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MUSIC : Renzo Djordan - Aleke
Music inspired exclusively by African Musicians, as part of the 8th electronic album named " ODYSSEY pt II " with ethno and worldmusic influences, as musical travel diary from the 4 corners of the globe.
Music inspired by " Keep your head down " music film, 1984 french film commercially successful (+6M entries), many French César award nominations, directed by Michel Blanc filmmaker. A working class story located in Paris accompagnied by music of Xalam, an african music band from Dakar Senegal which combines traditional instruments with modern jazz & funk sounds as saxophone. Some members of this musical band collaborated with Youssou N'Dour and also invited to play percussions on Rolling Stones' 1983 album named Undercover :
Another musical inspiration is the famous cameroonian saxophonist Manu Dibango and his banger " Soul Makossa ". He spent part of his career in Parisian jazz clubs and collaborated with artists like Miles Davis, Sting, John Lee and Hugh Masekela. Influenced by James brown and Fela Kuti, he produced brilliant style mixing jazz funk which led to it being covered by king of pop Mickeal Jackson in Thriller Album produced by Quincy Jones :
To sum up, track ALEKE is created from different musical elements called African Fusion :
- Electronic Drums and djembe loop. End of the track, Dumbolo drum style - Congo
- Saxophone by Kesja Bijok, female saxophonist from Krakow - Poland
- Guitare Sebene style from Congolese Music - Rumba music genre.
- Vocalist of the track is a Nigerian Afrofunk singer in New-York based. He has many songs released in independent production as spiritual african jazz song " SWEET MOTHER " :
ALEKE
SAXOPHONE & AFROFUNK
To conclude this review, it will not forget to mention Angelique Kidjo, a Beninese singer, songwriter, actress, 5 Grammy awards winner. She is now considered one of the greatest contemporary African artists, often referred to as the "Queen of Afrobeat", an icon of world music. Angélique Kidjo's music has been used extensively in the film world, ranging from popular Hollywood films to an independent Italian film of Nanni Moretti awarded by 1994 Cannes film festival. An italian Filmmaker Golden Palm winner in 2001 :
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