“Fondong” or “Kòkòlò zayann” or “Sèpan lakansyèl”

Gistavlabéka is going on with his journey and his work. The idea of Fondong came in 2010 as a vévé/symbol of life, grounded in the foundations of sound from “Gwadloup”, notably Léwòz, Padjenbel, and Granjanbel.

Thus it could be said that Fondong is a Ka barrel-aged essence, a music fed by the fire of Ka.

A few elements that we use as a foundation, giving ourselves and others a means of self expression to get deep into the matter.

Thus, Fondong, in the spirit of the Bassa Mbog, of the Haitian Hougan, of the Madagascan Fokon’lo, exists for the word to make.
Fondong reveals itself, like gwoka “Gwadloup”, of the “Caribbean”, Afrika-Kamita, the world and the timeless universe.

The repertoire consists mainly of original pieces of sounds familiar to what could be called the jazz.

The Fondong generally takes the form of quintet. But its expression is polymorphous (from soloist to big band).

The musicians of the Fondong bring with them a wide variety of experiences including concert groups, gwoka bands, street music and improvised music.

The group was granted residences and has given several concerts thus far, like at the Ilojazz Festival and the Gwoka Festival in Guadeloupe.

The group proposes about 1h30 long concerts and can give master-classes and training courses on afro-“Guadeloupean” sound (gwoka…), and the Kòkòlò zayann sound.

“Fondong, Naba Tan”, its first album, was released in 2018.
6 soundmakers took part in it: