Fanfara Station
maghreb brass band dance party (Tunisia Italy USA)
France GIRO MUSIC
Portugal MAKUMA
North America Avokado Artists
Slovenia Mojca Zupanic
Switzerland Just Because
Austria & Germany CultureWorks
Benelux Radar-Agency
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Fanfara Station is a trio that brings the power of a brass band and electronics to North African vocals and percussion.
Fanfara Station is the winner of the 12th Edition of the Andrea Parodi Awards 2019 , the most important contest in Italy dedicated to World Music
Inspired by Marzouk’s memories of his father’s brass band, Fanfara Station celebrates the epic feats of the Mediterranean’s migrants, the musical cultures of the African diaspora and the flows that have long connected the Middle East, the Magreb, Southern Europe and the Americas.
Fanfara Station is a celebration with a brass band, an entire North African rhythm section and contemporary electro Dance beats.
It’s a dance party created live by only three musicians thanks to the use of loop stations for live over-dubbing.
The stage is filled with instruments: percussion: scascika, tar, bendir, darbuka and tabla next to the trumpet, trombone, clarinet and three Tunisian woodwinds: the nay, mizued and zocra. Then there are dozens of wires connecting loop stations, controllers and an array of effects pedals. A myriad of acoustic and electric sounds dialogue and sustain the voice of singer and song writer Marzouk Mejri.
The brass of Fanfara Station bring folk and blues accents into a electro acoustic North African universe represented by layers of percussion instruments, woodwinds and singing. Modern folk sensibilities are threaded into a contemporary electronic dance fabric.
Line Up:
Marzouk Mejri: voice, percussion, Tunisian winds, loops | Charles Ferris: trumpet, trombone, loops | Ghiaccioli e Branzini: electronics and programming
Discography

Tebourba (2018)

Nagran (single 2021)

Yemule Muladdiwen (single 2022)

Boussadia (2022)

Madinafrika (2023)
Main Concerts
Sziget 2019, Womex Official Selection 2020 (HU) Tallinn Music Week (EST) Global Toronto 2021 (CA) Studio de l’Ermitage, Festival Convivencia, Les Festiv’, SAM’ AFRICA, Centre Culturel Paul Bailliart, Jazz sur son 31, Festival du Houblon (FR) LAC, Moods (CH) Marè Festival (PT) Open Ohr Festival (D) Ethno Port, Re:tradition Festival (PL) Festival Millo Verde (SP) Bitola Jazz Festival (MK) Kunigunda Festival (SLO) Treibhaus, Jazz & The City (AT) Windcraft Music Fest (CY) Todo Mundo (SRB) Veneto Jazz, Festivalle, Musica dei Popoli, Cous Cous Festival, Adriatico Mediterraneo, Ambria Jazz Festival, Festival delle Culture Ravenna, Arno Vivo, Musicastrada Festival, Premio Parodi, Suoni Mobili, Folkest, Mare e Miniere, Centro Culturale Candiani, The Cage, Cortona on the Move, Aeson Festival, Jova Beach Party, BirraeSound Festival, Carpino in Folk, Joggi Avant Folk (ITA)