By L-Acoustics Creations
Although YAPA first formed in Paris, the group’s three guitarists and one percussionist consider their travels around the world to be an indispensable source of inspiration for their music. Archipel was heavily influenced by recent tours to French Polynesia and Great Britain and follows Pariwaga and Wagamumbai, which were recorded in Burkina Faso and India, respectively.
After several months of independent composition, arrangement and rehearsal, YAPA gathered at Studio Meudon in France in January 2016, unleashing an intensely creative group dynamic and bringing a fresh, spontaneous sound to the recording which has been faithfully rendered by Sylvain Biguet’s high-definition, zero-compression approach to mixing. After working with Victor Demé in Burkina Faso, Patrice Bart-Williams in France and Keerthi Sagathia in India, Archipel was also the opportunity for YAPA to collaborate with award-winning Canadian singer Mélissa Laveaux on ‘Phoenix’, legendary bassist Pascal Mulot on ‘Mahana Ninamu’, and to welcome back long-term Burkinabe friends Salif Diarra and Baba Commandant for vocals on ‘Maya’.
Title
Archipel
Artist
YAPA
Music
Composed, arranged and performed by YAPA: Simon Chenet, Christophe Combet, Fabrice Bourguignat and Xavier Hamon
Time
00:43:54
Technique
Mixed in the BluSpace standard
Medium
Bubble in crystalline resin and USB key
1
Intro
00:38
2
7 Hours in Novi Sad
06:25
3
Taxi to Ritzy
04:14
4
Phoenix (featuring Mélissa Laveaux)
03:49
5
À Tâtons
01:03
6
Tontata
02:34
7
Shepherd’s Bush
05:32
8
Chassé-Croisé
03:49
9
Futurogramme
02:37
10
Maya (featuring Salif Diarra and Baba Commandant)
03:52
11
Potron Minet
01:56
12
Mahana Ninamu (featuring Pascal Mulot)
04:07
13
Le Duc de Brockley
04:29
14
Aliona
02:41