Mádibá by Blick Bassy

Following the successes of Akö (2015) and 1958 (2019), singer and composer 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.

Tracklist

1.	Bengue	3:33

2.	LoBa	4:02

3.	Ndomè	2:51

4.	Li Yanga	2:43

5.	Wata	1:34

6.	Nop	2:48

7.	Hola Mè	4:09

8.	Séa	2:45

9.	Bissaï	3:10

10.	Touye	2:51

11.	Mètam	2:04

12.	Lep	3:42

Credits

released May 26, 2023

All tracks composed, interpreted by Blick Bassy
Produced by Blick Bassy & Romain Jovion
Arranged by Blick Bassy, Romain Jovion & Malik Djoudi except Bengue, Li Yanga (Blick Bassy & Romain Jovion)

Vocal & Guitars performed by Blick Bassy
Synths performed by Romain Jovion & Malik Djoudi
Trombone on Wata, Hola Mè and Séa performed by Fidel Fourneyron
Drums on Bissaï performed by Dharil Esso
Trumpet performed by Arno de Casanove, Euphonium & Flugabone performed by Vianney Desplantes
Premixed and recorded by Johannes Buff @ Shorebreaker
Mixed by François Baurin @ Hinterland Lab (France)
Mastered by Rashad Becker @ Clunk Studio (Berlin)

A&R by Alexandre Cazac

Cover art by Barthélemy Toguo
The generous Man on his Farm II, 2017
Ink on paper mounted on canvas
104 x 100 cm
Courtesy Bandjoun Station
© Galerie Lelong & Co.

In Harmony with Nature, 2022
Ink on canvas
100 x 100 cm
Courtesy Bandjoun Station
© Galerie Lelong & Co

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