Vetcho Lolas of his real name Hervé Bié is a signer, musician, attalakutiste and disc-jockey Ivoirian of origin Guéré in the style Coupé-décalé

Coupé-Décalé

Coupé-Décalé is a type of popular dance music originating from Côte d'Ivoire and the Ivorian diaspora in Paris, France. Drawing heavily from Zouglou, Zouk, and Congolese rhythms, Coupé-Décalé is a very percussive style featuring African samples, deep bass, and repetitive, minimalist...

. He also did some rumba

Rumba

Rumba is a family of percussive rhythms, song and dance that originated in Cuba as a combination of the musical traditions of Africans brought to Cuba as slaves and Spanish colonizers. The name derives from the Cuban Spanish word rumbo which means "party" or "spree". It is secular, with no...

, the religious music and some makossa

Makossa

Makossa is a type of music that is most popular in urban areas in Cameroon. It is similar to soukous, except that it includes strong bass rhythm and a prominent horn section. Makossa, which means " dance" in Duala, originated from a type of Duala dance called kossa, with significant influences...

. Owner of 3 albums, in the summer 2008 he releases through his 3rd album a concept called « Shamakuana », which means « danse des bloffeurs »

Biography

Vetcho Lolas, friend of Shaggy Sharufa and N'Guessan Amessan said Bébi Philippe worked as a disc jockey in one of the biggest maquis Abidjanais. It was as a DJ that for a long time silently contributed to a lot of artistes of the register coupé-décalé. Similarly to most disc-jockeys Ivoirians, he decide to produce in music, he released his first song entitled "couvre-feu" in 2002 with the dance group Lolas which he had joined in 1999. Afterwards he releases a single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 named "la moulance". After this pièce he releases his second album entitled chipeur, arrête de chiper, which was a total flop. Then, in 2007, he produced for a young sound engineer named N'Guessan Amessan and released a fourth disco graphical piece where he promises a new concept of dance entitled "La Gbèlèche".

Even though his four pieces, the disc jockey of multiple talents stayed in the shadows. He met success in the summer 2008 when he released his third album which he recorded at N'Guessan Amessan house entitled La Shamakuana or Shamakoana, which means "la danse des bloffeurs", produced by Georgy the best and Jérôme Zoma. Since August 2008, this concept stays at the top of the hits in the Côte d'Ivoire

Côte d'Ivoire

The Republic of Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast is a country in West Africa. It has an area of , and borders the countries Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana; its southern boundary is along the Gulf of Guinea. The country's population was 15,366,672 in 1998 and was estimated to be...

. This concept was in fact for tous ceux qui aiment faire le malin et se distinguer selon son créateur même. Which means "for all of those how love doing the smartass and be distinguished".

Albums

• 2002 : Couvre-feu (with the groupe Lolas)
• ? : Chipeur, arrête de chiper
• 2008 : La Shamakuana

See also

• Coupé-Décalé
  Coupé-Décalé
  Coupé-Décalé is a type of popular dance music originating from Côte d'Ivoire and the Ivorian diaspora in Paris, France. Drawing heavily from Zouglou, Zouk, and Congolese rhythms, Coupé-Décalé is a very percussive style featuring African samples, deep bass, and repetitive, minimalist...
  
  
• Douk Saga
• Boro Sanguy & Lino Versace
• Jean-Jacques Kouamé
• Le Molare