In December 2006 under exceptional circumstances Kandia Kouyate , , a 17 year old singer and Kora player from guinee born from a family of famous musicians met with Zeid Hamdan , one of the most active producer on the lebanese underground scene.

After a visa problem the singer that was supposed to perform with Zeid for a concert is unable to travel .

The French producer Marc Ambrogianni ( 'Nuits metis" ) who is organising the festival and the Kouyate family propose to Zeid to create a show with one of their youngest sons , Kandia Kouyate .

After 2 days of intense work they present their collaboration. It turns out to be a successful mix of reggae , hip hop , guineen and electro music . The audience as well as the producers are impressed .

they will book the duet again for a dozen of performances from 2006 to 2008 in Guinea , Algeria and finally France allowing the 2 artists to meet and record on the spot .

An album regrouping 10 songs recorded between Guinea and Algeria will be released early 2009 . The duet is expected to tour in east Africa during 2009