Fabiola

In The Mushroom Type, the new album under the moniker of Fabiola, Fabrice Detry casts off the moorings of
careerism to get on the little bike that rolls around in his head, preferring creative emergence to the sirens of
conformism. With this new point of departure, the Belgian with distant Breton roots confirms his hybrid but
never haphazard approach, combining melodic talent and pop immediacy, all crowned with a cerebral, sometimes
quasi-mystical psychedelia.

The Mushroom Type was born in a turbulent period for the musician. To exist the album required a total letting go, coupled with a surge of madness and an irrepressible desire to break and rebuild. This practice of collage per-
meates the entire process of writing and recording demos. In the studio, he surrounds himself with the cream of Belgian and French indie music. On stage, Léa Kadian (Kunde), Tim Clijsters (ex-leader of BRNS) and Aurélien
Auchain (Mountain Bike) join the adventure. In a duo version with musician and photographer Morgane Delfosse, Fabiola delivers a unique experience, where the songs are presented in their purest form. Their avowed aim: “to bridge the gap between the strangeness of the first demos and the band’s live energy”. A successful gamble when listening to the album, which combines polished production, inventive sound work and a blatant desire to surprise listeners and take them into new territory. Deeply cathartic, the album’s lyrics are chiseled, hard-hitting and full of powerful imagery. Fabrice Detry uses slogans to assert a powerful intimate and political commitment, scratching iconic figures and revealing himself unvarnished to the world.

The Mushroom Type takes its name from the musician’s passion for mushrooms, hiding in the forest that gigantic
network known as mycelium. A fitting image to describe an album rich in atmospheres and sound worlds, which
never ceases to amaze. With a certain modesty, Fabrice Detry finds his way to himself through infectious pop
songs of a new kind.