Baki da Fari 

  afro influenced music

   from Sweden

Baki da Fari was formed as a quartet in 1997 in Linköping (the 5th biggest city of Sweden) but it all started off as a duo 

many years before. Sly Agouda came to Sweden in the end of the eighties from Togo in West Africa and Hasse Forsberg 

was already an established musician in place when they met and pretty soon began to create music together.

Hasse’s been working with lots of musicians during the years. Two of them are Bo Ekberger and Peter Bruun, also living

in Linköping, so the final constellation was quite naturally formed.  

At the birth of the quartet there was some internal discussion whether Peter would perform drum set or percussion.  The 

solution came to fit the band perfectly – Peter basically plays congas and djembe while a drum machine is given the part

of a laid-back drummer who concentrates on bass drum and hi-hat to leave space for the "alive" performance.  

Baki da Fari means "black and white" in the west-african language hausa which is used a lot in their music. The lyrics 
are written by Sly and deals somewhat with the social and political situation in Africa but also with more lightweight 

subjects.

Most of the music is written within the band and mainly by Hasse but the musical interpretation by everyone is of great 
importance.