PAILLE

Boisterous artist of Martinique reggae dance-hall, Alpha Yoni aka Paille made the words and Creole crackle with his smoky mix of reggaeton and zouk. Adept of fast style with his abrasive flow, the man with the hat converts each of his performances into Afro-Caribbean celebration where scathing humour goes alongside crackdown tracks and where languorous zouk spawn with violent punchline. A precious alloy of dance and consciousness, far away from clichés where Paillé stands out with his off-road profile, able of shining on panting Raggas as well as in suave enamoured ballads. A voluble and against the tide, an artist to inevitably follow in Martinique musicscape …