For the past ten years, Electric Vocuhila has been developing a singular, powerful, and voluble sound, inspired by various contemporary urban or ceremonial African musics, combined with orchestration and an approach to improvisation rooted in (free) jazz, and a search for sound saturation stemming from rock. This 4th album is dedicated to the tsapiky musicians met during a tour in Madagascar, just before recording. The group was deeply affected by this trip, the concerts, and the time spent with the Malagasy musicians. The track 'Kiteky,' which gives the album its name and for which a first video was released in 2021, became a hit in Tuléar (Toliara, the birthplace of tsapiky), covered by many tsapiky bands in bal-poussière ceremonies. This new version of Kiteky, as well as the tracks Kidola Dola (named by female singers from Tuléar), Swift, and Arthur Never Sleeps, were reworked after the Madagascar tour, incorporating sounds and rhythms of modern tsapiky. Infused with trance and celebratory music, this new album also offers some calmer and more structured tracks (duo and trio with acoustic bass and no drums on Toliara and Kasaï Charm), electronic sounds on Kin, and an exploration of rhythms inspired by East African music (Swift, 445), Congolese tradi-modern music (445), and music from southeastern Madagascar (Mangaliba), sometimes by superimposing or juxtaposing them.
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