Track Listings (11) - Disc #1| All Artists: Bikaye Zazou, Cy 1 Title: Noir Et Blanc (Bel) Members Wishing: 1 Total Copies: 0 Label: Crammed Disc Belgium Release Date: 6/2/2003 Album Type: Import Genres: Dance & Electronic, Alternative Rock, International Music, Pop, R&B, Rock Styles: Hardcore & Punk, New Wave & Post-Punk, Africa, Dance Pop, Funk, Progressive, Progressive Rock Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 |
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An unsurpassed milestone in European/African fusion, this is a head-on collision between traditional Central African vocals and uncompromising analog electronics. Resulting from a torrid encounter between Zairean singer Bo... more » |
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Album Description An unsurpassed milestone in European/African fusion, this is a head-on collision between traditional Central African vocals and uncompromising analog electronics. Resulting from a torrid encounter between Zairean singer Bony Bikaye, Algerian-born French composer Hector Zazou and mad scientists CY1, this album was acclaimed by the international press, has influenced scores of artists and remains astonishingly fresh. Guest musicians include Marc Hollander and Fred Frith. Originally released in 1983, this reissue is packaged in a slipcase. Crammed Discs. Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsTribal synth paradise Andrew D. Rohn | Madison, WI United States | 08/19/2003 (5 out of 5 stars) "Oh my god I love this album! It is one of the maybe 20 albums in my life I could listen to over and over. I have never heard freaky synthesizer atmospheres and beautifully polyrythmic African drumming combined to better effect. The palette of synth sounds reminds me of Joe Zawinul of Weather Report -- unique, earthy, spooky, sometimes tenderly beautiful. Fans of odd meters and complex rythmic patterns will be thrilled beyond belief, but it's all groovy and hypnotic as opposed to jerky and confusing. Add to this Fred Frith on guitar, plus strange and gorgeous violin and clarinet parts, and you're swimming in continually intriguing sounds. Bony Bikaye's voice presides over all-- deep, often scary, sometimes touching. If you like African rhythms and also like experimental stuff, this is your thing."
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