Les Nubians Presents Echos

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Les Nubians have carved out a name for themselves as the sexy soul sisters with a thirst for jazz grooves and hip-hop beats. But the Faussart girls are switching gears on their third album, creating a 21-track aural excursion filled with rich array of guest poets reading, rapping and slamming in English and French. The verbosity means there is less focus on Helene and Celia's beautiful Afro-pean voices and harmonies, not to mention their bumpin' grooves, but the poets¹ stories are vivid. Tracks like "Fire" and "NYC" highlight the new sound, while songs like "Rendez-vous New York" and the French language "Les Entrailes du Monde" are a musical reveries equal to past glories. Echos isn't really follow up to the two previous albums. It's more of a response to HBO' s Mos Def-hosted Def Poetry Jam and the countless other poets out there performing. Here it's simply channeled through the unique and musical aesthetic of the French-Cameroonian sisters. --Tad Hendrickson

Product Description
The singing sisters and "modern day Nubian griots" of LES NUBIANS, Helene and Celia Faussart, have returned from yet another fantastic voyage, and have many poetic tales to share on their new album LES NUBIANS PRESENTS: ECHOS-CHAPTER ONE-NUBIAN VOYAGER. A musical expedition of poetry and song featuring 4 new Les Nubians tracks, the conception of this album came to Helene Faussart on a memorable Feluqua boat trip while traveling with her sister Celia in Aswan, Nubia in 2000. This chic, multi-part album showcases Les Nubians’ lifelong affinity for poetry, be it their own words, or those of other poets they have met along their many tours and travels since 1999, mingled with sultry Afro-soul and hip hop grooves. They have also included three new tracks- "I Disagree," "Rendez-vous New York" (a duet with John Banzai) and 'Solide'.

Recorded in NY, Paris, Bordeaux, London, Marseilles and San Francisco, Echos is divided into four parts: La Terre/The Motherland, Dans Le Ville/Urban City Life, Des Hommes et Des Femmes/Love Stories, and Les Elements/Spiritual Human Nature. Each chapter is introduced by Les Nubians and features an array of gifted French, African and American word craftsmen, such as Souleymane Diamanka, Queen GodIs, John Banzaï & C.Lia, Jamarhl Crawford and Nazeelah Jameson.

Their previous two acclaimed albums charted impressively in the Billboard Top 200, each respectively the highest debut for a French language album in the past 20 years.

Les Nubians Presents Echos

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Average customer rating: A Spoken Word Triumph! Ecouter Spoken Word and Grooves

Les Nubians Presents Echos, Chapter One Les Nubians Manufacturer: Triloka Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD France | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Contemporary R&B | R&B | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: One Step Forward Princesses Nubiennes Flo'Ology Unplugged Nubian Voyager: Echos : Poetry and Music from the Urban Edge (Echos) ASIN: B000AA4JHU Release Date: 2005-10-04

Tracks:

1. Elle est nen Nubie (Souleymane Diamanka)
2. Heaven (Chuma & Fisiwe)
3. Les entrailles du monde (Anouch Adjarian & Zuga)
4. Au pied de lhistoire de mon peuple (Souleymane Diamanka)
5. Solide (Les Nubians)
6. Freedom-Live Version (Queen GodIs)
7. War in Babylon (Jamarhl Crawford)
8. Prose ctrique Part 1 (John Banza C.Lia)
9. Demain-Live Version (Les Nubians)
10. NYC
11. Rendez vous New York (John Banzai & Les Nubians)
12. Embrasse moi - Deep mix (Les Nubians)
13. Prose ctrique Part 2 (John Banzai & C.Lia)
14. To the Queen (Jamarhl Crawford)
15. Untitled Rhapsody - Live version (Nazeelah Jameson)
16. Je te souhaite une blanche nuit (Souleymane Diamanka)
17. The Death and the Living (Kasema Kalifah)
18. Quand le ciel ate en sanglots (Souleymane Diamanka)
19. Fire (Queen GodIs)
20. I disagree
21. La prose des Vents (Souleymane Diamanka)

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Les Nubians have carved out a name for themselves as the sexy soul sisters with a thirst for jazz grooves and hip-hop beats. But the Faussart girls are switching gears on their third album, creating a 21-track aural excursion filled with rich array of guest poets reading, rapping and slamming in English and French. The verbosity means there is less focus on Helene and Celia's beautiful Afro-pean voices and harmonies, not to mention their bumpin' grooves, but the poets¹ stories are vivid. Tracks like "Fire" and "NYC" highlight the new sound, while songs like "Rendez-vous New York" and the French language "Les Entrailes du Monde" are a musical reveries equal to past glories. Echos isn't really follow up to the two previous albums. It's more of a response to HBO' s Mos Def-hosted Def Poetry Jam and the countless other poets out there performing. Here it's simply channeled through the unique and musical aesthetic of the French-Cameroonian sisters. --Tad Hendrickson

Album Description

The singing sisters and "modern day Nubian griots" of LES NUBIANS, Helene and Celia Faussart, have returned from yet another fantastic voyage, and have many poetic tales to share on their new album LES NUBIANS PRESENTS: ECHOS-CHAPTER ONE-NUBIAN VOYAGER. A musical expedition of poetry and song featuring 4 new Les Nubians tracks, the conception of this album came to Helene Faussart on a memorable Feluqua boat trip while traveling with her sister Celia in Aswan, Nubia in 2000. This chic, multi-part album showcases Les Nubians' lifelong affinity for poetry, be it their own words, or those of other poets they have met along their many tours and travels since 1999, mingled with sultry Afro-soul and hip hop grooves. They have also included three new tracks- "I Disagree," "Rendez-vous New York" (a duet with John Banzai) and 'Solide'.

Recorded in NY, Paris, Bordeaux, London, Marseilles and San Francisco, Echos is divided into four parts: La Terre/The Motherland, Dans Le Ville/Urban City Life, Des Hommes et Des Femmes/Love Stories, and Les Elements/Spiritual Human Nature. Each chapter is introduced by Les Nubians and features an array of gifted French, African and American word craftsmen, such as Souleymane Diamanka, Queen GodIs, John Banzaï & C.Lia, Jamarhl Crawford and Nazeelah Jameson.

Their previous two acclaimed albums charted impressively in the Billboard Top 200, each respectively the highest debut for a French language album in the past 20 years.

Customer Reviews:

A Spoken Word Triumph!.......2005-11-05

Les Nubians took a chance and stepped out into a new realm by spotlighting some of best spoken word artists on this continent and abroad, and I am loving it! The album still has that Les Nubians feel, but it is now more textured with the addition of this beautiful poetry. Every song on it is strong and evokes a feeling of being right there in the moment. It is jazzy, thoughtful, soulful, continental, and just downright fly!

Ecouter.......2005-10-28

I purchased Les nubians cd entitled "Princess Nubiennes" after I saw the video for Makeda and have continued to follow their releases including "Echos." Les Nubians Presents "Echos" Includes music in french and english as well as poetry in english and french. If you do not speak or understand french this cd will make you want to learn the language. The spoken word artists and the music behind their poetry will make you feel at peace as you listen to the nature type instruments and sound effects in the back ground. This is a sit back and relax cd. At times the cd includes Manifestos such as the Track "heaven" and spoken word pieces in which queen godIs Shouts "Fire!" and "Freeeedommm" as she discusses issues of slavery, progress, "blackness," and her lyrical prowess's. Les Nubians also presents a live version of "Demain" Ca veut dire "Tommorow" and Embrasse- Moi (which you may be able to infer.) de le premier CD "Princess Nubienne" cd. This cd is a reflection of creative energy from across the globe, from Ny, France et Afrique that creates a cd laced with beauty and art for your listening and cognitive pleasures. Acheter maitenant!

Spoken Word and Grooves.......2005-10-05

if you enjoy poetry/spoken word with grooves, then this is the cd for you. i thought this was another Les Nubians cd (i love them)but was i surprised. The sisters, did a great job of bringing together some very talented poets/artist from around the world. dont worry that some of the artist speak French, a couple translate the words into English. this is one of those cd's that you put in and just chill to.

my favorites on the cd are:
Freedom-Live Version (Queen GodIs)
To the Queen -(Jamarhl Crawford)
Untitled Rhapsody - Live version (Nazeelah Jameson)
I disagree -(Les Nubians)
Embrasse moi - Deep mix (Les Nubians)
Fire - (Queen GodIs)

to be honest...to me the whole cd is fiyah!!! i dont know a lick of French but i still got my groove on! trust me, you will like the cd!

Average customer rating:

Les Nubians Presents Echos, Chapter One Les Nubians ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD France | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Princesses Nubiennes Les Nubians Presents Echos, Chapter One One Step Forward ASIN: B000B7HYWY Release Date: 2005-10-11

Tracks:

1. Terre-Mere (Motherland): Elle Est Nen Nubie - Souleymane Diamanka
2. Terre-Mere (Motherland): Heaven
3. Terre-Mere (Motherland): Les Entrailles du Monde - Anouch Adjarian,
4. Terre-Mere (Motherland): Au Pied de l'Histoire de Mon Peuple - Souleymane Diamanka
5. Terre-Mere (Motherland): Solide - Les Nubians
6. Terre-Mere (Motherland): Freedom [Live]
7. Urban City Life (Dans la Ville): War in Babylon
8. Urban City Life (Dans la Ville): Prose ectrique, Pt. 1
9. Urban City Life (Dans la Ville): Demain [Live] - Les Nubians
10. Urban City Life (Dans la Ville): NYC - Kasema Kalifah
11. Urban City Life (Dans la Ville): Rendez-Vous New York - Les Nubians
12. Urban City Life (Dans la Ville): Embrasse Moi [Deep Mix] - Les Nubians
13. Urban City Life (Dans la Ville): Prose ectrique, Pt. 2
14. Des Hommes et des Femmes (Love Stories): To the Queen
15. Des Hommes et des Femmes (Love Stories): Je Te Souhaite un Blanche ... - Souleymane Diamanka
16. Des Hommes et des Femmes (Love Stories): The Death and the Living - Kasema Kalifah
17. Spiritual Human Nature (Les Elements): Quand le Ciel lat en Sanglots - Souleymane Diamanka
18. Spiritual Human Nature (Les Elements): Fire
19. Spiritual Human Nature (Les Elements): I Disagree - Les Nubians
20. Spiritual Human Nature (Les Elements): La Prose des Vents - Souleymane Diamanka

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