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Club D'elf Live @ Club Helsinki Set 1 Part 2 ClubdElf 224 views The guys are gettin warmed up in this one...lots more music from this show on the way soon!
Mogador by Club d'Elf ClubdElf 942 views Music video of song Mogador from new CD Electric Moroccoland/So Below (Face Pelt 2011). Edited by Toshi Hoo.
Mogador Edit v09 ProRes 3 5Mbps ClubdElf 19 views
Club d'Elf Tokyo 12.18.10 HIghlights (set 1) ClubdElf 1,465 views Club d'Elf Shibuya, Tokyo Japan John Medeski Setven Bernstein David Fiuczuynski Mike Rivard Dean Johnston
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Berber Rais orchestra, Tiznit, Morocco 12.20.09 Pt. 9 ClubdElf 3,529 views Asslaf Ceremonial Hall. Gala dinner for the University of the Middle East Sister Cities Civic Participation & Leadership Initiative (CPLI) on Dec 20, 2009 in Tiznit, Morocc...
Berber Rais orchestra, Tiznit, Morocco 12.20.09 Pt. 8 ClubdElf 1,080 views Asslaf Ceremonial Hall. Gala dinner for the University of the Middle East Sister Cities Civic Participation & Leadership Initiative (CPLI) on Dec 20, 2009 in Tiznit, Morocc...
Berber Rais orchestra, Tiznit, Morocco 12.20.09 Pt. 7 ClubdElf 2,053 views Asslaf Ceremonial Hall. Gala dinner for the University of the Middle East Sister Cities Civic Participation & Leadership Initiative (CPLI) on Dec 20, 2009 in Tiznit, Morocc...
Berber Rais orchestra, Tiznit, Morocco 12.20.09 Pt. 6 ClubdElf 11,305 views Asslaf Ceremonial Hall. Gala dinner for the University of the Middle East Sister Cities Civic Participation & Leadership Initiative (CPLI) on Dec 20, 2009 in Tiznit, Morocc...
Berber Rais orchestra, Tiznit, Morocco 12.20.09 Pt. 5 ClubdElf 1,060 views Asslaf Ceremonial Hall. Gala dinner for the University of the Middle East Sister Cities Civic Participation & Leadership Initiative (CPLI) on Dec 20, 2009 in Tiznit, Morocc...

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Club d'Elf convened for the first time in 1998, spearheaded and fronted by bassist/composer Mike Rivard, a busy session player who has recorded & performed with Morphine, Jon Brion, Aimee Mann, G. Love & Jonatha Brooke, amongst others. Originally formed around a core rhythm section with the addition of different special guests for each show, the idea was to remix Rivard's groove-based compositions differently for each performance. Guests over the years have included John Medeski & Billy Martin (MMW), DJ Logic, Marc Ribot, Skerik, and Marco Benevento (Benevento / Russo Duo), with Jambands.com describing the situation thusly: "Club d'Elf consists of Mike Rivard and any cohorts who decide to embark with him into perilous sonic chimeras".

The music draws from a startlingly wide spectrum of styles, including jazz, hip hop, electronica, prog-rock and dub, with the band exploring mash ups of these diverse musical universes before the term was even in use. Over the past few years (under the tutelage of member Brahim Fribgane, who hails from Casablanca) the band has been absorbing Moroccan trance influences and frequently adding this element to the live mix, showcasing Fribganes mesmerizing oud stylings and Rivard's commanding playing of the Moroccan sintir, a 3 string bass lute used by the Gnawa people of Morocco, a mystical Sufi brotherhood descended from sub-Saharan slaves brought to Morocco over 500 years ago.

Over the course of it's 10 year history the band has toured Japan four times and played countless gigs and festivals, including the prestigious Festival Du Monde de Arabe in Montreal, and released 8 live CDs. In 2006 d'Elf released it's first studio disc, Now I Understand, which climbed to #7 on the CMJ Jazz chart and garnered rave reviews. Slated for early 2011 are TWO new studio releases, representing very different sides of the band's sound: Electric Moroccoland (Dos Vol 1) is the band's take on Moroccan trance music (and featuring Hassan Hakmoun singing a Gnawa-ified version of Cream's Sunshine Of Your Love). the other, So Below (Dos Vol 2) is post-Radiohead electronica (and featuring some of the late Mark Sandman's (Morphine) last recorded performances),

Discography:

As Above: Live at the Lizard Lounge (2000)

Vassar Chapel 02/26/2001 (2001)

Athens, GA 03/28/2002 (2002)

NYC 04/20/2000 (2003)

Live: Tonic, NYC 5/26/2004 (2004)

Gravity All Nonsense Now (2005)

100 Years of Flight (2005)

Now I Understand (2006)

Perhapsody (2007)

Best Cutting Edge Band, Best of Boston, Boston Magazine, 1998

Best DJ/Electronica Act, FNX Best Music Poll, 2001

Best Jam Band, Phoenix Editors and Readers Poll, 2001

Best Jazz Act, Best of Boston, Boston Magazine, 2004

Best Jazz Act, Boston Music Awards, 2007

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