{"id":42248,"date":"2018-09-17T13:11:18","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T11:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/toto-bona-lokuas-gerald-toto-shares-new-song-away-alive\/"},"modified":"2020-04-27T03:37:11","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T02:37:11","slug":"gerald-toto-away-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/gerald-toto-away-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"Toto Bona Lokua&#8217;s Gerald Toto Shares New Song &#8220;Away Alive&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"pam-featured-content\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16557 pam-featured-content\"  src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/dsc09217_2_khGjoR.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/dsc09217_2_khGjoR.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/dsc09217_2_khGjoR-759x506.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/dsc09217_2_khGjoR-1010x673.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/dsc09217_2_khGjoR-661x441.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/dsc09217_2_khGjoR-465x310.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/dsc09217_2_khGjoR-375x250.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>Gerald Toto has released &#8220;Away Alive&#8221; the first single off of his forthcoming album <em>Sway.<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>We last heard Gerald Toto on the sublime 2017 trio album Bondeko, recorded with fellow global travellers Lokua Kanza and Richard Bona. Gerald is now on its own, he recorded the album alone at home. He also likes to say that this is his first album.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"textbox\" dir=\"ltr\">Born in France in 1967, Gerald Toto\u2019s West Indian parents hailed from the Antilles and were tax officials rather than musicians. But they were ardent music lovers and the parental collection of vinyl was like manna from heaven to Gerald as the house in which he grew up vibrated to the sounds of American soul, Afro-Caribbean dance music, Congolese soukous and makossa from Cameroon. We can hear all that influences on &#8220;Away Alive&#8221;.\u00a0His\u00a0voice\u00a0is at\u00a0its\u00a0freshest and most beautiful and impresses especially with the variety of its handling.\u00a0Gerald Toto\u2019s music sways to the rhythms of life.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Away Alive by N\u00d8 F\u00d8RMAT!\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" data-src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F478686171&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=750&#038;maxwidth=500&#038;secret_token=s-IBjQ8\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sway will be available on CD, LP and digitally on\u00a0October 26\u00a0via <a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/focus-label-no-format\/\">No Format<\/a>,\u00a0and is available to preorder\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/IDOL.lnk.to\/Sway\">now<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gerald Toto has released &#8220;Away Alive&#8221; the first single off of his forthcoming album Sway. 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