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🌍 Maloya rock and South African country: this week, two worlds are tracing a musical path that has not yet been explored.
Follow WAX, your guide. The programme :
Saodaj – wild maloya rooted in tradition and modernity, where alternative rock with saturated strings blends with percussive polyrhythms.
🔥 Congo Cowboys – Taking their roots from bluegrass and country music, they reinvent the genre with kwassa kwassa rhythms and soukous guitars.
Discover our bonus offers with exclusive new videos. 👀

Newsletter BASSI BAKAMBI – RUMBA 100% Women

🚨 New signing for Wax Booking: Bassi Bakambi !
They embody a powerful and 100% feminine Rumba.

After 12 years of patience and hard work, they are about to open the doors to the world ! 🌍🔥

🎁 Bonus this week :
➡️ Balu & Borumba, Rumba runs through his veins! Rumba Rock – Trans Kongo
➡️ Bombino A new tour period ! Nomad & Hypnotic Blues-Rock

Newsletter WAX BOOKING celebrates its 15th anniversary ! 🎂

The 2025–26 season marks WAX BOOKING’s 15th anniversary ! 🎂 

To reaffirm Wax’s founding values, we will be introducing them in our upcoming newsletters, one by one, over the course of 12 issues.

Discover the first of these values, as well as our latest news, upcoming tours and, most importantly, our new signings ! 👀

Newsletter SAODAJ – Wild Maloya – Autumn Tour

Wax’s newsletter is now online.

This week in the spotlight : Saodaj and its wild Maloya. Deeply rooted in its origins, the Réunion Islands, yet resolutely contemporary, the group announces the release of its new album,  7 November.

Saodaj will be in residence at Le Rocher de Palmer, starting point for their autumn tour. 🍂

Dieuf-Dieul de Thiès has released a new single, NIANKY, available everywhere!

Their summer tour starts in one month !🔥

Newsletter SCÚRU FITCHÁDU • New Album • GRIOTS I RIOTS

🎧 This week in our newsletter, meet Scúru Fitchádu, whose new album Griots i Riots has just been released!

A corrosive music and poetry, shaped for our times: between punk, electronic and African heritage, Scúru Fitchádu delivers a burning, radical and necessary scream.

💥 Uncompromising sound, physical and political.
🔥 With the singles Du ta morrê, Idukasan i saud & Símia Kodjê (feat. Conan Osiris).

📀 Available now on all platforms! –> Link in the Newsletter !

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25-26 is WAX BOOKING's 15th anniversary. A new activity season will unfold around the agency's 12 key values :

• Offering a specialised perspective on the diversity of African cultures in Musique Actuelle
• Highlighting musical aesthetics beyond ethnic clichés
• Challenging exotic and folkloric stereotypes and representations
• Preserving the legitimacy of traditional instrumental practices
• Provide a balance between entertainment and conscious culture
• Contributing to civic and collective cultural engagement
• Promoting feminine artists without compromising on vocal and instrumental quality
• Make high-quality performances affordable
• Offer an ethical and healthy environment for our artists
• Supporting emerging artists and encouraging sustainable careers
• Encouraging boldness and curiosity among professionals and audiences
• Contribute to the reinvention of tomorrow's programming models

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SYLVAIN DARTOY // Directeur de production & Booking / Cofondateur
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LÉA LANKOANDÉ // Administratrice de Production / Cofondatrice
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SONIA ALVES // Chargée de Production & Diffusion
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SUSAN CADOT // Chargée de Communication & Production
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ALEKSEÏ SABATIER // Attaché de Diffusion & Booking
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