“Round Dance is the first album of the Romanian-born, Nederlands-based singer Marta Popovici, bringing a modern jazz sound, infused with soul, trip-hop, nu-jazz, R&B, fusion and electronica. The album is named after the Round Dance suite, a four-part journey that is a unique endeavour in the contemporary Romanian musical landscape. Round Dance presents the same love story of a couple from 4 different perspectives, each part being another take on the same events. Evoking emotions such as calm, serenity, anger, confusion, longing and surrender, the album is sometimes confrontational, sometimes soothing and always vulnerable.”

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Round Dance is the first album of Romanian band Marta Popovici & On The Fly, bringing together our love for improvisation and my love for words and storytelling. All of the members' musical influences give birth to a modern jazz sound, infused with soul, trip-hop, nu-jazz, R&B, fusion and electronica. The album is named after the Round

Round Dance is the first album of Romanian band Marta Popovici & On The Fly, bringing together our love for improvisation and my love for words and storytelling. All of the members' musical influences give birth to a modern jazz sound, infused with soul, trip-hop, nu-jazz, R&B, fusion and electronica. The album is named after the Round Dance suite, a four-part journey that is a unique endeavour in the contemporary Romanian musical landscape. Round Dance presents the same love story of a couple from 4 different perspectives, each part being another take on the same events. The music and the lyrics constitute the body of this narrative, evoking emotions such as calm, serenity, anger, confusion, longing and surrender.

Marta Popovici - vocals Bogdan Tănase - electric guitar Adi Stoenescu - keyboards Mike Alex - electric bass Gabi Matei - drums

Music by Marta Popovici and Bogdan Tănase (tracks 3, 4, 8, 9) Lyrics by Marta Popovici Recording, Mix & Master by Victor Panfilov

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Temple was born in a period in which I was deeply curious about dreams, the unconscious mind and all the potent energy hiding there. The character of the song as well as all the spaces described are part of one dream that I had, that, when I tried to describe, came out in the form of lyrics. I still believe that the oniric world is a very fruitful

Temple was born in a period in which I was deeply curious about dreams, the unconscious mind and all the potent energy hiding there. The character of the song as well as all the spaces described are part of one dream that I had, that, when I tried to describe, came out in the form of lyrics. I still believe that the oniric world is a very fruitful source of inspiration where we can find characters, situations, questions and answers that inspire our creative processes and enrich our daily lives.

In the light of the recent sad news all over Europe, I thought more of the purpose of art and its role in people's lives. I realized that for me art is a way to remind myself of all the beauty inside of us. Being able to acknowledge the beauty in something exterior to us implies that we already have all of that purity and beauty inside. I think art's purpose should be to encourage us to explore and discover all the hidden potential lying inside of us - that is the place from which we can grow past all the terrible things happening in the world. We have to go back to what is beautiful and pure, nurture it and help each other grow with that.

Temple is the second single off the album.

Marta Popovici - vocals Bogdan Tănase - electric guitar Adi Stoenescu - Fender Rhodes Mike Alex - electric bass Gabi Matei - drums

Music and lyrics by Marta Popovici Recording, Mix & Master by Victor Panfilov

Recorded on 9 & 10 April 2021 in Bucharest, Romania

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Hazy Eyes started with the lyrics in an endeavour to manage thoughts of insecurity and a feeling of overwhelming. In the end, it grew into a cathartic chant, an ode to nature and its healing hypnotizing powers.

It is the first single on the album.

Marta Popovici - vocals Bogdan Tănase - electric guitar Adi Stoenescu - Fender Rhodes Mike Alex -

Hazy Eyes started with the lyrics in an endeavour to manage thoughts of insecurity and a feeling of overwhelming. In the end, it grew into a cathartic chant, an ode to nature and its healing hypnotizing powers.

It is the first single on the album.

Marta Popovici - vocals Bogdan Tănase - electric guitar Adi Stoenescu - Fender Rhodes Mike Alex - electric bass Gabi Matei - drums

Music and lyrics by Marta Popovici Recording, mix & Master by Victor Panfilov

Recorded on 9 & 10 April 2021 in Bucharest, Romania

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The five compositions were written exploring the perspective on life that shifts as the body ages and the spirit becomes wiser. "My love and play is wisdom." is the line that inspired the lyrics and the general mood of the songs as part of a bigger project, ConnectArts, in which three musical groups in collaboration with three poets approached the well-known poem of Romanian poet Lucian Blaga, each having to connect to one of the three stages of life:

The child laughs: 
“My wisdom and love is play!” 

The young man sings: 
“My play and wisdom is love!” 

The old man is silent: 
“My love and play is wisdom.”  

(Lucian Blaga, from Poems of Light 
– trans. Bent Sørensen for Robert Gibbons’ 67th birthday)

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