Fanfara Station is Releasing Their Brand New Album ‘Boussadia’ on Vinyl
Fanfara Station is releasing their brand new album ‘Boussadia’ on vinyl format today! It is out on Garrincha GO GO, a Garrincha Dischi’s sub label devoted to world music contamination.
What to expect? A fusion led by powerful rhythms backed by brass and electronic music which sounds like nothing else.
Fanfara Station are Marzouk Mejri, a Tunisian multi-instrumentalist, Charles Ferris, an American horn player and the Italian DJ/producer Marco Dalmasso aka Ghiaccioli e Branzini. ‘Boussadia’, is the first chapter of a path that explores the cultures of each member. Nord Africa is the first chapter, a voyage through the roots of the singer and percussionist Marzouk. ‘Boussadia’ has been recorded in Tunisia in order to immerse and breathe the culture, capture the streets’ vibe and work with local artists such as the rapper VIPA, a full immersion in the cosmopolitan Tunis.
This work is deeply inspired by the Stambeli, the animistic music of the Tunisian slaves. Boussadia is a Tunisian mask, a griot dress with multicolor clothes. The result is an album on a fine line in between live and electronic music, enriched by a ritual and transcendental feeling that resembles the band’s live show, his energy and hypnotic rhythms can lift the listeners and take it to a new dimension. Most of the tracks are created recording the band’s live improvisations in order to capture the energy of their concerts.
Marzouk Mejri is a Tunisian percussionist and songwriter, he is among the best percussionists living in Italy. Born in a family of musicians in Tebourba, 30 km from Tunis, his dad was a famous snare and darbuka player. He lived in Naples Italy for 18 years where he worked with Daniele Sepe, James Senese, Eduardo De Crescenzo, 99Posse, Peppe Barra and many more. He has been the leader of the Marzouk Ensemble for 10 years and multiple other projects. He recorded his first album ‘Genina’ in 2006. He is also leader of a presidio Slow Food in Tebourba, Tunisiam where he keeps alive the tradition of a hand made couscous.
Charles Ferris, San Francisco, CA, trumpet player and ethnomusicologist, he lands in Naples with a Fulbright scholarship to complete a research on the chants of Campania. Worked with Japonize Elephants, l’orchestra salsa Quimbombo, Sineterra, La Mescla, ‘E Zezi, Lisa Mezzacappa, Marcello Giannini, Ajar, Jewlia, Eisenberg, Francesco Forni, Insula Dulcamara, Flo, Maxmaber Orkestar, The Enthusiastics, Joseph Martone, Crossroads Improring, founder of the Four Flea Circus.
Ghiaccioli e Branzini has a trademark style based on the contamination between electronica, blues, jazz and folk. Since 2012 he has been touring with Camillocromo, Beat Band, Hugolini. Besides scoring for films and commercials and working with international brands such as Noris, Superduper Hats, Gucci, Levi’s, Guess, Archivio Personale, Sebago, Saks Fifth Avenue.
Headline photo: Maxime Bessieres
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