SPEED CARAVAN
Speed Caravan started performing as a trio: Haddab, with bass player and long-time friend Pascal ‘Pasco’ Teillet; and electronic beat mistress and former Ekova member, Hermione Frank. Word of mouth spread, as audiences marvelled at Haddab’s flamboyant, frenetic style (not for nothing has he been called the Hendrix of the oud); at the way Pasco’s bass underlined the oud’s arabesques; at the way Frank grooved at her computer. Later the trio were joined by deft percussion skills and throaty vocals of Moroccan-born Mohamed ‘Simo’ Bouamar, who kept the vibe firmly in the East. At last, the drummer and singer, Rocky Singh (ex member of Asian Dub Foundation), also joined the band. With his powerful, cheerful play with the drums and his heart of rocker, he multiplies by ten the energy rock’n’roll of the live.
