MUSIC from WESTERN AFRICA SHOW / MIXED

WINNERS SHOW Music WESTERN Africa 3rd edition of the AFRO PEPITES SHOW: MIXED, INSPIRED PEPITES

·•● Winner of Category AFROS PEPITES: MATTA FORE // Senegal, France // Pop, Acoustic ●•·

Song in competition: ASKAN

Site : www.mattafore.com

Social networks: www.facebook.com/matta.fore

INFO for ORGANIZERS, MEDIA…: MATTA FORE is based in Montpellier (France) // Contact Pro : CONTACT

Biography: his real name is Mathias DIATTA, Matta Fore is an artist born in Dakar, Senegal. He was soon used to nice melodies thanks to his parents found of Afro-Cuban music; thus he naturally received this passion. He entered the band REST, a Hip hop band from Montpellier in which he participated to the creation of a new style mixing lyrics and rap lyrics, with songs mainly coming from Senegalese culture…

Years after, with the author composer, singer and producer Coolie Cardinal, he composed the album « Askan”, with the initial unique ambition to please people by proposing some ideas of music composition. This is in a pleasant atmosphere that the songs in the album Askan were created in the studio "the kitchen", everyone with its identity, its particularity, under the supervision of Jerry Mbia, director of Label IronMaster. Very generous on stage, Matta Fore issued his first album solo on the international music stage and gave appointments to all the fans of music when his new album is released. An artist, a voice, a concept to be discovered!

Album en téléchargement : http://musique.fnac.com/a3826229/Matta-Fore-Askan-CD-album

·•● 2^nd of Category AFROS PEPITES : Lamine CISSOKHO

// Senegal, Sweden // Groove Jazz ●•·

Lamine CISSOKHO: a cultural legacy perpetuating itself, getting inspired…

Song in competition: PAKAO

Son site : www.myspace.com/laminekora

Social networks: FACEBOOK

INFO for ORGANIZERS, MEDIA,… : Lamine CISSOKHO is based in Falun (Sweden) // Contact Pro : CONTACT

Biography: Lamine Cissokho grew up in Casamance, a region well known for its rich culture of music traditions in South Senegal. He is the descent of a family of Mandingo story-tellers (griots), a famous family of traditional musicians since the 15^th century. Each member of the family contributes to the preservation of their music heritage by playing their music and sharing their knowledge with the new generations. Lamine’s father is a profesional player of kora « Sana Cissokho » and his mother is a singer « Fatoumata Dramé » from Casamance. Lamine and his brother and sisters had sung and played other traditional instruments of West Africa with their father since their childhood. Since he is 10, Lamine has played in many diverse bands and today he is well known as a kora player. He has lived in Falun, in Sweden, since 2001. In Sweden he played with musicians such as Ale Möller Band, Maria Jonsson, Ian Carr, Anders Nygårds, Blues Baba, and other folk musicians. He played many times at the festival in Urkult and he worked as musician in Dalateatern. Lamine is inspired by Souriba Kouyaté, Toumani Diabate, Balaké Cissokho and Sana Cissokho.

Lamine Cissokho’s new album „Pakao“ is being prepared.

·•● 3^rd of Category AFROS PEPITES: N’FALY KOUYATE // Guinea, Mali, Belgium, France, // Pop, Rock Mandingo ●•·

Song in competition: LOVE HYPPO

Son site : www.myspace.com/dunyakan

Social networks: www.facebook.com/nfaly.kouyate

INFO for ORGANIZERS, MEDIA,… : N’FALY KOUYATE is based in Brussels (Belgium) // Contact Pro : CONTACT

Biography: N’Faly Kouyaté was twice nominated at Grammy Awards, received a Golden Disk and created the band N'Faly Kouyaté & Dunyakan, "voix du monde“ (1996).

This musician became famous as the « Jimi Hendrix of kora » and is fan of diversity, music and cultural, as in his band Dunyakan.

Six musicians coming from diverse countries revolutionize the world of ethnic music with their fusion of traditional mandingo and modern western sounds.

The African dance parts make their shows become real carnival of music cultures.

N'Faly Kouyaté is one of the great artists of Western Africa. He played during the ceremony of opening of the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004 and during the Nobel Prize ceremony to Nelson Mandela’s wife in 2007. The griot « guardian of culture » in Guinea and member of the band of Peter Gabriel “Afro Celt Sound System” is working on his new album.