YELÉ

© YELE / Abram Werner
Genre : Band
Principal country concerned : Column : Music, Heritage


an atypical trio established in France, born of the drift of the musical continents and which releases an implacable groove. With an original instrumentation (N'Goni / Kora, Didgeridoo, Guitar), YELÉ carries values of West-African griotic traditions and their compositions trample cheerfully the borders of the genres. Mixed blood music, which transports from Australian bush to the Mississippi via the Mandingo empire : 

 

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Line-UP : 

- Losso Keïta (Burkina -Faso) : Lead Vocal, Kora, N'Goni, Percussions

- Eliah Jasper (Netherlands, Australia) : Didjeridoo, Bansuri



- Manu Trezaud (France) : Guitar



Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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