Essindi
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Paris 20, France
Joined Nov 11, 2008
The musical project Abakuya was born with the meeting of two musicians, Jimi Sofo (Australia) and François Essindi (Cameroon), and toock place in 2006 thanks to an exchange travel organized by the Akiba Association in Cameroon.
- François Essindi, is an actor, dancer, storyteller and musician, was born in Cameroon.
Due to his ability of playing the percussions, he became very quickly famous in his own country. His playing attracted attention thanks to the energy he mixes with the delicate phrasing of his touch. Thus, he became the recourse that cannot be ignored for the new wave of local artists and singers in Cameroon, who wished to reuse the Tam-tam call, the Mvet, the Snail shell…. That had been banned from the popular Cameroonian music.
François demonstrated soon in France the artistic gifts he had already proved in his native country. , Brought up listening to old music and culture , today in Paris he refines the art of Traditional Harp from central Africa, the Ngomo in Cameroon as well as his playing the Mvet, another endangered string instrument, as well as Ngomo or Ngombi .
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Nantucket Studio
Nov 09, 2008
Hello from Nantucket Island!
Thank you for your friendship. Please add one of our songs to your station.
Vic, Mike, Ben and Chris
Sweetmeat and the Silverfish
abakuya Member
Nov 05, 2008
Prochain concert:
Le 06 novembre 2008 au Café Olympic de Paris
20, rue Léon
Heure: 21 heures
Entree: 5 euros
Possibilité de manger sur place.
Metro: Chateau rouge.
Cd Primitive love en vente..
Abakuya est un projet musical centré sur le présent. Le spectacle fut présenté pour la première fois au festival "um mondo de percussoes" en juin 2006 et a depuis parcouru les pays de l'Allemagne au Danemark en passant évidemment par la France et Paris.
Les membres du groupe (Francois Essindi/Cameroun et Jimi Sofo/Australie) ont passé du temps au Cameroun afin d'approfondir leurs recherches et les présenter au public. Les rythmes traditionnels et les mélodies de l'Afrique centrale. La fusion harmonieuse avec des instruments modernes, apportent un message joyeux destiné à tous.
Thank you for adding us to your circle of friends on soundclick :) Best wishes M&P xx