Fai Baba (CH)

Fai Baba His name, Fai Baba, may conjure up rather odd associations. However, although Fai Baba did arrive at his name via a detour to India and a quiet word from a Hinduguru named Sai Baba, he found it impossible to live with the hippie groove of thatenvironment. A tourist version of self-discovery truly wasn’t his thing. Ten yearshave passed since that journey. He has released five albums in this time. Thelatest, «Sad & Horny», was released in November 2016 and garnered a sheaf ofexcellent reviews. He played countless gigs and lived through great highs and great lows. Never shying away from uncertainty and risk, he has at last reached a placewhere he can live and create in accordance with his own sense of spirituality.Things have become clear in his mind: Why should I waste my time with work Idon’t like? Why should I let myself be surrounded by people I don’t get on with?Why should I conform when I’d rather find my own forms and shapes? More andmore, Fai Baba has found the answer to these questions in music – his true world.Fai Baba feels cleansed. It could be said that his life has found more of a focus. Or,that his outlook has become more radical. He gave himself up to a ceremonyconducted by a shaman in a tepee. The ceremony involved an ancient brew namedAyahuasca which has for many centuries helped people in the farthest corners ofthe earth to reach the world of spirits. Fai Baba’s fears and sorrows were buriedbehind the river’s next bend. In this way, Fai Baba returned to his own spirituality,communing with his spirits and chasing away some demons. He has, as he says,«had a look behind the matrix of planet earth». Through this process he hasreached a source of unending inspiration. This fresh sense of purpose is deeplyingrained not only in Fai Baba’s unhurried descriptions of his extraordinaryexperiences, but also his new songs.