Born in Guinea, West Africa of a Senegalese mother and a Motown-loving father, N'DEYE grew up fascinated by the American entertainment culture. Madonna, «Fame» or the movie «Flashdance» among others gave her the dream of one day becoming a performer herself. The coming to Paris, in 1984, of the then internationally renowned «Amazones de Guinee»,received by her parents, made her an insider to the music life and confirmed the burgeoning artist into her choosen path.But in a culture in which singing is reserved to the «Djeli», a lower cast in charge of entertaining the nobility, she is expressly forbidden to even think of it as a possible career.It's only once in NY, after the tragic death of a childhood friend,that N'DEYE will have the courage to make her dream come true.At first shyly, singing back up for different projects (Razia Said & The African Funk Band, Christina) then more and more confidently, defining through her sensitive writing a very personal mix of Hip Hop and Pop _ «Hip-Pop»_ with African accents («Morenita») under the wing of Isaac Mouguen Ndom.Going back to Guinea in early 2005 N'DEYE was blessed to encounter and work with one of the biggest names in West Africa's music, Sekou Bembeya Diabate, of the famed Bembeya Jazz National, called «Diamond fingers» for his incredible guitar skills. He arranged and played on her experimental project, «Les Maitres de la Parole» («The Masters of Words»), a tribute to those «Djeli» whose «words-power» remind us of today's urban poets.
Taking hip hop techniques such as sampling and remixing already existing music to another level, "Les Maitres de la Parole" sees N'DEYE actually redoing entire songs (among which the famous Bembeya ode to the legendary african genie- mermaid "Mamie Wata", a hit in her native Guinea thanks to a new and cinematographic approach to the video for the song) of the Guinean Repertoire while injecting them with a modern twist such as rapping."Nanfoulen", the second single of the album is also a hit (No 1 of Radio Nostalgie Guinea).N'DEYE is now working on brand new songs, some of them bringing back an old school flava both in the sound ("TASTY", a cheeky-sassy anthem that all girls can be in the mood for sometimes) and in her lyrics (upcoming "Stance of a Misfit") which remind us that hip hop was at first socially conscious///////////////////////////////////////////////////
////////////////////////////////////////Nee en Guinee d'une Saint-louisienne bon teint et d'un feru de la Motown, N'Deye grandit fascinee par la culture du divertissement americain, l'"entertainment industry". Madonna, le telefilm "Fame" ou le film "Flashdance" entre autres lui donnent le desir d'etre un jour une "performer".
La venue a Paris en 1984 des Amazones de Guinee, hebergees par ses parents, est une revelation. En ayant l'opportunite d'observer de l'interieur la vie de musicien , N'Deye est encore plus convaincue du chemin a suivre.Mais dans une culture ou le chant est considere comme reserve a la classe inferieure des 'Djeli',caste chargee d'amuser la noblesse, il lui est interdit ne serait-ce que de concevoir monter sur scene.C'est a New York, ville de tous les possibles, que N'Deye prend finalement le courage de briser tous ces carcans apres la perte d'un proche. D'abord timidement, comme choriste dans differents groupes de la place (Razia Said&The African Funk Band, Christina), puis peu a peu en affutant ses textes tout en s'appropriant un son bien personnel, mix de Hip-Hop et de Pop aux accents Africains_du "Hip-Pop"_ avec la complicite d'Isaac Mounguen Ndom.En 2005 N'DEYE revient en Guinee et s'investit dans un projet qui la fait entrer a temps plein dans la musique,"Les Maitres de la parole", hommage a ces griots tant decries de ses origines et pourtant porteurs de l'histoire chantee de toute une civilisation. Jalonne du doigte du legendaire Sekou Bembeya Diabate du Bembeya Jazz National,arrangeur de l'album, "Les Maitres de la parole" voient le phrase hip-hop converser avec les percussions des Ballets Africains de Guinee ("Mamie Wata" un succes en Guinee grace a un clip extremement innovant dans le paysage local), les sonorites modernes de l'anglais rafraichir l'art antique de la parole du griot mandingue ("Choices" sur le "Salimou" originel)."Nanfoulen", le second single de l'album entre directement a la premiere place du hit de Radio Nostalgie Guinee.
Appliquant les techniques du hip hop tels que le remixage et le "sampling" (utilisation de portions de morceaux), "Les Maitres de la Parole" reprennent des morceaux entiers du folklore guineen en leur injectant une dose de modernisme tel que le rap.N'DEYE travaille actuellement sur de nouveaux titres dont certains revisitent le hip hop des origines, sous forte influence funk ("TASTY") et avec de nombreux textes destines a reveiller les consciences ("Stance of a misfit")
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