Fake Orchestra
Line up
The collective is hard to pin down, as the seven members of the band core are regularly supported by guest musicians. This in mind, Fake Orchestra are the band leader Igor Leonardi on guitar, Ana Vipotnik on vocals, Aljoša Jerič on drums (before him, this position was taken by the excellent) Aleš Rendla, Jelena Ždrale on violin, Blaž Celarc on percussion, Nino De Gleria on bass and, finally, Primož Fleischman on saxophone. Musicians that sometimes join them are the prodigal multi-instrumentalist Boštjan Gombač from Terra Folk, accordionist Drago Ivanuša, David Jarh on trumpet and vocalist Janja Majzelj.
The band leader Igor Leonardi has a remarkable musical history, as he is also a co-founder of two important Slovenian avant-garde bands that formed in 1980s - Quatebriga and Begnagrad. As a big part of current and past collective of Fake Orchestra also played in those two bends, there is a certain continuity, within which these musical veterans