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Nuits d’Afrique : Alesh

Sun 23 Jul 2023 • 05:00 pm Africa / Afrobeat / Kuduro
Scène Loto-Québec - Montréal Gratuit
· by Rédaction PAN M 360

      « Tu es un artiste qui a de la lumière. Tu dégages quelque chose qui est fort et qui en même temps est doux. Tu as une belle plume et tu oses des choses ». C’est en ces termes que Lokua Kanza, président du jury, a souligné la victoire d’Alesh aux Prix Découvertes RFI 2021. D’abord rappeur, celui que l’on surnomme King Alesh intègre désormais à sa musique, qu’il nomme Ndombofronic, les rythmes Ndombolo, Kwaito, Afrobeat et Kuduro, ainsi que des sonorités House. Le tout est chanté en lingala, comme on le constate sur son dernier album, Mongongo (2021). Si son style musical a évolué, ses propos acérés, qui bien des fois ont fait grincer des dents les politiciens, restent tout autant engagés. Ils lui ont valu de participer au Mandela Washington Fellowship sous Barack Obama, qu’il a rencontré à l’occasion. 

    “You’re an artist full of light. You radiate something very powerful and yet soft at the same time. You write beautifully and are daring.” That is how Lokua Kanza, jury chair of the Prix Découvertes RFI 2021, underscored Alesh’s win that year. Starting out as a rapper and dubbed King Alesh, he now incorporates into his music, which he calls, Ndombofronic, different rhythmic influences, Ndombolo, Kwaito, Afrobeat and Kuduro as well as house. All his songs are in Lingala, which can be heard on his latest album, Mongongo (2021). If his style has evolved over time, his words are just as piercing, enough to make some politicians gnash their teeth, and no less militant, earning him the opportunity to meet Barak Obama in the context of the Mandela Washington Fellowship.

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