Ouanani (band)
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Ouanani | |
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| Origin | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Genres | World |
| Years active | 2004–present |
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| Website | www |
OUANANI is a world music group formed in 2004 in Montréal by Sadio "Djali Sadio" Sissokho from Dakar, Senegal and Jean "Jean Jean" Girard-Arsenault from Alma, Québec, Canada.
They play as a duo or with musicians from all over the world. They sing in many languages : French, Wolof, Khassonke, Spanish and English. With organic-electronic sounds and a self-deprecating sense of humour, OUANANI fuses Québec with Africa, Caribbean and Latin America.[1]
OUANANI tangles a wide variety of themes such as immigration, racism, love, seduction and surrealism.
Some of their accreditations include the following :
- Album of the Week (ICI, 2008)
- Three times #1 on CIBL's Francophone charts in 2008
- Audience Award at The festival International de la Chanson de Granby in 2004
Discography[edit]
Studio album[edit]
"Vote etnik" produced by Jean Arsenault, Ouanani 2007 in Montreal, Canada
Single[edit]
"La Chikunguña" (Ivan Duran mix, Stonetree Records, 2017) – 3:31 – Words & music : Jean Arsenault.
Produced and recorded in 2016-2017 by Jean Arsenault in Barranquilla & Palenque, Colombia and Montreal, Canada.
- Flavio Andrés : Bass, Guitar
- Jean Arsenault : Voice
- Pocho Cien : Drum
- Jorge "Salpi" Guerrero : Guitar
- Febe Merab : Voice
- Leang Manjarres Wong : Gaita
- Ronnie Maury : Bass
- Keila Miranda : Voice
- Sadio Sissokho : Voice, djembe
- Angel Alvarez : Photos
- Manuel Angulo - ABC records : Edition
- Jean Arsenault - Ouanani : Production, recording, edition
- Ivan Duran - Stonetree Records : Recording, edition, mix, mastering
- Einar Escaf - Einar Escaf Producciones : Recording, edition
- Simon L'Espérance : Edition
- Jean Massicotte - Studio Masterkut : Recording, edition
- Tutuk Muntu : Graphic design
Video[edit]
VIDEO
- "Nous Matraquer" produced by CUTV and Ouanani, July 2012
- Directed & edited by : Chico Peres, CUTV 2012
- Kinetic Typing Animation : Hugo Alves
- Cameraman : Chico Peres, Nawfal Zamani
- Dance : Yesenia Pulido, P'andanza
SONG
- Words : Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, Jean Charest, policier mal élevé, Alexander « Ramon Chicharrón » Betancur, Jean « Jean Jean » Girard-Arsenault, fille furieuse, Amir Khadir, Stéphane Hessel, Dominic Champagne, Charles de Gaulle
- Music : Samuel « Samito » Matsinhe, Alexander « Ramon Chicharron » Betancur, Jean « Jean Jean » Girard-Arsenault, Sadio « Djali Sadio » Sissokho
- Production : Jean "Jean Jean" Arsenault, Ouanani 2012
- Recording, programmation, mix : Pablo Bonacina, Bonabona Musik 2012
- Guitar, congas, voice : Alexander « Ramon Chicharron » Betancur
- Kora, voice : Sadio « Djali Sadio » Sissokho
- Voice : Jean « Jean Jean » Girard-Arsenault
- Text correction : Marie-Julie Desrochers
References[edit]
- ^ "Ouanani: Diverse band offers hope". Retrieved 11 June 2013.