Muzica de mahala of Romania

·         The muzica de mahala emerged during the early 80s, in Banar region, as a counteraction to the omnipresent folk Romanian traditional music. The modern pattern supported influence of the Serbia pop music and was restricted by the communist administration because it was connected with the low ethics and culture. This current employed instruments from pop music like bass guitar, drums, electric guitar, and synthesizers in replacing of the traditional instruments from lautareasca music like cimbalom and, in some incident, for violin and accordion. After the Romania revolt from the end of the 1989, this genre began to disappear out, which become almost nonexistent in the middle of the 90s. This music is not often meant as Proto-Manele because it has represented a model for other renowned pattern, known as Manele which appeared at the end of the 90s, few years later the fading of muzica de mahala. Representative maha ensembles include Azur (vocalist: Nelu Vlad) - the first band to use electronic beats, (vocalist: Cezar Duţu a.k.a. Cezarică), Odeon (vocalist: Costel Geambaşu), Real B (vocalist: Cristian Rizescu), Tomis Junior (from Galați) Albatros (vocalist: Iolanda Cristea a.k.a. Naste din Berceni), and Generic (vocalist: Dan Ciotoi), Miracol C.