Artist : AngΘlique Kidjo
Album : Djin Djin
Label : EMI
Genre : Pop
Bitrate : 207 kbps avg
Source : CD (LP)
Playtime : 00:07:05 (11.0MB)
Rls date : 2007-05-20
Store date : 2007-04-30
[Track List]
1. Arouna (Ft Joy Denalane) 3:34
2. Emma (Ft Carmen Consoli) 3:31
With DJIN DJIN (pronounced "gin gin"), Angelique Kidjo
returns to the soul of Benin - and, for the first time,
shares it with a cast of all-star guests, in a marriage of
cultures that has significance far beyond music alone.
Inspired by the traditions and culture of Kidjo's native
Benin in West Africa, the title of the album refers to the
sound of the bell that greets the beginning of a new day
for Africa.
The diversity represented by Alicia Keys, Peter Gabriel,
Josh Groban, Carlos Santana, Joss Stone, Branford
Marsalis, producer Tony Visconti, and the others who
contribute to DJIN DJIN speaks to the lesson of this
project: For all the differences in the music of our time,
the river of Africa flows through it all.
The key was to build DJIN DJIN on a Beninese foundation.
The heartbeat, then, comes from percussionists Crespin
Kpitiki and Benoit Avihoue, both members of Benin's
Gangb+« Brass Band. Details of their country's rhythmic
heritage, specific in some cases to individual villages,
feed the rhythms they lay down throughout the album.
To this mix Kidjo welcomes players whose backgrounds
complement the idea of DJIN DJIN: drummer Poogie Bell,
known for his work with Erykah Badu and Chaka Khan; funk
keyboard wizard Amp Fiddler, whose credits include Prince
and George Clinton; Larry Campbell, whose
multi-instrumental work has adorned the music of Bob
Dylan, Emmylou Harris, and Paul Simon; Senegalese bass
giant Habib Faye, a fixture with Youssou N'Dour;
guitarists Lionel Loueke, from jazz legend Herbie
Hancock's band; Romero Lubambo, a Brazilian wonder whose
credits include Diana Krall and Dianne Reeves; Joao Mota,
from Guinea-Bissau and kora master Mamadou Diabate.
Produced by Tony Visconti. (David Bowie, T. Rex,
Morrissey)