25 YEARS AGO:

A seemingly endless and bumpy road meanders past rolling hills that do not want to be called mountains - somewhere in northeastern Romania near the Moldavian border. Past houses that Chagall has thrown into the landscape at random, standing crooked and audaciously colorful in the mud, their windows gazing wide-eyed at passersby. At some point, the traveler makes a last hard left turn and, after traversing another gravel road, finally reaches the birthplace of one of the most incredible recent phenomena in brass music: Zece Prăjini, the place where it all began for Fanfare Ciocărlia. Here, in 1997, 12 musicians set out to conquer the world with deep pressure blasts from tubas and tenor horns intermingled with wild cacophonies of trumpets and saxophones. To unleash the joyful power of Eastern European brass music into the world - that was the idea!
The seriousness of their mission was preserved back in 1998 on their first album release with a quote from senior trumpeter Radulescu: "... just wait and see - at some point we‘re going to play on Mars". Since this momentous statement, the band has traveled millions of kilometers on countless tours in their attempt to reach the red planet.

NOW IN 2021:

Nothing needs to be rewritten about their music either. Fanfare Ciocărlia's unparalleled talent for alloying their Balkan brass with dashes of jazz, pop and rock, all performed with mad precision at breakneck tempos, has given them cult status and made them a permanent fixture in the music scene ranging from punk to classical. Two and a half decades, thousands of shows and 9 studio albums later, Fanfare Ciocărlia were at the pinnacle of their career when a pandemic shocked the world. This unprecedented event has meant the same for them as it has for millions of other artists around the world: an abrupt stop to all work. And while the world seemed to be at a standstill, the band's many fans became active and helped them to complete their long-planned 25th anniversary album with financial support and words of encouragement. Now the results can be heard: "It Wasn't Hard To Love You" is a musical ode to Fanfare Ciocărlia's legions of fans. It is the latest chapter in the story of a big band from a small village, a band that wants to put smiles on people's faces, and a band that yearns for a long future of thrilling concerts extending deep into the night.

It Wasn't Hard to Love You

Just the Two of Us (Borat Version)

Song for Noga

Demon Dance (Dedicated to Ivan Nikolaev)

Escape from Baltimore

Cruzzzando el Campooo

taken from the original release "Queens and Kings" - published 2007 on Asphalt Tango Records. More info on www.asphalt-tango.de and www.fanfare-ciocarlia.com

official artist website: www.fanfare-ciocarlia.com
facebook: www.facebook.com/FanfareCiocarlia
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Queens & Kings

Que Dolor

Que Dolor - released on "QUEENS AND KINGS"

Gili Garabdi

007 (James Bond Theme)

James Bond Theme - released on "GILI GARABDI"

Balkan Brass Battle

Caravan

Caravan - released on "BALKAN BRASS BATTLE"

taken from the original release "Baro Biao" - published 1999 on Piranha Records. More info on www.asphalt-tango.de, www.piranha.de and www.fanfare-ciocarlia.com

Asfalt Tango - released on "BARO BIAO"

Born To Be Wild

Born To Be Wild - released on "BEST OF GYPSY BRASS"

taken from the original release "Iag Bari" - published 2001 on Piranha Records. More info on www.asphalt-tango.de, www.piranha.de and www.fanfare-ciocarlia.com

official artist website: www.fanfare-ciocarlia.com
facebook: www.facebook.com/FanfareCiocarlia
myspace: www.myspace.com/FanfareCiocarlia
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Hurichestra - released on "IAG BARI"

taken from the original release "Devil's Tale" - to be published 2014 on Asphalt Tango Records.
More info on www.asphalt-tango.de, www.fanfare-ciocarlia.com and www.adrianraso.net

worldwide release date JANUARY 17th 2014

Get your free download link on http://www.asphalt-tango.de/records/devils_tale/devils_tale.html

official artist website: www.fanfare-ciocarlia.com, www.adrianraso.net
facebook: www.facebook.com/FanfareCiocarlia
myspace: www.myspace.com/FanfareCiocarlia
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Devil's Tale

Swing Sagarese

Fanfare Ciocarlia & Adrian Raso / Swing Saragese released on "Devil's Tale"

First Aid Klezmer

First Aid Klezmer (dunkelbunt Remix)

Escape From Baltimore

Escape From Baltimore (Jstar Remix)

Me Sem Rom

I'm a Man (feat. Iulian Canaf)

Me Sem Rom (feat. Iulian Canaf)

James Bond Theme

James Bond Theme (Billogorz Remix)

album title: ONWARDS TO MARS!
release date: 15th of April 2016
release date UK: 22nd of April 2016
label: Asphalt Tango Records GmbH
14 tracks (7 instrumentals and 7 songs)
total playing time: 45 minutes
featured artist: Iulian Canaf (I put a spell on you)/ Puerto Candelaria & Koby Israelite (Fiesta de negritos)
special guests: Michael Metzler (perc) / Kai Schoenburg (drums)

track list:
1.  Crayfish Hora (comp. by Koby Israelite)
2.  Mista Lobaloba (comp. by Adrian Sical)
3.  3 Romanians (comp. by Koby Israelite)
4.  Trenul, masina mica (trad.)
5.  Out to lounge (comp. by Koby Israelite)
6.  I put a spell on you (comp. by Screaming J. Hawkins)
7.  Cucuritza (comp. by Koby Israelite)
8.  Doina pentru un frant inima (trad.)
9.  Bunica bate toba (comp. by Mihail Gincu)
10. Saints & Dates (comp. by Koby Israelite)
11. Un tigan avea o casa (trad)
12. The patron's funeral (comp. by Koby Israelite)
13. Hora strengarilor (comp. by Koby Israelite)
14. Fiesta de negritos (comp. by Lucho Bermudez)

All horn arrangements by Henry Ernst
Produced by Henry Ernst & co-produced by Marc Elsner
Recorded in Berlin (Germany), Medellin (Colombia), 
Bucharest and Zece Prajini (Romania)
Recorded by Alexei Turcan, Henry Ernst, Gabriel Vallejo C.
Mixed by Marc Elsner and Henry Ernst at Marx Audio, Berlin 
Mastered by Sascha "Busy" Bühren at Truebusyness, Berlin

Fully album released on CD, Vinyl and as download.

artist website: www.fanfare-ciocarlia.com
artist on facebook: www.facebook.com/FanfareCiocarlia
label website: www.asphalt-tango.de

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