Sonic Pluriverse Festival: Bass Culture - Manou Gallo, The Congos, Sammy Dread

In the organizer's words:

Manou Gallo

Manou Gallo, musical pioneer and influential bassist, has been at home on the biggest stages in Europe and the USA since 1997. Before her solo career, she was part of the legendary band Zap Mama. As a producer, she promotes young artists and was responsible for the album Rising Tide (2012), for example, which brought the band Mokoomba, which was still considered an insider tip at the time, their breakthrough and a global career. She has worked with greats such as Wyclef Jean, Marcus Miller and Manu Dibango and composed theater music. Gallo has been on the road with her own band since 2003, delighting audiences with her mix of Afrobeat, funk, jazz, rumba and salsa. She is named among the top ten African bassists and received the Best African Instrumentalist Award in 2022, among numerous other honors. She was dubbed the "African Queen of Bass" by her US colleague Bootsy Collins from the Funkadelics. Her playing is powerful and virtuoso, carried by an infallible feeling for the beat that makes her the center of gravity of her band and every concert.

The Congos

The Congos are one of the last Jamaican reggae bands that have been playing in their founding formation since the 1970s, and you can feel this powerful cohesion that has grown over decades in their concerts, which are like Rasta masses. Cedric Myton, Ashanti Roy, Watty Burnett and Kenroy "Talash" Fyffe are Rastafarians who live and act according to the image they convey and have remained true to their roots and principles. They became famous with the album Heart of the Congos (1977), recorded in Lee "Scratch" Perry's legendary studio. The Congos continued to work with Lee Perry for as long as he lived.

Manou Gallo

Manou Gallo, a musical pioneer and influential bassist, has been playing on the biggest stages in Europe and the US since 1997. Before her solo career, she was part of the legendary band Zap Mama. As a producer, she promotes young artists, her credits including Rising Tide (2012), the album that helped the then hardly-known band Mokoomba to achieve their international breakthrough. She has worked with Wyclef Jean, Marcus Miller, and Manu Dibango, and has composed music for the theater. Since 2003, she has been touring with her own band, thrilling audiences with her blend of Afrobeat, funk, jazz, rumba, and salsa. She has been listed as one of Africa's top ten bassists and, alongside many other honours, she received the Best African Instrumentalist Award in 2022. Referred to by fellow bassist Bootsy Collins of the US-American band Funkadelics as the 'African Queen of Bass', her playing is powerful and masterful, underpinned by a sense of rhythm that makes her the centre of gravity of her band and of each of their concerts.

The Congos

The Congos are one of the last Jamaican reggae bands to continue to play in their original line-up since the 1970s, and their concerts, which double as acts of Rastafarian worship, convey this sense of unity. Cedric Myton, Ashanti Roy, Watty Burnett, and Kenroy 'Talash' Fyffe are Rastafarians who have stayed true to their roots and principles, living in accordance with the image they project. They achieved fame with their album Heart of the Congos (1977), recorded at the legendary studio of Lee 'Scratch' Perry, with whom they worked throughout his life.

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