Max Le Daron – Unless Tomorrow

Max Le Daron – Unless Tomorrow

From festivals to sweaty studios, unnecessarily long bus rides and rounds of ice cold African lagers, Max Le Daron’s numerous trips to East and West Africa have fueled the creation of a body of work which has been continuously postponed for days, months and eventually years. So… unless tomorrow. But the day has come, and the album is finally out!

Good stews require carefully layered flavors, a lot of care – and a lot of time. Unless Tomorrow is the living proof that the same applies to music. Years in the making, recorded between Accra, Ouagadougou, Luanda, Kampala, and of course his home turf Brussels, Unless Tomorrow subtly intertwines carefully selected, slowly incorporated ingredients from worlds apart, in particular through its numerous collaborations: the album features Bryte, Joey Le Soldat, Azizaa, Eli A Free, FOKN Bois, Gan Gah, Kirani Ayat, MC Sacerdote, Trap T’Challa and Kwame Write.

The songs have been conceived, dismissed, rebuilt, remixed, put aside, and almost disappeared forever in Akwaaba’s flooded studio in Accra. But after some motivated mopping and applying some hot Ghanaian sun rays to the soaked electronics, the almighty hard drive came back to life, the songs were born again, minds were blown again, and the album is here today, ready to bring together the most kinetically challenged dancers with masters of the art of wining the waist.

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Max Le Daron – Unless Tomorrow

From festivals to sweaty studios, unnecessarily long bus rides and rounds of ice cold African lagers, Max Le Daron’s numerous trips to East and West Africa have fueled the creation of a body of work which has been continuously postponed for days, months and eventually years. So… unless tomorrow. But the day has come, and the album is finally out!

Good stews require carefully layered flavors, a lot of care – and a lot of time. Unless Tomorrow is the living proof that the same applies to music. Years in the making, recorded between Accra, Ouagadougou, Luanda, Kampala, and of course his home turf Brussels, Unless Tomorrow subtly intertwines carefully selected, slowly incorporated ingredients from worlds apart, in particular through its numerous collaborations: the album features Bryte, Joey Le Soldat, Azizaa, Eli A Free, FOKN Bois, Gan Gah, Kirani Ayat, MC Sacerdote, Trap T’Challa and Kwame Write.

The songs have been conceived, dismissed, rebuilt, remixed, put aside, and almost disappeared forever in Akwaaba’s flooded studio in Accra. But after some motivated mopping and applying some hot Ghanaian sun rays to the soaked electronics, the almighty hard drive came back to life, the songs were born again, minds were blown again, and the album is here today, ready to bring together the most kinetically challenged dancers with masters of the art of wining the waist.

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Max le Daron – Traffic feat. Bryte

Max le Daron – Traffic feat. Bryte

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MAX LE DARON

Bryte

 

Bryte is one of the first artists Max recorded in Accra, with the two working on songs as far back as 2017. Traffic had a rocky start: the studio flooded the night before Bryte was scheduled to come in, so Max had to spend most of his time mopping and drying what could be dried, trying to get the studio in good enough shape to host a session, rather than perfecting the beat he had started working on

But Max’ raw mix caught Bryte’s attention, and the late night session at Last Chance Studio turned out to be very prolific. Bryte related to Max’ take on azonto musical aesthetics, with the syncopated bass and heavy percussion bouncing against the heady flute melody. As the pair vibed in the small muggy carpeted room, Bryte’s naughty lyrics came about, making the song a perfect late-night club banger, sure to tantalize even the most rigid dancers:

See the way you are rotating

Dat ting it be temptation

your baka like Kaneshie

you are making me fornicating

your bambam cause traffic

it’s bigger than Titanic

when you talk it’s romantic

bad girl come twerk on it

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Max le Daron – Traffic feat. Bryte

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MAX LE DARON

Bryte

Bryte is one of the first artists Max recorded in Accra, with the two working on songs as far back as 2017. Traffic had a rocky start: the studio flooded the night before Bryte was scheduled to come in, so Max had to spend most of his time mopping and drying what could be dried, trying to get the studio in good enough shape to host a session, rather than perfecting the beat he had started working on

But Max’ raw mix caught Bryte’s attention, and the late-night session at Last Chance Studio turned out to be very prolific. Bryte related to Max’ take on azonto musical aesthetics, with the syncopated bass and heavy percussion bouncing against the heady flute melody. As the pair vibed in the small muggy carpeted room, Bryte’s naughty lyrics came about, making the song a perfect late-night club banger, sure to tantalize even the most rigid dancers:

See the way you are rotating

Dat ting it be temptation

your baka like Kaneshie

you are making me fornicating

your bambam cause traffic

it’s bigger than Titanic

when you talk it’s romantic

bad girl come twerk on it

 

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Max Le Daron – Freedom feat. Azizaa & Joey le Soldat

Max Le Daron – Freedom feat. Azizaa & Joey le Soldat

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Max Le Daron
Azizaa Mystic
Joey Le Soldat

 

Before it became a song, Freedom was a spiritual energy split across continents. In 2014 Max spent some time recording Ewe ceremonies in Ghana’s Volta region: while he came specifically to record rhythms, Max left with his soul irreversibly connected to the spirits and energy called upon during the ceremonies.

When he returned to Belgium, Max shared the sounds with Gan Gah, a producer who grew up in Agadir in southern Morocco, surrounded by Gnawa culture and music. Gan Gah immediately felt the connection between Ewe and Gnawa music, which traces its rhythmic and spiritual roots to West Africa. Gan Gah worked hand in hand with Max to incorporate the complex and shared polyrhythms into Freedom’s beat.

The next logical step was to ask Azizaa to drop her unmistakably voodoo-charged vocals on the track. The Black Magic Woman is also a child of the Ewe people, and has made a musical mark with her deep-rooted spirituality, which clashes head-on with much of modern-day Ghana’s monotheist façade.

To top it all off, Joey le Soldat storms into the song with the steaming fury of the burkinabè people. His vociferous verse attacks the fanatical prophets deceiving and manipulating the people.

Freedom is hence more of a spiritual reunion than collaboration, the binding of energies split across centuries and continents, in a unified call for spiritual freedom.

 

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Max Le Daron – Freedom feat. Azizaa & Joey le Soldat

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Max Le Daron
Azizaa Mystic
Joey Le Soldat

Before it became a song, Freedom was a spiritual energy split across continents. In 2014 Max spent some time recording Ewe ceremonies in Ghana’s Volta region: while he came specifically to record rhythms, Max left with his soul irreversibly connected to the spirits and energy called upon during the ceremonies.

When he returned to Belgium, Max shared the sounds with Gan Gah, a producer who grew up in Agadir in southern Morocco, surrounded by Gnawa culture and music. Gan Gah immediately felt the connection between Ewe and Gnawa music, which traces its rhythmic and spiritual roots to West Africa. Gan Gah worked hand in hand with Max to incorporate the complex and shared polyrhythms into Freedom’s beat.

The next logical step was to ask Azizaa to drop her unmistakably voodoo-charged vocals on the track. The Black Magic Woman is also a child of the Ewe people, and has made a musical mark with her deep-rooted spirituality, which clashes head-on with much of modern-day Ghana’s monotheist façade.

To top it all off, Joey le Soldat storms into the song with the steaming fury of the burkinabè people. His vociferous verse attacks the fanatical prophets deceiving and manipulating the people.

Freedom is hence more of a spiritual reunion than collaboration, the binding of energies split across centuries and continents, in a unified call for spiritual freedom.

 

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Max Le Daron & Qhizzo – For Love feat. Massy

Max Le Daron & Qhizzo – For Love feat. Massy

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Max Le Daron
Qhizzo

 

After riding on gqom, amapiano, afrotech and more, Qhizzo is still on the lookout for fresh beats to lay his vocals on. We suggested he team up with long time friend and collaborator Max Le Daron. Qhizzo got so excited about the beat, he decided to introduce rising South African voice Massy for her first official international release.

The banger, grooving between afrohouse and UK bass as Max often does, is well complemented by Massy’s passionate, soulful vocals. She’s not on social media, but watch out for more coming from her side – and get ready for Max’ debut album in December!

 

 

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Max Le Daron & Qhizzo – For Love feat. Massy

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After riding on gqom, amapiano, afrotech and more, Qhizzo is still on the lookout for fresh beats to lay his vocals on. We suggested he team up with long time friend and collaborator Max Le Daron. Qhizzo got so excited about the beat, he decided to introduce rising South African voice Massy for her first official international release.

The banger, grooving between afrohouse and UK bass as Max often does, is well complimented by Massy’s passionate, soulful vocals. She’s not on social media, but watch out for more coming from her side – and get ready for Max’ debut album in December!

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Max Le Daron – Monin Guetin

Max Le Daron – Monin Guetin

Max is no novice jumping on the afro-fusion train armed with jollof war memes. This first EP of the Unless Tomorrow trilogy clearly shows a precisely prepared musical puzzle, conceived over numerous trips, countless studio sessions, and genuine rapport with the artists he features. 

“When I speak to you, your eyes turn red” – the chorus of Monin’ Guetin sets the tone for the darkest of Max Le Daron’s 3 EP opus. Burkinabè MC Joey Le Soldat refers to an ancient proverb which in essence says that the truth disturbs. Bars are spitted to disturb, genres and countries are blurred to disturb, sounds are fused together to fit equally well in a dark warehouse or a hypnotic, hot and dusty cypher. This 5 track EP is a first glimpse into Max Le Daron’s musical obsessions.

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Max Le Daron – Monin Guetin

Max is no novice jumping on the afro-fusion train armed with jollof war memes. This first EP of the Unless Tomorrow trilogy clearly shows a precisely prepared musical puzzle, conceived over numerous trips, countless studio sessions, and genuine rapport with the artists he features. 

“When I speak to you, your eyes turn red” – the chorus of Monin’ Guetin sets the tone for the darkest of Max Le Daron’s 3 EP opus. Burkinabè MC Joey Le Soldat refers to an ancient proverb which in essence says that the truth disturbs. Bars are spitted to disturb, genres and countries are blurred to disturb, sounds are fused together to fit equally well in a dark warehouse or a hypnotic, hot and dusty cypher. This 5 track EP is a first glimpse into Max Le Daron’s musical obsessions.

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