Artist : Fanga
Album : Natural Juice
Label : Underdog Records
Genre : Other
Bitrate : 193 kbps avg
Source : CD (LP)
Playtime : 01:10:22 (101.MB)
Rls date : 2007-06-30
Store date : 2007-06-00
[Track List]
1. Crache La Douleur (Feat. Tony Allen) 5:33
2. Natural Juice 'Ashanti Mix' 6:19
3. Kononi (Feat. Kady Diarra) 8:40
4. Ni I Matoro 7:55
5. I Didn't Know 8:50
6. Iba 'The Funkyalafiamix' 5:15
7. Bolli 'It's Time For Juju Music' 2:59
8. Noble Tree (Feat. Segun Damisa) 9:32
9. Keneya 5:23
10.Kelen 5:15
11.Noble Tree 'Notaliban Remix' By Gymkhana 4:41
(Feat. Mike Ladd)
Fanga means 'Force' (spiritually speaking) in Dioula, one
of the numerous dialects of Western Africa. This French
group of 7 musicians, deeply immersed in Afrobeat - a
musical language pioneered by Fela Kuti in the 70's,
combining African music, jazz and funk - was born from an
encounter between the hip-hop programmer Serge Amiano and
the rapper Yves Khoury (aka Korbo) of Burkina Faso. In its
present form, Fanga is essentially based on classical
Afrobeat. However, the absence of a brass section as well
as the judicious integration of samples and electronic
sources mark a departure from this traditional musical
structure, thus bringing to it the sonic identity of a
group rather than that of a collective. Korbo's vocals,
verging between rap and spoken word also contribute a
present-day slant, naturally synthesising the meeting
point between Africa and rap. An initial line-up with
programmed drums and a few musicians sees the light of day
in 2001, with a 6 track promotional CD entitled
ôAfrofangaö'. With the indispensable addition of a
drummer, the group went on to bring out its first album
'Afrokaliptyik' in 2004. Although Fanga is not entirely
about traditional Afrobeat, its foundations are the same:
a single pulse, long improvisatory sections of sax and
analog keyboards, a trance of hypnotic rhythms. Its
discourse fights for fundamental human rights, for the
right to be different, denounces the inequality created by
the quest for profit and embraces the re-integration of
humanity and Earth. Following an inital album
ôAfrokaliptykö, a vinyl EP ôAkli YΦlΦö and numerous
concerts and festivals , Fanga is now bringing out a
12övinyl available on www.cosmicgroove.fr including 2
tracks from the new album ôNatural Juiceö, out in June
2007 featuring Tony Allen, Segun Damisa, Kady Diarra and a
remix with Mike Ladd.