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Niasony - Afroplastique released 06/2014 Membran / Sony Music
Dancing in the rain. Afroplastique gets under the skin!
With her Debut Album Niasony presents an astonishing sketch for the afro-international Pop music of the future. In the 13 songs she sings in Lingala - her mother tongue - to modern beat constructions of Dub, Downtempo, Funk, Afro-Soul or Soukous - and it sounds more like cool Club sounds than so called world music. Niasony is exciting in an universal way: Pop friends will love her strong melodies, Soul fans indulge in her grooves.
Niasony explains the title Afroplastique in this way: “AFRO represents my roots and PLASTIQUE the poverty I’ll never forget. My first pair of child‘s sandals was made of plastic and I was very proud of it.“ She came from Congo to Germany at the age of 13. Like many of her compatriots she is torn between a “functioning“ Europe and a homeland which is affected by poverty and violence – especially against females. So the 13 fabulous songs on her album are authentic, pulsating, provoking and hypnotic- addressing topics like Orphans (Bana Ndeke) or Hunger - the rhythmic Soukous Soul of "sokoto".
So serious her issues (and her glance) are - her message is positive as her music: “Dancing in the rain is better than waiting for the sun!“
Dancing in the rain. Afroplastique gets under the skin!
With her Debut Album Niasony presents an astonishing sketch for the afro-international Pop music of the future. In the 13 songs she sings in Lingala - her mother tongue - to modern beat constructions of Dub, Downtempo, Funk, Afro-Soul or Soukous - and it sounds more like cool Club sounds than so called world music. Niasony is exciting in an universal way: Pop friends will love her strong melodies, Soul fans indulge in her grooves.
Niasony explains the title Afroplastique in this way: “AFRO represents my roots and PLASTIQUE the poverty I’ll never forget. My first pair of child‘s sandals was made of plastic and I was very proud of it.“ She came from Congo to Germany at the age of 13. Like many of her compatriots she is torn between a “functioning“ Europe and a homeland which is affected by poverty and violence – especially against females. So the 13 fabulous songs on her album are authentic, pulsating, provoking and hypnotic- addressing topics like Orphans (Bana Ndeke) or Hunger - the rhythmic Soukous Soul of "sokoto".
So serious her issues (and her glance) are - her message is positive as her music: “Dancing in the rain is better than waiting for the sun!“
