Zdob si Zdub

Zdob ┼[]i Zdub is a Moldovan band, based in Chi┼[]in─[]u, whose work for the last several years has combined elements of hip-hop (especially sampling), hardcore punk and comical lyrics with traditional Romanian folk music. The name is onomatopoeic for the sound of a drum beat. In English the name is sometimes rendered "Zdob shi Zdub," and this is how their work is catalogued at iTunes and elsewhere. The band represented Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 in Kiev, Ukraine, on May 21, 2005, finishing 6th. It also represented Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in D├╝sseldorf, Germany, on May 14, 2011, finishing 12th.