Professor Wouassa - Grow Yes Yes! (2017) lossless

Avec deux albums à son actif et des passages sur les meilleures scènes helvétiques (Cully Jazz Festival, Paléo, Festi’Neuch, Les Docks, Cosmo Jazz Festival, JazzOnze+, etc), le combo lausannois transcende les codes de l’afrobeat. 11 musiciens au sang noir, au groove épicé et au son chaud renouvellent la musique de Fela Kuti avec impertinence et décontraction. Entre afro-funk vintage, highlife contemporain et tropicalisme débridé, le Professor Wouassa vous promet sueur et déhanchement excessif dès le premier entretien. Pas d’arnaque !

After performing some of the biggest swiss venues (Cully Jazz Festival, Paléo Festival, Festi’Neuch, Festival de la Cité…), the eleven pieces combo from Lausanne is back with the sequel to their critically acclaimed album Dangerous Koko!. Grow Yes Yes! is a nine-track LP transcending the codes of afrobeat with spicy grooves and a warm sound, revisiting Fela Kuti’s music in an impertinent and relaxed manner. Between vintage afro-funk, contemporary highlife and tropical flavor, Professor Wouassa will to make you sweat, dance and wiggle from the get go.

Rooted in Lausanne, Switzerland, Professor Wouassa brings together the principal Swiss afrobeat players into one groovy pot, cooking uplifting and infectious afro music. Born in 2003, the combo released their first album Dangerous Koko! early 2011. After a string of memorable concerts throughout a packed tour, 2015 marks the release of Grow Yes Yes!. This 2nd album will be re-issued for the very first time on vinyl via Matasuna Records. It’ll surely add fuel to the fire across dancefloors everywhere.



01. Professor Wouassa - Serema feat. Ebo Taylor (feat. Ebo Taylor) (5:29)
02. Professor Wouassa - Doumadem (6:31)
03. Professor Wouassa - Kanoule (7:32)
04. Professor Wouassa - We Thit (4:47)
05. Professor Wouassa - Mame Yala (10:38)
06. Professor Wouassa - Touki (7:23)
07. Professor Wouassa - Sunu Reou feat. Seun Anikulapo Kuti (feat. Seun Anikulapo Kuti) (11:31)
08. Professor Wouassa - Papa Jo (5:34)
09. Professor Wouassa - Bande de Kokos (6:01)