line up

• Anja Naucler (Chello, backing vocal)
• Fabrice Thompson (drums/percussions, backing vocal)
• Lene Noorgaad Christensen (Vocal)
• Manou Gallo (lead vocal, bass, guitare, percussions)
• Virna Nova (guitare, backing vocal)

• country:
  Ivory Coast
• label:
  Igloo Records
• gender:
  female
• instrumentation:
  instrumental, vocal
• artist submitted by:
  Zig Zag World

- Bassist, Percussionist, guitarist, singer, composer, producer...
Nominated Best Performing Artist of Ivory Coast 2009 by MTV
Mama Awards.
- Manou Gallo'd got 12 years when she had her first performance in Ivory Coast.
- Manou has played 6 years with Zap Mama.
- Lowlin is 3rd CD of Manou.
- After her last CD, she gave 250 concerts in Africa, Europe and
America.

When Manou was born, her grant grand-mother, bound
to die shortly after, promised her: "I give you the world".
Since that time, Manou Gallo goes her own way.
With help of talented groovy guys, she recorded
3 albums "DIDA" , "MANOU GALLO" and "LOWLIN".

Her last album entitled "LOWLIN , which means Travels
in DIda language. An intimate album full of the sounds
of her hometowns Abidjan and Brussels, deepened by her
various experiences, inspired by joy, revolt, anger and generosity,
pain and hope. Overcoming her shyness, transgressing her
cultural barriers, her education, her roots, MANOU has been exploring inside herself the necessary resources to create this very personal opus.

Manou GALLO grooves just for the fun on afrobeat song or dreams of a place among the stars (in heaven). The small girl of DIVO was shocking the village people when she played the traditional drums, today she is the woman with a Drum. She looks after Marcelin Yasse, her mentor, her father, her talisman. "The belief in tradition mustn't prevent you from going ahead" says MANOU. And so she embraces the world.

After being a singer, bass player (Woya/Zap Mama/Tambours de Brazza), percussion player and dancer, since 4 years Manou Gallo turned into a brilliant band leader. The stage is like her second home and she pays a lot of attention to her live performance. She brings African music in a very inventive and modern way. For the music, she has been inspired by the Djiboi (people of the Ivory Coast Manou's homeland), but also by her current western musical culture. The combination of soul, funk and blues is within the concept of groove a common denominator. World hot music full of emotion and sensitivities expressed in various languages (Dida, French and English).

Links

• My Space
• Management website
• Video Woya
• Video Nanan
• Video Blouz