Pape Nziengui - Kadi Yombo AEC Music Sometimes reminders of pop genius

Sometimes reminders of pop genius come in the slightest of touches

she focuses on both the core and the lower body

this album addresses the similarities within these cultures but also speaks of their differences

including the likes of Shorty Rogers

Pape Nziengui - Kadi Yombo AEC Music Sometimes reminders of pop geniusKadi Yombo, published in 1989, is the most successful album in the quest for a fusion between tradition and modernity in Bwiti harp music of the Tsogho people of Gabon. Combining beating rattles with a layer of synthesizers, Pap Nziengui blends in a contrapuntal dialogue characteristic of harp playing: male song in appeal and female choir in response, male voice of the musical arc and rhythms of female worship. But above all it's Tsogho ritual music