Opening concert of the Africa Alive Festival: At the opening concert of this year's "Africa Alive Festival" (from 26.01. to 08.03.), organized by Afroton, the competent specialist for rhythm, melody and sound instruments from all over the world with a focus on Africa, a truly exceptional artist, Gasandji, presents herself this year. The young, glamorous singer from Congo fuses the tradition of her homeland with soul, pop, reggae and jazz in her music. As a modern Afro-chanteuse she feels as comfortable in English as in French or in her native language Lingala.
Still her album "Le Sacre" is current, she wants to present most of the songs from it at this performance. In the songs on the release, described as "experimental," Gasandji embarks on a "journey to herself, to become one with everything." Because she associated a malaise with her last record, it was necessary to find her own roots again. In the depths of Congo's equatorial forest, she found inspiration in a pygmy people "who communicate with the gods and tell people about them through rites, music and spirit voices."
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Still her album "Le Sacre" is current, she wants to present most of the songs from it at this performance. In the songs on the release, described as "experimental," Gasandji embarks on a "journey to herself, to become one with everything." Because she associated a malaise with her last record, it was necessary to find her own roots again. In the depths of Congo's equatorial forest, she found inspiration in a pygmy people "who communicate with the gods and tell people about them through rites, music and spirit voices."
