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ABOUT

Fontain's M.U.S.E.
and
FlashSitar

​​"Fontain's M.U.S.E. aspires to be a

celebration of diversity through music"

~DJ Flash, groove master, sitarist​ ​​

~*~

"Music is the Universal Source of Enlightenment"  ​​

~Fontain, vocalist, composer, guitarist

most recent Interview: 
Bold Journey Magazine

https://boldjourney.com/meet-farhan-khan/

Here is a short bio and long bio for publishers to  copy and paste
for Madame Fontain the Solo artist~

Madame Fontain-  Bio Petite
Mme  Fontain  is a singer, songwriter and music teacher who's musical compositions have made it into movies featuring world famous celebrities. She plays guitar, tanpura, bouzouki and light percussion instruments. You can find out more about her and how she earned the title of Madame at  www.Fontainsmuse.org  

Madame Fontain- Bio Longue

How and why did Mme Fontain earn the title of Madame?
Madame is a retro title for a woman who has an independent spirit and an artistic or exotic occupation. This title fits her like a vegan fox skin glove.
As a soloist, her style of music is a blend of folk, fairy and fiery cave woman.
Fontain has performed worldwide and in most every state in the USA. 

Her influences are Dead Can Dance, Black Pumas, Thievery Corporation, Massive Attack, The Animals, Sia, Kate Bush, and Willie Nelson.

 

Mme Fontain has been performing for a wide range of venues, events and for odd circumstances throughout space and time. Mme Fontain  performs as a duo with Flash Sitar, a groove rich Eastern and international style of original music.
She has  composed music and is a founding member of the theatrical production called The Magique Bazaar, a long running theatrical troupe. Mme Fontain has performed and written music for characters such as Hookah Smoking Caterpillar, Gypsy Maiden, Miss Fortune Teller. 

Currently, Mme Fontain is teaching children to sing and play guitar for Futures Academy and also performing for private and public social events every weekend.

Mme Fontain has written a wide catalog of songs, one of which is part of the soundtrack of 2018 movie featuring an all star cast including Uma Thurman, Tim Roth, Alice Eve, Sofia Vergara and Maggie Q.

A list of available recorded albums include: Fire Trance, Fountain of Light, Spiral Dance, Muse Politic and her current acoustic album called Birds Eye View will be ready to release in December.
more info: www.Fontainsmuse.org

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About Flash Sitar aka Farhan Khan
Fontain and Farhan have been married and performing and creating music together
since 1999.


A Brief Bio
Hailing From

Originally from Karachi, Pakistan, Khan’s style blends Indian music with electronic beats and global flavors. His family moved to San Jose CA when he was highschooler.
There he met
Ustad Habib Khan, his mentor also a distant relative and later he met his future life time collaborator Fontain Riddle while attending Music Recoding Engineering at Cogswell Poly. 

Mentors and Education
Farhan Khan is a graduating student of the world renowned Ustad Habib Khan
Habib Khan is a  Classical and progressive sitar virtuoso of the highest level, he was born into a family of musicians and can trace his lineage back several generations to when classical music enjoyed the patronage of the nobility and royalty of India.

Farhan Khan is also a graduate of 
Musicians Institute in Hollywood  CA where benefited famous guest lectures Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Scott Henderson, and many other Hollywood guest lectures dropping by this exciting, well known Music School.
Later Farhan pursued Music Recording Engineering curriculum at Cogswell Poly in Sunnyvale CA.


Sound Track Credits
(more on publications page)
Farhan's sitar work has lead him to several noteworthy collaborations in film soundtracks. 
Farhan Khan and Fontain Riddle are credited for their song "Eastern Breeze".
The Hollywood film,
"The Con is On" features a large cast of internationally famous actors:

Uma Thurman, Tim Roth, Maggie Q, Sofia Vergara, 
Alice Eve, Parker Posey, Crispin Glover


Recording Publications
and Collaborations

PUTUMAYO RECORDS 
Farhan's haunting sitar instrumental cover of the Eagles,
"Hotel California" is featured on Putumayo Records compilation for 2025.


MINISTRY
The well known 80s band Ministry released their 15th album 
Moral Hygiene featuring Farhan Khan's sitar playing on the track
"Broken System".

BIRD IN THE TREE
A
rtist Interview: Fontain Riddle, the muse & The Night of Dead Roses

 

“And the day came when the risk it took to remain in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” - Anais Nin
Fontain Riddle has been a fixture in the Bay Area music landscape since she first moved here from Washington, D.C. Whether she's hosting Diva Radio for KUSF, recording new material, blending jazz-inspired vocals, raga and instrumentation from the East and the West to create Sufi-inspried dancescapes, she's a tireless servant to the muse in both band name and spirit. This week, Fontain's M.U.S.E is part of a Valentine-fueled evening of music and ritual called "The Night of Dead Roses." Fontain gave us the low-down:
DC Tell us about the big show you're doing "Night of Dead Roses" on February 13? What can we expect from Fontain and the night?


FR The event is at the Broadway Studios in San Francisco, at Broadway and Montgomery, 7pm.
Night of the Dead Roses is a "...a tribute to the good memories and wisdom gifted to us from past lovers...a night dedicated to forgiveness, healing, and moving on to create new love on Valentine's Day and in our futures...." It is a collaboration and concept by Patric Tierney, who has invented several provocative social /romance games. He will be giving a guided tour of these on that night, and there will be aerial dancers, music, and an independent film maker Nara Denning is presentingShort Films called "Neurotique." You can expect magic, romance, passionate vocals in many tongues, some rocking raga and hot eastern grooves to dance to from
Fontain's M.U.S.E. People who like to dance usually lose a few pounds at our shows. I know I do.
My brother is a well known Bay Area Magician, Majinga. He and Illusionist Genii Perry have designed a magical presentation choreographed to our music and in keeping with the theme of Night of the Dead Roses. I have been working with both of them creatively for ten years with the Magique Bazaar. We will have our Indian percussion master MP Singh with us as well as [my husband] Farhan Khan on the Sitar. And, it is Farhan and Fontain's 11th year wedding anniversary on February 13th. So I will be in rare form in appreciation of all the blessings I have been given. Lets just say I will be CELEBRATING.

 


DC You've incorporated many different influences into your work, from jazz to East Indian music and have played with bands and solo? What's most interesting to you now?

FR Sleep, I never get any. Well, I am not really a deep person, so I am interested in whatever makes people dance. Actually, I am working on two more CDs simultaneously. One is instrumental, a yoga album for yogis who like to dance and not think about the lyrics. I get to show off some soloing on my electric sitar and Farhan can show off a little with his acoustic sitar. The other is a set of all-new songs with socially critical themes. I use to be a very, very angry person and I would do some crazy physical things when I was mad—like jump off a pier where people were fishing and sharks swam, etc. I do not dare do this now because I have a child. I have chilled out quite a bit since then. I am really interested in how to inspire my son to be a better person than I am and to not go through life angry. This stuff is interesting to me now. I am sure some more songs will come from that process. Jazz. I have always loved scat singing, Ella of course. I have learned a little bit of several languages so that I can form new sounds so that my scatting sounds fresh. A little French, Arabic, Hindi, Spanish... I actually sing a song in Uzbec. I've had several of my songs translated in these languages and we do them live. I like to change it up and I like to reach a wide variety of people. It usually surprises them when I start singing in different languages.


DC Who do you look to as mentors? Do you have any main teachers

FR Hazerat Inayet Khan is my greatest teacher. I found out about him from a compilation of his teachings called 'Music of the Spheres, the Sufi Way.' Hazerat Inayet Khan was a Sitar player, and a Vina Player. In his time he was one of the greatest. He gave it up to become a spiritual teacher. I highly recommend his work if anyone out there in cyberspace is interested in Eastern Philosophy. Another Sufi I have learned from is Rumi of course. Musically, nature is the best teacher. The Goddess Saraswati is an icon who can still teach us. She is the mother of music, dance, and knowledge. I look to her for inspiration.


DC Is there a story behind your name?

FR My name is a common French name meaning 'fountain.' And most people confuse my name with Fountain. I really do not care if people confuse my name. I just laugh, some times they conjugate it as if it is a verb. Fontanna, Fontuna, Fontina,... I think Fontina is a kind of cheese.
Riddle is my fathers last name. I never changed my name when I got married because my Dad died young. It is no mistake that the main character in Les Miserable was called Fontaine (the correct spelling), a person can associate the name with "fountain of tears" or some such metaphor. But believe me, I am the fountain of LOVE, yea baby! Le Fontaine du amour.

MORE ON THE NAME FONTAIN RIDDLE
What is a Fountain? A sourse that flows out yet replenishes itself.


I am a fountain from which no one can drink;
For many I am considered a necessary link;
Like gold I am sought for,
But my continued death brings wealth to more.

 

Fountain Riddle of Tryton>>

There is this fountain in Trynton that gives me a riddle. 

From this Fountain you cannot drink.

What is this fountain, what do you think?
As time moves, so it creates... the lessons learned and the ways of fate... I am each one and yet still more... all you've known, seen and done before. Tell me, what am I? 

 

​​"Fontain's M.U.S.E. aspires to be a

celebration of diversity through music"

~DJ Flash, groove master, sitarist​ ​​

~*~

"Music is the Universal Source of Enlightenment"  ​​

~Fontain, vocalist, composer, guitarist


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