Urban griot and multi-instrumentalist Kaito Winse (vocals, tama, peul flutes, mouth bow) fortuitously collided with Brussels noise punk musicians Benjamin Chaval (drums, electronics) and Arnaud Paquotte (bass) from the group Le Jour du Seigneur, after a friend of theirs in Burkina Faso played Kaito some of the duo’s pummeling prog music. Through a twisting sequence of events, the trio eventually met and began developing the ancestral and dadaist sound that defines the album.
The trio create a hypnotic, playful and unexpected blend of sharp noise-punk and the propulsive sounds of traditional Burkinabe music and instruments. Kaito’s griot ancestry and the band’s motivation is a spontaneous escape from the addiction of the online world, a reconnection with the ritual of live performance. It is a focused interaction between flesh and blood people.
"Their sound is a striking, molten blend that sparks and shakes with life."
The Quietus"Mercurial music that grabs you by the hand and leads you to some swirling metropolis underworld."
Far Out Magazine
