-up single is called Turkey Night and is obviously quite targeted to her fans there. The two tracks sound quite different with Beautiful Night reminiscent of Duffy's Mercy while Turkey Night has more of a pop sound to it with some Turkish influences thrown in.
Both worth a listen and certainly interesting to continue to see this progress of Romanian music! Next week I'll start going through my top 20 songs for 2009 so keep posted for that!
stevie.
Diana Birzu - Beautiful Night & Turkey Night
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