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Nathalie Natiembé - Sankèr (2005)

«The raw songs of Nathalie Natiembé are typical of the Reunion island. Adopted by Possession after a youth spent in the streets of the center of St-Denis, Nathalie Natiembé cannot remember not singing. In 1998 she throws herself body and soul into writing. Nathalie Natiembé works in depth with the creole language. She draws strong emotions from words, digging deep into their essence. This

Marabi Africa (2007)

«Marabi is the independant label created in 2002 by Christian Mousset, director of the Festival Musiques Métisses d'Angoulême in France.The festival, place of exchange and discovery, is widely opened to urban popular musics from the African Continent, Indian Ocean, the Caribbeans, America. Marabi is mainly a discographic extension of this event. On the same artistic line, the label puts upcoming

Abou Chihabi - Folkomor Ocean (1997)

«Abou Chihabi is a folk singer and songwriter from Grande Comore who fights against social injustice and racial discrimination. Abou Chihabi chose to call his group "Folkomor Ocean" because his main source of inspiration is his native land, the comors, which is insular and which no distance will ever make him forget. Folkomor Ocean has been released in 1997 on Playa Sound» (Mondomix) «Abou

Vavangue - Musiques Folk de l'Ocean Indien / Folk Music of the Indian Ocean (1989)

«Fondé en 1988 par Jean Pierre La Selve, (ex « Compères Grat’Fils ») Vavangue est une association « loi 1901 » qui a pour but l’étude, la pratique et la diffusion des musiques traditionnelles de La Réunion. Pour cela nous voulons continuer à faire entendre les instruments comme le bob le violon, le ralé-poussé ou le banjo, laissés de côté par la course à la modernité et à l’alignement sur les