Latyr Sy
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Life and work
Latyr Sy moved to Japan in 1995 and organized his own percussion group AFRICA SUNU XELCOM in 1996.Latyr Sy collaborates with many artists, and genres like jazz, Latin, rock and traditional music, such as Leyona
Leyona
Leyona is a Japanese singer and songwriter from Mihara city in Hiroshima Prefecture. She presently belongs to Cutting Edge.- Background :Leyona is a Singer...
and Inushiki
Inushiki
Inushiki is a Japanese band, formed in Tokyo, Japan in 1998. The band's members are vocalist Yohe Miyake, guitarist Seitaro Mine, bassist Shoji Ishiguro, and drummer Kazunari Kakinuma. Inushiki is noted for its blend of reggae, rock, and funk as well as its revolutionary politics and lyrics...
. And collaborates with artists from other countries: Mamady Keita
Mamady Keïta
Mamady Keïta is a master drummer from the West African nation of Guinea. He specializes in the goblet-shaped hand drum called djembe. He is also the founder of the Tam Tam Mandingue school of drumming...
(percussion, Guinea), Okura Shonosuke (drumming from Japanese lyrical Noh drama), Senba Kiyohiko (percussion Japan), Sato Masahiko (jazz piano, Japan), Kim Defang (percussion, Korea), Rico Rodriguez
Rico Rodriguez
Rico Rodriguez MBE , also known as Reco or El Reco, is a ska and reggae trombonist. He has recorded with many producers, including Karl Pitterson, Prince Buster, and Lloyd 'Matador' Daley...
(trombone, Jamaica), Kansane (vocalist, Korea), Leyona
Leyona
Leyona is a Japanese singer and songwriter from Mihara city in Hiroshima Prefecture. She presently belongs to Cutting Edge.- Background :Leyona is a Singer...
(vocalist, Japan) and many others.
Latyr Sy hosts African percussion workshops around Japan, in Tokyo, Nagoya and other cities. Also at elementary and junior high schools throughout Japan to introduce African music and culture. Latyr Sy is fluent in 5 languages; Japanese, French, Spanish, English and native Senegalese Wolof language
Wolof language
Wolof is a language spoken in Senegal, The Gambia, and Mauritania, and is the native language of the Wolof people. Like the neighbouring languages Serer and Fula, it belongs to the Atlantic branch of the Niger–Congo language family...
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Discography
with Flying RhythmsFlying Rhythms
Flying Rhythms are a drum bass musical group. Founded in Tokyo in 2002, the band's current lineup consists of Naoyuki Uchida and Latyr Sy and Yoshio Kuge. They have released five studio albums. The drummer KUGE and percussionist LATYR play minimalistic, primal beats on the stage while the sound...
- Flying Rhythms (2004)
- Doragon Balls (2004)
- N'DANKA N'DANKA (2005)
- Rhythm Connection (2005)
- Do The Waves (2006)
- Specialoose Fly (2006)
with Rourou
- Lotus Lotus Lotus (2004)
with Leyona
Leyona
Leyona is a Japanese singer and songwriter from Mihara city in Hiroshima Prefecture. She presently belongs to Cutting Edge.- Background :Leyona is a Singer...
- Rainy Blue (2006)