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Visions of Kamerun

by Franck Biyong

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1.
Crossback 00:49
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2.
Mbengue The First 03:06
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3.
Basaa Land 00:45
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4.
Sanaga 04:14
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5.
Assiko 00:43
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6.
Calling 04:04
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7.
Native 01:57
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8.
Dance Life 06:05
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9.
Ndokoti 01:03
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10.
Jingo 03:28
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11.
Essos 00:55
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12.
To The Lakes 04:41
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13.
Language 01:22
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14.
UPC 05:50
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15.
Ritual 02:33
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16.
Independance 01:27
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17.
UM 06:35
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18.
Bessima 00:42
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VISIONS OF KAMERUN
2015 Remastered Version

Cameroonian composer and producer Franck Biyong who appeared
at The Pan African Space Station Festival in Cape Town (2009) is back
with a new Afrolectric release.

Recorded in Cameroon, Visions of Kamerun see Biyong and his crew navigate the psycho-geography, history and dreams of his home
country, as well as the roots, passages and slipstreams that link it
to Europe. Featuring 18 tracks including nine sustained spoken interludes, the album offers a nod to the wisdom, vision and style
of Bob Marley’s Talking Blues (released in 1991 on Tuff Gong).

Mixed in Paris, the album brings together delicate traditional percussion, subtle afro-jazz drumming, beautiful minimal guitar riffs, and Massak’s typically powerful horn section, with soulful vocals from Franck Biyong, Sandra Nkaké and Gladys Gambie.

Defining a salutary musical movement called New Afropolitan Jazz,
with a solid, deeply sincere emotional core, the album balances sound
exploration, rhythmic vivacity, soul depth and cultural immersion.

Recorded at JMA Studios (Essos, Yaounde), Studio Bleu,
Afrolectric Mobile Studios, Auditorium de Saint Ouen
Spiritual Advisers: Jean Marie Ahanda & Andre Afata
Produced and Conceived by FB
Remastering: Benjamin Lafont & FB

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released May 20, 2010

BASS: Ateba
ASSIKO DRUM: Andre Afata
BACKING VOCALS : Coralie Wembe,
Khady Cisse ,Mansara ,Salimatah Bah
DRUMS, PERCUSSION: Jean Abanda
SAXOPHONES, BASS CLARINET: Xavier Sibre
TRUMPET, FLUGELHORN: Joachim Crochemore
VOICE: Andre Afata (3,13), Jean Marie Ahanda (3,13),
Mbombo (1,7,16), Naghmey Aby Samb (15), Honore (9)
LEAD VOCALS: Sandra Nkake (4), Gladys Gambie (6)
Percussion, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer Guitars, Vocals: F.B


© 2010 Afrolectric Music Ltd. / Akhetaton Records

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Franck Biyong Yaounde, Cameroon

Franck Biyong is a Cameroonian Guitarist, composer and singer, creator of the Afrolectric sound.

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