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n recording house, part of the Media PRO Group. Launched in 1997, it became integrated business of the Radio Company PRO in 2006. Between the main label and its sub-labels (Acasa Music, Special Projects, MPM Artists and Folklore), most music genres are covered, ranging from rock and pop, to dance, Latin, traditional folk, and children music. Moreover, the company is also involved in event planning (concerts, promotion tours, autograph sessions, press conferences) and publishing activities.
Romania
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n recording house, part of the Media PRO Group. Launched in 1997, it became integrated business of the Radio Company PRO in 2006. Between the main label and its sub-labels (Acasa Music, Special Projects, MPM Artists and Folklore), most music genres are covered, ranging from rock and pop, to dance, Latin, traditional folk, and children music. Moreover, the company is also involved in event planning (concerts, promotion tours, autograph sessions, press conferences) and publishing activities.
Artists and projects
- LoredanaLoredana GrozaLoredana Groza is a Romanian pop singer. Singer, actress, TV hostess and mother, Loredana began her career in the city of Oneşti. She alternated music styles in order to show her wide talents...
, who had songs ranked number one in the most important TV and radio tops. - 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...
, founded in 1983, rose from underground status to fame in 1991. - CargoCargo (band)Cargo is a well known Romanian Heavy Metal band from Timişoara, founded by guitarist Adrian Bărar in 1985.-Biography:Two of the current members are from Arad - Adrian Igrişan and Octavian Pilan , one is from Hunedoara - Cristian Pup and another one is from Deva - Alin Achim - but they are all...
, active since 1985, who won the MTV award for "Best Rock Band" two years in a row, and received a double Golden Disc for record holder sales. - Keo (singer), a pop singer with FrenchFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
influences. - Analia Selis, Latin singer born and raised in ArgentinaArgentinaArgentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
, won third place at the International Golden Stag FestivalGolden Stag FestivalThe Golden Stag Festival is an annual international music festival held in Braşov, Romania. The main organiser is Televiziunea Română, Romania's state-run television network. The festival has two main components: an international contest and guest performances by both Romanian and foreign stars...
of the city of BraşovBrasovBrașov is a city in Romania and the capital of Brașov County.According to the last Romanian census, from 2002, there were 284,596 people living within the city of Brașov, making it the 8th most populated city in Romania....
in 2004, and released two albums in Romania so far. - TalismanTalisman (band)Talisman was a Swedish hard rock band characterized by an international melodic/powerful sound.-1980s - Getting together:Talisman was formed by bass player Marcel Jacob, who had previously played with Rising Force, John Norum Group and Power.While Jacob was playing with John Norum, he started...
, founded in 1996. - VankVankVank or VANK may refer to:*VANK, the Voluntary Agency Network of Korea, a South Korean internet website*Vank , the Armenian language word for a cathedral...
, a pop-rock band trying to adapt BritpopBritpopBritpop is a subgenre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom. Britpop emerged from the British independent music scene of the early 1990s and was characterised by bands influenced by British guitar pop music of the 1960s and 1970s...
to Romanian musical tastes. - Alb Negru, a boy duo singing in RomanianRomanian languageRomanian Romanian Romanian (or Daco-Romanian; obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; self-designation: română, limba română ("the Romanian language") or românește (lit. "in Romanian") is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova...
and FrenchFrench languageFrench is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, with danceDance musicDance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
, rhythm and bluesRhythm and bluesRhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
, and reggaeReggaeReggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
influences. - SpinSpin (band)Spin is an industrial metal band from the Maltese Islands. The band was originally formed by Martin Ciappara and Simon Deguara in 1999 who released the first demo CD named Pead. The style started taking a more electronic and industrial form later on, with Eric Mangion joining in on samples, Richard...
, a pop-rock, five-element band with a female vocalist.
- Acasă Music, a sub-label developed especially for the projects of the Acasă TV artists, such as Adela PopescuAdela PopescuAdela Popescu is a Romanian actress and singer.-Early life:Adela Popescu was born in the poor village of Susani; she was a normal girl but become famous when she gained a role in the first Romanian soap opera Numai Iubirea . She had good acting skills so the producers decided to give her a role as...
, Nicoleta Luciu and Lucian Viziru.
- Folk music, represented by Maria Cirneci and Ileana Ciuculete.
- Cutiuţa Muzicală, a collection of songs written for children and played by well-known Romanian artists. This project was funded through the albums Cutiuţa muzicală – cântece de leagăn and Cutiuţa cu poveşti.