Get ready to be moved by the powerful return of Kaito Winse, the multi-talented artist from Burkina Faso based in Brussels, with his new album ‘Reele Bumbou’ released on February 21st 2025. Following the critically acclaimed debut ‘Kaladounia‘ in 2020, Kaito continues his journey through music and tradition, offering deep, reflective lyrics drawn from the rich well of oral history.
With a voice as commanding and enchanting as an opera performance, Kaito’s masterful scansion and storytelling draw the listener into timeless truths. His connection with French writer and playwright Tartar(e) has only sharpened his ability to captivate through rhythm and word. Armed with a versatile skillset, he plays an array of instruments—calabash, mouth bow, Peul flute, toutlé flute and the tama, a drum known for mimicking human speech.
Between proverbs and ancient sayings, music and dance, Kaito Winse’s new work is an invitation to find strength in the face of life’s trials. His art is a reminder that while one may laugh at the old man, no one can mock his walking stick.
Let Kaito guide you through the storms of life with his timeless wisdom and soulful melodies.
A Kaladounia, Rebel Up and Zephyrus co-production.
“And what a pleasure it is to see Kaito Winse solo again! Oh, not that his punk gesticulations with Avalanche Kaito didn’t live up to our expectations, quite the contrary, but here the griot from Burkina Faso offers us a completely different experience. Yes, the storm gives way to a mystical mist that arcs around the vibrations of the musician’s mouthbow, emanates from the openings of his Peul flute, resonates on the skins of his percussion, and finds its echo in Kaito’s voice and words.” – Djolo
“Kaito Winse’s masterly continuation of Burkinabé griot values can be seen as radical in a time of ephemerality, his passed down proverbial wisdom and millennia old musical learnings, a welcome cutting through of the illusory. 9/10” – Truth And Lies
Listen -> https://album.link/i/1792391674
Buy yours now -> https://zephyrusrecords.bandcamp.com/album/reele-bumbou