Hélélé

Based in: Bristol

Alphonse Daudet Touna has played music around the world on a journey that has taken him from Cameroon, through France and Italy, to the UK. Now living in Bristol, his band Hélélé includes some of the city's finest musicians.

He plays a type of marimba called balafon. He uses it to create afro jazz with a mix of forest rhythms such as Assiko, Bikoutsi, Makouné, Makossa and Bolobo.

Alphonse is joined by Jeff Spencer on bass, Matthew Jones on Drums, Neil Smith on Guitar, James Gardiner-Bateman on Alto Sax and Lisa Cherian on Percussion.

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