Prince Koloni

Orniel Siwo, aka Prince Koloni, is the son of Morris Siwo, king of aleke music on the Maroni river in Surinam. When he was sixteen, he created Fondering, a band of twelve drummers -a musical blending of cousins and brothers. They shine in traditional aleke music, playing a music of the river for the people of the river. Prolific, they had already produced seven albums in 1999. Koloni then flew to Europe and settled in Holland. After a five years exile in Amsterdam where he discovered the underground rasta movement, he took his first steps into reggae. Being away for such a long time, the myth started to spread on the Maroni. His coming back in 2004 for the Transamazoniennes festival was a sign of the forthcoming success of his first solo album: Introducing Koloni. The sequel brought koloni and Fondering to Europe in 2005 for a French Tour, and several festivals including the Sfinks in Belgium, the Sziget in Hungary and La Villette in Paris. For his second album Stop the violence, Koloni has put aleke on hold -except for one track. Themes have become more political as in "Down Pression"; genocide, war, dreams of peace, and upbringing of children for a better world are the new mottos. Finding his inspiration from the world, he evokes origins, African people, rastafarism and Ethiopia, war in Surinam which he witnessed as a child, Sudan today. Love is also there -women and mothers. He uses his own redeems or takes them from jamaican music. His ingeneous and innocent voice tinged with an ideal tone for reggae, Koloni tells a message of peace, love and justice, smoothly, softly.»-(¯`v´¯)-» Design your MySpace with MyLook «-(¯`v´¯)-«