Nyagblodi, by Yao Bobby & Simon Grab

Nyagblodi

by Yao Bobby & Simon Grab

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Edition of 100 for RWDFWD, record shops, bandcamp -
The rest will be sold direct at Yao Bobby & Simon Grab's live shows. Go see them play!

EU COPIES WILL SHIP FROM BERLIN OR ZURICH -
UK & REST OF WORLD SHIPS VIA RWDFWD.COM in BRISTOL >>

hand-stamped centre labels, printed sleeve.
Sleeve art by hammer.
Photography by Cédric Kouamé.
Pressed at Ramona.

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	1.	Nyagblodi 04:02		buy track
	2.	Church 04:22		buy track

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Yao Bobby & Simon Grab are here once again, spitting the final breath of fire from the explosion of their recent album 'Wum' served up on LAVALAVA
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Dished up on a very limited run 7" - hundred copies for the RWDFWD distro, and the rest for distribution IRL at Yao & Simon's live shows - here comes this next blast - quite possibly their most fierce and cantankerous yet.

On one side, we have Nyagblodi - Not just a call, but a demand, to corrupt politicians in Africa. Yao's lyrics are a loud voice that demands putting words into action, and realising promises that were made for change - not just in his home country Togo, but all over Africa, which needs to break free from remnants of colonialist shackles, and the general plague of greed & selfishness, which seems to come hand in hand with 'power'.

Rhythmically, Simon Grab goes fully hard knocks on this one - Coaxed out of feedback signals in the mixing desk, he builds on tensions from within the system itself, inhaling its own dirt until it is bulbous like a balloon about to burst. But this is no kids party type clown balloon - this balloon is made out of concrete.
You've been warned.

On the flip, we got 'Church' -
On this track, Yao asks his fellow african brothers and sisters to stop looking to god for problems to be solved. Face reality and recognise the change that needs to come - not just from the outside, but also from within.

Here, Simon Grab lets the turmoil unfoil with a hair-raisingly resonant bass pulse that comes on like a thunderstorm of dancehall rhythmics in XXXplosive mode.
Pure, and undiluted heaviness - because sometimes fixing things is not good enough, often, for real change - something needs to break.

Edition of 100.
Comes with DL (and a secret bonus track).
hand-stamped, served in printed sleeve.

credits

released December 2, 2022

Lyrics & vocals by Yao Bobby.
Music & Mix by Simon Grab at ganzerplatz.
Mastering by Dan Suter at Echochamber.
Cut by Flo Kaufmann at Bricolage Universel.
Graphic Design by David Schatz and Sereina Rothenberger at hammer.
Photography by Cédric Kouamé.
Distribution via RWDFWD.COM

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Yao Bobby & Simon Grab Agbodrafo, Togo

The togolese Rapper and political activist Yao Bobby collaborates with swiss noisemaker Simon Grab. An intense soundbattle between energetic rhymes fired into a dark soundworld of raw electronic bass pulsations with a dubby punk attitude, produced on analog feedback electronics. Their show is a very raw and improvised form of live experimental hiphop – ‚Freeform Rap and Noise’. ... more

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