Akcent

Fiecare poveste are un început. Mai greu sau mai usor, acest început defineste în linii mari, calea ce trebuie urmata….

Povestea frumoasa, numita Akcent a început în anul 2001. Personajele principale ale povestii sunt: Adrian, Marius, Mihai si Sorin, patru tineri uniti de MUZICA.

Adrian Sana

Nascut sub semnul Berbecului, pe data de 18 aprilie 1977 in orasul Baia Mare, Adi pastreaza caracteristicile definitorii ale zodiei: adica perseverenta si pasiunea. Cel mai adanc inradacinata in viata lui este muzica, dealtfel acesta fiind motivul pentru care a lucrat ca DJ la un post de radio cu traditie (“Extrem de putine sunt momentele din zi in care nu ascult muzica si acelea mi se par cele mai nesuferite si lungi!”).

Muzica si actoria sunt cele doua mari pasiuni ale lui Adi, si se pare ca le impaca pe amandoua foarte bine. Student la ATF, sectia Actorie, Adi incearca sa petreaca cat mai mult timp la scoala, fiind un student ca oricare altul.

Mihai Gruia

Cand s-au lansat in muzica era boboc, in primul an la Spiru Haret, Jurnalism si Filosofie, si iata ca la lansarea celui mai nou album Akcent, e aproape om serios, jurnalist cu diploma in mana.

Mihai considera ca in viata sunt importante comunicarea si obiectivitatea. A practicat multe sporturi ca inot, rugby, judo si fotbal dar s-a lasat de toate, caci mama sa l-a convins sa-si inceapa cariera de model. Ajuns in trupa Akcent prin activitatile lui legate de modelling, Mihai a renuntat acum de tot la activitatile legate de catwalk, dedicandu-se total muzicii, din acelasi motiv a renuntat si la sporturile pe care le practica, facandu-si timp acum doar de exercitii de intretinere. Desi este cel mai tanar membru al grupului, stie sa discute despre aproape orice subiect cu aproape oricine. Din primele clipe in care il cunosti, te impresioneaza placut franchetea sa!

Sorin Brotnei

Este din Baia Mare si a venit in Bucuresti pentru a urma cursurile Facultatii de Arte Plastice (sectia Ceramica, Sticla & Metal!). O vreme a facut modelling si chiar ar fi putut face o cariera remarcabila, daca n-ar fi fost muzica. A reprezentat imaginea Radio 21. A facut prezentari pentru Doina Levinta, Pierre Cardin si a aparut in spoturi pentru Dialog si Sony. Crede in Dumnezeu si incearca sa citeasca din Biblie in fiecare seara!

Sorin se declara impatimit de muzica, filme,moda si fotografie.

Primul capitol a inceput cu succesul piesei « Ti-am promis » in iarna lui 2001 si a continuat cu aparitia albumului « In Culori » la inceputul anului 2002. Masura succesului albumului « În culori » a fost data de Discul de Aur primit la numai trei saptamâni dupa aparitia albumului, precum si a celui de Platina cateva luni mai tarziu. In acelasi timp, succesul Akcent a devenit un fenomen la nivel national, isteria fanilor demonstrand acest lucru. La toate acestea o contributie importanta a avut-o Marius Moga, compozitorul primelor hituri Akcent : « Ti-am promis », « Prima Iubire », « In culori » si « Cel mai dulce cadou ».

Urmatoarea parte a primului capitol a fost scrisa in 2003 odata cu lansarea celui de-al doilea album semnat Akcent, « 100 BPM », ce a demonstrat tuturor ca Akcent nu este o « trupa de-o vara ». « Buchet de trandafiri » a fost hitul ce a readus Akcent in fruntea clasamentelor si o intrebare din partea fanilor ce nu a ramas fara raspuns: De ce albumul se numeste « 100 BPM »? Pentru ca acesta este ritmul inimii în timpul unui sarut pasional si pentru ca acest album este o declaratie de dragoste. Din partea baietilor pentru fanii lor. Hitul « Suflet Pereche » o demonstreaza !

Povestea continua in 2004 cu un nou album ce aduce publicului o schimbare de stil muzical in piesele Akcent. « Poveste de viata » este numele albumului lansat in luna mai 2004 si aduce doua hituri : « Poveste de viata » si « Spune-mi (Hey Baby !) ».

In anul 2005 la povestea Akcent se adauga noi paragrafe, despre albumul « S.O.S. », al carui single « Dragoste de închiriat » a ocupat pozitii fruntase in topurile romanesti. Varianta în limba engleza a aceleiasi melodii, « Kylie », a dechis portile Europei pentru muzica celor patru baieti. Dupa debutul international al piesei din mijlocul verii cand Radio Slam FM din Olanda a prezentat-o ca fiind un viitor succes european, « Kylie » a ocupat primele pozitii în clasamentele din Olanda, Belgia, tarile Scandinave, Franta, Ucraina, Grecia, Turcia si Bulgaria.

Succesul international s-a materializat in anul 2006 pin primirea premiului BEST GROUP in cadrul MTV Music Awards, premiul fiindu-le inmanat de fetele de la Sugabebes

Succesul international, precum si dovezile de afectiune ale fanilor din România, i-au motivat pe baieti, astfel ca la inceputul anului 2006 apare PRIMUL CAPITOL, un album special ce marcheaza inca un moment important în istoria Akcent, primele piese compuse 100 % de componentii trupei : « JoKero » si « 9 Mai ». Succesul câstigat în tara si strainatate nu i-a facut sa isi piarda capul si au ramas în aceeasi componenta timp de cinci ani, uniti de dragostea pentru muzica si pentru fanii lor.

In anul 2007 Akcent au lansat un nou album “King of Disco”. “King Of Dico” a fost primul single lansat de pe acest album, videoclipul fiind un omagiu divei Madonna, regizorul incercand sa recreeze atmosfera catorva videoclipuri ale divei. Insasi Modaonna apare in videoclip, cu tinuta din videoclipul “Hung Up”. “King Of Disco” a fost taimp de cateva saptamani cea mai difuzata piesa de catre radiourile romanesti si incet incet a cucerit si restul Europei. Cele de-al doilea single lansat de pe acest album a fost “Let’s Just Talk About It”, o balada care vorbeste despre dragoste sivorbe nespuse la timp. Videoclipul, a reecreat atmosfera anilor ‘70 si a fost filmat la malul marii, in orasul Constanta. Filmarea a avut in mai multe locatii din Constanta, echipa fiind nevoita de cateva ori sa opreasca filmarea din cauza fanilor deslantuiti.
Akcent si-a petrecut aproape intreaga vara 2007 in Polonia avand numerose evenimente in intreaga tara si intalnindu-se cu fanii. In afara de Polonia, baietii de la Akcent au avut numeroase concerte in Rusia si nordul Europei.

Akcent se numara printre trupele cu cele mai multe accesari video pe youtube si cu cea mai accesata pagina myspace.

2008 a reprezentat un de schimbare pentru trupa Akcent; dupa sase DISCURI DE AUR si PLATINA, numerose hit-uri in Romania si in alte tari, albume lansate in Polonia, Rusia, Scandivia, etc, mii de concerte, fan cluburi in toata Europa, trupa a trecut printr-o schimbare majora in aprilie 2008 cad Marius a decis sa isi implineasca visul de a avea cariera solo.

Adi, Mihai, Marius si Sorin au fost de-a lungul anilor mai mult decat colegi de scena, ci prieteni, asa ca dorinta lui Marius de a avea o cariera solo a fost sustinuta de restul baietilor.

In Polonia, cateva concerte fusesera deja angajate, asa ca din respect pentru fani, trupa a decis sa coopeteze un nou membru, Corneliu, student la Academia de Film.

Pentru ca AKCENT inseamna un standard cei patru Adi, Corneliu, Mihai si Sorin au inceput sa lucreze in studio la un nou single. In acelasi timp au continut seria de concerte in Europa, Asia iar in august cand programul devenise mult prea incarcat, afectandu-i studiile, Corneliu a decis sa paraseasca trupa in favoarea carierei de actor.

Septembrie 2008 a insemnat un nou inceput pentru trupa Akcent care au lansat un nou album, single-urile alese sa il promoveze fiind “Lovers Cry” si “Stay With Me” ambele piese fiind inregistrate in studioul lui Adrian, impreuna cu Mihai si Sorin. Videoclipul primului single a fost filmat in Bucuresti in prima zi a lunii octombrie. Noul album intitulat “Fara Lacrimi” a fost lansat in 2009. Pentru noul album, din dorinta de a nu-si dezamagii fanii, cei trei au lucrat aproape un an. Albumul contine 12 piese, tema principala fiind dragostea in diverse fome asa ca titlul “Fara lacrimi” e oarecum natural, cei trei crezand in dragoste, in ei insisi, in fanii lor in prietenie.

Primul single “Stay With Me” a fost un suces enorm in Romania clasandu-se pe locul intai in Nielsn Airplay Chart, barometrul audientelor radio tv, timp de 4 saptamani. Cel de-al doilea single “That’s My Name” a fost lansat in martie 2009 si a fost unul din hit-urile verii.

Si asa povestea de succes numita AKCENT continua!!

English Version

Formed in 2001, Akcent is at the moment the number one boy band in Romania. Their debut album – In culori (In Bright Colours) – reached Gold and Platinum in a very short time from its release in January 2001.

In 2003 the boys make their big comeback with a new album: 100 BPM. The title of the album has a special meaning, as 100 BPM is the rhythm of the heart during a kiss. The first single from 100 BPM was Buchet de trandafiri (Rose Bouquet) and the next one being a ballad – Suflet pereche (Soul Mate).

2004 meant for Akcent the year that brought them a contract with Media Records Italy-the home of Gigi D’agostino. Their song Azi plang numai eu (I’m the only one crying today) is now on the very successful international compilation released by Gigi D’agostino called “Benessere”.

Their third album relased in Romania was also a success. The single Poveste de viata (Life story) reached high places in the charts.

Dragoste de inchiriat, the first single from their 2005 LP, has blown away Romanian charts. And hasn’t stopped at Romanian borders, but took over many European territories such as The Netherlands, France, Scandinavia, Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria with the English version, “Kylie”.

In more many countries on the continent new websites dedicated to Akcent were created by hundreds of fans. From Netherlands, Sweden, Ukraine, Germany, Finland, France, Spain and not only those, the fans can exchange opinions about Adi, Sorin, Marius and Mihai, even on the band’s official webpage.

The international debut album of Akcent was titled “French Kiss with Kylie”, included the hits “Kylie”, “JoKero” and “French Kiss” and was released all over Europe in the end of summer 2006. The album also included two ballads written by none other than Nicole Formescu, famous for the hits she wrote in the past for the boy super group Blue. Nicole visited Romania once again after many years to meet the guys and record “I Swear” and “4 Seasons In One Day”.

After conquering Europe, Akcent came back home to record new songs and were surprised to find out that they’ve won the “Best Group” award in MTV’s Romanian Music Awards 2006, the bigger surprise being the guest star who handed the award, namely none other than the three foxy girls of SUGABABES.

St Petersburg, Moscow and Siberia were one by one taken by storm by Akcent’s superhits late 2006, consequently the guys spending much time traveling around Russia and spending Christmas in beautiful Moscow.

Time to get back home and finish the recordings for a new album released early 2007, an album created as a tribute to disco music from the ‘80s. “King of disco” was the first single and title of the album, the video being shot in Bucharest and meant to be a tribute to Madonna’s “Open Your Heart” video. Madonna herself was portrayed in the video, with her “Hung Up” outfit. “King of disco” was the king of Romanian dance floors for several weeks and intoxicated fans all over Europe. The second single off this album was “Let’s Talk About It”, a mid-tempo track with lyrics speaking of relationships. The back-to-70’s video was shot in Romania’s biggest sea-side city, Constanta. The actual shooting took place in many locations and the entire filming crew was forced to stop the shootings for a couple of times due to insistent fans interfering. A few days later on youtube one could see many short movies made by fans from the actual filming of the video.
Akcent spent most of the 2007 summer in Poland with many gigs all over the country, meeting fans whom they talked to before via internet. Besides Poland, Akcent were also touring again in Russia and Northern Europe. MTV Russia even followed the guys for more days in order to shoot an all-Akcent documentary which they broadcasted several times due to fans’ demand.

Akcent is the Romanian band with the most watched videos on youtube and most accessed myspace page. Adi, Marius, Mihai and Sorin succeeded to conquer those who accessed the site www.youtube.com with the videos “Kylie”, “Fench Kiss” and “King of Disco”. “King of Disco” and “French Kiss” were both watched by more than one million viewers, “Kylie” being not far behind. On myspace Akcent gathered already more than 40.000 fans who accessed their page.

2008 represented a year of change for the most popular boy band from Romania. After six gold and platinum albums, several no 1 hits in Romania and other countries, more albums released in Poland, Russia, Scandinavia and more, thousands of concerts, fan clubs all around Europe, the band went through a major change in April 2008 when Marius decided to fulfill his dream to have a solo career.

More than colleagues, the four guys are very good friends so, Adi, Mihai and Sorin decided to encourage Marius in his decision of a solo career, but wanted also to continue the AKCENT dream started in 2001.

In Poland a few concerts were already booked, so in order to respect all their fans, the band decided to coop in the band a new member, Corneliu, student at the film academy and a former member of a Romanian boy-band.

Adi, Corneliu, Mihai and Sorin started to work hard in the studio on new songs to present the perfect single to their fans and not disappoint them. At the same time they continued with a full concert schedule in Europe and Asia and in August, as the schedule became too busy and was interfering with his studies, Corneliu decided to follow his acting dream and quit the band.

In September 2008, AKCENT was off to a new start with three members and a new album from which first singles were chosen, “Lovers Cry” and “Stay With Me”.

Both songs were recorded in Adrian’s own studio together with Mihai and Sorin. The video to the first single was shot in Bucharest in the first day of October. The new album called “FARA LACRMI’ was released in 2009. For the new album, Adi, Mihai ans Sorin worked in studio about one year. The album has twelve diferent tracks that talk about love in various forms, so it`s title is somehow natural “Fara Lacrimi/ Without tears” because the three of them believe in love, in them, in theirs fans, in friendship. The first single “Stay With Me” was a huge succes in Romania beeing no1 in Nilesen for four weeks.

‘That`s My Name” the second single was released in March 2009 and promises to be one of the HITS of summer 2009.

And so the beautiful story named AKCENT continues.