Crazy Loop

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Crazy Loop

Background information
Origin	Moldova
Genre(s)	Dance, Pop, Rock
Years active	2007–Present
Label(s)	Mediapro Music
Associated acts	O-Zone
Website	Official website
Members
Dan Bălan

Crazy Loop is a character created (as his alter ego) by Dan Bălan, former leader of the band O-zone. The character has been introduced to the world with the song "Crazy Loop (Mm Ma Ma)". The video, directed by Marc Klasfeld, was filmed in Los Angeles, CA and released throughout Europe the week of October 15, 2007.

1 The Story
2 Discography
- 2.1 Albums
- 2.2 Singles
3 Charts
4 External links

[edit] The Story

The character, Crazy Loop, was designed to be a completely separate alter ego, possibly to separate Dan's new line of Eurodance influenced music from his previous Rock/Pop records, such as "Dragostea Din Tei" and "Sugar Tunes Numa Numa." The character appears to be typically upbeat as is the style of most Eurodance singers/groups, and expresses a style of dance that while appropriate for an Eurodance hit, is unique and original to the character.

The website Crazy-Loop.com offers the following background information to define the character:

He was born in Moldova, in a small village called Trebujeni. His father was a wedding singer and his mother was working on a farm. His real name was Grigorie Armasaru but everyone called him Grisha... until one day... It was the summer of 1985. The Italo-Disco phenomenon was growing in Moldova. His father, Ion, was performing a lot of Italo-Disco hits at weddings. Grisha was crazy about that music. One day his father took him to see him perform. Everybody knew Grisha as a very timid and shy boy but when his father started to sing "Vamos a la playa" by Regheira, something unexplainable happened to Grisha. He jumped on the table and started to dance like crazy, with moves that no one saw before. He looked like an alien for those times and to those village people. So they called him "Nebunul", meaning "The Crazy". He was the weird kid with a big dream. Wearing all kind of weird stuff and saying that one day he would be a big star. At the age of 27 he read in a newspaper that the well-known producer Dan Balan announced an audition for his new project. "This is my chance" Grisha thought and he came to Chisinau, the capital of Moldova. No one can explain what Grisha did at that audition but it was very impressive. Dan Balan had other plans but after seeing "Nebunul", he had plenty of new ideas. "What's your name?", asked Dan. "Grisha, but everybody calls me 'Nebunul'" "Nebunul? good nickname, you look like crazy", Dan laughed. "They're gonna call you Crazy... Crazy Loop".[1]

The story appears to be a manipulation of Dan's own history, edited as to explain the seemingly wild behavior of his newest character.