Name: Màdibà
Brand: Blick Bassy

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ALIVE AG

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Release date

2023-07-07

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2842242

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3516628422423

2842251

3516628422515

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Blick Bassy

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Blick Bassy is a talented musician and songwriter known for his unique blend of African folk music with elements of blues and jazz. Hailing from Cameroon, *Blick* draws inspiration from his roots to create soulful melodies that resonate with audiences around the world.
With a voice that is both haunting and soothing, *Blick* captivates listeners with his heartfelt lyrics and emotive performances. His music explores themes of love, identity, and social justice, offering a powerful commentary on the human experience.
Influenced by artists such as Victor Démé, Rajery, and Rokia Traoré, *Blick* has carved out a distinct sound that sets him apart in the music industry. His rich vocals are accompanied by acoustic guitar melodies and traditional African instruments, creating a captivating sonic landscape.

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African Singer-songwriter Blick Bassy is back with a fifth album, again sung in the Baasa language of Cameroon. Madíbá brings together twelve songs in the form of fables, dedicated to the theme of water, in which his high and angelic voice dominates, carried by delicate guitar, synthesizer melodies, and sober brass arrangements. The cuts are diaphanous and nevertheless modernist songs, which testify to a contemporary and poetic Africanity at the crossroads of soul, folk, and electro.Blick Bassy’s albums have a humanist and universal dimension. His fifth and new solo album, titled Madíbá, which means water in the Douala language of Cameroon, comes in the form of songs close to the fable, in which Bassy explores "a theme shared by all” of water, the source of life. The fables of the album, all born in the imagination of Blick, explore in a more concrete way different themes related to water, its rarity, its necessity, its energy or its vital power. The twelve songs all bring together a series of figures, animals, or various characters, embodied in turn by Blick Bassy. "I have fun stepping into the shoes of a bird, a cat conversing with an elephant, a flower worrying about its declining beauty, a monkey looking for a spring or a storyteller with his grandchildren. In these texts, water can even take on a human appearance.”Beyond the tale, the texts of the album also refer to our climate crisis, or to the problems of access to water, a way for the artist to approach serious subjects through a poetic form which avoids didactic or moralizing speeches.

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