Muzikr [import]

Description du produit

Carlou D est un chanteur songwriter et guitariste qui a émergé de la scène hip hop sénégalaise. Né en 1980, il a commencé sa carrière à l'âge de seize ans en chantant dans la rue et en se produisant sur des scènes de fortune. Membre plusieurs années de Positive Black Soul, il est aux côtés de Didier Awadi à la meilleure école qui soit, celle de la voix, du combat social, de l'énergie et de la présence scénique. Remarqué par Youssou N'Dour qui fait une apparition remarquée sur le titre "Gorée", il livre ici un premier album fort, majoritairement chanté en wolof, où les prières se mêlent aux hymnes de combat et où la musique, griffée d'éclats soul, jazz et rap, est particulièrement dense.

Critique

Formerly a member of Senegal's politicised hip-hop group Positive Black Soul, Carlou D takes a more spiritual turn on his solo debut. He's still confronting social realities "Fi Ma Diar" takes to task the dream of escape to prosperous Europe but there are also hymns, calls for African unity and a gentle tribute to his late mother. The music slips between acoustic outings and jazzy uptempo pieces such as "Meun Nako Def", with Carlou's voice likewise veering between harsh and silky soprano his duo with Youssou N'Dour, his mentor, on "Goree" (name of the infamous slave port) is a sublime moment on an engaging album. --Observer

A protégé of Youssou N'Dour, the young singer Carlou D may not have the liquid silver voice of the Senegalese superstar but he's certainly a name to watch. And Sam Fall, the opening spiritual song on Muzikr, backed by kora and rattling sabar drums, has the singer soaring to a magic falsetto wail. Carlou D plays guitar and has a fine band playing the traditionally-rooted Senegalese pop that makes Dakar's music scene so exciting. He's joined by Youssou N'Dour on Goree, about the island close to Dakar used to despatch slaves across the Atlantic. This is a powerful debut with memorable songs, well packaged and produced. --London Evening Standard

A protégé of Youssou N'Dour, the young singer Carlou D may not have the liquid silver voice of the Senegalese superstar but he's certainly a name to watch. And Sam Fall, the opening spiritual song on Muzikr, backed by kora and rattling sabar drums, has the singer soaring to a magic falsetto wail. Carlou D plays guitar and has a fine band playing the traditionally-rooted Senegalese pop that makes Dakar's music scene so exciting. He's joined by Youssou N'Dour on Goree, about the island close to Dakar used to despatch slaves across the Atlantic. This is a powerful debut with memorable songs, well packaged and produced. --London Evening Standard

A protégé of Youssou N'Dour, the young singer Carlou D may not have the liquid silver voice of the Senegalese superstar but he's certainly a name to watch. And Sam Fall, the opening spiritual song on Muzikr, backed by kora and rattling sabar drums, has the singer soaring to a magic falsetto wail. Carlou D plays guitar and has a fine band playing the traditionally-rooted Senegalese pop that makes Dakar's music scene so exciting. He's joined by Youssou N'Dour on Goree, about the island close to Dakar used to despatch slaves across the Atlantic. This is a powerful debut with memorable songs, well packaged and produced. --London Evening Standard