Hello Again Hackney ~ 10A Sessions with Fofoulah

Event Information

Hello Again Hackney ~ A special series of performances to welcome Hackney residents back to SJQ.

Fofoulah means "it's there" in Wolof.
Signed to Glitterbeat Records this out of this world group features Senegalese vocalist, dancer and percussionist Batch Gueye, Tom Challenger (Red Snapper) on sax/synths, guitarist Phil Stevenson (Iness Mezel), Johnny Brierley on bass, Gambian sabar drummer Kaw Secka and drummer Dave Smith (Robert Plant's Shapeshifters, Juju). Fofoulah's music is inspired a cosmopolitan mélange that also incorporates elements of electronic music, dub, improvisation, afro-rock and Wolof dance.
Their latest album “Daega Rek” (release date 8/11/18) is a more shape-shifting and adventurous recording. Slippery sabar beats, dystopian electronics, and echoing, shamanic chants ratchet up both the dub quotient and the dramatic tension. Creating a sound-world that is both earthy and urban, futurist and rooted.

Press Reviews

"A bravely adventurous new fusion band"
4 stars out of 5 stars
- The Guardain.

“FOFOULAH... are properly outlandish, teleporting the listener to some West African metropolis a hundred years in the future…this one’s fierce on every level.”
— MOJO

Video links

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSdDILmbvSY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a48LEnHfwEg