BlackStarLine by Sanguebom

Sanguebom is a French musician, producer, multi-instrumentalist and a gifted diyer. As skilled with a guitar as with a sampler, Sanguebom is of one those who love telling stories with music. His world is set somewhere halfway between the universe of an alchemist and the one of a mad-doctor, his steps clearly leading him in the wake of artists such as Dubmatix and Chinese Man.

Thought during a journey in Africa, where the author made the ride from Paris to Dakar driving a Renault 21, "BlackStarLine" is naturally inspired by the trip and encounters its composer made. Made at home, in a garret under the parisian roof, the twelve tracks of this "loaded-with-good-vibrations" opus range from Soul to Dub along with Reggae and Hip Hop and even take a detour by Rock and Trip Hop music. By exceeding borders and genres, this is the human aspects of the trip, its fulness, that Sanguebom assimilated and endeavoured to transcribe in this record. To reach his goal, our man surrounded himself with outstanding guests he met during his many and various peregrinations.
This is how we meet the American MC Jamalski, always up for riding rhythm sections with his punchy flow on, as well as the Senegalese rapper Abass Abass showing the extent of his technical know-how, and even a recording of the late lamented Capoeira maestro Mestre Bigodinho. Nationals talents are not left behind, with West Indian activist rasta Jah Guidi signing here for his first official release on the "Samuraï" track, and singer Rochelove Dhayvàa, from West India too. Another local discovery of this album is the Soul voice of Laëtitia Dana which excels on three tracks. Let's also point out the gathering of high-level musicians such as Dany'o on bass and Isaac on trombone, two former members of the Malka Family now in command of Madioko Mobile (in collaboration with Daniel Waro and Lardi Diba from the ONB band, Abdulaye and Modibo Diabaté).

Visuals come from the French artist Grems (also known as the rapper Supermicro). Grems is a member of the TT Crew collective and his work has been exhibited in Mexico, Bordeaux and at the National Cultural Center George Pompidou in Paris. Icing on the cake, "BlackStarLine" was mixed by the legendary Mad Professor and his disciple Joe Ariwa, at the no less mythical Ariwa Studio in London! Mad Professor, pioneer of English Dub, who worked with artists such as Massive Attack, Lee Scratch Perry, Sade, The Ruts or Massilia Sound System, likes to describe this album as being a "Good Revolution"... Spread the word!

Sanguebom is a French musician, producer, multi-instrumentalist and a gifted DIYer.
Sanguebom is of one those who love telling stories with music. His world is set somewhere halfway between the universe of an alchemist and the one of a mad-doctor.

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