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  • Guadeloupean Artists Motsek and Layko Collaborate on Electronic Music Single “Ben Fey Kowosol”

    Guadeloupean Artists Motsek and Layko Collaborate on Electronic Music Single “Ben Fey Kowosol”

    With “Ben Fey Kowosol”, Guadeloupean artists Layko and Motsek continue the exploration that leads into the album Sové Vayan. 

    The track unfolds as a dialogue between Layko’s voice—both grounded and deeply inhabited—and Motsek’s sonic creation, rooted in the Guadeloupean folk music, dance, and cultural practice known as Gwo Ka and extended through an electronic texture that feels as organic as it is powerful.

    The presence of flutist Magic Malik introduces a new breath. His playing, both free and precise, moves through the piece, shaping its contours with remarkable accuracy.

    “Ben Fey Kowosol” by Motsek feat. Layko is out now on all streaming platforms.

  • Guadeloupean Producer Motsek and Zimbabwean Singer Lalla Martin Share Afro House Single “Siyakuphi” off Their Joint EP ‘Echoes of Us’

    Guadeloupean Producer Motsek and Zimbabwean Singer Lalla Martin Share Afro House Single “Siyakuphi” off Their Joint EP ‘Echoes of Us’

    Guadeloupean producer Motsek and Zimbabwean singer Lalla Martin collaborated on a joint Afro House EP Echoes of Us

    The project features Lalla’s vocals with Martin as composer accompanied by French artist Julien Mercier on the trumpet.

    “Siyakuphi” the first song on the EP is a haunting question in Lalla’s native tongue (Zoulou) : Where are we going? A raw reflection on a youth lost to addiction and silence — the echo of a world adrift, searching for direction, meaning, and a way back home.

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  • Guadeloupean Producer Motsek and Zimbabwean Singer Lalla Martin Collaborate on Afro House EP “Echoes of Us”

    Guadeloupean Producer Motsek and Zimbabwean Singer Lalla Martin Collaborate on Afro House EP “Echoes of Us”

    Guadeloupean Producer Motsek have collaborated on an Afro House EP “Echoes of Us” which also features Julien Mercies

    Rooted in Afrohouse, this four-track project weaves an emotional story where electronic textures meet ancestral echoes.

    “It begins with Siyakuphi, a haunting question in Lalla’s native tongue: Where are we going? A raw reflection on a youth lost to addiction and silence — the echo of a world adrift, searching for direction, meaning, and a way back home.”

    Then comes The Other Side, a luminous love song in English — a moment of warmth and intimacy where two souls mirror one another beyond time and borders. The trumpet of Julien Mercier runs parallel to the melody, like a distant signal, never overpowering, always present.

    The EP closes with Lost in Harare, a powerful instrumental led by a striking dialogue between Motsek’s production and Mercier’s trumpet. Here, the brass takes center stage, soaring and searching, carrying the emotional weight of memory, longing, and release.

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