Listen:
iniyi
Maisha
Tshitshe

Musicians:
Manou Gallo - lead vocal, bass, guitars, percussions
Bilou Doneux - guitars, bass, percussions, vocals
Yves Baibay - drums
Tanga Rema - vocals, guitars
Philippe Reul - keyboards, bass, guitars
Michel Seba - percussion

Press sheet from the record label:
Well known in world music circuits as singer, intense dancer, percussionist and bass player of bands like the successful vocal ensemble Zap Mama and Tambours de Brazza, Ivorian Manou Gallo has recently emerged as one of the most interesting and exciting new voices of African music with the release of "Dida", her first album as leader of her own band, Le Djiboi.

The main inspiration behind the compositions included on this superb record comes from the ancient music tradition of the Central-West region of the Ivory Coast, homeland of Djiboi people, from where she originates. Deep African roots made of an exuberant sense of rhythm and the enrich vocal architecture she has grown surrounded by. But the reason why "Dida" has become such a seductive approach to world music is the amazing way she brings together the memory of her ancestors with her western culture influences (she's established in Belgium for a long time) in a fresh, innovative, blend of ultra-groovy highly-danceable funk, sensual R&B, emotive blues and African heritage. Manou Gallo, singing in French, English and Dida language, has recorded an album which perfectly fits in the nowadays popular world music label. It does in the most literal sense of it. Because on Gallo's voice gather past traditions and contemporary influences, African rhythms, Western styles and a whole world of sensitivity and joy!