label, dj and platform for a wide range of underappreciated music from north africa and west asia

Fortuna Records is a reissue label and a DJ crew from Tel-Aviv, championing the obscure forgotten sounds of the Middle East with a string of top quality vinyl reissues accompanied by notoriously wild parties.

Booking –
zack@fortuna-records.com 
Contact –
info@fortuna-records.com
Distribution –
magriso@fortuna-records.com
mailorder@kudosrecords.co.uk

Get ready to move your body! Hadgaba brings the Balkan dance party to the Rocky Mountains.

Preserving North Africa's Jewish musical past, one record at a time.

Gora Gora Orkestar brings the sounds of the Balkans to the Rockies with high energy performances. Formed in the fall of 2009, this 12 piece brass band is dedicated to making the audience dance with its infectious rhythm and own brand of feel-good music. The sound is an eclectic mix, blending Old World melodies of Eastern European folk, with the back beat of American funk and the sultry sway of South American tango. This happy caravan of musicians is comprised of seasoned veterans in the performance, education, and composition of music. The “Infinite Swag” EP was released in 2011 featuring five of Gora Gora Orkestar’s most recognizable tunes with a follow-up record slated for release in 2014. Gora Gora Orkestar maintains a busy performance schedule which includes national and local music festivals along with headlining shows at a wide variety of venues. Community outreach is also a big part of the Gora Gora Orkestar mission as they have visited many public schools, performed for local events, and continue to participate in fund-raising for local businesses.

Musicians
- TRUMPET: Tung Pham, Alice Hansen
- SAXOPHONE: Pete Lyons, Stephen Angus
- TROMBONE: John Jonas, Breana Cowart
- SOUSAPHONE: Ben Fausch
- DRUMS: Adam Loudermilk, Vic Stauffenberg
- VOCALS: Kelly Maxwell

NYC-based ISLE of KLEZBOS approaches tradition with irreverence and respect. The soulful, fun-loving powerhouse all-women’s klezmer sextet has toured from Vienna to Vancouver since 1998. Band repertoire ranges from rambunctious to entrancing: neo-traditional folk dance, mystical melodies,Yiddish swing & retro tango, late Soviet-era Jewish drinking song, re-grooved standards, and genre-defying originals. ISLE of KLEZBOS concert footage has been broadcast internationally on CBS Sunday Morning, CNN World- Beat, and PBS In The Life, and the band’s live and studio recordings have also been heard on The L Word (Showtime), WFMU, Northeast Public Radio (Live at the Linda), and film soundtracks for Grace Paley: Collected Shorts, Esther Broner: A Weave of Women, and I Guess I’m Not Going to Get toVegas, among others. The band has also been commissioned to create a concert for artist Kiki Smith and studio recordings of Klezbos arrangements for multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated Scissor Sisters. 

Ouzo Bazooka, formed in Tel Aviv, released their debut album in 2014. Since then they have gone on to release two other albums, have toured extensively around Israel and Europe, and have gained considerable critique and following. With renowned singer-songwriter, Uri Brauner Kinrot leading the band, Ouzo Bazooka's sound is a unique concoction of east meets west. Their music combines an exotic Middle-Eastern feel with psychedelic surf rock. The band are currently working on new material and are heading off to Europe again this summer to perform all over the continent.

TOOTARD ARE A YOUNG, TRAILBLAZING ENSEMBLE FOUNDED BY BROTHERS HASAN & RAMI NAKHLEH (BORN IN OCCUPIED GOLAN HEIGHTS, CURRENTLY BASED IN BERN & HAIFA) WHO DEFTLY FUSE LEVANT-TINTED DESERT BLUES, MELODIC PSYCH-ROCK, MORPHED REGGAE AND CLASSICAL ARABIC MODALITIES. THEIR SECOND ALBUM LAISSEZ PASSER, IS THEIR DEBUT INTERNATIONAL RELEASE AND ONE OF THE FIRST SUCH RELEASES FROM THEIR HOMELAND. RESTLESS, BUOYANT AND ECLECTIC.

FOR MORE INFO VISIT: https://tootard.com/home

CONTACT: toot.ard@gmail.com
BOOKING: Marijn Westerlaken | marijn@blipagency.com

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