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Two years after the acclaimed Zound Zandé album, Burkinabé rapper Art Melody returns with Wogdog Blues – Ouagadougou blues.

An ambitious album which stretches the limits of African hip hop and throws the listener into a musical vortex. Produced by Redrum and Minimalkonstrunction, the beats draw from afrobeat, bass music, 1990s hip hop, African tradition and retro-futurism to best carry Art Melody’s unique flow. The album is mastered by Dave Cooley (Spoek Mathambo, J Dilla, Madvillain) in Los Angeles.

With support from artists such as High Priest from avant-garde hip hop group Antipop Consortium, or Walter Kibby aka Dirty Walt of cult LA band Fishbone, Art Melody helps us break down the borders separating our words.

Powerful, raucous and dark, Art Melody’s voice describes the blues and melancholy of an African people resisting poverty, disease, obscurantism and war daily. Despair which finds hope in Art Melody’s voice.

Art Melody still lives in the same neighborhood with his family.

On a different note: Art Melody will be touring France later this month, check the dates in the right column of this post.

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Deux ans après le succès de Zound Zandé, le rappeur burkinabé Art Melody est de retour avec Wogdog Blues – le blues de Ouagadougou.

Un album ambitieux qui étire les frontières du hip hop africain et entraîne l’auditeur dans un vortex musical. Produit par Redrum et Minimalkonstrunction, les instrumentaux empruntent à l’afrobeat, à la bass music, au hip hop des années 90’s, à la tradition africaine et au rétro-futurisme pour porter au mieux le flow unique d’Art Melody. L’album est masterisé par Dave Cooley (Spoek Mathambo, J Dilla, Madvillain) à Los Angeles.

Avec la participation d’artistes comme High Priest du groupe hip hop avant-gardiste Antipop Consortium, Walter Kibby alias Dirty Walt, ou le groupe mythique de Los Angeles Fishbone, Art Melody nous aide à briser les frontières qui séparent nos mondes.

Puissante, rauque et sombre, la voix d’Art Melody décrit le blues et la mélancolie d’un africain en lutte quotidienne contre la pauvreté, les maladies, l’obscurantisme et la guerre. Une affliction qui trouve dans la voix d’Art Melody une source d’espoir.

Art habite toujours le même quartier avec sa famille.[:de]

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Listen/Buy: Bandcamp | iTunes | Amazon | Spotify | Beatport | Deezer | eMusic

Two years after the acclaimed Zound Zandé album, Burkinabé rapper Art Melody returns with Wogdog Blues – Ouagadougou blues.

An ambitious album which stretches the limits of African hip hop and throws the listener into a musical vortex. Produced by Redrum and Minimalkonstrunction, the beats draw from afrobeat, bass music, 1990s hip hop, African tradition and retro-futurism to best carry Art Melody’s unique flow. The album is mastered by Dave Cooley (Spoek Mathambo, J Dilla, Madvillain) in Los Angeles.

With support from artists such as High Priest from avant-garde hip hop group Antipop Consortium, or Walter Kibby aka Dirty Walt of cult LA band Fishbone, Art Melody helps us break down the borders separating our words.

Powerful, raucous and dark, Art Melody’s voice describes the blues and melancholy of an African people resisting poverty, disease, obscurantism and war daily. Despair which finds hope in Art Melody’s voice.

Art Melody still lives in the same neighborhood with his family.

On a different note: Art Melody will be touring France later this month, check the dates in the right column of this post.

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