Balafon Evolution Photoshooting
Aly Keïta is a renowned balafon player from the Ivory Coast who is now based in Berlin. We started working with him in 2023, organising several photo shoots before this one. In preparation for the release of his new album, Balafon Evolution, the task was to showcase the balafon as a modern instrument with afrofuturistic vibes.
Client
Aly Keïta
Year
2025
Category
Photography
Type of Work
Research
Styling & Make-Up
Photography
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Working with balafon is inspiring, it has beautiful textures and forms. We wanted to underline this beauty rhyming with the graphic motive of tunnel lights and it's futuristic design, showing that even being a traditional instrument, balafon looks modern and it's forms are contemporary, as well as the balafon music of Aly Keïta. It worked very well in recording CD and vinyl design layouts.
This photoset became a bright visitcard of the album release and pointed out the design ideas for the whole system of promo materials.
The pictures became a part of CD and vinyl designs, as well as the digital booklet, EPK, press photos folder. The short slow motion videoshots were used for the song covers in music platforms.
The whole process took only few hours with the professional team of Urban Lys and the experienced photographer Olha Kovalevska.
In a friendly atmosphere with jokes and creative improvements on the go this photoset is one of the brightest projects in both Urban Lys' and Aly Keïta's portfolios.
