- A drink ? 

Mezcal and a slice of orange, preferably in Mazunte from Mexican Pacific coast.

- Your first approach to DJing ?

At my hippie parents' parties with two CD turntables and a megaphone in 1991.

- Your first approach to beatmaking ?

Upon my arrival in Paris, using Live Ableton at Studio des Variétés in 2018.

- Your favorite track from "Tigre qui Pleure" Lp? 

"Caïman" because I wrote and composed it in one go without thinking, and also because it was the first time I produced a track that was truly digital and organic.

- To dress up, a pair of ? 

Red Morrocan slippers from Essaouira 

- If I say "AI" you say ?

 Never tried it, it's scary!

- Your favorite software ? 

Live Ableton

- If I say "vinyl" you say ? 

Revisiting my whole childhood spent in Toulouse spinning on a turntable in Jamaican sound systems.

- Top 3 instruments ? 

Oh, you're tough. Piano, Voice, Timbales.

- Mountain or sea? 

The Mediterranean Sea from Oran to Marseille.

- Your favorite place in Dakar besides the studio? 

The island of Ngor, total peace! 

- What are you obsessed with when expanding your music? 

Expanding the team, spoiling my friends.

- Do you have other passions besides music? 

Cooking, Kung Fu, and language mastery.

- If I say well-being, you respond...? 

Ashtanga, vegetables, and coconut water.

- If you weren't a beatmaker-producer, what would you be? 

A bank robber, just for the adrenaline rush and to piss off the bank institutions.

Top 5 new releases

- IZEM "In Ze early morning"

- Natascha Rogers "Onaida"

- Cotonete "Victoire de la musique"

- Souleance "Beautiful"

- EU93NE & Funky Notes "Kibokoni"

Top 5 oldies     

- Jorge Ben Jor “Samba Esquema Novo”

- Gregory Issacs "Night Nurse"

- Kheops "Sad Hill"

- Fania All Star "A Band And Their Music: Campeones"

- Otis Redding "Tell the Truth »

Text by Cosh… / photo © by Elliot Broue