Bratsch was a French musical group founded in 1972 by Dan Gharibian and Bruno Girard, blending jazz, gypsy, Armenian, Yiddish and Romanian influences. Their first release, Musiques de partout (1976), launched their recorded output, while the 1988 album Notes de voyage showcased self-production under the APASACA label. Their self-produced work reached a first peak with Sans domicile fixe (1990), which secured invitations to major festivals such as Paléo, the Montreal Jazz Festival, and Printemps de Bourges, and led to performances at the Olympia and Casino de Paris. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s the band issued Écoute ça, chérie (1996), La vie, la mort, tout ça… (2001), and the collaborative Plein du monde (2007) featuring artists like Olivia Ruiz and Khaled; Urban Bratsch (2011) gave a home to their search for new sounds. Announcing their split in 2014, Bratsch played their final concerts in December 2015, closing a career of more than 40 years that included 2,300 shows and 17 official albums.
