Les Frères Smith
Afro Global Groove
"Dancing is good but dancing while thinking is even better." Mélanie Bauer, France Inter
Album Mutation
Brandishing the Afrobeat banner high, without getting rid of the hypnotic ethio-jazz nor of the West African vibrations captured during their previous discographic adventures, Les Frères Smith have once again taken the road of groove and trance. Following a dusty and analog trail that winds through Conakry, Ghana, explores Cameroon, and goes back to the Nigerian spring, they composed and recorded their 3rd album Mutation.
"Dancing is good, but dancing while thinking is even better." Mélanie Bauer, France Inter
"Mutation the explosive new album from the French Afrofunk siblings" FIP
"The album "Mutation" recalls the universal vocation of an Afrobeat more relevant than ever" 3F Télérama
"The changing Afro groove of the Smith Brothers, an ultra danceable and hypnotic music" Radio Nova
"The Smith Brothers, dancing rhymes with ambiance and thinking" L'Humanité Fara .C
"Album of blossoming, mutation rediscovers the energy of live" Marianne
“With a constantly danceable rhythm, this music is enhanced with riffs that are as vigorous as they are melodic, supported by an excellent brass section” Le Canard Enchainé
"an emblematic formation of fusion music" France 24
"Ethio-jazz and the vibrations of West Africa by the Smith Brothers in Mutation" France Musique Alex Duthil
News
• more than 80 concerts in Europe since June 2021 with the release of the album Mutation
• album selected at RFI Talents
• the track “No Waiting” feat. Seun Kuti “Best Track” of the Unesco #Dontgoviral prize
Highlights
Roskilde Festival (Dk) - Rio Loco (Fr) - Surgères Brass Festival (Fr) - Horizonte Festival (De) - World Music Festival (FI) - Festival du Chant des Marins (Fr) - Festival Polé Polé (BE) - Jazz en Touraine (FR) - Festival Mare De Agosto (Azores PT) - Festa do Avante (PT) - Paulufeesten (BE) - Festival Africajarc (Fr) - Cosmopolite (Fi) - Alice (Dk) Etnica Festival (IT) - Summer jazz Festival (PL) - Guinguette Chez Alriq Bordeaux - New Morning (Fr), Nuits Suspendues (FR), Trefpunt Festival (BE) - No Loggo Festival (Fr) - Jazz sur son 31 (FR) - Africolor (FR) ..
Tour 2024
04.04 Le Tamanoir Genevilliers (92)
01.05 Festival Siccajazz (Tunisie)
04.05 Printemps des Nefs Nantes(44)
06.07 Festifl’art (77)
19.07 Festival Célébration day (60)
21.07 Festival Samba al pais St Antoninnoble Val (82)
16.08 Alricq Bordeaux(33)
17.08 festival A la folie Bourg en Bresse (01)
05.10 La grande parade Métèque Romainvile (93)
2023
21.01 Les Afronautes Ottignies (BE)
13.05 Aoustock#0 Aouste/sur Syre
22.06 Festival Africa Fête Marseille (13)
24.06 Festival de l'Image Wissembourg
01.07 Les estivales Toul
16.07 Trefpunt festival Gent (Be)
21.07 Les Nuits Suspendues Le Havre
11.08 No Logo Festival Fraisans
17.08 Summer Jazz Academy Łódź (PL)
20.08 Fêtes de la Mirabelle Metz
27.08 Festival Les Fanfarfelues Vitré
22.09 Nuevo Cuneo (IT)
11.10 Jazz Sur Son 31 Toulouse (31)
13.10 La Marbrerie Montreuil (93)
22.12 Festival Africolor La Courneuve (93)
Booking Info
Renaud +33 6 08 43 66 45
Line-up 9 à 11 musicien.ne.s, basé.e.s à Paris, disponible toute l'année
Swala Emati Smith : voix
Prosper Smith : voix
Mario Smith : batterie
Damien Smith : percussions
Tahiry Smith : basse
Mahop Smith : guitare
Manu Smith : claviers
Saké Smith : saxophone baryton
Fab Smith : saxophone ténor
Reno Smith : saxophone alto
Roulio Smith : trompette