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Club d'Elf has been helping audiences lose track of time for almost twenty five years with its mesmerizing synthesis of Moroccan traditional music and electronic, dubbed-out funk. Circling about bassist/composer Mike Rivard and drummer Dean Johnston, each Club d'Elf performance features a different line-up, drawn from a constellation of some of the most creative improvisers from the jazz, DJ, rock & world music scenes of Boston, NYC and beyond. The band's music draws from a wide spectrum of styles, including jazz, hip hop, electronica, avant garde, prog-rock and dub. Under the tutelage of member Brahim Fribgane (who hails from Casablanca) the band has absorbed Moroccan trance music, which is now an essential part of the mix. Diverse audiences are drawn to Fribgane’s mesmerizing oud stylings, and Rivard’s commanding playing of the Moroccan sintir. Trance forms the central core of the Club d’Elf aesthetic, weaving together the band’s various influences. The band's new album, 'You Never Know', offers gnawa refracted through a prism of contemporary psychedelia—Morocco turned technicolor. The record unfurls upon kaleidoscopic clouds of spiced smoke, shifting from chopped dub-jazz through trance epics that reimagine Boston as a city of bazaars. Club d'Elf pay tribute to the music and musicians who have been primary influences, with half the album being covers of gnawa, Miles Davis, Joe Zawinul, Moroccan band Nass el-Ghiwane, and Frank Zappa. The other half consists of original music inspired by Rivard's personal journey into darkness following a near death experience in the remote jungle of the Peruvian Amazon. "You Never Know is a wide ranging romp, full of serenity, chaos, longing, improvisation and peerless musicianship inspired by music from India and Morocco as well as the maverick jazz of Miles Davis and Frank Zappa." - Banning Eyre, Afropop Worldwide “Crushed between the borders of Morocco, jam band land and the kingdom of avant-garde jazz lies Club d’Elf...James Brown-meets-Sun-Ra.” – Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald “Sounds like the lovechild of Pink Floyd and George Clinton, dropped in Marrakesh...some deeply psychedelic music.” – Marlon Bishop, WNYC
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Afro Beat, Prog Rock, World Fusion, Avant-garde Jazz, Dub, Ambient Dub, Drum And Bass, Gnawa, Hindustani Classical, Jazz, Jazz Rock Noise & Electronics, Psychedelic Funk
david fiuczynski, randy roos, john medeski, amit kavthekar, alain mallet, brahim fribgane, andrew fogliano, paul schultheis, yaure muniz, dean johnston, kevin barry, erik kerr, van martin, sam gilman, Mike Rivard, duke levine, phil grenadier, amy bellamy, tom hall, vicente lebron, mister rourke
Yes, Club d'Elf is currently on tour. If you're interested in attending an upcoming Club d'Elf concert, make sure to grab your tickets in advance. The Club d'Elf tour is scheduled for 10 dates across 10 cities. Get information on all upcoming tour dates and tickets for 2026-2027 with Hypebot.
Club d'Elf is scheduled to play 10 shows between 2026-2027. Buy concert tickets to a nearby show through Hypebot.
Club d'Elf's tour starts Apr 08, 2026 and ends on May 09, 2026. They will play 10 cities; their most recent concert was held in Portsmouth at Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club and their next upcoming concert will be in Woodstock at Colony.
As part of the Club d'Elf tour, Club d'Elf is scheduled to play across the following venues and cities:
