Anouncement of the concert @ l'Évasion (Séléstat, FR) on 30th april. Organised in partnership with Festival Musiques Métisses as an avant premièreof this festival.

try out concert at café Charlatan, Ghent (BE) on 14 june just confirmed

Va Fan Fahre will be playing 26 april @ Balkan Fever in bar MOFO, Rijnkaai 37, Antwerp

Check the club-remix of Al Wa' Debt by DJ ClicK here.

We are proud to present this cooperation with DJ ClicK...

Promotional video for the first concert of Va Fan Fahre feat. DJ ClicK at Le Bikini (Ramonville/Toulouse) on 16 januari 2013.

Va Fan Fahre live @ Fusion Festival, Germany, june 2012

Dj Click, the notorious french "Worldtronica" dj, is working on a remix of the song 'Al Wa Debt'... to be expected end of october 2012.
Va Fan Fahre will be performing together with DJ Click in France and Benelux starting January 2013... 

Check out some of our photos taken last summer at Esperanzah Festival (BE), Mostra Sesc de Artes (Brazil), Paris Quartier d'Été (FR) here....

De Volkskrant (NL) rated the live performance of Va Fan Fahre in Tropentheater - Amsterdam with a 5 STAR REVIEW. Read (Dutch)

January 31 Va Fan Fahre will be playing a live set with audience for radio France Musique in Studio 105, Paris. The same evening the session will be broadcasted in the show 'Un Mardi Ideal'.

 On 1 February 2012 Va Fan Fahre will have their official cd-release concert in France @La Java, Paris (75). Buy tickets in advance here

 It happened.... the album Al Wa' Debt was released in France and Swiss on 5 december by our distibuter l'Autre Distribution

 This sunday 20 november, a song of Va Fan Fahre was played on Radio France Inter in the programm 'Summertime' between 22 and 23h. 162 FM

            "Listen here..."

Va Fan Fahre closed a partnership with the leading music magazine Vibrations Music.com. This magazine is distributed in Switzerland and France. Some publicity, an article and an inteview will feature the online and paper magazine during the months november and december 2011.
 

The Album Al Wa' Debt is officialy selected by French radiostation FIP (France Inter Paris) for the month december 2011. This is a prestigious title and we are very happy with it.

Al wa' Debt will be released in France

               5 december 2012 is the official date
               Release concert soon to be confirmed

Va Fan Fahre is now on Twitter. Follow us on @VaFanFahre and receive the most actual news.
 

Va Fan Fahre played at the birthday party of Radiostation Funkhaus Europa in Bremen, Germany

Live video of the song Sidi H'bibi at the venue Schlachthof on the 25th of August 2011

 
Al wa' Debt ranked for three months in the European World Music Charts

              November 2010    -     9th place
              December 2010    -   13th place
              January 2011         -   19th place
 

Va Fan Fahre was broadcast three times on BBC - World on 3

           11/02/2011 Listen
              04/02/2011 Listen.
              07/11/2010 Listen
 

NEW ALBUM OUT NOW

ALSO AVAILABLE ON LP

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                     A Balkan brass band goes Arab …

In October 2010, a third cd by Va Fan Fahre hits the shops. After the acclaimed previous CDs Romski Robbery and Zet je maar, the time seemed fit for a calculated risk. The collaboration with Moroccan singer Aicha Haskal on the previous CD, made the band decide to firmly root the new project into two radically different cultures at once. The result turns out to be a surprisingly natural fusion of Balkan brass band and Arab music.

Like the majority of the compositions, the title track is written by band leader Michael De Schryver. Other tracks are by Dieter Bossu (track 8: Edala3 We3mel Mabadalak) and Bertel Schollaert (tracks 5 & 6: Addis and Belomi Benna). Al Wa’ Debt also contains one cover: the luscious Ya Habibi Taala (My love is coming), as immortalized by the Egyptian singer Asmahan.

Aicha Haskal’s vocals on five of the thirteen tracks prove an obvious added value to the album. Her supple, warm voice effortlessly switches between the classic Arab inflections, parlando and even rap. The lyrics of three of the tracks on Al Wa’ Debt were written by the Brussels based Egyptian poet Abdelhamid Farag, who calls himself a ‘poète de l’ éloignement ’ (poet of the absence). His writings are permeated by deep melancholy and romanticism.
 

But the Arab and Ethiopian influence are not the only changes in the band’s repertoire. Michael De Schryver trades his accordion for rootsy organs and analogue synths. The percussion gets an extra spicy injection through the addition of the riqq (Arab tambourine) and carcabous (Moroccan castagnets). Another novelty with the rhythm section are the electric guitars of Eduardo Vega, which also yield some sparkling solo’s, inspired by the Egyptian guitarist and composer Omar Khorshid.

The link with the Arab world also shows in the graphics and sleeve photography. The pictures are works by travel photographer Wim Pi-, from the photoreports 'Nergens heen' (Vers nulle part) and Anna and my passport, which he made throughout the Mediterranean and Minor Asia.
The final result is a fresh, modern, yet authentic and varied album. Al Wa’ Debt is a record that without a doubt will appeal to an audience broader than the average diehard world music fan. It is packed with catchy tunes and infectious rhythms, nestling into the ear, and inviting you to shake a leg...