It all begun in 2014 with an encounter amongst young Algerian underground artists in a far-flung saharan region stretching over Niger & Algeria. On this vast patch of land which has seen African sound travel and blend for centuries, El Foukr R'Assembly was born with a vision to continuously enrich their debut recordings by travelling to West Africa and strive to musically "Look South", title of their first album.
It took a year to crowdfund a month trip to Ghana. And it happened. An Afro-multinational 7-piece band was formed in 2015 at a makeshift studio in the suburbs of the Ghanian capital Accra, then it toured all over the country.
The resulting groove is a trance journey between roots immersion and contemporary African genres: an AfroJazzy Sufi Diwane, an upbeat Algerian Rai, a Bluesy North African Gnawa, a soulful Sahel-Saharan Madingue, a sweet Ghanian High-Life & an urban West African Afro-Salsa. Something you will not remember as just another African fusion, but as El Foukr
