Tag - Franck Biyong - Colored-Inc.

Franck Biyong feat. Allonymous - Rythmes de la Mémoire 98

Franck Biyong feat. Allonymous - Rythmes de la Mémoire

Concert au Divan du Monde ( 21.05.2009 ) with spoken poetry from Allonymous

Franck Biyong & Massak - Visions of Kamerun (COLI011) out June 7th 2010 128

Franck Biyong and Massak Visions Of Kamerun

Franck Biyong & Massak - Visions of Kamerun
New Directions In Afro Music - Volume 3
(Limited CD/Download) Colored-Inc. COLI011, 2010-06-07

Recorded in Cameroon, this Afrolectric 9-tracker - with 9 spoken interludes of some selected elders' wisdom - tells the history and the links of a Southern country with Europe, with an interrogative and perplexed glance over the present state of things.

Mixed by Grant Phabao in Paris, Visions Of Kamerun gathers African harmonies, delicate traditional percussions, subtle afro-jazz drummings, delicious minimal guitar riffs, the tropically powerful Massak horn section, with soulful vocals from Franck Biyong, Sandra NKaké and Gladys Gambie.

Defining a salutary musical movement called Nuevo Afropean Jazz, with a solid, deeply sincere emotional core, the album balances equally between Jazz exploration, rhythmic vivacity, Soul depth and cultural immersion.

Calling by Franck Biyong

UPC by Franck Biyong

Tracklisting :
01. Crossback 0:54
02. Mbengue The First 3:08
03. Bassa Land 0:42
04. Sanaga - feat. Sandra Nkaké 4:15
05. Assiko 0:50
06. Calling - feat. Gladys Gambie 4:24
07. Native 2:07
08. Dance Life 6:04
09. Ndokoti 1:06
10. Jingo 3:27
11. Essos 0:50
12. To The Lakes 4:39
13. Language 1:23
14. U.P.C. 5:46 | Free MP3
15. Ritual 2:27
16. Independance 1:34
17. Um 6:33
18. Bessima 0:40

All tracks composed and arranged by Franck Biyong

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Franck Biyong & Massak - U.P.C. - FREE DOWNLOAD from the upcoming afrobeat album 'Visions Of Kamerun' 141

Franck Biyong & Massak - U.P.C.
(Exclusive MP3 download on ParisDJs.com) 2010-05-20

Recorded in Yaoundé, Cameroon, this brand new single by Franck Biyong & Massak is an honorary tribute to the great leaders of the African independences 50 years ago. On the musical point of view this is Franck Biyong's long awaited "back to the roots" recording after years of musical search and explorations! Definitely one of the finest 21st century roots Afrobeat tracks out there these days, with great horn polyphony, complex polyrhythm and Franck's confident vocals and message, reminding you there still is a "weapon of the future"... Taken from the forthcoming LP Visions Of Kamerun - out this summer on Colored-Inc.

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One Foot In Jail - Hard 2 Find Vol.3 (COLI005) out may 17th 2010 224

One Foot In Jail - Hard 2 Find Vol.3
(Download/Limited CD) Colored-Inc. COLI005, 2010-05-17

One Foot In Jail is the first venture for the Colored-Inc. label into African vibes. Blending Nigerian harmonies with American Soul or Jamaican Funk, European folk & electronics with Afrobeat, Jazz with souful reggae or deep poetry, with some hefty doses of Reggae, Psychedelia and African percussions in between, this is indeed a kind of a Afrofunk Jazz Thing, a fantastic record pushing the Colored-Inc. label's identity quest deep into the exploration of African, Carribean and Afro-American music.

Production duties by David Murray (10), Doctor L (2,4,8,9), Franck Biyong (7), Grant Phabao (3,5,6), Loik Dury (1), with star guesting Amayo from the Fu-Arkist-Ra, Antibalas, Clip Payne and The Deacon from The Duke & The King (USA), Kiala Nzavotunga and Oghene Kologbo (from Nigeria), Ranking Trevor and The Jays (from Jamaica), and The Gwo Ka Masters (from Guadeloupe)

One Foot In Jail - Hard 2 Find Vol.3 by Colored-Inc.

Tracklisting :
01. Freedom Back feat. Kologbo & the Deacon
02. Family Of Fear feat. Doctor L & Antibalas
03. Ame-Rae feat. Amayo from the Fu-Arkist-Ra & Grant Phabao
04. Fire Dance feat. Psyco & Kiala Nzavotunga
05. African Man (Swing Remix) feat. Grant Phabao & The Jays
06. In Every City feat. Grant Phabao & Ranking Trevor
07. Troublou (West Indies Uprising Version) feat. Franck Biyong & Massak
08. Time Will Tell feat. Doctor L & Kiala Nzavotunga
09. What's Da Question feat. Doctor L & Clip Payne
10. The Devil Tried To Kill Me (Doctor L rework) feat. David Murray & The Gwo Ka Masters

Franck Biyong & Massak - Spirits Into Sound (COLI006) out may 10th 2010 114

Franck Biyong and Massak Spirits Into Sounds

Franck Biyong & Massak - Spirits Into Sounds
New Directions In Afro Music - Volume 1
(Limited CD/Download) Colored-Inc. COLI006, 2010-05-10

As so called "world-music" invaded the western hemisphere two decades ago, the concept of Afro-Futuristic-Jazz pioneered in the sixties and seventies gradually vanished…
This re-issue release Spirits into Sounds explores this very dimension of African Jazz in a unique blend of "controlled freedom" music where the lines blur between the collective improvisations, tight Afrobeat jams with M’base-sounding-like horn lines, strong percussive work, psychedelic synthesizers, rock guitars…
These new directions in Afro music called Afrolectric sound recall these familiar "sounds" while pointing new directions towards the future...

Homeland message by Franck Biyong

Dimbokro by Franck Biyong

Tracklisting :
01. Hapi Amon
02. W Unconsciousness Radio
03. Af Rui Ka
04. Broua Dynasty
05. Anti Cyber Protest March Part 2
06. Miara
07. Homeland Message
08. Matomb
09. Logon Birni
10. Koblika Way
11. Stolen Legacy
12. Dimbokro
13. Amarna Revolution

All tracks composed and arranged by Franck Biyong