Selected for FAIR 2025
Selected for MaMa 2025 – Paris
Selected for Visa For Music 2025 – Morocco
Selected for Inouïs du Printemps de Bourges 2025 – Région Île-de-France

Born from the encounter between Franco-Syrian singer Climène Zarkan and guitarist Baptiste Ferrandis, Sarāb — meaning “mirage” in Arabic — masterfully blends rock and Arabic sounds.

Since 2018, and after more than a hundred concerts across Europe and the Mediterranean, Sarāb has evolved and reinvented its universe. In early 2023, the group released Qawalebese Tape, a filmed EP born of a deep creative dive into millennia-old traditions infused with contemporary influences. The result is music that borders on the sacred, carrying a dimension beyond us, rooted in an oral heritage now fading under one-sided globalization. A delicate flirtation with latent anachronism, Sarāb dusts off cassette players and yellowed postcards… inviting listeners into a space of memory where harmony makes the maqāmāt — oriental modes — dance in a storm of electric fury.

Their new album, Mīt warde – Cent Roses , will be released on February 6, 2026 — a poetic and electric cry at the crossroads of maqām, UK rock, and analog synths. (Release party on February 16, 2026 at La Maroquinerie, Paris).

• Climène Zarkan Vocal
• Baptiste Ferrandis Guitar
• Thibault Gomez keyboards, piano
• Timothée Robert Bass
• Paul Berne Drums