Author: Kanza, Lokua

Release Date: 18-03-2003

Details: Product Description Kanza, Lokua Amazon.ca Following the reissue of Lokua Kanza's two magnificent first albums (on Universal: Lokua Kanza and Wapi Yo) and three years after the release of a record with more modest success, Toyebi Té is the fourth opus from the Zairian artist. An album where one finds all the sensitivity and finesse of Lokua Kanza: his inimitable touch. A true gem that, much like the languages used (French, English, Lingala), aims to be transcontinental. But while the influences are multiple (jazz, rap, rumba, African rhythms) and the guests numerous (the strings of the Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra, percussionists Greg Bondo and Komba Bellow, guitarist Sylvain Luc), the music of Lokua Kanza is more than just a fusion between the West and Africa. Throughout the 16 tracks of this record, he creates a personal, refined, and sensitive universe by drawing the essential marrow from all the influences he has gleaned across the world. Toyebi Té is an uncompromising album, never sinking into the ease of soulless music with electronic sounds commonly exploited in world-fusion. An artist's work, acoustic and mellow. And even when Lokua Kanza teams up with Passi (on "Je n'ai pas choisi"), he revisits rap, which becomes personal, airy, and poetic. Lokua is an alchemist musician: he turns sounds into gold. --Thomas Boudrant

UPC: 044001665127

EAN: 0044001665127

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood