Angélique Kidjo

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风格: #非洲流行　#世界节拍
地区: Benin 贝宁

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Angelique Kidjo是继Fela Kuti之后另一位来自非洲的具有非凡音乐天赋的女歌手。人们总是会凭借着第一印象来给歌手们下定义， Kidjo的出生地和她最初的作品使人们很轻易地将她的音乐化为“世界音乐”。Kidjo生于贝宁，而且大多数作品不用英语演唱，有着鲜明的非洲节奏，但是你仍然无法从这些表面现象中了解她作品的内涵。Kidjo的风格根植于非洲音乐，而这种音乐经过数十年的发展、演变，派生出了节奏与布鲁斯、风克、雷鬼乐、摇滚和爵士乐等不同的音乐形式。听Kidjo的作品你不会感到枯燥无味，她能够熟练的将各种风格融合在一起。

by Craig Harris

Afro-funk, reggae, samba, salsa, gospel, jazz, Zairean rumba, zouk, and makossa are combined through the music of soulful, Benin-born, Paris-based vocalist Angélique Kidjo. Since the release of her self-produced debut solo album, Pretty, in 1988, Kidjo has been embraced by the international press. Kidjos albums have been strengthened by contributions from top-notch guest musicians and producers. Parakou, her first internationally distributed album, featured jazz keyboardist Jasper vant Hof, the leader of Pili Pili, a Holland-based Afro-jazz band with whom Kidjo had performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1987. Logozo, recorded in Miami in 1991 and produced by Joe Galdo of Miami Sound Machine, featured Branford Marsalis on saxophone. Marsalis later performed on Kidjos album Oremi. The album features Kidjo singing duets with Cassandra Wilson (Never Know) and Kelly Price (Open Your Eyes). Kidjos most ambitious album, Fifa (1996), featured more than 100 percussionists, flutists, cowbell and berimbau players, singers, and dancers from Benin and one track featuring Carlos Santana. Kidjos husband, Jean Hébrail, a French bass player and composer she met in 1987, has played a major role in the recording of her albums.

The daughter of an actress, dancer, and theatrical producer, Kidjo was born in Quidah, a coastal city in the West African country of Benin. Inheriting her mothers love of performing, she made her stage debut with her mothers theatrical troupe. Inspired by the rock, pop, and soul music of Jimi Hendrix, Santana, Miriam Makeba, James Brown, and Aretha Franklin, she was singing professionally by her 20th birthday. Although she recorded an album, Pretty, produced by Cameroon-based vocalist Ekambi Brilliant that yielded a hit single, Ninive, the oppressive political environment of Benin led her to relocate to Paris in 1980. Although modern technology and electronics played an important role in the recording of her first four albums, Kidjo returned to her traditional roots with Fifa. Armed with eight-track tape recorders and microphones, Kidjo and a team of engineers traveled to Benin to record traditional musicians, singers, and dancers. The album was completed during recording sessions in Paris, London, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. With her next album, 1998s Oremi, Kidjo returned to her futuristic approach. Incorporating elements of hip-hop and Afro-Celtic grooves, Oremi featured a reconstructed interpretation of Jimi Hendrixs Voodoo Child (Slight Return).

Kidjos enthusiastic presence was evident on the video of her international hit Agolo, from her album Aye (1994). Produced by Will Mowatt of Soul II Soul and longtime Prince collaborator David Z, the video was nominated for a Grammy Award. Kidjos songs have been featured on the soundtracks of such films as My Favorite Season, Street Fighter, and Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls. As the new millennium got underway, Kidjo signed to Columbia and prepped for her major-label debut. Exploring musical elements of her native Benin to that of northeastern Brazil, Black Ivory Soul was released in 2002. Oyaya!, which featured a collaboration with Dave Matthews, was issued two years later. Kidjo then joined forces with Razor & Tie for the May 2007 release of Djin Djin.

Angélique Kidjo　Angelique Kidjo

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Angélique Kidjo Angelique Kidjo

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Angélique Kidjo　Angelique Kidjo