BIOGRAPHY

 

RemiTone grew up in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He is a multi instrumentalist, singer, songwriter and composer. At a very young age, he started to make music and dance in a traditional music band and later created his own band called Cocodo African Music.

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Being a drummer and a singer, RemiTone toured across Tanzania and East Africa sharing music and collaborating with other artists. He shared stage with well known musicians such the late Oliver Mtukudzi (Zimbabwe), Koffi Olomide (DRC), Sauti Sol (Kenya), Habib Koite (Mali) and Eric Wainaina (Kenya). Apart from that, RemiTone featured different festivals during his 10 years of performing such as Sauti za Busara and ZIFF in Zanzibar and Bayimba Festival in Uganda.

 

RemiTone met Aurélie when she travelled to Tanzania. Their first written and composed EP by the title Safari was released in 2017 followed by ZigZaga in 2021. Their songs, serenade into their two mother tongues in French and Swahili, speak about daily life and themes such as environment or social justice. Since 2021, they have been living in the west of France where they continue to play, produce and perform on different stages in France and Europ.

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