By: boima

boima — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:41:56 +0000

I wholeheartedly agree!

By: tupolev sound crash

tupolev sound crash — Mon, 04 May 2009 11:03:48 +0000

hi
being particularly interested in the reflections about coupé décalé i checked the guardian article you mentioned and honestly i think it lacks serious background and it doesn’t go further than a personal appreciation based on a stupid premisse: dissatisfying because it is too african? why do we measure the value of non western music solely in terms of western tastes & trends?
it’s just good it stays african and not just a copy of let’s say american hip hop. the novelty musicwise, just like with kuduro, is that in terms of production, it is electronic/dj music in contrast with e.g. soukous, which is acoustic and made by a real band. just like with kuduro, it reflects the emancipation and modernisation of african music made by youngsters and influenced not only by tradition, but also by western styles like house, techno, hip hop, electro and new production technologies. it is hybrid, fusion music in which tradition and modernity fuse.
i suggest that fans of coupé décalé check this very interesting article on the birth and relevance of the music (in english):
http://afropop.org/multi/feature/ID/709/The+Hip+Hop+Generation%3A+Ghana%27s+Hip+Life+and+Ivory+Coast%27s+Coup%26eacute%3B-Decal%26eacute%3B

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A Taste for the Modern « DJ Chief Boima: Sherbro Son — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:45:16 +0000

[...] In my last long post, I wrote about some of the DJs who are helping direct the tastes for African music in the U.S./European market. They didn’t seem to like stuff that was too ‘world music’ sounding, but preferred more raw electronic beats. [...]

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