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Ivory Coast - Meiway - Miss Lolo

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MEIWAY real name, Frederic Desire Ehui, is an Ivorian author, composer, interpreter and creator of the musical style "Zoblazo". He was born on March 17 after the independence of Côte d'Ivoire from relatives of Grand-Bassam the principal city of the kingdom of "N'zima Kotoko" which he is the ambassador.

Meiway experiencing its first heyday throughout Africa in 1991 with his second album "200% Zoblazo". He is an ambassador for the fight against AIDS, Commander, Officer and Knight in the Order of Cultural Merit Ivorian.

His father, a commercial agent in a local company, is an amateur accordionist. His mother and sisters are singing in the choir of St. Joan of Arc Catholic Parish in Treichville in Abidjan. Naturally, Frederick made his first steps in music accompanying his parents to church ... he began his apprenticeship by traditional percussion, drums, bass guitar, singing etc ...

In high school to college to the motorway in Treichville in Abidjan in 1978, he joined his first band the "Pace". He quickly became an influential member. Meanwhile, it is part of other musical groups such as "Lynx group" etc ... But it is in 1981 he created his own band the "Genital" with which he won the coveted podium of best amateur group of the Ivorian television. Tours, dances, concerts, festivals and festivals of end of years of secondary schools succeed in the country.

Despite its success, MEIWAY continues to live with family until he decides to try the adventure to France to further his musical knowledge. Thus he arrived in Paris in 1985. Soon enough, he formed a new group, Defense d'Ivoire, with African musicians, Algerian and French. They drop the price of the Parisian club Excalibur and make a small career in the capital. To ensure his income, he made several odd jobs and eventually worked at a gas station where he became co-manager.

His most important resources allow him to seek a bank loan to finance her first album, "Ayibebou", released in 1989.Le immediate success throughout Francophone Africa allows MEIWAY to return to his homeland since it featured first album earned him the title of best singer of Ivory Coast in 1990. in this album says, we guess the beginnings of a new style, the "Zoblazo", so he is the creator and will become the absolute emblem.

Mixing various folklores of southern Côte d'Ivoire, "Zoblazo" wants a dance music based on traditional percussion ethnic group the "N'zima" (commonly called "Apollo") and decorated with a modern orchestration (drums, guitars, keyboards, horns, violins etc ...). this music without borders is also inspired countless other Ivory Coast styles but also countries such as Ghana and Cameroon. There are the wind, the "Grolo", the "sidder" or "the abodan". This unique musical miscegenation trendsetter with respect to the future globalization is danced with a white handkerchief as a sign of joy, purity and peace.

1991 "200% Zoblazo"
1993: "Never 203" (300% Zoblazo)
1995 "Apollo 95" (400% Zoblazo)
1997: "Geniuses talk to you" (500% Zoblazo)
1998: "Hold up" (Zo Gang)
1999: "Extraterrestrial" (600% Zoblazo)
2000: "The trial" (Zo Gang)
2001: "LORD" (700% Zoblazo)
2004: "Golgotha" (800% Zoblazo)
2006: "ninth commandment" (900% Zoblazo)
2009: "M20"

www.facebook.com/MEIWAY-OFFICIEL-199835420059384/

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from Global_Domination​.​Vol2 (G​-​I), released March 19, 2016

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