Club Balattou

Funk / latino / Reggae / Soul

Festival International Nuits d’Afrique : Rumba de Bodas

by Jacob Langlois-Pelletier

À l’image des rues de sa ville d’origine, Bologne, Rumba de Bodas dégage une énergie galvanisante, empreinte de légèreté et d’ouverture sur le monde. Depuis 2008, ce groupe bohème épris de fête et de rassemblements éclatants répand la joie là où il s’arrête, disséminant son optimisme à tout vent. Kaléidoscope de rythmes Funk, Soul, Latins, Ska, Swing Reggae et Afrobeat qui s’entremêlent, la musique de Rumba de Bodas, soutenue par des cuivres omniprésents, propose d’infinies combinaisons sonores plus groovy les unes que les autres. Le collectif s’amène à Montréal avec son dernier album, Yen Ko (2023).

Like the streets of its home town, Bologna, Rumba de Bodas exudes a galvanizing energy, light-hearted and open to the world. Since 2008, this bohemian band has been spreading joy wherever they go, spreading their optimism far and wide. A kaleidoscope of intermingling Funk, Soul, Latin, Ska, Swing Reggae and Afrobeat rhythms, Rumba de Bodas’ music, backed by omnipresent brass, offers infinite combinations of sounds, each more groovy than the last. The collective comes to Montreal with its latest album, Yen Ko (2023).

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Afro Latin

Mateo au Balattou

by Rédaction PAN M 360

Révélation Radio-Canada en «musique du monde» pour la saison 2020-2021, Mateo exprime à la fois une culture rock mondialiste et un mélange inspiré de musiques afro-latines, soit colombiennes, cubaines, portoricaines, nuyoricaines» (PanM360, 2020). Le premier concert auquel Mateo a assisté? Slash, à Bogota. Ça donne le ton ! Révélation Radio-Canada Musique du monde, Mateo brasse ses origines latines à grand coup de guitare électrique. Sa musique, nourrie par sa voix haute perchée et ses riffs inspirés, exprime les multiples facettes de sa personnalité. Rock, Cumbia, Salsa, Rumba, Reggae, Dancehall, Reggaeton, Són montuno, Guaguancó, Boléro, Afrobeat, Pop, Lo-fi, Jazz : semblable à nulle autre, la production de Mateo souffle un vent de liberté. Son premier opus en 2 volumes, Vengo de Frente Vol. I & II est authentique, assumé et accessible.

Radio-Canada’s “World Music Revelation” for the 2020-2021 season, Mateo expresses both a global rock culture and an inspired blend of Afro-Latin music – Colombian, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Nuyorican” (PanM360, 2020). The first concert Mateo attended? Slash, in Bogotá. It sets the tone! Revelation Radio-Canada Musique du monde, Mateo blends his Latin origins with electric guitar. His music, fueled by his high-pitched voice and inspired riffs, expresses the multiple facets of his personality. Rock, Cumbia, Salsa, Rumba, Reggae, Dancehall, Reggaeton, Són montuno, Guaguancó, Boléro, Afrobeat, Pop, Lo-fi, Jazz: like no other, Mateo’s production blows a wind of freedom. His first 2-volume opus, Vengo de Frente Vol. I & II, is authentic, assertive and accessible.

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afro-rock

Festival International Nuits d’Afrique : Jimmy Belah Trio

by Rédaction PAN M 360

S’il est l’un des membres leader du BIM, Bénin International Musical (i.e. ce groupe se produira le 19 juillet à 21 h 45 au Parterre du Quartier des spectacles), Jimmy Belah poursuit en parallèle une carrière solo. La musique est son sanctuaire, les traditions, son port d’attache. Fasciné par la scène depuis son plus jeune âge, ce chanteur sensible et compositeur averti, artiste complet qui maîtrise plusieurs instruments, de la guitare à la batterie en passant par les percussions est une figure de la culture béninoise. Héritier du Dahomey, il est porté par la culture vodoun, qui connecte l’humain à la nature et à autrui, Jimmy Bellah sert un Afro-rock délicat, chanté dans sa langue maternelle, le Adja. Il sera accompagné par Yaovi Atcho à la guitare et au chant et par Babatoundé Boni Obinti à la basse et au chant. 

While he is one of the leading members of BIM, Bénin International Musical (i.e., this group will perform on July 19 at 9:45 pm in the Parterre du Quartier des spectacles), Jimmy Belah is also pursuing a solo career. Music is his sanctuary, tradition his home. Fascinated by the stage from an early age, this sensitive singer and experienced composer, a complete artist who masters several instruments from guitar to drums and percussion, is a figure of Beninese culture. Heir to Dahomey, he is carried away by the vodoun culture, which connects man to nature and to others. Jimmy Bellah serves up a delicate Afro-rock, sung in his mother tongue, Adja. He will be accompanied by Yaovi Atcho on guitar and vocals, and Babatoundé Boni Obinti on bass and vocals.

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Chaâbi

Syroko au Balattou

by Rédaction PAN M 360

Syroko, un groupe artistique de Montréal, infuse la scène musicale avec l’esthétique sudiste du Chaabi algérien. Inspiré par la tradition arabo-andalouse et le patrimoine poétique maghrébin, ils créent une fusion unique de styles comme la rumba, le jazz et le boléro.

Syroko, an artistic group from Montreal, infuses the music scene with the southern aesthetic of Algerian Chaabi. Inspired by Arab-Andalusian tradition and Maghrebian poetic heritage, they create a unique fusion of styles such as rumba, jazz and bolero.

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Africa

Festival International Nuits d’Afrique : Alpha Yaya Diallo

by Rédaction PAN M 360

Country: Guinea

This show is part of the Les Incontournables series presented by ICI Musique.

Description:

“As the Bafing, the river whose band is named, the music of Alpha Yaya Diallo, recipient of several Juno awards, flows from the heights of Fouta-Djalon, Guinea, throats the rhythms of Mali, to jump into the immensity of the rhythms of the world, from Senegal. The fluidity of its guitar lines, sometimes electric, sometimes acoustic, enhanced by the echo of drums, balafon, kora, ngoni, bass and drums, gives birth to a nomadic and generous West African sound. Expected for 13 years, his 8th opus, Doye Doye (2023), more committed, confirms a borderless approach to his roots.”

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Cumbia / currulao / Latino / latino

Festival International Nuits d’Afrique : Los Gaiteros de Ovejas

by Rédaction PAN M 360

Country: Colombia

This show is part of the Les Incontournables series presented by ICI Musique.

Description:

“In the heart of the Sucre department, my land, is the village of Ovejas, whose folklore reflects energy and joy. Beyond the hills, we listen to the musicians play the gaita that is so dear to me and which makes the pride of its people.” Once this moving and solemn statement is made by Henry Ortiz, the leader of the troupe, the percussions and the traditional flute are activated. The party can begin! Los Gaiteros de Ovejas is an institution. Like smugglers, the ensemble, which has shared the stage with Arcade Fire, perpetuates for more than 30 years, from generation to generation, but also on the international stage, this unique musical heritage born of the blending of African percussive culture and pre-Columbian melodic traditions, combining the traditional Cumbia, Porro and Currulao.”

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Africa

Festival International Nuits d’Afrique : AfirkA invite Soirée Raï with Zaki Dziri DZ514

by Rédaction PAN M 360

Country: Algeria

This show is part of the Les Étoiles Nuits d’Afrique series presented by the Fabrique culturelle de Télé-Québec.

Description:

“Pivotal to AfirkA’s project, the generous sharing with the public of the sweet memory of carefree and warm evenings filled with joy and laughter; unifying, liberating and uninhibited parties, punctuated by the popular music of Algeria, challenged by the long enthusiastic youyous. Authentic and energetic, relying on an instrumentation composed of the darbouka, mandole, guitar and violin, their passionate covers of success to the Rai intonations, Chaoui and Kabyle are reminders of how cosmopolitan their country’s rhythms are.”

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Brazilian

Festival International Nuits d’Afrique : Alberto Salgado

by Rédaction PAN M 360

Country: Brazil

Voices of the World presented by TV5.

Description:

“From his first love, Capoeira, Alberto Salgado, who began his career in 1999, has retained this quest for balance that still drives him today. By linking the raw and organic sounds of berimbau and atabaque to those of classical guitar and electronic rhythms, Alberto Salgado seeks to illustrate the challenges that development poses to the preservation of nature, and especially water. Winner of the 28th Brazilian Music Prize in 2017, this author, composer, arranger, multi-instrumentalist and performer, who has collaborated with Chico Buarque and Chico César, is giving new life to the popular rhythms of Baião and Xaxado.”

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Africa

Festival Interanational Nuits d’Afrique : AfirkA invite Soirée Amazigh Kabyle Gnawa with Thiziri, Numidz

by Rédaction PAN M 360

Country: Algeria

This show is part of the series Les Étoiles Nuits d’Afrique presented by La Fabrique Culturelle de Télé-Québec.

Description:

“Pivotal to AfirkA’s project, the generous sharing with the public of the sweet memory of carefree and warm evenings filled with joy and laughter; unifying, liberating and uninhibited parties, punctuated by the popular music of Algeria, challenged by the long enthusiastic youyous. Authentic and energetic, relying on an instrumentation composed of the darbouka, mandole, guitar and violin, their passionate covers of success to the Rai intonations, Chaoui and Kabyle are reminders of how cosmopolitan their country’s rhythms are.”

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Africa / Groove

Festival International Nuits d’Afrique : Kin’Gongolo Kiniata

by Rédaction PAN M 360

Country: Democratic Republic of Congo

This show is part of the Revelations series presented by Atuvu.ca.

Description:

“Drums made of empty laundry cans. Guitars designed with metal plates. Everything is likely to be the subject of the inventiveness of these «genius artists of resourcefulness and recycling» (France 24, 2023). Sensation of the new Kinshasa scene, Kin’Gongolo Kiniata, who sings in lingala, inoculates, through his inventions, stroboscopic effects with traditional Congolese rhythms, photocopying the sounds of the street to assemble them into a crazy urban rhythm, hectic and groovy; committed to ecology and social change.”

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Brazilian

Festival International Nuits d’Afrique : Kirá at Balattou club

by Rédaction PAN M 360

Country: Brazil.

This show is part of the Revelations series presented by Atuvu.ca

Description:

“Brazil is in his veins. Following in the footsteps of Nordeste folklore, without artifice and a little rebellious, Manu Chao’s son happily follows his own path (50 million listens to his 1st album, Semente de Peixe, all platforms combined!). Wrapped in a softly psychedelic aesthetic, its whimsical juxtaposition of rhythms such as Baião, Maracatu, Carimbó, Pisadinhaou or Pagodão Baiano, annexed with Latin sounds such as Salsa, Cumbia and Boléro drink as much from the tradition of popular Brazilian singers as from the alternative movements of Psicodelia Nordestina 70 and MangueBeat.”

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Africa

Festival International Nuits d’Afrique: AfirkA invite soirée orientale avec ostie de Français

by Rédaction PAN M 360

Country: Algeria .

Part of the «Les étoiles Nuits d’Afrique» series, presented by the Fabrique culturelle de Télé-Québec.

Description:

“Pivotal to AfirkA’s project, the generous sharing with the public of the sweet memory of carefree and warm evenings filled with joy and laughter; unifying, liberating and uninhibited parties, punctuated by the popular music of Algeria, challenged by the long enthusiastic youyous. Authentic and energetic, relying on an instrumentation composed of the darbouka, mandole, guitar and violin, their passionate covers of success to the Rai intonations, Chaoui and Kabyle are reminders of how cosmopolitan their country’s rhythms are.”

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This content comes from the official website of the Festival International Nuits d’Afrique and is adapted by the editorial team of PANM360.

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