Who here is into hyper-speed Romanian Brass bands? :raised_hand:Today’s pick is Radio Pascani by Fanfare Ciocarlia!
Fanfare Ciocarlia was a local dance band from a remote town in Romainia, who was discovered by a documentary film maker. They eventually toured Europe and the United States putting out albums along the way. I first heard about them around 1998-1999 when Radio Pascani came out because Trey Spruance (of Faith No More / Mr. Bungle / Secret Chiefs 3 fame) wrote a review about the album saying they were hyper-complex music and “faster than Napalm Death”. Obviously, I was very intrigued! (And Trey was very much correct).
I eventually had the pleasure of seeing them perform at a free festival at Grant Park in Chicago in 2003 and it was awesome! (Especially watching people attempt to dance to their more zippy numbers).
Their more recent albums are still good, but they’ve kind of smoothed out the rough-edges and toned down their sound over time. I’ll stick to this one