DelaDap

The band was founded in 2004 by Stani Vana, in Vienna. The name "DelaDap" comes from Romani, and translates to "give me the beat" or "give me the rhythm". Their music is influenced by the Balkans. with various guest musicians from Central and Eastern Europe contributing their individual styles. Czech-born saxophonist and producer Philip Noha from Cologne edited the Slavic traditional "Goldregen" together with Stani Vana. In 2012, DelaDap, now with singer Melinda Stoika, was accepted into the Austrian national preliminary rounds for the Eurovision Song Contest in Baku, with the song Crazy Swing. When a cell phone video of a DJ set showed the song played before the claimed earliest release date of 2011, the track was disqualified. DelaDap also applied to represent Austria in 2022. In the same year, the single ''Don't Turn Around was number 67 in the Austrian charts. The album I Know What You Want peaked at 42, and in 2014, the album This is Deladap'' was ranked 41. DelaDap's fourth album I Know What You Want was nominated for the Austrian Amadeus Awards in 2012 and 2013. In 2014, for the song Listen Up, musicians from the Austrian music club Erla collaborated with DelaDap. Melinda Stoika was the singer for the band In 2022, the album Play was released in Japan, with new versions of the songs in Japanese. Genre The band started off being inspired by Balkan music, and the music has been described as "gypsy" in style. DelaDap gradually moved away from the Balkan genre, and by 2016 had left it. Stani Vana explained the shift as the Balkan genre being too taxing on the band. ==Gallery==