SunStroke Project

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SunStroke Project
Sunstroke Project & Olia Tira, ESC 2010.jpg
General information
Genre (s) House , dance-pop , electro , pop
founding 2008
Website http://www.sunstrokeproject.com
Current occupation
singing
 Serghei Ialovițchii
saxophone
 Serghei Stepanov
violin
 Anton Ragoza
former members
singing
 Pasha Parfeny (until 2009)

SunStroke Projekt (also spelled "Sunstroke Project" or "Sun Stroke Project") is a Moldovan band founded in 2008 . The formation classifies itself as house music and combines singing with violin and saxophone interludes in their English-language songs . The band has given concerts in over 30 European cities and 40 clubs. Together with the singer Olia Tira she represented Moldova at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo , in 2017 she represented her country again at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kiev with the song Hey Mamma . With the song they made a significant improvement in contrast to 2010, where they landed in 22nd place, and took third place.

Band history

The formation was founded in 2008 in Chișinău by violinist Anton Ragoza and saxophonist Serghei Stepanov. Ragoza, who had attended the music college with honors, met Stepanov in the army orchestra. The band name SunStroke Project is derived from a corresponding experience from Ragoza's army days, when he was asked to cut trees with other comrades in the summer.

Together with the singer Pasha Parfeny , the formation took part in the Moldovan preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) in Moscow in 2009 . Before that, they had established themselves in the Ukrainian and Moldovan club scenes. When singer Nelly Ciobanu won , SunStroke Project took third place with the title No Crime .

In 2010, SunStroke Project entered the English language song Run Away again in the Moldovan preliminary round of the ESC. Parfeny had been replaced by the singer Serghei Ialovițchii. The solo artist Olia Tira also joined the band, which the year before had achieved fourth place just behind SunStroke Project. The Eurodance title with techno rhythms - sung by Serghei Ialovițchii and Tira and backed by Ragoza's violin and Stepanov's saxophone interludes - reached the final on March 6, 2010 after two semi-finals with a total of thirty starters. There the formation "SunStroke Project & Olia Tira" received the maximum number of points from the jury and a telephone vote and prevailed against 13 competitors.

SunStroke Project and Olia Tira competed with the song Run Away at the 55th Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo on May 25, 2010 in the first semi-finals. They managed to qualify for the final four days later. SunStroke Project and Olia Tira took 22nd place out of 25 starters.

With the Electro - House -Song Hey mom Sunstroke Project took part in the 2017 re-Moldovan preselection for the ESC. After a close vote, she reached first place and is allowed to compete in the 62nd Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev. They managed to get third place for Moldova . This was the first time that Moldova reached third place at the ESC.

Ragoza counts Justin Timberlake among his role models, Stepanov counts the Russian jazz saxophonist Igor Butman and Serghei Ialovițchii Michael Jackson .

Discography

SunStroke Project at ESC 2017
SunStroke Project at ESC 2017
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Hey mom
  DE 52 05/19/2017 (1 week)
  AT 27 05/26/2017 (1 week)
  CH 55 05/21/2017 (1 week)

Albums

  • 2007: Dont 'Word More ..

EPs

  • 2015: Don't Touch the Classics, Vol. 1
  • 2015: Don't Touch the Classics, Vol. 2

Singles

  • 2010: Run Away (feat. Olia Tira )
  • 2010: Sax U Up
  • 2010: Rain
  • 2011: Walking in the Rain
  • 2012: Superman
  • 2013: party
  • 2013: Walking in the Rain
  • 2014: Cupid
  • 2014: Sunshine
  • 2015: Not Giving It Up
  • 2016: Day After Day
  • 2016: Dam Dam Dam
  • 2016: Maria Juana
  • 2016: Lonely
  • 2016: Home
  • 2017: Hey mom
  • 2017: Sun Gets Down
  • 2018: I Want You
  • 2018: Armor
  • 2019: DFMM

Guest Posts

  • 2011: Bad Girls (with Olia Tira)
  • 2013: Go On (with Jucătoru)
  • 2014: азорву мечты (with Mila Kulikova)

Internet memes

Around a short saxophone solo by Serghei Stepanov during the contribution to the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, a lively fan base developed on the Internet, which celebrated the scene as the "Epic Sax Guy" and recognized it with numerous remixes, iPhone and Android apps.

As a result of the second appearance at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 and a renewed saxophone performance by Stepanov, the interest in the Internet meme reached its peak in May 2017. According to knowyourmeme.com, Stepanov is now celebrated as the "Ultra Sax Guy" and honored in numerous videos that let his solos run in a loop or juxtapose both appearances.

Web links

Commons : SunStroke Project  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. Interview with SunStroke Project & Olia Tira (Moldova) at youtube.com (accessed on May 30, 2010, 2:15 min)
  2. ↑ cf. Profile at eurovision.tv (English; accessed May 30, 2010)
  3. ↑ a b cf. Portrait at eurovision.de (accessed May 30, 2010)
  4. ↑ cf. Brey, Marco: Sun Stroke Project & Olia Tira for Moldova! at eurovision.tv, March 6, 2010 (accessed May 30, 2010)
  5. ↑ Bogdan Honciuc: Moldova: Sunstroke Project returns to national selection with "Hey Mamma" | wiwibloggs. January 17, 2017. Retrieved February 11, 2017 .
  6. ↑ cf. Interview with SunStroke Project & Olia Tira (Moldova) at youtube.com (accessed on May 30, 2010, 4:55 min)
  7. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH
  8. ↑ Epic Sax Guy on "Know Your Meme"
  9. ↑ Google Trends. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on May 30, 2017 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / trends.google.de  
  10. ↑ Epic Sax Guy . In: Know Your Meme . ( knowyourmeme.com [accessed May 30, 2017]).