Lala Bohand

Behind the sound dreamcatcher INTO LALA stands a trio from Kiel, Germany. Their music tells us a story about love, fear and all thats between that. Its about getting one with the woods and staring at the walls with caleidoscope eyes. After two years of writing, composing and mastering the tracks in their homestudio, their album is an uncommon musical journey, blurring the lines between Pop, Folk, Electronica and House. its a wonderful story being told over its one hour trip, and certainly an opportunity to explore and lose yourself in.

“The Lamb was written during a time of intense paranoia after a home invasion, deaths of loved ones and general violence around me and my friends,” says Lillie West, the Chicago-based songwriter behind Lala Lala. “I started to frequently and vividly imagine the end of the world, often becoming too frightened to leave my house. This led me to spend a lot of time examining my relationships and the choices I’d made, often wondering if they were correct and/or kind.”

Go Lala Go!/Du Lala's Promotion (Du Lala's Promotion): Helmed by actress-turned-director Xu Jinglei, the film is adapted from a novel entitled "Du Lala's Promotion". The best-seller centers on a woman named Du Lala who takes the high road to get promoted. The film stars director Xu Jinglei herself as Du Lala, as well as Stanley Huang, Karen Mok, Li Ai, and Pace Wu.

Director: Jinglei Xu
Genius is ten percent inspiration and ninety percent perspiration. That is the case for Du Lala, who begins her career in a Global Top 500 company as a humble receptionist. Lala tackles pressure and frustration in a positive manner, knowing that the obstacles are just many of the hoops she has to jump through. What will Lala harvest in the end? Promotion, of course, and as an added bonus, a romance.

One of the leading lights of Ethiopian music presents his first new material in an age on Lala Belu for Awesome Tapes From Africa - the label who were instrumental in showcasing his work to wider audiences with the compilation Hailu Mergia & His Classical Instrument: Shemonmuanaye in 2013, and later a reissue of reissue of his Tche Belew [1977] album