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* The group Groove Lélé was founded by the children of Granmoun Lélé (a.k.a. "Pépé Dynamite"), musical icon of "Maloya." Musicologists have described his music as a mixture of traditional music from Zanzibar, Mozambique, Somalia, Madagascar, and the Congo or Cameroon--a style that consists essentially of the human voice and percussion. As the music of the slave riots and the slaves' descendants, Maloya was for a long time played secretly and connected with the fighters for independence. * Granmoun Lélé composed over 200 songs, which tell about daily life. He passed away in 2004 at the age of 74. Among the 12 musicians of his group, seven were his children--and they decided to carry on under the group name Groove Lélé. On October 1, 2009 Maloya became part of UNESCO's world heritage list. * Willy Phileas and Ernst Reijseger met for the first time for an artistic collaboration. Reijseger, an acclaimed cellist open to all musical styles, teams up here with Groove Lélé and invites longtime partners Alan "Gunga" Purves and Mola Sylla to join him. Together they present a unique program performed during this year's Musiques de Nuit Festival summer in Bordeaux, France.