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Flairck is a Dutch musical ensemble formed in the late 1970s around guitar virtuoso Erik Visser. The group has had varying members dependent on the projects undertaken.
The Netherlands has long experienced a variety of musical influences as befits a country of its cultural diversity. Flairck, formed by Erik Visser in 1978, has tapped into this confluence of musical inspirations, bringing with it its own originality. Like its music the name of the band is an original composition, coming from the English work 'flair' and the Dutch 'vlerk' which means a nimble fingered hand or wing, reflecting the instrumental speed...
Flair is the name of more than one artist:
1) a group founded by Joshua Dawson of New Zealand
2) a rock band
3) Danish group
4) East german jazz
5) funk / soul group
6) house .
The Royal Flairs were a garage-rock band from Council Bluffs, Iowa. In the early 60s, They served as the house band for the Milrose Ballroom in Omaha. They also cut a couple of garage and surf 45's as The Royal Flairs and The Unlimited. Their songs are noted for their dirty, raw sound and morbid lyrics. The band broke up afterlead singer Bob Everhart was shot trying to protect a 350-pound go-go dancer named Miss Temptation from a crazed bar patron. He survived the wound but decided to get out of the nightclubs. .
Cockney speaking French knob twiddler Lionel Flairs is currently shacked up in Paris producing some of the most eccentric and off-beat electro that you are likely to have heard since the start of this admittedly young millenium.
Years of shuttling between gay Paris, Staines (before Ali G and Hard-Fi had heard of it) and London’s Soho infused the maverick songsmith with the tongue-in-cheek triple irony of post-post modern England and the refined ears of someone who counts uber-dance acts such as Daft Punk and Justice among his extended circle of friends.
The sonic talents of legendary producers Etienne de Crecy...
