VISIONS OF KAMERUN
Title
VISIONS OF KAMERUN
Subject
A Contemporary Outer Space African Tale
Written & Composed by Franck Biyang
Performed by Massak
Written & Composed by Franck Biyang
Performed by Massak
Description
Cameroonian composer and producer Franck Biyong who appeared at The Pan African Space Station Festival in Cape Town (2009) is back with a new Afrolectric release.
Recorded in Cameroon, Visions of Kamerun see Biyong and his crew navigate the psycho-geography, history and dreams of his home country, as well as the roots, passages and slipstreams that link it to Europe. Featuring 18 tracks including nine sustained spoken interludes, the album offers a nod to the wisdom, vision and style
of Bob Marley’s Talking Blues (released in 1991 on Tuff Gong).
Mixed in Paris, the album brings together delicate traditional percussion, subtle afro-jazz drumming, beautiful minimal guitar riffs, and Massak’s typically powerful horn section, with soulful vocals from Franck Biyong, Sandra Nkaké and Gladys Gambie.
Defining a salutary musical movement called New Afropolitan Jazz, with a solid, deeply sincere emotional core, the album balances sound exploration, rhythmic vivacity, soul depth and cultural immersion.
Recorded at JMA Studios (Essos, Yaounde), Studio Bleu,
Afrolectric Mobile Studios, Auditorium de Saint Ouen
Spiritual Advisers: Jean Marie Ahanda & Andre Afata
Produced and Conceived by FB
Remastering: Benjamin Lafont & FB
BASS: Ateba
ASSIKO DRUM: Andre Afata
BACKING VOCALS : Coralie Wembe,
Khady Cisse ,Mansara ,Salimatah Bah
DRUMS, PERCUSSION: Jean Abanda
SAXOPHONES, BASS CLARINET: Xavier Sibre
TRUMPET, FLUGELHORN: Joachim Crochemore
VOICE: Andre Afata (3,13), Jean Marie Ahanda (3,13),
Mbombo (1,7,16), Naghmey Aby Samb (15), Honore (9)
LEAD VOCALS: Sandra Nkake (4), Gladys Gambie (6)
Percussion, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer Guitars, Vocals: F.B
Recorded in Cameroon, Visions of Kamerun see Biyong and his crew navigate the psycho-geography, history and dreams of his home country, as well as the roots, passages and slipstreams that link it to Europe. Featuring 18 tracks including nine sustained spoken interludes, the album offers a nod to the wisdom, vision and style
of Bob Marley’s Talking Blues (released in 1991 on Tuff Gong).
Mixed in Paris, the album brings together delicate traditional percussion, subtle afro-jazz drumming, beautiful minimal guitar riffs, and Massak’s typically powerful horn section, with soulful vocals from Franck Biyong, Sandra Nkaké and Gladys Gambie.
Defining a salutary musical movement called New Afropolitan Jazz, with a solid, deeply sincere emotional core, the album balances sound exploration, rhythmic vivacity, soul depth and cultural immersion.
Recorded at JMA Studios (Essos, Yaounde), Studio Bleu,
Afrolectric Mobile Studios, Auditorium de Saint Ouen
Spiritual Advisers: Jean Marie Ahanda & Andre Afata
Produced and Conceived by FB
Remastering: Benjamin Lafont & FB
BASS: Ateba
ASSIKO DRUM: Andre Afata
BACKING VOCALS : Coralie Wembe,
Khady Cisse ,Mansara ,Salimatah Bah
DRUMS, PERCUSSION: Jean Abanda
SAXOPHONES, BASS CLARINET: Xavier Sibre
TRUMPET, FLUGELHORN: Joachim Crochemore
VOICE: Andre Afata (3,13), Jean Marie Ahanda (3,13),
Mbombo (1,7,16), Naghmey Aby Samb (15), Honore (9)
LEAD VOCALS: Sandra Nkake (4), Gladys Gambie (6)
Percussion, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer Guitars, Vocals: F.B
Creator
Franck Biyong, Massak
Source
Akhetaton Records
Date
May 20, 2010
Format
CD
Language
English
Type
Afroelectric
Identifier
AFR.BIY
Coverage
Cameroon, France
Files
Collection
Citation
Franck Biyong, Massak , “VISIONS OF KAMERUN,” WPB, accessed February 5, 2025, https://tpb.worm.org/items/show/14370.