Release Date: 29 March 2019
Label: No Format
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 3700187670351
Genres: Folk World Music
Release Date: 15 March 2019
Label: No Format
Packaging Type: Gate Fold Vinyl
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 3700187669966
Genres: Folk World Music
Description
Imagine an African artist with the tenderly subversive touch of Bon Iver, the haunting falsetto of Skip James, the razor-like mind of Akala, and the inventiveness of Moses Sumney. You've just imagined Blick Bassy. In the slipstream of his acclaimed album Ako 776;, Blick Bassy delivers "1958", a defiant tribute to the heroes who fought and died for the independence of his native Cameroun. Its focus is specific, but its themes - the bondage of neo- colonialism, the need for heroes, the relevance of history and the search for true identity - are universal. An album to thaw the heart and sharpen the mind.
Description
Imagine an African artist with the tenderly subversive touch of Bon Iver, the haunting falsetto of Skip James, the razor-like mind of Akala, and the inventiveness of Moses Sumney. You've just imagined Blick Bassy. In the slipstream of his acclaimed album Ako 776;, Blick Bassy delivers "1958", a defiant tribute to the heroes who fought and died for the independence of his native Cameroun. Its focus is specific, but its themes - the bondage of neo- colonialism, the need for heroes, the relevance of history and the search for true identity - are universal. An album to thaw the heart and sharpen the mind.
Tracklisting
Sissoko Segal Parisien Peirani
Oumou Sangare
Natascha Rogers
Piers Faccini
Nicolas Repac
Blick Bassy
Ballaka Sissoko-Vincent Segal
Ballaka Sissoko-Vincent Segal
Blick Bassy
