Bosquito

The group's current line-up consists of vocalist/guitarist Radu Almășan, drummer Dorin Țapu, guitarist Ciprian Pascal, bassist Mircea “Burete” Preda.

In 2011 Radu Almășan made a comeback as Bosquito with a brand-new lineup [2] launching their first single in 6 years: "Când Îngerii Pleacă",[3] and releasing a new album, Babylon in 2014.

Bosquito was formed in Brașov at the initiative of singer Radu Almășan, who dropped out of college in his freshman year to completely dedicate himself to the new band.

In February 2003, in a ceremony held at "Teatrul Sică Alexandrescu" in Brașov, Bosquito received the "Brașoveanul Anului (a city-wide "Person of the year") award by vote of the readers of "Monitorul Expres".

[13] Following numerous concerts in the previous year, the band decided to take a break from touring and rented a cabin in the mountains where they would spend the month of January 2004, solely focusing on writing for the next album.

They started touring clubs in the Los Angeles area such as The Viper Room, The Hard Rock Cafe, The Knitting Factory, and the House Of Blues.

Shortly after recording a demo in English, tensions between members began to rise leading Victor Solomon and Vichi Stephanovici to return to Romania and leave the band.

However, due to visa limitations, they would return to Romania for the summer of 2005 touring with Victor Solomon and bassist Adrian Ciuplea as collaborators.

In December 2005, Radu and Andrei left again in order to concentrate on their newly formed indie rock band Madame Hooligan, leaving Bosquito in an indefinite hiatus in Romania, but continuing sporadic concerts under several temporary lineups in America.

During this time he responded to an invitation to appear on ProTV's Happy Hour talk show, and, instead of showcasing old material as requested by the producers, wrote a new song "Tobogan" for the occasion.

[16] Due to the overwhelmingly positive response to the song, and contractual obligations for Madame Hooligan which would keep him performing in Romania for the next two years, Radu decided to reform Bosquito in a different line-up and make a comeback for the Romanian audience.

[2] At this time, longtime partner Andrei Cebotari opted to return to Moldova for family reasons, eventually rejoining with his former band Zdob Si Zdub.

Upon deciding to give a shot to younger collaborators, Radu started performing with Ciprian Pascal on guitar, Dorin Țapu on bass, and Felix Mircea Moldovan on drums.

[18] The song "Când Îngerii Pleacă was recorded with Dorin Țapu switching to drums, and Austin Jesse Mitchell from Madame Hooligan playing bass.

This situation, initially seen as a compromise for Felix Mircea Moldovan's prior engagements and inability to attend the sessions, led finally to Pascal, Țapu, and Mitchell being included in the band as official members.

[25] The album was heavily promoted during the band's 2014 summer tour with the single "Prieteni", and was followed by a major concert held again at the landmark Cinema Patria in Bucharest on November 10, 2014.