Fintou

Recorded with analog equipment in the OTODI studio in Lomé, Vaudou Game’s fifth album takes Togolese sounds to new and exciting places. Their sound fuses vodoun tradition with gritty funk and soul from the 60s and 70s, but Fintou sees them utilise African and Latin American rhythms along with classic grooves. The resulting sound, dripping in brass, guitars and vintage keys, is impossible not to dance to. The album also sees Vaudou Game collaborating with local talent: Nana Benz du Togo contribute lush vocal harmonies, while LOMEVIO add a voice-guitar-accordion trio. Bandleader Peter Solo, from Aného-Glidji, home of the Guin tribe and an important point of vodoun culture, always performs masked, delivering politically charged lyrics urging reflections on humanity, ecology and African heritage. A fantastic sonic development for this festival favourite.