Artist.......: Asa
Album........: Live α l'Olympia de Nantes
Label........: n/a
Genre........: R&B
Catnr........: n/a
Source.......: DVBS
Rip.date.....: 2011-10-16
Str.date.....: 2011-03-29
Quality......: 213kbps/48.0kHz/Joint Stereo
Url..........: http://www.asa-official.com/
track title time
1. Live α l'Olympia de Nantes 58:39
* Bimpe
* Ok Ok
* Maybe
* Fire In The Mountain
* Why Can't We
* Be My Man
* Bamidele
* So Beautiful
* Jailer
* Broda Ole
Runtime 58:39
Size 89.75
Release Notes:
Asa set off to take flight with the release of her first single, "Fire on the
Mountain," in 2007. The single (which has a surprisingly lilting melody for its
accompanying lyrics warning of ecological disaster) had already received wide
airplay on stations in Europe when her self-titled debut album hit stores in
October of that same year. Asa (pronounced Asha) is no stranger to France, where
her album was recorded and produced, having been born in the capital city of
Paris. Born Bukola Elemide in 1982, the singer has only the vaguest of memories
of her birth city, since she was only two years old when her family returned to
Nigeria. Their time spent in Paris was brief, but Asa's fate was tied up with
the City of Light and it was to Paris that Asa returned 20 years later to record
her first major work in the studio. Asa grew up in Lagos, the former capital of
Nigeria and a city buzzing with energy but also home to a deep-rooted
spirituality. In Lagos, Asa matured amidst a population balancing the beliefs of
Islam and Christianity. The influence of the city can be heard throughout Asa's
first album on tracks such as "Jailer" and "Fire on the Mountain," where
tentative hints of Afro-beat waft through the folksy pop. Her first album
features mainly English lyrics, but she also sings in Yoruba, a West African
dialect often spoken in Nigeria. Asa remains as unique as the city she grew up
in, with a style lying somewhere between pop and soul -- and just a twist of
reggae.