The Afrovision Secret, by Franck Biyong

The Afrovision Secret

by Franck Biyong

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1.	Pata Piya 04:27	buy track
2.	Nights in Zeralda 05:48	buy track
3.	Polysonik 05:21	buy track
4.	Aloko Party 05:52	buy track
5.	Gandoura 04:36	buy track
6.	Bush 05:01	buy track
7.	Gentlemen de Camp Yabassi 04:10	buy track
8.	Negropolitaines 05:19	buy track
9.	Pepe Soup 06:22	buy track

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ENGLISH PROMO

“When The Alliance Française said it would be MANU DIBANGO
tribute, they were not kidding. This is exactly what Franck Biyong
and Orchestre Lipombe Jazz pulled off in 2 whole hours.

You didn't even have to dance. Just stand and bask in this African magic. Or watch a melanin couple tear up the dance floor as if the music was made for them. The Cameroonian played that electric
guitar like a rock legend.

And he let the rest of his very talented band stretch out and shine
too. Every musician deserved to be there last night…Just to be inspired by this new level of musicianship.

Franck truly embodied his mentor and elder, even more so now
that the timeless African Music Icon is no longer with us.
We should really celebrate people when they're here…

Franck regularly paid tribute to MANU’s genius over the years
(“Jazz & Africa” in 2011, “KI I Ye Yi” in 2012 and “Afro Bikutsi
Live” in 2017), and while the past keeps speaking to the
present, this new endeavor takes it one step further.”

Alliance Française de Nairobi (KE) - Arts & Culture
sinusoidalmusic.com/2021/11/08/franck-biyong-the-afrovision-secret/

FRENCH PROMO

"La Musique est un domaine des arts sur lequel L’Afrique tient incontestablement le pavé depuis de longues décennies. Cette
ferveur que l’on voue désormais aux mélodies et rythmes Africains
se saurait dissimuler la nécessité de projets d’autonomisation, de valorisation et de vulgarisation de masse à l’éveil musical portés
par certains Artistes et Musiciens de la nouvelle génération et à l’adresse de la jeunesse.

Depuis plusieurs années, Franck Biyong s’est illustré en tant
qu’artiste indépendant et comme l’un des fers de lance de cette nouvelle musique Africaine moderne, œuvrant pour la diffusion et surtout pour la reconnaissance à un niveau plus large des formes d’expression artistiques issues du continent Noir.

Il travaille également depuis lors a évoquer l’évolution des musiques Africaines urbaines à travers l’œuvre de MANU DIBANGO qui doit
être honoré et célébré pour l’importance de son apport a la musique contemporaine, les dialogues innovants qu’il a inlassablement initié entre les traditions ancestrales du continent et l’ultra modernité
sonore du nouveau monde.

Ce nouveau projet, très justement nommé THE AFROVISION
SECRET, consiste en une réinterprétation de certaines des œuvres
les plus expérimentales et impressionnistes du grand homme sous
la forme d’un voyage chronologique dans le temps et dans l’espace sonore afin d’illustrer une évidence a peine reconnue et encore moins comprise par le « grand public »…celle que musique Africaine et pensée réflexive sont des notions indissociables…

Cette œuvre immense que nous a laissé MANU DIBANGO montre
une qualité exceptionnelle en inventivité mélodique, en science harmonique et en lyrisme inspiré par une profonde foi mystique
dont la richesse et la diversité constitue un patrimoine culturel inestimable…Une sorte de nouveau « testament musical » pour
le continent Africain, ses confluents et affluents…"

Chimurenga Magazine (P.A.S.S - Paris, FR)
panafricanspacestation.org.za/imagi-nation-nwar-in-paris-sat-08-may-2021/

Recorded @ Alliance Francaise Nairobi & BlackHole Studios
Recording & Mixing Engineers: Andy Bolo, Braines & FB
Mastered by Wanyoike Kimani @ Square Down Studios
Line Producer: Ruth Kioko for Afrolectric Music
Artwork by Chris Rowe
Produced by FB

MUSICIANS
Drums - Gabriel Oladayo (NG)
Congas & Djembe - William Rama (KE)
Talking Drums & Cowbells - Adewale Ajose (NG)
Keyboards, Beats & Loops - Andy Bolo & Braines (KE)
Shakers & Percussion - Daniel Mburu Muhini (KE)
Bass - Asaph Uzele (D.R.C)
Keyboards - Moses Muthungu (KE)
Alto & Soprano Sax - Brian Mugenyi (UG)
Guitar - FB

‘Basogol ba bok bisu
Ba mbem bes ni dingoma’

© 2021 Afrolectric Music Ltd. / Akhetaton Records

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released October 22, 2021

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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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