Lafawndah

Yasmine Dubois, professionally known as Lafawndah is a singer, songwriter, producer and director, based in London, UK. 
== Early Life ==
Lafawndah was born in Paris, France and is of Egyptian and Iranian descent. She has lived across the world in various cities, including Los Angeles and Mexico City.
== Career ==
During her time in Mexico City, Lafawndah co-founded the girl group NIDADA. After a term at the Red Bull Music Academy, she recorded and co-produced her self-titled EP Lafawndah with Garagem Banda, which was self-released in 2014.
In 2016 Lafawndah's Tan EP was released on Warp Records. The project was created with contributions from L-Vis 1990 and Nick Weiss.
In 2018 Dubois partnered with Midori Takada to create the multimedia piece Le Renard Bleu, Takada's first release for almost twenty years. Centred around Le Renard Bleu, Takada and Lafawndah produced their stage work Ceremonial Blue, which was performed at the Barbican in London during the spring of 2019.
In 2019 Lafawndah's debut album Ancestor Boy was released on her own label Concordia, and distributed by !K7. Ancestor Boy was a highly collaborative project, with features from Kelsey Lu, Julie Byrne, Gaika, ADR, L-Vis 1990, Jon Hassell, Valentina Magaletti, Jamie Woon, Joao Filipe, and Bonnie Banane, plus a cover of 'Vous et Nous' by Brigitte Fontaine and Areski Belkacem. The album received critical acclaim, and was on multiple 'album of the year' lists for 2019.
Lafawndah has had an extensive touring career, taking her theatrical live shows around the world. She has also toured with Kelela in both 2015 and 2017, and supported the American band Hundred Waters. In 2018 Dubois adapted her Honey Colony mixtape in to an ongoing concert experience which made its debut at the Southbank Centre, including guests such as Tirzah, Kelsey Lu and Elheist. She has released two bootleg-style Honey Colony mixtapes to date featuring reworkings of songs around vocal stems from artists such as Klein, Kelela, Kelsey Lu, Cardi B, and Bonnie Banane. 
In addition to her own music, Lafawndah has produced and composed for brands such as Kenzo, Chanel, i-D, Courreges, and has also directed her own music videos. 
== Discography ==
==== Studio Albums ====
Title 	Release Date 	Album Details
Ancestor Boy 	22nd March 2019 	
* Label - Concordia
* Format(s) - Vinyl, CD, digital download
Ancestor Boy II	6th December 2019	
* Label - Concordia
* Format(s) - digital download
==== EPs ====
Title 	Release Date 	Album Details
Lafawndah 	6th May 2014 	
* Self-released
Tan 	5th February 2016	
* Label - Warp Records
* Format(s) - Vinyl, digital download
Le Renard Bleu	9th July 2018 	
* Midori Takada & Lafawndah
* Label -K7
* Format(s) - Vinyl, digital download
==== Singles ====
Title 	Release Date 	Album
Town Crier 	5th February 2016 	
Tan
Joseph 	4th October 2018 	Ancestor Boy
Daddy 	14th January 2019 	Ancestor Boy
Substancia 	22nd February 2019	Ancestor Boy
Storm Chaser (Cobra Rasteira) x Linn Da Quebrada x Pininga Rework	12th November 2019	Ancestor Boy II
==== Remixes ====
Title 	Artists 	Release Date
Due West (Lafawndah Remix)	Kelsey Lu	
15th November 2019
== Lafawndah in the Media ==
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== References ==
== External Links ==
*Lafawndah Official website
*Lafawndah on Facebook 
*Lafawndah on Instagram
*Lafawndah on Twitter
*Lafawndah on Youtube
*Lafawndah on Spotify
*Lafawndah on Apple music
Category:Singers from London
Category:Musicians from London
Category:British record producers
Category:Record producers
Category:Singer-songwriters
Category:English singer-songwriters
Category:British singer-songwriters