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{"id":7800025481466,"title":"Yao Bobby \u0026 Simon Grab \/\/ WUM 2xLP","handle":"ybsg","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e西アフリカのトーゴ共和国のラッパー\u003c\/span\u003eYao Bobbyとスイスの実験ビートメイカーSimon Grabが、2022年9月にイギリス・ブリストルの実験／ダンスレーベルLAVALAVA Recordsからリリースした2枚組みレコードです。\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eノイジーなインダストリアルビートにポリティカルラップが絡まる攻撃的なグライム20曲を収録。\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eテクノリスナーにもオススメします。\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2947170876\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eレーベルその他作品は\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/lavalava\"\u003eこちら\u003c\/a\u003e \/\/\/ Click \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/lavalava\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e to see more LAVALAVA Records releases available at Tobira. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-------------------------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2 x 12\" pressed in silver foil block print sleeve.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e***\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLAVALAVA:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmongst the doom, gloom, uncertainty and general anxiety of the last years, it’s been inspiring, and indeed hope-giving to see collaborators Yao Bobby, based in Togo, and Simon Grab, out of Switzerland, stick through hard times and keep pushing on to record this album, despite living around 4500 kilometres apart. A tough challenge during a time of border closures, lockdowns and screen mediated interactions.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDuring the process of writing and recording the album, they had to navigate a corrupt Togolese government, unfair visa restrictions for outsider access to the fortress of Europe, tour cancellations, lockdowns, parenthood, and all that comes with juggling life and creative energy. If you asked us, we’d say that these challenges are enough proof of a need for this record to exist.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFor us, music is about manifesting a kind of spirit of our time, and this album does it. It somehow captures the insanity of the last years, and spits it back with a powerful sense of rebellion. In a world at a kind of (post) colonialist, capitalist boiling point, Yao Bobby \u0026amp; Simon Grab are a loud and proud voice for unity, but not for uniformity.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eYao Bobby \u0026amp; Simon Grab’s music screams, kicks and pulses in an unstoppable, shape-shifting rhythm of sound \u0026amp; voice, driven by this same need for survival, an urgency to create, and to be\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e heard. To manifest the music is a kind of proof of existence, proof of survival. With ‘WUM’, their debut album, Yao \u0026amp; Simon are decorating their future tombstones right now, ready to be remembered in great ways. Not just for making their own kind of story, but for including all of us in it. It’s not a selfish music, but it’s not easy listening either. It’s a music for border-crushing community, for rebellion. Anti-clockwise, anti-fascist. Real people music. Loud, cantankerous and fearless. In 'WUM', cross-wired feedback pulses with its own axis as a time frame, vocals in Éwé the\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTogolese tongue, and also French \u0026amp; English... To put it simply: sonically, and lyrically, you’ve never heard anything quite like this.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTurn it up, and lose yourself in waves of low-end, synthesised, unhinged self-oscillating rhythms, and face the unbelievable vocal fire of Yao Bobby...but don’t be fooled by his rough tone, Yao understands the dynamic of sound in a water-like way. There is ebb, there is flow. He dives in and out of Simon’s\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003esonic feedback system like crashing tides, or subtle currents forming oceans of word-sound. His style is elemental, fluid. Perhaps the only MC in the world who can ride Simon’s unhinged rhythms and frequency dynamics so perfectly.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMusically speaking ’WUM’ is an evolution of their previous two releases on LAVALAVA, whilst opening new pathways into their particular territory of word-sound \/ rhythm explosiveness. Served up as a mighty twenty track album, it is a definite testament to the determination, and the unstoppable musical power of Yao Bobby \u0026amp; Simon Grab.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePress play and hear the sound of worlds colliding,\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ecrashing, and creating. Much in the spirit of our modern age, ‘WUM’ is full of that unpredictable chaos... 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A tough challenge during a time of border closures, lockdowns and screen mediated interactions.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDuring the process of writing and recording the album, they had to navigate a corrupt Togolese government, unfair visa restrictions for outsider access to the fortress of Europe, tour cancellations, lockdowns, parenthood, and all that comes with juggling life and creative energy. If you asked us, we’d say that these challenges are enough proof of a need for this record to exist.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFor us, music is about manifesting a kind of spirit of our time, and this album does it. It somehow captures the insanity of the last years, and spits it back with a powerful sense of rebellion. In a world at a kind of (post) colonialist, capitalist boiling point, Yao Bobby \u0026amp; Simon Grab are a loud and proud voice for unity, but not for uniformity.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eYao Bobby \u0026amp; Simon Grab’s music screams, kicks and pulses in an unstoppable, shape-shifting rhythm of sound \u0026amp; voice, driven by this same need for survival, an urgency to create, and to be\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e heard. To manifest the music is a kind of proof of existence, proof of survival. With ‘WUM’, their debut album, Yao \u0026amp; Simon are decorating their future tombstones right now, ready to be remembered in great ways. Not just for making their own kind of story, but for including all of us in it. It’s not a selfish music, but it’s not easy listening either. It’s a music for border-crushing community, for rebellion. Anti-clockwise, anti-fascist. Real people music. Loud, cantankerous and fearless. In 'WUM', cross-wired feedback pulses with its own axis as a time frame, vocals in Éwé the\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTogolese tongue, and also French \u0026amp; English... To put it simply: sonically, and lyrically, you’ve never heard anything quite like this.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTurn it up, and lose yourself in waves of low-end, synthesised, unhinged self-oscillating rhythms, and face the unbelievable vocal fire of Yao Bobby...but don’t be fooled by his rough tone, Yao understands the dynamic of sound in a water-like way. There is ebb, there is flow. He dives in and out of Simon’s\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003esonic feedback system like crashing tides, or subtle currents forming oceans of word-sound. His style is elemental, fluid. Perhaps the only MC in the world who can ride Simon’s unhinged rhythms and frequency dynamics so perfectly.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMusically speaking ’WUM’ is an evolution of their previous two releases on LAVALAVA, whilst opening new pathways into their particular territory of word-sound \/ rhythm explosiveness. Served up as a mighty twenty track album, it is a definite testament to the determination, and the unstoppable musical power of Yao Bobby \u0026amp; Simon Grab.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePress play and hear the sound of worlds colliding,\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ecrashing, and creating. Much in the spirit of our modern age, ‘WUM’ is full of that unpredictable chaos... The perfect breeding ground for something new\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtist : Yao Bobby \u0026amp; Simon Grab\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel : LAVALAVA\u003c\/p\u003e"}
