Enjoy this recording of Idy Oulo's outstanding performance from Nuits D'Afrique 2007. He will be performing at Nuits D'Afrique 2009 on July 23rd
Idy-Oulo takes his influences from Makossa, Bikutsi and the Rumba-Congolaise which is generally played by Cameroonian musicians, for example : Manu Dibango, Françis-Bébé, Anne-Marie-Nzie or Yanick-Noah. Idy makes a revelation of the Rate/rhythm, Ngoumba-Balewa that is to say a mixture between the Savannah and the Ngoumba-Balewa forest ("fantasm of the body").
Idy plays a Garaya (a papaya with two strings, an instrument played by griots and Bergers) and this instrument can also be looked upon as a kind of Ngoni with two cords which is played in the Sahélienne areas of Africa generally by people from the Mandingue culture. He also plays the Sanza which originally comes from the Pygmies of the forest of South Cameroon. With all these influences and instruments one hears in the compositions of this artist a mixture of African world-Music and Reggae.
Learn more about Idy Oulo at http://www.idyoulo.com/biographie.php?lang=en
Learn more about Nuits D'Afrique at http://www.festivalnuitsdafrique.com
