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C’est le cas notamment du groupe afrobeat Walko, au sein duquel Julien Gervaix a l’honneur de partager la scène et le studio pendant plusieurs années avec Kiala Nzavotunga, guitariste émérite de Fela Kuti et d’Egypt 80. Pendant ce temps-là, le second fait ses classes de dubmaster-guitariste-arrangeur à l’école reggae roots option digital du collectif vendéen Shi Fu Mi Temple. Une initiation qui amène Damien Tesson à intégrer, entre autres, le groupe nantais BIBA (Bingy Band) puis à collaborer avec Jideh High Elements, incontournable sur la scène dub internationale, Roberto Sanchez et l’équipe de son Lone Ark Studio, mais aussi Sana Bob, célèbre chanteur de reggae burkinabè. Et puis, la vie étant bien faite, les chemins de Julien Gervaix et Damien Tesson finissent par se croiser au sein du com- bo jazz-funk Playtime, avant de se retrouver en Vendée quelques années plus tard. Avec un tropisme évident pour les grooves afro-latins, les couleurs tropicales, les bidouilles électroniques et les furieux déhanchés, les deux musiciens créent alors Ireke comme on lève un verre de rhum bien arrangé. À la nôtre, à la vôtre ! Comme guidé par l’esprit de la plante, Ireke trinque pour célébrer l’immense richesse de ces rythmes à danser, véritables générateurs de vie, de lien et d’énergie.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eÀ la manière de Legba, orisha yoruba des carrefours et de la croisée des chemins, Ireke s’épanouit à l’entre-monde. Conscient de la lignée d’orfèvres qui les ont précédés, Ireke connaît ses classiques et s’inspire humblement, pour Tropikadelic, du génie musical de Pat Thomas, Orchestre Poly-rythmo, King Tubby,Tony Allen, Fela\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKuti, Maître Gazonga, Ernesto Djédjé ou encore des Vikings de la Guadeloupe. Cuiv- res extatiques, claviers 70’s, guitares élastiques, basses rondes et percussions-monde : de cet héritage sonique, Ireke fait une fusion unique, augmentée par l’apport auda- cieux de sa science dub, et quelques touches électroniques patiemment débusquées dosées en studio – que le duo considère comme un instrument à part entière.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEnfin, pour donner de la voix à ses compositions, sur Tropikadelic, Ireke fait appel à une armée de sérieux enjailleurs dont chacun.e des membres est venu.e avec ses textes. Ainsi retrouve-t-on aux côtés d’Ireke le griot du groove Pat Kalla (“Femme qui Danse”, “Love Is Jokin”), le reggaeman franco-laotien Amatah Keo (“Man Bo Diak”), les vendéen. ne.s Agnès Hélène (“Petit à Petit”,“Oh Ma Chérie”) et Charly Sanga (“Bas Les Masques”, “Oh Ma Chérie”), le lion zion burkinabè Sana Bob (“Métissage”) ainsi que le soulman nantais Jy Cooly (“Kinkeliba”).\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePour le duo, la musique s’envisage avant tout comme une pratique collective, une libération active, une approche cadencée du lâcher-prise, une source de joie com- municative... En bref, groove is the weapon ! 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