Yannis & The Yaw - Lagos Paris London (2024) [Official Digital Download]

In 2016, Foals singer Yannis Philippakis was offered the opportunity of a lifetime: a two-day session with the great drummer Tony Allen. The pair quickly established an intuitive telepathy, and the music, germinated from jams and loops, and was complemented by a unique atmosphere of two cultures and creatives colliding. Joined by Tony's regular collaborators Vincent Taeger (percussion, marimba), Vincent Taurelle (keys) and Ludovic Bruni (bass, guitar) that first meeting resulted in a handful of near complete songs, which were further developed during a couple subsequent sessions. But between scheduling issues and Covid restrictions, the recordings were not completed before Tony passed away in April 2020. Yannis felt a deep duty to complete the project, not only as a bittersweet way to honor and celebrate his old friend, but also because Tony had been so eager to share these songs with the world. The result is this five-track EP, Lagos Paris London, under the Yannis & the Yaw umbrella.

TRACKLIST

1. Yannis & The Yaw - Walk Through Fire
2. Yannis & The Yaw - Rain Can't Reach Us
3. Yannis & The Yaw - Night Green, Heavy Love
4. Yannis & The Yaw - Under The Strikes
5. Yannis & The Yaw - Clementine



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