Which color has the music arising from an interaction between South American and Eastern European musicians? FairyCats, an itinerant laboratory of languages and sound sensations born in the streets of Paris, has the acoustic spectrum of a cultural collision.

Gypsies by nature, the inspiration for their sound emerged from their personal music peregrination background. Their compositions with lyrics in Russian, German, English, Bulgarian, Portuguese and French, reflect the mixed exotic soul of the collective. 

Strings and voice trace back to a life path leading through Austria, Norway, Eastern Europe and the Caucasus region of Russia. Irina Guldt, whose ear traveled through the cryptic sounds of Eastern Europe, gives the songs their enchanting chords and multiethnic messages.

The wind instruments are the breeze coming from South America and the Mediterranean region. Influenced by the vibrant musical environment of several Brazilian and South American cities he lived in, as well as his contact with the hypnotizing sound of North Africa, Balkans, and Medium Orient, Frederico Alabarse’s melodies enrich the mystical swing atmosphere of FairyCats’ mechanical waves.

A dynamic and energetic percussion gives the sounds deepness and dimension. Selected Brazilian percussionists and guests improve the band’s beat and harmonies by adding dynamic rhythms: samba, funk, maracatu, samba-funk, forro, olodum, samba-reggae, afro-samba, in between others. Ça groove!    
 
Irina Guldt – vocals and guitar 
Frederico Alabarse – sax tenor, clarinet and flute
Douglas Marcolino – accordion 
Paulo Madureira – surdo and zabumba
Leonardo Pereira – snare drum, triangulo, ovo, agogo
Wendell Bara – snare drum, xequerê
Damien Lecchi – berimbau, pandeiro, tambourin, ovo
Erick Moura – sitar

Music and lyrics by Frederico Alabarse and Irina Guldt
Banzé da luz by poetry of Telma Scherer

Album recorded by M SOM MUSIC studio, Paris/​FRANCE, April-May/2015.

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