HALA DUETT

Håla Duett (pronounced "hhola duet") is a duet composed of drummer Yann Joussein (co-founder of the Coax Collective in Paris) and guitarist Sheik Anorak (founder of Gaffer Records in Lyon). The two musicians combined their efforts to explore the minimal and repetitive aspects of krautrock and the traditional rhythms of African music, for a dreamlike and mesmerizing result. Between Tuareg blues and repetitive rock, this unique encounter takes us into a no-man's land between Dusseldörf and Ouagadougou, inspired as much by repetitive minimalist music as by traditional African singing dances. Humbled in Hausa (West African language), Håla Duett's compositions talk about simple but constitutive subjects such as music as a unifying element, or equality between men and women. Composed between Sweden (Göteborg) and France (Paris), EP "Rana" was recorded in Gnesta in the east of Stockholm during the Scandinavian tour of 2018.

"Håla Duett is an interesting duo consisting of drummer Yann Joussein (living in Paris, France and involved with COAX Collective and numerous band including Snap!, DDJ...) and guitarist Sheik Anorak (living in Göteborg, Sweden and running Gaffer Records and playing with Neige Morte, -1, Videoiid, etc. The music the duo plays is actually a mix or sum of both musicians influences...and the spectrum can be quite broad. But here those two talented musicians chose to explore the fields of the minimal and repetitive sides of both kraut and african music...and kinda mix them. The results is a unique mix of 2 genres that were not supposed to meet..." J. Taylor

Yann Joussein : Drums
Sheik Anorak : Guitar

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