专辑简介

FFN is one of the bands that came into public conscience in Romania in the 1970s. Having begun attracting attention while playing in concert, they showcased their talent through the release of some very successful singles followed by the appearance of three albums in the period 1975-1980.

A short history of FFN begins with the year 1971. They began working together in “Club A”, a student Architecture Club in Bucharest . Each of the members came from other well-known rock bands, and their coming together signaled the creation of a “super group”. It was a happy coincidence, maybe also because the ‘super group’ was fashionable at the time, in the early 70s. The initial members were: Cristi Madolciu – lead singer, guitar, percussion (coming from Sfera and Dynacord), Florin Dumitru – drums (Modern Group, Phoenix and Mondial), Doru Donciu (vocals, flute (Coral), Gabi Litvin – lead guitar, vocals (Barzii and Mondial), Silviu Olaru – bass guitar (Grup 22 and Andantino) and Radu Stoica – vocals (Mondial), Serban Bolintineanu – keyboards (Grup 22 and Dynacord). Right at the very beginning of their formation, Radu Stoica and Serban Bolintineanu left the new band. Thus a five-member FFN band was to be a magic formula from the first album “Zece Pasi” until 1978. In-between the second album “Zi cu Zi” and the third, “Un Joc”, one other change occurred. Doru Donciu left and was replaced by Marcel Navala – vocals, bass guitar (Modern Grup and Romanticii). Silviu then switched over to the second lead guitar. The third album represented another shift in dynamics. Florin Dumitru and Marcel Navala departed from the band and another member joined the core FFN – Lucian Rusu – on drums. Silviu then switched back to bass guitar.

For many years now, Silviu, Gabi and Cristi have been established in the city of Toronto. Marcel Navala now lives in Philadelphia, Lucian Rusu in Ottawa and, sadly, Florin Dumitru passed away almost six years ago in Los Angeles.

FFN, after much hard work during countless weekends, have succeeded in creating a new album, “In Blue Jeans”, which is the same title as one of the numbers on the CD. The song “In Blue Jeans” was initially recorded in 1973 and has been a revelation, because today it has been recreated with modern sound technology. This album contains new material: of the 16 songs, 8 are in Romanian, 6 in English and two are instrumental. The album was produced and recorded integrally by Silviu Olaru and Cristian Madolciu in two studios in Toronto. The mixing and mastering of the album took place in a third studio, Silverbirch Productions. Collaborators on the new album include Gabi Litvin, and Marius and Vincentiu Dumitrescu.FFN plays melodic rock and thier website is www.ffnmusic.com.