After a remarkable individual musical career, Mircea Baniciu successfully performed with the Pasarea Colibri. As of late he has decided to make a solo album. A week ago he started shooting a video that will launch his new musical production – the Queen of Spades album. It will be launched by Roton record house around September 28.
The script of the video features Mircea Vintila as a storyteller, surrounded by friends, mysterious characters in an avalanche of nostalgic flashbacks. The shooting took place at the Romanian Literature Museum, in Bucharest, in the muddy volcanoes area (Buzau) and the seaside.
Mircea Vintila’s costumes were specially created for the occasion by Venera Boerasu (EDGE Fashion House ). The video will be shown on TV starting with September 11. The Queen of Spades album will be launched by Roton on tape and CD and will include 12 new songs.
Among them there will be the first single, “Noros Cecer.” To the remarkable sound of the record contributed renowned artists like Mugurel Vrabete – executive producer, Horia Stoicanu – co-author, Gheorghe Emanuel – programming and keyboards, Relu Bitulescu – drums, Eugen Caminschi – guitar, Marius Batu – acoustic guitar.
Mircea Vintila is one of the most renowned folk artists in the country. His songs are very melodious and the lines are carefully chosen. The Pasarea Colibri band will turn 8 this year. The four members created a new way to artistically express themselves.
Mircea Baniciu, Mircea Vintila, Vlady Cnejevici and Florian Pittis offered over the years good entertainment to the audience. Their latest album is called “Cantece de bivuac” (Bivouac songs) and it was launched last year.
The album is not just shockingly good but is also the definition of the band. They preach freedom as an art form and they do it professionally. People love them and I suspect that some of the success enjoyed by the four as a band will rub on Mircea Baniciu as a solo singer.