Psychedelic downtempo take on traditional Sufi song feat. oud in a dub jazz setting

Dervish Dance

You Never Know

Lalla Aisha In Jhaptal

In a Silent Way / It's About That Time

Zeed Al Maal

Zeed al Maal

Now Open Your Eyes

Golden Hour

Allah Ya Moulana

Boney Oscar Stomp

Dark Fish

As Above

Claude Raines Revisited

Last Business (Dub)

So Below

Actual Smiles

Shadow's Shift

Meet The Monster Tonight

Now I Understand

Left Hand Of Clyde (Parts 1, 2 & 3)

D'Empty Dance

Last Business

Divine Invasion

Beneath The Underground

Mike Rivard talks with Nick DiBiasio, host of Against The Grain on 90.5 WICN Public Radio. They discuss the upcoming Groton Hill Music Center show on 10/21/23 feat. John Medeski, history of the band, origins of the name, Mark Sandman & Morphine, Frank Zappa, the Grateful Dead & more.
October 18, 2023

Mike Rivard interview on 90.5 WICN Public Radio 10/18/23

Level up Your Soul (For Sandman)

Level up Your Soul (For Sandman) [feat. Hayley Jane]

From So Below Deluxe Edition (2018). With Jere Faison (keyboard, sampler), Shelagh Abate (french horn), Duke Levine (12 string guitar), Randy Roos (guitar), John Medeski (wurly & analog synth), Mister Rourke (turntables), Mike Rivard (upright and electric bass, tamboura), Jerry Leake (percussion), Erik Kerr (drums)

So Below Deluxe Edition

Middle Pillar

Electric Moroccoland

Ghir Khoudouni (feat. John Medeski)

Hegaz (Live) [feat. John Medeski]

Sidi Rabi (feat. John Medeski)

Fire In The Brain

Fire in the Brain Pt. 2 (Live)

Nematodes (Live)

Black Heart Rebels (Live)

Big Light In Sky (Live)

Peace One (Live)

Fire in the Brain Pt. 1 (Live)

Jar of Hair (Live)

Zeed Al Maal (Live)

Club d’Elf is an ever-shifting group of musicians fiercely dedicated to “the groove”, consisting of some of the most sought-after players from the jazz, DJ, rock & world music scenes of Boston & NYC, and over the course of it's twenty four year existence has been featured on PRI's The World, Voice Of America, Afropop Worldwide, and Time Out New York. The band's music draws from a startlingly 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 absorbed Moroccan trance influences and frequently adds this element to the mix. Audiences of all persuasions are drawn to Fribgane’s mesmerizing oud stylings and leader/bassist Mike Rivard’s commanding playing of the Moroccan sintir, a 3 string bass lute used by the Gnawa people of Morocco. Derived from such ancient sources as these, trance forms the central core of the Club d’Elf aesthetic, unifying all of the various genres the band has absorbed.

The band's new album, You Never Know (release date: 4/1/22), is a trance-heavy meditation on finding light amidst the shadows. The band 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 leader Mike Rivard's personal journey into darkness following a near death experience in the remote jungle of the Peruvian Amazon. Joining Rivard and D'Elf regulars Fribgane, Dean Johnston (drums), DJ Mister Rourke (turntables) for the release tour is special guest John Medeski (on an array of vintage analog keyboards), who is featured on the new album.

"Most of this stuff is just flat-out crazy but in the best possible musical way, as if the Sun Ra Arkestra happened to pick up the Wild Tchoupitoulas on Bourbon Street and then set their controls for the heart of the sun." - Chris Slawecki, AllAboutJazz

"One of the most inventive and ever-changing bands in all of new jazz" - Russ Davis, Jazz America

"....the lovechild of Pink Floyd and George Clinton, dropped in Marrakesh...deeply psychedelic...." - Marlon Bishop, WNYC  

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