SÉ NAM by Nana Benz du Togo
After their first album, AGO, released in 2023, and two successful European tours, the group's second album, SÉ NAM (‘understand me' in Mina), will be released on June 13, 2025.
Feminist and ecological themes, sung in the scales of Togolese voodoo tradition, are still at the heart of the group's discourse.
Recorded once again at the legendary OTODI studio in Lomé, the new tracks benefit from a more contemporary production by Peter Solo (Vaudou Game) that retains the lively character of the original recording, but gives even greater scope to groove and rhythm.
An immemorial trance, which through the use of their magical 'gazé tuyaux', a DIY bass based on PVC pipes, evokes original house and techno and will seduce dance-floors around the world.
Tracklist
| 1. | RECYCLE | 4:05 |
| 2. | NYIDE | 3:41 |
| 3. | ZOOMER | 3:16 |
| 4. | MA TÊTE | 3:31 |
| 5. | SAMEDI | 4:33 |
| 6. | MISTER GO | 3:38 |
| 7. | AVANCER | 3:25 |
| 8. | FOVI | 3:28 |
| 9. | NATURE | 3:19 |
| 10. | LONLON | 3:15 |
| 11. | PAPI | 3:30 |
Credits
Lady Apoc : vocals
Parus Kekeli : vocals & Keyboard
Queen Aroufo : vocals
Toto Tchilatchi : drums
David kasanku : gazé tuyaux (bass pvc)
Produced by Peter Solo
Recorded by Patrick Jauneaud At studio Otodi in Lome, Togo, in December 2024
Mixed by Patrick Jauneaud & Peter solo at studio la Grandinelle
Mastering at Sonics Mastering François Fanelli at Sonics, France
License
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