Description
When rock meets the spirit of the savanna, leading to a punk-animist trance.
A vast gulf between two musical cultures at opposite ends of the spectrum.
A French punk rock guitarist and singer and a traditional African percussionist and singer, bound by a brotherly friendship after 25 years of musical adventures and travels between Africa and Europe, dating back to the founding of Yelemba d’Abidjan (1995) and the formation of the band Akeikoi (2000).
A sound that seems to rise from the depths of time, blending the incantatory chants of those initiated into the poro (a traditional Senufo initiation rite) with French and English songs. An alchemy of rock guitars with Sahelian accents and skin- and string-based percussion instruments such as the boloye, a sacred traditional instrument rarely heard.
