Rebona (EP) by Rebona

Rebona, guitar
Mamely, bass
Tsivery, drums
Meny, vocals (2, 3, 4)
Ando, vocals (1, 3)
Fiacre, vocals (2 ,4)
Fabien, vocals (1, 4)

Recorded on July 8, 2022 in Ankily Marovahatsy (Toliara, Madagascar).
Sound recording : Maxime Bobo
Mastering : Brice Kartmann
Artwork : Camille Pierron

"My name is Rebona, I am the guitarist and leader of the band Rebona.
I am 37 years old, I am originally from Ankily Ambany. I am from the Tanalagna Temilahehe ethnic group.
I started playing the guitar when I was 18 years old.
I learned to play mandolin with the musician Sely and by listening to the guitar players Damily, Teta and Tsely (from the group Mamehy).

I was a substitute for Redodo and Vantazy before forming my own band, Zaza Mihisa.
In 2004 we released the song Taxi Lela which made us well-known.
After that, when I became more famous, we changed the name of the band to Rebona.

At the beginning we only played the tsapiky "cadence" [tsapiky classic binary rhythm]
Since about ten years ago, we have a different sound and guitar techniques and we play the tsikidona style, with the new rhythms akalo telo, [and the ternary rhythms] liandambo invented by Befila and katsehake."