Afrotronix

Raised by griots, trained by machines. Some sounds travel the world. This one was never supposed to leave. Chad’s first electronic export and an Afrofuturist icon, Afrotronix is led by Chadian guitarist-producer Caleb Rimtobaye from Montreal. Born in Chad amid civil war, shaped by the initiation rhythms and vocal traditions of the Sara, Gourane and Arabic communities, Afrotronix doesn’t sample tradition. He rewires the machine to speak its language. His sound “Electro Sahara” bends digital architecture itself, fracturing the structures of deep house, Amapiano and Afro electro until they can hold the weight of Chadian rhythms. A Sonic Ritual Initiation. His music actively bridges north, south and center in a soul that is unmistakably Chadian. Wearing the DOM, a helmet carrying its own cosmology, he creates sonic mosaics revealing Chad’s most sacred sounds reimagined as the world’s most futuristic. Behind the project, a thesis: humanity’s first algorithm was written in rhythm. Electronic music and African oral tradition don’t oppose each other. They were always the same conversation. Over 130 stages worldwide, WOMAD, Afropunk, JOVA Beach Party. Collaborations with Baaba Maal, Youssou N’Dour, Jovanotti, Stonebwoy. Best African DJ (AFRIMA 2018), 18 international awards, composer of the awarded soundtrack for the Chadian film Diya (Carthage Film Festival).