The “lyrical” spring of Vony – charismatic leader of Ekazaho – is the “ganja”, the “weed”, the “Marie Jeanne” … In short, the substance he often quotes impersonal in his songs to avoid offending the docile minds of sheep “Benefitting”. By chatting with the artist, we feel that humility breathes into him, even in his voice whose intonation and velvety are made to appease the worst susceptibilities. Quickly, confidence settles down. As an opposite of his shot hard when he turns into a trash metal group drummer as a time with the promising band KR 78. To be short, this year, he has projects in both camps, with regard to reggae “ We prepare our participation in the Fianar Reggae Festival at Easter in Fianarantsoa He says. Metal side, ” I play as a drummer for Zanakadala and Sakramenta. Zanakadala’s second album will be released soon ». Son of the city of Antsirabe, from primary to higher education, marked by an affinity with Catholic establishments, vony Ratahiriniaina in the civilian, carries a license diploma. Its beginnings arrived with 2004. “ My first scene was with the Neflima group from Morondava … Music question, there was no click or revelation, I was just an eclectic, with a preference for heavy rock He adds. His meeting with Naina Relongo, bass player and singer, was going to become the common thread of his musical career. The two melted Ekazaho. “It was between the years 2008 and 2009. The group was made up of Naina, Junior, Liva John and I “Recalls Vony. In 2025, the training found its course in the “Dub Roots”, a kind of reggae married to tiny and well -distilled terroirs. Until to be considered as in the top 3 of the best groups in Madagascar. They are funny, pensive, daring to everyday life, significant as much for the office frame and the ripe puller. Ekazaho does not sing according to a formula for which it is necessary to wear dreadlocks, put “Babylon” or “I and I” in the texts and baptize “rasta”. For him, his version of this state of mind is “Peace and Love Dia Kaya”, as he lives and sings it elsewhere. On the musicality side, this powerful false rhythm, the counting of harmonies, the technical bill … All this cocktail, makes you think of what point the music in Antsirabe is almost a church, with its prophets like Ekazaho.
Maminirina Rado
