Holograf is a pop rock band from Bucharest, Romania. Since the band's formation in 1978, Holograf released 18 albums.^[1] The band won the Excellence Prize at Romanian Media Music Awards in 2013,^[2][3] the awards for best pop-rock artist and best pop-rock song at Radio Romania Music Awards Gala in 2014^[4] and was nominated multiple times at Romanian Music Awards for Best Group and for Best Song.

It was founded in 1978^[5] by Mihai Pocorschi (guitar, voice),^[1] Eugen Sonia (bass guitar), Cristian Lesciuc (solo guitar) and Boris Petroff (drums).^[6] In 1979 Edi Petroșel (drums) și Tino Furtună (keyboards) joined and are still part of the band.^[6] The band received awards at Club A Festival and at other festivals, which helped the band getting signed with Electrecord, the biggest Romanian label at that time, and launched Holograf 1 in 1983.^[7] In 1988 Holograf releases Holograf III, which was sold in over 200.000 copies.^[6] Holograf continued making music through the 1980s and 1990s, when it toured abroad in countries like Bulgaria, USSR, East Germany, Poland, North Korea and the Netherlands.^[6][8] In April 1990 Holograf performed at the Printemps de Bourges Festival.^[6][7] It released few new works into the new millennium, including the album "Pur si simplu" (2003). Since 1985, the lead singer of the band is Dan Bittman.^[9]

The band is known for hits like Banii vorbesc, Dincolo de nori (which Dan Bittman also sang at Eurovision Song Contest 1994),^[10] Ți-am dat un inel, Undeva departe, Să nu-mi iei niciodată dragostea, Viața are gust or Cât de departe.^[11] In November 2000, Holograf launched Holografica, which was sold in over 100,000 copies in the first two weeks.^[6][12][13] In 2003 the band launched Pur și simplu, album which was sold in over 250.000 copies,^[6][12][13] and received gold and platinum certification.^[14] In order to promote Pur și simplu, Holograf started touring in Romania for fifty days.^[6] On October 10, 2006, Holograf released a new album called "Taina". The disc contains 10 new songs,^[15] and the first single to be promoted from the album is called "Ești atât de frumoasă" (You are so beautiful). On July 10, 2009, Holograf received a Gold certification from UPFR for record sales of the "Primăvara începe cu tine" album.^[6][16] Holograf performed at five editions of the Golden Stag Festival, in 1993, 1997, 2001, 2005 and 2009,^[17] and multiple times at the Mamaia Festival since 1987^[18] and Callatis Festival.^[19]

The Holograf song "Cât de departe" (English: How far), was broadcast most often on Romanian radio stations, between 2010 and 2015.^[20]

• Mihai Pocorschi – guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals (1977–1986)
• Ștefan Rădescu – lead vocals (1977–1982)
• Eugen Sonia – bass (1977–1981)
• Cristian Lesciuc – guitar (1977–1978)
• Dan Ionescu – guitar (1977–1978)
• Lucian Rusu – drums (1977)
• Ionel 'Boris' Petrov – drums (1977–1978)
• Emilian 'Edi' Petroșel – drums, backing vocals (1978–present)
• Cornel Stănescu – guitar, backing vocals (1978–1982)
• Antoniu 'Tino' Furtună – keyboards, piano, backing vocals (1978–present)
• George 'Gică' Petrineanu – bass (1981–1982, 1984)
• Nikos Temistocle – bass (1983–1984)
• Sorin Ciobanu – guitar (1983–1984)
• Gabriel Cotabiță – lead vocals (1983–1985)
• Mihai 'Marty' Popescu – bass (1984–1987)
• Dan Bittman – lead vocals (1985–present)
• Ion 'Nuțu' Olteanu – guitar, backing vocals (1986–1990)
• Iulian 'Mugurel' Vrabete – bass, backing vocals (1987–present)
• Florin Ochescu – guitar (1990–1993)
• Romeo Dediu – guitar, backing vocals (1993–present)
• Marius Bațu – acoustic guitar, backing vocals (collaborator 1996–present)
• Emil Soumah – percussion, harmonica (collaborator 2000–present)
• Mihai Coman – keyboards, guitar, backing vocals, sound (collaborator 2001–2017)

• Holograf 1 (LP, Electrecord, 1983)
• Holograf 2 (LP/MC, Electrecord, 1987)
• Holograf III (LP/MC, Electrecord, 1988)
• Banii vorbesc (LP/MC, Electrecord, 1991)
• World Full of Lies (CD, Capitan Records Company, 1993; reissued in 2013)
• Stai în poala mea (LP/CD/MC, Electrecord, 1995)
• Supersonic (CD/MC, MediaPro Music, 1998; reissued in 2000)
• Holografica (CD/MC, MediaPro Music, 2000; reissued in 2019 on vinyl)
• Pur și simplu (CD/MC, Holograf Production & Roton, 2003; reissued in 2013)
• Taina (CD/MC, Holograf Production & Roton, 2006; reissued in 2013)
• Love Affair (CD, MediaPro Music, 2012)
• Life Line (CD/LP, MediaPro Music & Universal Music România, 2015)

• 69% Unplugged – Live (CD/MC, Zone Records, 1996; reissued in 1997 and 2001)
• Live – Vinarte (promo CD, Holograf Production & Vinarte, 2005)
• Patria Unplugged (CD, MediaPro Music, 2011)

• Holograf Patru (or Holograf 4) (maxi-single, Electrecord, 1990)
• World Full of Lies (single, Electrecord, 1991)
• Viața are gust (promo single, MediaPro Music & Coca-Cola, 2001)
• Pierd înălțimea din ochii tăi (single, MediaPro Music, 2019)
• N-ai de ce să pleci (single, MediaPro Music, 2020)
• Cum bate inima ta (single, MediaPro Music, 2021)

• Undeva departe (CD/MC, MediaPro Music, 1999; reissued in 2000)
• Best of Holograf – Dimineață în altă viață (CD/MC, MediaPro Music, 2002)
• Balade (promo CD, Roton & City Park, 2008)
• Primăvara începe cu tine (CD, MediaPro Music, 2009)
• Muzică de colecție, Vol. 104 (2xCD, Jurnalul Național, 2009)
• Fericirea începe acasă! (promo CD, MediaPro Music & Millennium Bank, 2010)

• O noapte cu Holograf (DVD, Holograf Production, 2004; reissued in 2013)
• Pur și simplu (DVD, Holograf Production, 2004)
• Concert Taina (DVD, Holograf Production & Roton, 2009)
• Patria Unplugged (DVD, MediaPro Music, 2011)
• Vedere de la Costinești (unreleased DVD, published on the band's YouTube page, 2017)

• Formații de muzică pop 3 (LP, Electrecord, 1979) – collective album, the track "Lungul drum al zilei către noapte"
• Dincolo de nori (maxi-single, Metro Records România, 1994) – released as a solo album by Dan Bittman
• Timpul chitarelor (DVD, TVR Media, 2009) – video album, the video for "Cu fiecare clipă" (filmed at Hotel Forum in Costinești, 1987)

• Carmen Olaru – Holograf: Să nu-mi iei niciodată dragostea... (Nemira, Bucharest, 2002)

• Excellence Prize at Romanian Media Music Awards in 2013.^[2]
• Best pop-rock artist and best pop-rock song at Radio Romania Music Awards Gala in 2014 for "Morning dew"^[4]
• Nomination for Romanian Music Award for Best Rock and Best Group 2014 for Holograf ft Antonia – Intoarce-te acasa ^[23]

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