Biography
Visionary accordionist Yves Weyh launched Zakarya in Paris during 1999, assembling a lineup that includes guitarist Alexandre Wimmer, bassist Vincent Posty, and drummer Pascal Gully. The ensemble channels Jewish history, humor, rhythms, scales, and sensibilities into its sound, fusing folk motifs with rock energy, klezmer abandon, and an overarching impulse to shatter conventions. They entered a recording agreement with John Zorn’s Tzadik Records in 2000, which issued the self-titled Zakarya the next year in 2001; later Tzadik releases followed with Something Obvious in 2003, 413A in 2006 that welcomed a guest spot from guitarist Marc Ribot, and The True Story Concerning Martin Behaim in 2008.
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