KALETA ZOZO AFROBEAT

Kaleta <Leon Ligan Majkek was born in the republic of Benin but moved to Lagos Nigeria at tender age..He began playing guitar in the church choir having been influenced by not only american musicians like James Bronw,Otis Redding, but also byFela Kuti, King Sunny Ade,Ebenezer Obey,IK Dairo,Bob Marley to mention but a few..He took active role in kids drum groupes back home in his homeland playing music popularily known as Kaleta drums and dances..<Masquerades that perform annually to raise funds during Christmas>He later played,recorded and toured with King Sunny Ade,Fela Kuti,Femi Kuti and Shina peter before moving to the US where he also played and toured with Lauryn Hill.Kaleta formed his band ZOZO AFROBEAT in 2005 while still playing with AKOYA Afrobeat also based in New York.Kaleta have collaborated with many bands and djs world wide among them are DJ BOSQ,DJ MOWGAN,DJ CENTER,ZONGO JUNCTION,ETC.his 1st aforst afrobeat album<Country of Guns> was recorded in new York . He also released 2 singles in 2012 <Mugabe and Shit Musi> 2 new albums are in the making and will be released in summer 2014.For more infos pls follow Kaleta on Facebook as LEON LIGAN MAJEK KALETA and Twitter as ZOZO AFROBEAT.