Safri Duo

Safri Duo is a Danish percussion duo composed of Uffe Savery and Morten Friis. Initially classic oriented, by 1999 they were discovered by a label executive working on classic music. After being signed, a track mixing both tribal sound and

Safri Duo is a Danish percussion duo composed of Uffe Savery and Morten Friis. Initially classic oriented, by 1999 they were discovered by a label executive working on classic music. After being signed, a track mixing both tribal sound and modern electronica was set to be released in 2000 The result was the tremendously popular "Played-a-live (The Bongo Song)," that became one of the most popular songs in Europe that year.

Uffe Savery and Morten Friis met in 1977 while attending the Tivoli Garden Boys' Guard, and later, in the Royal Danish Conservatory of Music formed an experimental duo, its name originated from the first letters of their last names: Savery and Friis. Under this name, Savery and Friis released six albums between 1990 and 1998, mostly percussion transcriptions from classics from Bach, Chopin and others. Their talent did not pass unnoticed, and in 1999 the duo was given a contract with Universal Music Denmark.