About

YAO BOBBY (Togo)

Since the 1990s, Yao Bobby has been making his mark as an activist in African rap and has participated in building up a Pan-African hip hop movement. His artistic earmarks are strong lyrics in French and Ewe and a surprising flow.
He has released on Nomadic Wax New York and has been featured on many albums. He lives in Agbodrafo Togo where he opened up a cultural centre for music and arts, with exhibitions, residencies, concerts and community works, also showing his recyclart sculptures he creates from found objects and trash.
https://www.yaobobby.com/

SIMON GRAB (Switzerland)

Simon Grab has been on the experimental electronic music path since early 90ies, with some serious outbreaks into punk, jungle and dub. With his solo works he releases on -ous Records Zurich and sound-space London. His recent musical hyperactivity lead him to a mad collaboration between him, Duma (Kenya, Nyege Nyege), Deaf Kids (Brasil) and Petbrick (UK, Brasil). They have just released an album as a game (https://roam.novasfrequencias.com).
The co-founder of ganzerplatz soundstudios (since 1996) has been an active musician and producer in a wide range of musical contexts, though staying addicted to dub and noise, with an everlasting punk attitude. As a composer and sound artist he produces music & sounddesign for feature films, documentaries, theatre and radio. In live performances and installations Simon Grab uses the venue as an acoustic playground. https://simongrab.com/
https://simongrab.bandcamp.com, https://simongrab.ganzerplatz.ch/