Orkestar Bez Ime, meaning “orchestra without a name” in Bulgarian, was formed in 2002 to recreate the sounds of the village with a presentation as festive as the music itself. Focusing on Eastern Europe and music of the Rom (“Gypsy”) people, OBI’s repertoire reaches from Albania to Ukraine, with plenty of stops in between. Orkestar Bez Ime is a winner of the 2011-2012 McKnight Artist Fellowships for Performing Musicians administered by MacPhail Center for Music and a recipient of a 2012 Minnesota Emerging Composers Award from the American Composers Forum.

OBI is: Colleen Bertsch, Scott Keever, Matt Miller, Katrina Mundinger, Natalie Nowytski, and Eric Ray.

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"GENAU!", the new, highly anticipated, album from Baro Drom Orkestar, published by " Musicastrada Records", produced by the Orkestar and Davide Mancini.
Tradition, innovation and above all originality are the key words that distinguish “GENAU!” due to the songs composed by the Orkestar that characterize this new job, an explosive, engaging mix that, as always wih the Orkestar, will have you dancing from the first note to the last.
The change of the line up, with the inclusion of Vieri Bugli on violin and Michele Staino on electric double bass, supporting the “historic” and “stainless” Modestino Musico on accordion and Gabriele Pozzolini on drums and percussion, has given important new lifeblood to the ensemble, which comes out today with an ambitious album comprising many original songs that are going to define once and for all their unique style, trademark of the Orkestar, which has always been and still is a true train-like force in live shows.
Recorded at Jambona Lab in Cascina by Antonio Castiello, the album features also some very special guests, traveling companions of the Orkestar, like the Serb accordionist Goran Kovacevic, percussionist and singer Rocco Zecca and the voice of Arianna Romanella.
The first single, which also has its videoclip, called "Fanfara Ciociara", is a song that tips the hat to both the musical traditions of the Balkans as that of southern Italy. Composed by Modestino Musico and featuring a brass arrangement conceived by Vieri Bugli, it’s a song that very well represents the diverse musical influences of the band.
So now it’s time for the Orkestar to hit the road again with their “famous" live shows, after the ZU-GA-BE! tour which consisted in more than 500 live sets over the past three years, during which the Orkestar has sold the remarkable number of 3,000 records.

During the last 5 years they have played more than 500 live sets and sold more than 5,500 records. They attended the most important festivals and clubs in Europe: Moods Jazz Club (Zurich 2 times), SZIGET Festival (Budapest), Isny Theater Festival (DE), Wangen Jazz Point (DE), Carroponte (IT), Lindau Festival (DE), Hoftheater Baienfurt (DE), Eine Welt (CH), Adriatico Mediterraneo (IT), Balkan Beats London (UK), Festival della Musica di Chianciano Terme (IT), Ariano Folk Festival (IT), Irlanda in Festa (IT), Musicastrada Festival (IT, 3 times), Negro Festival (IT), Sentieri Acustici (IT), La Tentation (B), Popularia Festival (IT), Kultur Festival (CH), Festival della Musica Etnica di Civitavecchia (IT), FLOG (Firenze two times), The Cage (Livorno 2 times), Arci Tom (IT), Fishmarket (IT), Sonar (IT 2 times) and many others…
They also played as an opening act for: twice for GORAN BREGOVIC in 2013 and 2016 and SUD SOUND SYSTEM.

OMEGA est une formation originale jouant un jazz contemporain décalé et puissant, aux influences mêlées. Les compositions révèlent un esprit rock teinté de couleurs du monde (klezmer, afro...) et font la part belle aux métriques impaires, aux envolées improvisées et au soundpainting (improvisation dirigée).
Les cuivres (soubassophone, trombone, trompette), les bois (saxophones, clarinettes), l'accordéon et la batterie hissent leur pavillon noir pour défendre un son offensif et décalé, offrant des visions tour à tour ensoleillées et beaucoup plus sombres...
L'envie de taper du pied, même sur des rythmes impairs, vous invite à rester dans la danse, jusqu'au bout de l'expérience...

Florent Méry : clarinettes
Michael Havard : saxophones
Valentin Pellet : trompette
Johan Blanc : trombone
Loïc Audureau : accordéon
Brice Perda : soubassophone
Jérome Chaumond : batterie (scène) / caisse claire (rue)
Alex Belair : percussions (scène) / grosse caisse (rue)

CONTACT : michaelhavardsax@gmail.com

Bugliste, trompettiste, cornetiste et professeur de trompette.
J'enseigne la trompette au sein de conservatoires municipaux et écoles de musiques et évolue de manière polyvalente dans plusieurs formations, allant du classique à  la musique des Balkans, l'Ethio-jazz, la musique du monde  en passant par et le Brass Band.
Actuellement trompettiste au sein du "Trouba Ch'ti Orkestar" (fanfare Balkan), de "Eth" (Ethio-jazz), de "Gettabang" (fanfare/musique du monde) et du "Brass Band de Douai" au pupitre de bugle.​​​

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