Bastien & Taly
The duo Bastien & Taly was born in Paris, in 2017, during a gospel rehearsal in an amateur choir.
For, Taly, who has been singing from a young age, music is an outlet, and a means of expression.
From 2017 to 2018, Bastien & Taly then began to shape their first songs, initially oriented towards funk, soul and gospel. Subsequently, Bastien began his studies in the anthropology of music and specialized in African and Caribbean repertoires. From there emerges the common idea of turning to the Congolese (DRC) origins of Taly. She then began to write and compose her melodies in Lingala, in addition to English. Very quickly, their first Ep takes shape, marked by their attraction for African-American, African and Caribbean repertoires.
After a year of working as a duo, they meet Maxime Calcio (Maxi’M production), a multi-instrumentalist, composer, and arranger from Toulouse. From then on, Bastien and Taly collaborate and compose with Maxime in order to create the four pieces of this first EP.
Music represents a means for Bastien and Taly to convey a message of acceptance of the Other. This project is an opportunity to create a space for expression to intervene on the issue of cultural diversity, the flagship value of their project.
