Afro Bolero – Philippe Cohen Solal ft. Angelique Kidjo & Mo Laudi [DIGITAL]

Philippe Cohen Solal featuring Angelique Kidjo & Mo Laudi

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When the famous Bolero meets African dance floors.

An exchange between several voices of African artists (the Congolese Flamme Kapaya on guitar, the late Cameroonian Hilaire Penda on bass, the Beninese Angélique Kidjo on vocals, and the dj singer producer from South Africa Mo Laudi on the mike) gathered for the dance and celebration of this World Heritage work. The most popular anthem of classical music revisited in Afro Pop mode for crowds around the world.

1 Afro Bolero (feat. Angelique Kidjo & Mo Laudi) 

2 Afro Bolero (Batuk Remix) 

3 Afro Bolero (Poté Remix)

4 Afro Bolero (Daniel Haaksman Remix) 

5 Afro Bolero (feat. Angelique Kidjo & Mo Laudi)  (Extended version)

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Description

In the beginning was the rhythm. I must admit that initially, I had no intention of being inspired by Ravel’s Bolero more than by its rhythmic figure, these famous two measures of ostinatos repeated 169 times in the snare drum. As often, I like to confront a secular rhythm with electronic music version 2.0 in order to blur the dance floors.

When Mo Laudi, a Paris-based South African DJ, joined me in the studio, he delivered a great rap full of positive energy and geopolitical rhymes, from Patrice Lumumba to Biko and from Congo to São Paolo. Then Queen Angelique Kidjo, like a divine diva, fervently sang her hymn « Lonlon » in the Mina language, where the Afro literally meets the Bolero.

We will not forget the fine team that allowed me to concoct this sacred cocktail: Flamme Kapaya, outstanding Congolese guitarist, the Parisian DJ-beatmaker Lazy Flow and the late Hilaire Penda, Cameroonian bass player who unfortunately left us since. Benin, South Africa, Congo and Cameroon meet in Paname, the capital of World Sound, but the musical adventure did not stop there.

The remixes take us straight to London with Poté, to Berlin with Daniel Haaksman and to Johannesburg with the super-group Batuk formed by the godfather of the African electro Spoek Mathambo, the kwaito maestro Aero Manyelo and the Mozambican singer Manteiga. At a time when travel is prohibited or not recommended, let us be glad that music does not need certificates or passports and knows no borders.

 

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