“SAUVAGE PRODUCTIONS PRÉSENTE : FESTIVAL D’ÉTÉ • NNEKAFestival d’Été • Nneka Good vibrations soul et reggae au programme du jeudi 24 juillet pour le Festival d’Été avec Nneka et Joe Yorke ??• NNEKADepuis vingt ans, la chanteuse germano-nigériane au charisme solaire diffuse sa soul panafricaine dans le monde entier. Artiste incontournable de la scène soul, reggae elle fait vibrer son grain vocal singulier au service de messages politiques, sociétaux, anticapitalistes et pacifistes comme en témoigne ses tubes Africans et Heartbeat. Écoutez n’importe lequel de ses albums et vous pourrez entendre cette combinaison de conviction et de courage en action. Jamais les espoirs et les craintes de Nneka n’ont été rendus de manière aussi vivante et convaincante que dans ce quatrième album : Love Supreme, un mélange de néo-soul, hip-hop, afrobeat, reggae et jazz, à découvrir sur scène.• JOE YORKE Le live d’un co^te´, le soundsystem de l’autre : le chanteur, producteur, compositeur anglais Joe Yorke a très to^t embrasse´ la sce`ne reggae. Sa musique, portée par un timbre de voix remarquable, repose sur de solides bases rocksteady et dub Jamai¨cain mais ses influences se trouvent aussi bien dans la soul, la folk, le dub techno que dans la musique expérimentale. Aujourd’hui établi à Bristol et à la tête de son propre label Rhythm Steady, Joe agite la sphère internationale reggae avec ses prestations live à couper le souffle. Artiste UK parmi les plus prometteurs de sa génération, il poursuit son ascension avec son troisième album Hopeless, à découvrir à l’occasion du Festival d’Été du Cabaret Sauvage.”
Cabaret Sauvage
✉ 59 Bd Macdonald
Paris
75019
France
Nneka
Reggae
Nneka Egbuna was born in a small town called Warri in Nigeria in 1981 and used to sing in her school’s and church choir in Nigeria. She says “In my life the only places I really felt secure were and still are in the Music and in the Lord“.
After relocating to Germany she’s been singing “professionally“ for 5 years now. Her influences reflect her younger days in Nigeria as well as her time in the western world as she names famous compatriot Fela Kuti and legend Bob Marley as well as contemporary rappers Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Mobb Deep and Lauryn Hill. After gaining experiences good and bad with several producers and artists, she finally met DJ and Hip Hop Beatmaker, DJ Farhot (Hit Spot Productions) and they are working together for 2 years now. Before that she started hanging out with artists such as „Maskoe“ and „The Chosen Few Crew“ (Short Lord, Sensai Miyagie, Antonio, Seven 30 a.o.) and recorded songs with them. Subsequently they became her posse.
Musically her songs range from deep soulful ballads like her „Confession“ tune to modern reinventions of the UK sound, that „Massive Attack“ once was popular for („Changes“) to funk-driven Hip Hop tracks („Stand Strong“). Even though she sings more than raps, she claims Hip Hop as her primary musical roots and an important source of her inspiration. You can call it Hip-hop Soul, if you want to, but as most real artist, Nneka doesn’t like labels. Even more important for her thoughtful lyrics are her origin and up bringing in Nigeria. „I get inspired when I take a severe look at the things going on in our world today; especially in my country. How people live, suffer and endure pain, politicians and religion. And when I see all that man has evoked and created out of self-centeredness and devotion to material things“, she rants.
Playing occasional gigs on her own backed by DJ Farhot, she already made herself a name on the local scene of Hamburg and its surrounding areas, when for the first time sharing her musical message with a bigger audience and introducing her own band in June 2004: With no released record to her credit yet she got herself the opening slot at Sean Paul’s open air show in Stadtpark. Another highlight in her onstage-career placed herself in front of the prisoners and prison officers at her Majesty’s prison service Holloway Islington London UK in February 2005, where she gave a taste of her mission for 45 minutes without back up.
After finishing the production of her debut EP „The Uncomfortable Truth“ she toured Germany, Austria and Switzerland opening up for label mate Patrice. September 2005 saw the release of her highly acclaimed album “Victim Of Truth” followed by a club tour with her band. The new year started with 10 shows opening up for Seeed and another tour on her own in April. Shows in Paris and Amsterdam as well as more festivals will follow….
www.nnekaworld.com
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