Artists
Ejaspapa Gnonlonfoun is a drummer, percussionist, bass player, improviser and composer originary from Benin. Trained at the Ecole Supérieure des Métiers des Arts et de Culture (Esmac-Hwendo) in Cotonou, with an option in Practical Music of Traditional Rhythms, Ejaspapa has a perfect mastery of the traditional and modern polyrhythms of West Africa. He has already performed in concert and on tour with many groups of various styles: Sysmo, The Peas Project, Baloji & the Katuba, Azeto orchestra, Gospel for life, Weli, Gangbé Brass Band, Jomion & the Uklo’s and Tangawissi, to name but a few.
For several years he has been organizing polyrhythmic training courses for professionals in Cotonou, as well as presentation and musical initiation workshops for beginner musicians in Belgium.
As a musician at MetX, he has played and composed for groups such as Bagadski, Gankpo, Marockin’ Brass, AGO! Benin Brass, or recently the Sheikhs Shikhats & B’net Chaabi. As from 2023, he coordinates the project GanGan The New Style around West African Talkings Drums and polyrhythms.
