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by Joseph Neff | January 19, 2017 Club d’Elf, Live at Club Helsinki (Face Pelt) The core group here consists of Mike Rivard on bass and sintir and Dean Johnson on drums, with Brahim Fribgane [...]

With bassist Mike Rivard and drummer Dean Johnston at their core, Boston- based Club d’Elf have been inscrutable purveyors of otherworldly improvised headiness since 1998. In recent years, [...]

by Mark Sullivan | All About Jazz | January 17, 2017 The Boston-based collective Club d’Elf seems to attract genre labels like nobody’s business. Moroccan-dosed dub-jazz, trance, [...]

by Doug Collette | All About Jazz It’s not really necessary to be a dervish dancer to appreciate Club d’Elf, especially because, on Live at Club Helsinki, the prominence of varied [...]

by Michael Konik | New Music Without Borders Genres and categories are cool when you’re trying to sell something. But some of our most compelling musical artists don’t pay attention to the [...]

Moroccan-drenched dub-jazz ensemble Club d’Elf have announced the upcoming release of a new live album. The band will issue Live At Club Helsinki featuring special guest John Medeski on January [...]

Club d’Elf, Live at Club Helsinki (Face Pelt Records) A Review Now I think I know how the cobra feels as it sways hypnotically over its coiled body, hood open, eyes fixed on the charmer. When I [...]

Who (and what) defines the Boston-based, dub-jazz Club d’Elf is an enigma. At the core, the “group” is bassist and composer Mike Rivard and drummer Dean Johnston. Rivard has [...]

MoTIV | ALT-NATION | January 11, 2017 Club d’Elf – Live at Club Helsinki CD Release featuring John Medeski Boston Based Club d’Elf come to town celebrate the release of their new double album, [...]

by Chad Berndtson/The Patriot Ledger Now entering its 19th year, Club d’Elf is a Boston-area institution. Its regular Friday night shows [every other Friday, next show Feb 17, 2017] at [...]