Manou Gallo was born in 1972 in Divo on the Ivory Coast. School education was not an option for her, because she had to make long journeys to get water from the well. Instead, she hit on anything that had a nice sound to make rhythms. One day she saw a bass guitar for the first time and fell in love with it right away. Her percussive background is clearly reflected in her playing. In 2003 she moved
… to Belgium to play with . In the meantime she has become one of the great front people of Afro-European music, because she knows how to flawlessly combine the music of the Djiboi (the inhabitants of her native region) with modern Western music. Bass legend was so impressed with her playing that he really wanted to produce Afro Groove Queen. Under his guidance Gallo got the most out of her sound combined with funk, jazz, soul and blues. In addition to Collins, , , , and the Dutch percussionist be heard on this album. (AD)more
