Abakuya

ABAKUYA Band member short biographies FRANCOIS ESSINDI FRANCOIS ESSINDI is an actor, dancer, storyteller and musician from Cameroon. A leading percussionist in his native country, Essindi is renowned for his powerful onstage energy crafted with his delicate phrasing and touch. Essindi is the recourse that cannot be ignored for the new wave of local artists and singers in Cameroon who are compelled to reuse the Tam-tam call, the Mvet and the Snail shell that had been banned from popular Cameroonian music. Today based in Paris, Essindi refines the art of the traditional harp from central Africa, the Ngomo from Cameroon as well as the Mvet, another endangered string instrument. A storyteller from the Bulu world, François Essindi is a creative in the truest sense, who never stops exploring and studying traditional ways of writing alongside developing new ways to touch an audience with the magic of African rhythms.JIMI SOFO An Australian bass player and composer, JIMI SOFO is an inspired globe-trotter, bringing his ears, experience and expertise to ABAKUYA. Ever since he could pick up an instrument, Jimi has been playing and composing. After graduating from the Canberra School of Music, Jimi followed his well trained but still unique pulse across the globe to listen, play, record and tour with both emerging and very established musicians. Jimi’s projects vary in genre from classical to jazz to African and in medium from live to studio and, most recently, for music for film. Jimi’s playing is renowned to be poetic, free and lucid.A host of talented guest musicians play regularly with ABAKUYA for varying concerts, festivals and recordings.------------------------------------------------- --------- « Ce site respecte le droit d'auteur. Tous les droits des auteurs des --uvres protégées reproduites et communiquées sur ce site sont réservés. Sauf autorisation, toute utilisation des --uvres autres que la consultation individuelle et privée sont interdites ». ----------------------------------------------------------- I created my layout at KillerKiwi.net