Lagos

Yannis Philippakis’ collaborative EP with pioneering drummer Tony Allen, ‘Lagos Paris London’ comes exclusively pressed to multi-splatter LP, limited to 500 copies and hand-numbered to order. The pair met in 2016 and 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 of 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 honour and celebrate his 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.

" Lagos vous rend vivant. Lagos vous tue. Ici, vous aurez tort sur tout. Ici, vous n'aurez plus raison de rien. Lagos crée autant de millionnaires qu'elle envoie de pauvres au tapis. Ici, la Nature abonde autant qu'elle s'autodétruit. Et jamais, vous, humains, malgré vos croyances et vos certitudes, jamais vous n'aurez voulu tant vivre. Au milieu de ce trop-plein, de ce trop de gens, de ce trop de déchets, d'injustices, de fêtes et d'excès. De tout ce que vous aviez tenté d'ignorer jusqu'à présent. "…