{"id":163584,"date":"2026-08-13T17:08:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T21:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/interviews-panm360\/orientalys-2026-rakcha-band-jazz-funk-fusion-de-tunisie-transplante-a-mtl\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T11:47:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T15:47:01","slug":"orientalys-2026-rakcha-band-jazz-funk-fusion-de-tunisie-transplante-a-mtl","status":"publish","type":"interviews","link":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/interviews-panm360\/orientalys-2026-rakcha-band-jazz-funk-fusion-de-tunisie-transplante-a-mtl\/","title":{"rendered":"Orientalys 2026 | Rakcha Band, A Jazz-Funk-Fusion Group from Tunisia now Based in Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\"><strong>Among the indoor concerts presented by the Orientalys Festival, Rakcha Band\u2014featuring Tunisian musicians who have emigrated to Montreal\u2014will perform this Friday, August 14, at Ausgang Plaza. These professionals, now based in Quebec, were raised on the oriental jazz of their compatriots Fawzi Chekeli, Anouar Brahem, and Dhafer Youssef before moving to the West and changing the course of their lives. Now they\u2019re in action! The ney (flute), darbouka (percussion), bendir (percussion), and other traditional North African instruments intertwine with drums, bass, and keyboards. \u201cEvery ancestral rhythm finds a second life here,\u201d in a jazzy fusion context with a funk-rock edge where Eastern melodies\u2014inevitably microtonal\u2014take center stage. 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