Fab

Genre: Blues
Secondary Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap chicago, Illinois USA Contact

Contact USA: Fabsound records LLC : +1 773 227 1619 Contact Europe: Label Travers asbl: + 1 773 227 1619

Artist Information

Biography

Fab is a Belgian-American hip hop blues band. Jazz drums, upright bass, Delta blues guitar, and a hip hop DJ team up for an eccentric sound from 21st century Chicago.

Bandleader and guitarist Fabien Van der Stappen is a native of Belgium. In gritty French and broken English, he proclaims -- and promises to cure -- the international vice grip of the blues.

Fab's first album, "I Didn't Choose the Mood" was released in 2005. In 2006, Fab participated in compilation Heavy Breathing VOL 1 “Bite it” on Normal records distributed in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. The second album, "Incursions ostentatoires", is released on Label Travers in Belgium distributed by AMG in Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg. The new album features Swiss artist Chris Harper on harmonica, and the lead slide guitar work of Max Getzel from Urban Twang.

Van der Stappen has worked for many years as a sound engineer, and produces bands in Chicago for his own label, Fabsound Records. His influences include Willie Dixon, Tom Waits, G. Love, Beck, Portishead, Serge Gainsbourg, and an array of bluesmen.


Instrumentation

Instrumentation

Band Members in Europe and USA:

Guitar/Vocals: Fabien Van der Stappen (BEL)
Upright Bass: Aaron Mitter(USA)
Drums: David Williams(USA)
DJ Turntable: Aaron Judlowe (USA)
Keys/Organ: Tom Vaitsas (USA)
Backin vocals: Geraldine Capron (BEL)

Discography

1) LP Fab "i didn't choose the mood"
Fabsound records FSR001
cp2005
2) Compilation Heavy Breathing Volume 1 "BITE IT"on Normal Records distributed in Germany by Indigo, in Switzerland by K-tel and in Austria by Ixthulu.2006
3) Compilation Fabsound records fights autism on Fabsound records cp 2006
4) LP Incursions Ostentatoires 2009 distributed by AMG in Benelux Label Travers/Fabsound records LLC
5) Radio Classic 21 Brussels, Belgium 2009
6) Radio Campus ,Lille, France 2009

Audio

  • Incursions ostentatoires
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  • I got the recipe
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  • Bouilloire en veille
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  • That kind of Voodoo
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  • Intro blues
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  • I didn't choose the mood
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  • Hatives conclusions
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  • I need a place
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Lyrics

Video

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Press

  • Something different that is worth a listen [+ Show ]

    This cd is strange.If you like blues but are tired of the same ol' chicago blues try it out.This cd ...

  • Compilation Heavy Breathing Vol 1 [+ Show ]

    09 | FAB | Orgasmic Blues Let’s slide into the swampy delta with this frankly phallic tune about a...

  • Voodoo Child Spring - Summer 2006 "Manic Depression" [+ Show ]

    Fab “I didn’t choose the mood (Fabsound records FSR001) “Manic depression” Fabien Van der Stappen....

  • FAB MARNI JAZZ RENDEZ-VOUS 12/9/2009 Brussels Belgium [+ Show ]

    Derriere l’acronyme Fab se cache le musicien et technicien sonore belge Fabien Van der Stappen. Il a...

  • Label Travers 2009 [+ Show ]

    Début septembre paraît sur LABEL TRAVERS « Incursions Ostentatoires » la première sortie européenne ...

  • Radio Blues Belgium [+ Show ]

    "Je découvre FAB, belge américain, dont la musique s'échappe des frontières sonores en mélangeant...

  • Une saison très blues à Brassages [+ Show ]

    « Tout pour le blues. Voilà en quatre mots la philosophie de Jules Imberechts. « Parce que le blues ...

  • Radio Campus Lille France [+ Show ]

    « La synthèse parfaite entre Robert Johnson, Serge Gainsbourg et Portishead. Fab mélange avec poésie...

  • Brusselnieuws.be [+ Show ]

    FAB - 12 september om 20.30 uur 2009 Achter het acroniem Fab schuilt de Belgische muzikant-geluidst...

  • Back to the roots January 2010 Interview [+ Show ]

    In een wereld waar winstcijfers en crisisterminologie bepalend zijn, wordt het steeds moeilijker voo...

Setlist

Lp "I didn't choose the mood"
Lp "Incursions ostentatoires"

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