| Dikongue, Henri / Diaspora |
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| Album: | Diaspora | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Dikongue, Henri | Added: | Jun 2017 | |
| Label: | Buda Musique | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2017-06-15 | Pull Date: | 2017-08-17 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Aug 20 | Jul 30 | Jul 16 | Jul 9 | Jul 2 | Jun 25 | Jun 18 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 16, 2017: | At the Cafe Bohemian Souffrir D'aimer | 4. | Jul 13, 2017: | Melange Belembete | |
| 2. | Jul 29, 2017: | Music Casserole Diaspora Slam | 5. | Jul 12, 2017: | At the Cafe Bohemian Djom | |
| 3. | Jul 27, 2017: | Laptop Radio Belembete | 6. | Jul 08, 2017: | Old Fart at Play Spirit To Arno |
| Album Review |
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| Decca Reviewed 2017-06-13 | ||
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He’s originally from Cameroon, now based out of France. Known for a warm, sweet voice, deft but light guitar work, and bright, catchy compositions. This release has some really great jazz flourishes plus other touches, such as a bit of bossa and a hint of rock. He’s backed here by some great musicians. Top notch and all so very, very good. Lyrics in Duala and French. All originals. *1. Sweet, mid/upbeat & swaying w/a great, light sound. So good. *2. Relaxed w/bright strings and wonderful vocal harmonies. 3. Flute & jungle, female spoken word then strings & low key voice. *4. A dishy retro mostly midtempo bright bit of fluff. Yay! Catchy. *5. Upbeat guitar, great vocals, tight arrangement of world rock. *6. Relaxed, really nice strings, sweet vocals. *7. Upbeat samba-infused tropical joy. 8. Sexy mid/upbeat w/nice male/female vocal harmonies. 9. Lowkey w/some nice jazzy sax accents & vocal duet. 10. Lightly driving w/cool rock-style guitars & bit of drama. 11. Alt. version of #3. 12. Instrumental version of #7. 13. Jazzy instrumental, sweet & relaxed at first, picks up | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Djom | 7. | Kaba Ngondo | |||
| 2. | Belembete | 8. | Artiste | |||
| 3. | Diaspora Slam | 9. | To Na Te Nde Misea | |||
| 4. | Bekusedi | 10. | Mulatako | |||
| 5. | Souffrir D'aimer | 11. | Diaspora | |||
| 6. | Seul | 12. | Kaba Ngondo Instrumental | |||
| 13. | Spirit To Arno | |||||