Quick update - after some months of recording, selecting and editing vivid wildlife and birdsong soundscapes from Ecuador for the album which has delayed things a bit we were able to get the album off to Abbey Road last week and we pick up the master tomorrow.   The 20 tracks on the album include 16 beautiful songs by human beings and 4 forest soundscapes: 3 dawn choruses, and one duet between two pauraques just after dusk…

Grammy Award winning singer Dobet Gnahoré’s third album “Djekpa la You“, released last month on CONTREJOUR (CJ024), features a beautiful new multi-instrument recording of the song Kokpa, which translates as Rainforest. It is about the forests of the region of Ivory Coast where Dobet grew up - forests some of which sadly no longer exist. Hats off to Dobet, “Djekpa La You” was the highest new entry in the European World Music Charts at the beginning of March.Dobet was originally inspired to write Kokpa for Tropical Forest Project: Ecuador and it’s very exciting that the song has evolved - watch this space for the release date when you can hear the earlier version.