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Princesses Nubiennes
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Track Listing
- Demain
- Les Portes Du Souvenir
- Abbeylude
- Makeda
- Sourire
- Princesse Nubienne
- Tabou - Les Nubians & Casey
- Mystic
- Embrasse Moi
- Sugar Cane
- Bebela
- Si Je T'avais Ecoute
- Hyumne Nubiens
- Voyager
- Desolee
- Tabou (2)
- Demain (2)
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #32744 in Music
- Released on: 1999-11-01
- Number of discs: 1
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.co.uk Review
This gorgeous pair of African princesses are the latest artists with Mother Continent roots--including Baaba Maal, Ray Lema, Youssou N'Dour, Salif Keita, Zap Mama, and Angelique Kidjo--to infuse French music with the soul it would otherwise lack. Unlike those who cut their deep African funk with the cloying sugar of French pop, Helene and Celia Faussart, sisters from Bordeaux, don't give it all up to La Belle France. In clear, warmly intimate, and, yes, Parisian-sexy voices, they snake in and out of each other's way, often coming together to build glorious harmonies, always singing universally uplifting messages [translations in the CD booklet, except for their American-sounding English in "Sugar Cane"]. It's all set in clean-edged, ultra-hip, sensitively calibrated tracks that draw on lush soul, steamy funk, beat-driven hip-hop and cool, flowing jazz. But this album is no pastiche of sounds looking to gobble up many demographics. Recorded in France and London, Princesses Nubiennes plays like an extended single--better yet, like a dreamy musical journey through the sounds of the modern-day African diaspora. --Elena Oumano
Customer Reviews
Summernights by the sea......
I have just bought this album and it is one of the best albums that I have bought lately.
Sweet, honey tones, which carry you to warm summer nights by the sea.
You don't have to understand French to feel the album.
A beautiful mix of soul, funky hip-hop chill out.
Every track on this album is brilliant. I can highly recommend it!
What are you waiting for? Go and get it!
perfect french hip hop / chill out
One of those albums that you never get bored of, and a real find amongst all the female vocal hip hop that you can get now. Soulful, beautiful, upbeat... you name, these girls can do it. 'Sourire' is my absolute favourite - kicking bass line and stunning singing.
A Spiritual musical masterpiece!
I bought this on a whim without ever hearing a single note of Les Nubians' music before - and I couldn't stop playing it! A soul/jazz/R&B chill out sound with a spiritual feel that is so uniquely different!
Although nearly all of the tracks are in French, the delivery from these two songstresses and the musical arrangement makes you want to keep listening - you can feel the spirituality from the music and harmonies!
Its rare that I find a cd where I actually like nearly all the tracks on it like this one - although 'embrasse-moi' is beginning to emerge as one of my favourites.
A must have for your collection - makes me wish I paid more attention to French when I was at school!
