This song came to me as a breath of pure oxygen, at a time when I was just after a binge on modern African music, mostly dance / electronic. I say that because most of what I've been listening lately from that area is really advanced modern production, in trends and everything, but lacking creativity and authenticity more and more each year. It's like many African artists are trying to find the lowest common denominator between their own skills and the worst quality Western pop. Which is a bit of a crime, in my eyes. Luckily for me, as a kid I had the best mentor and guide through tropical music history, from Africa to Caribbeans and beyond, the only specialized DJ and record collector of such things I heard of in my country, at the time. As a grown up, I often went to concerts in African squats from Spain and Portugal, where African gathered to play for Africans, maybe more often than to big festival world music gigs. I had the chance to listen to the evolution of music on that continent for the last 50 years or so.
I loved the early times when the music was recorded with Western equipment, many times in Western studios, but stayed purely African, while Western music was just an influence that you might notice or not sometimes.
This track and all the brand new album by Burkina Fasso artist Kansy takes me back to those genuine vibes. My nostalgia is not for the times, but for the vibes. If you're after exotic pop and easy listening, this is not for you. If you are after the African roots of our music, as expressed in modern times, this is your luck!
Maybe this music is not unique either, it shouldn't be, actually, it's just that it doesn't seem to get through much lately, sinking in an ocean of autotune tracks. So I'm trying to help.
I also love the sense of natural serenity that comes out through this track and a few others of the album. To put this in music, you need to have it in your soul. To have it there, you need to be balanced and at peace while grounded in reality. That's why there's not much of this feeling in contemporary Western music.
Undress for a moment your local cultural conditioning and let this get to you and feed your primal soul.
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