Florin Barbu
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Florin Barbu was the bass guitar
player from Romanian band Proconsul. He was also one of the founding members of Blazzaj
.
on the route Sibiu, Mediaş
, Reşiţa
at the medicine school, but after 3 years he dropped out to pursue music.
In 1994 he joined the band Arca from Timişoara solely because there were no other bass guitarists available. His skills were not as developed as those of the other Arca members, but he studied hard in order not to be kicked out from the band. Two years later he received "The best Romanian bass guitarist of the year" Award from the magazines "Vox Pop Rock" and "Panoramic".
In 1996 with his friend Eddie Neumann, he started a project called FunkinLeFree
which in 1998 was re-named Blazzaj
. After that in 2001 he joined Timpuri Noi
and Partizan
. He also collaborated with A.G. Weinberger (2001), Big Mamou (2001) and since 2002 has been Proconsul's bass player.
He had live collaborations with Endless Zone, Electric Brother, Stepan Project, Brigada Artistică Urbană (B.A.U), Mike Peterson, Florin Chilian and many others.
Florin was strongly influenced by Timişoara's bassists Dixie Krauser, Christian Podratzky, Josef Kappl
and many other musicians who helped him to evolve as a musician.
In 2004 he started "XBass" - an online community meant to help young bassists in their way. The community grew to be very active and occasionally organizes meetings.
In 2009 Florin Barbu decides to leave Bucharest, and moved to Sibiu
. He left the pop rock band - Proconsul as well, and started playing with former Blazzaj member - Eddie Neumann and with Luiza Zan.
He is a Warwick Endorsing Artist.
Amps:
Cabinets:
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
player from Romanian band Proconsul. He was also one of the founding members of Blazzaj
Blazzaj
Blazzaj is a Romanian Acid Jazz band founded in 1996 by Eddie Neumann and Florin Barbu as FunkinLeFree. Since August 1998 the band is known as Blazzaj...
.
Biography
Florin started playing bass guitar at the age of 14 after he loaned his bike to a neighbour who had a bass guitar. He arrived in TimişoaraTimisoara
Timișoara is the capital city of Timiș County, in western Romania. One of the largest Romanian cities, with an estimated population of 311,586 inhabitants , and considered the informal capital city of the historical region of Banat, Timișoara is the main social, economic and cultural center in the...
on the route Sibiu, Mediaş
Medias
Mediaș is the second largest city in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania.-Geographic location:Mediaș is located in the middle basin of Târnava Mare River, at 39 km from Sighișoara and 41 km from Blaj. The health resort Bazna, officially recognized for the first time in 1302, is...
, Reşiţa
Resita
' is a city in western Romania and the capital of Caraş-Severin County, in the Banat region. Its 2004 population was 83,985.- Etymology :The name of Reşiţa, might comes from the Latin recitia, meaning "cold spring", as the great historian Nicolae Iorga once suggested, presuming that the Romans...
at the medicine school, but after 3 years he dropped out to pursue music.
In 1994 he joined the band Arca from Timişoara solely because there were no other bass guitarists available. His skills were not as developed as those of the other Arca members, but he studied hard in order not to be kicked out from the band. Two years later he received "The best Romanian bass guitarist of the year" Award from the magazines "Vox Pop Rock" and "Panoramic".
In 1996 with his friend Eddie Neumann, he started a project called FunkinLeFree
Blazzaj
Blazzaj is a Romanian Acid Jazz band founded in 1996 by Eddie Neumann and Florin Barbu as FunkinLeFree. Since August 1998 the band is known as Blazzaj...
which in 1998 was re-named Blazzaj
Blazzaj
Blazzaj is a Romanian Acid Jazz band founded in 1996 by Eddie Neumann and Florin Barbu as FunkinLeFree. Since August 1998 the band is known as Blazzaj...
. After that in 2001 he joined Timpuri Noi
Timpuri Noi
-History:Timpuri Noi was formed in 1980, and remained an underground act up to 1991. This was mainly due to what was perceived as "subversive lyrical content" in the Ceauşescu era. Incidentally, the name derives from a cliché of the period: its literal meaning is "New Times" , used to signify...
and Partizan
Partizan
Partizan is the Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian, and Slovene term for a partisan. It is usually used in those languages to denote a member of the World War II resistance movement, the Yugoslav Partisans, which are always mentioned in those languages without the adjective "Yugoslav", i.e...
. He also collaborated with A.G. Weinberger (2001), Big Mamou (2001) and since 2002 has been Proconsul's bass player.
He had live collaborations with Endless Zone, Electric Brother, Stepan Project, Brigada Artistică Urbană (B.A.U), Mike Peterson, Florin Chilian and many others.
Florin was strongly influenced by Timişoara's bassists Dixie Krauser, Christian Podratzky, Josef Kappl
Josef Kappl
Josef Kappl is a former bass player of the Romanian rock band Phoenix. He was born in Petrila. He graduated from the Music Conservatory in Timişoara. He also played the violin and the flute with Phoenix . He is also a former member of the German rock band Lake.-External links:...
and many other musicians who helped him to evolve as a musician.
In 2004 he started "XBass" - an online community meant to help young bassists in their way. The community grew to be very active and occasionally organizes meetings.
In 2009 Florin Barbu decides to leave Bucharest, and moved to Sibiu
Sibiu
Sibiu is a city in Transylvania, Romania with a population of 154,548. Located some 282 km north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles the Cibin River, a tributary of the river Olt...
. He left the pop rock band - Proconsul as well, and started playing with former Blazzaj member - Eddie Neumann and with Luiza Zan.
He is a Warwick Endorsing Artist.
Discography
- 1998 - Blazzaj with BlazzajBlazzajBlazzaj is a Romanian Acid Jazz band founded in 1996 by Eddie Neumann and Florin Barbu as FunkinLeFree. Since August 1998 the band is known as Blazzaj...
- 2001 - Undeva in Europa with Stepan Project
- 2001 - Lucky Nights live with Timpuri NoiTimpuri Noi-History:Timpuri Noi was formed in 1980, and remained an underground act up to 1991. This was mainly due to what was perceived as "subversive lyrical content" in the Ceauşescu era. Incidentally, the name derives from a cliché of the period: its literal meaning is "New Times" , used to signify...
- 2003 - Macadam with Blazzaj (First 2 tracks of the album)
- 2003 - 10 povesti with Proconsul
- 2005 - 5 with Proconsul
- 2005 - 10 porunci with Florin Chilian
- 2005 - Trancefusion with Endless Zone
- 2006 - Balade Pentru Tine with Proconsul
- 2007 - Dă Mai Departe with Proconsul
- 2009 - Sens Unic with Proconsul
Equipment
Bass:- WarwickWarwick (bass guitar)-Overview:Warwick basses were originally a premium brand offering a small range of models built from high quality and exotic tonewoods with 'Neck-through' design...
Streamer Stage II (5 strings) - WarwickWarwick (bass guitar)-Overview:Warwick basses were originally a premium brand offering a small range of models built from high quality and exotic tonewoods with 'Neck-through' design...
Custom Shop Streamer Stage II (5 strings)
Amps:
- Warwick Hellborg preamp and Mono Power 50
Cabinets:
- 2x WCA 411 PRO
- WCA 611 PRO
- WCA 211 PRO
- WCA 811 ND
- WCA 115 ND
- WCA 411 ND