Reggae · April 28, 2015
Positive Energy! Alpha Blondy releases 13th album and returns to Brasil for tour! Check the dates!
Green Go Agency prepared a traveling festival for the world premiere of Alpha Blondy's eleventh album - Positive Energy - creating an exchan
Green Go Agency prepared a traveling festival for the world premiere of Alpha Blondy's eleventh album - Positive Energy - creating an exchange between the reggae veteran and local bands. The Festival, which bears the same name as the album, begins on May 14 at Áudio Club, in São Paulo, and then travels across Brazil.
At all Festival performances, British singer and instrumentalist Mark Kelly will play the opening shows, and then, depending on the state where the show is taking place, a local band will also open for the "Prince of Ivory Coast".
(Prince Alpha Blondy)
Positive Energy is an album of partnerships!" - Alpha exclaims as he defines it.
And, in fact, Alpha Blondy's new work brings major guest appearances, such as Ijahman and Tarrus Riley, as well as other promising names in reggae around the world. The track “Allah Tano” brings a shock trio: the Tunisian Nawfel, the Moroccan Assim and the Ivorian Ismaël Isaac. This is a strong title dedicated to Alpha's grandmother, as well as a spiritual song.
It shows that Islam is not the property of a few violent people. We can speak of God and love without necessarily making blood flow...” - he summarizes.
(Tarrus Riley and Ijahman)
The coup d'état is recurring. Presidents make the same mistakes and the international community is complicit when it validates these abuses of authority.
The dictators and tyrannies we live through are - in part - their fault. Democratic genocide and democratic torture. They bombed Libya saying the country was not democratic; they made a huge mistake. Same thing in Iraq. They bombed the pro and the "anti Saddam" in the same way. Lumumba and Sankara murdered “democratically”; there are many examples..." - the singer recalls.
In the name of democracy, many atrocities are allowed. In Africa, when we hear the word “democracy”, we hide under the bed because blood is about to start flowing...” - Alpha explains.
(Cover of the album "Positive Energy")
To convey his ideas, Alpha draws strength from his best warriors: his group Solar System, which began recording in Abidjan at the singer's studio and later continued in Paris, at Grande Armée studio. The cover of "Positive Energy" shows the artist with his late grandmother in the background, like a guardian angel.
She taught me to love my neighbor. And my neighbor is God. There is no need to go very far. My neighbor, with his qualities and his flaws, is God, and she taught me that. I wanted to pay her this tribute. This album does not look like the others”, says Alpha Blondy in conclusion.”.
(Prince Alpha Blondy)
POSITIVE ENERGY
Since the beginning of his career in the 1980s with the Pan-African hit “Brigadier Sabari”, Alpha Blondy has made a habit of giving his fans quality reggae, always presenting new elements in his music. Of course, in "Positive Energy" it would be no different.Positive Energy is an album of partnerships!" - Alpha exclaims as he defines it.
And, in fact, Alpha Blondy's new work brings major guest appearances, such as Ijahman and Tarrus Riley, as well as other promising names in reggae around the world. The track “Allah Tano” brings a shock trio: the Tunisian Nawfel, the Moroccan Assim and the Ivorian Ismaël Isaac. This is a strong title dedicated to Alpha's grandmother, as well as a spiritual song.
It shows that Islam is not the property of a few violent people. We can speak of God and love without necessarily making blood flow...” - he summarizes.
(Tarrus Riley and Ijahman)
SHARP MILITANCY
If spirituality is usually Alpha's fuel of choice, militancy and indignation are not absent. Whether in the firmness of “Séchez vos larmes”, where the singer attacks politicians who prefer to wage war rather than feed their people, or in the strong lyrics of “Maclacla Macloclo”.The coup d'état is recurring. Presidents make the same mistakes and the international community is complicit when it validates these abuses of authority.
The dictators and tyrannies we live through are - in part - their fault. Democratic genocide and democratic torture. They bombed Libya saying the country was not democratic; they made a huge mistake. Same thing in Iraq. They bombed the pro and the "anti Saddam" in the same way. Lumumba and Sankara murdered “democratically”; there are many examples..." - the singer recalls.
In the name of democracy, many atrocities are allowed. In Africa, when we hear the word “democracy”, we hide under the bed because blood is about to start flowing...” - Alpha explains.
AN ALBUM UNLIKE ALL THE OTHERS
(Cover of the album "Positive Energy")
She taught me to love my neighbor. And my neighbor is God. There is no need to go very far. My neighbor, with his qualities and his flaws, is God, and she taught me that. I wanted to pay her this tribute. This album does not look like the others”, says Alpha Blondy in conclusion.”.
(Video for "No Brain, No Headache")
ALPHA BLONDY IN SP
14/05: Audio Club (São Paulo) Opening: Mark Kelly + OBMJ + Dub Ataque Age rating: 18 years Capacity 2.500 peopleALPHA BLONDY IN BH
15/05: Music Hall - (Belo Horizonte) Opening: Mark Kelly, Seletores do Deskareggae Sounds and Inquilinos Age rating: 16 years Capacity 2.000 peopleALPHA BLONDY IN RS
21/05: Auditório Araujo Viana - (Porto Alegre) Opening: Mark Kelly + band to be confirmed Age rating: 16 yearsALPHA BLONDY IN RJ
22/05: Circo Voador - Rio de Janeiro Opening: Mark Kelly, Dub Ataque and DJ Calbuque Age rating: 18 years Capacity 2.000 peopleALPHA BLONDY AT VIRADA
23/05: Virada Cultural Paulista Parque Vitória Régia - Bauru 24/05: Virada Cultural Paulista LimeiraPRESS OFFICE
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