Everyone who heard Fanfare Ciocarlia agreed on one thing – no brass band had ever played as fast as this before. Make that two things: no brass band had ever sounded like this before! The fastest gipsy brass band is coming back to Prague on the 27th of January. Alongside songs of the newest album “Devil’s Tale” they are also playing the best of their repertoire of all times. One of the best live bands is coming originally from a little hidden village in Romania. With their jazz virtuosity they are well-defined from all the other brass bands: their furious live blast appealing to punks and headbangers, jazz and funk fans, world music aficionados and those who simply love music that sounds absolutely unique. The band was discovered in 1996 by a German fan – Henry Ernst. When he brought them later to London, The Times of London described it as “a heavy, heavy monster sound” and Fanfare’s recordings have taken their eerie Balkan groove into dance clubs across the planet. Along the way Fanfare Ciocarlia have been celebrated by critics and championed in all kinds of media: they star in several films (Ralf Marschalleck’s Iag Bari follows the band on tour across Europe while Fatih Akin’s Head On has them ripping up Berlin’s clubs), own the cover of Princes Amongst Men (Garth Cartwright’s acclaimed book on Romany musical culture), were commissioned by Sacha Baron Cohen to cut biker anthem Born To Be Wild for the Borat soundtrack and have been sampled and covered, championed and emulated, by countless DJs, bands and Gypsy orchestras. Fanfare Ciocarlia have released nine albums, several of which have topped the European World Music charts. They have played over 1500 concerts and like to consider themselves “the hardest working band in the blow biz”. Put simply: nobody does it better, harder, faster, funkier than Fanfare Ciocarlia.
Harmonogram:
19:30 Gadjo.cz + Mário Bihári
20:15 Fanfare Ciocarlia
