Sold Date: April 15, 2015
Start Date: April 8, 2015
Final Price: $18.95 (USD)
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Ibeyi (pronounced ee-bey-ee) means “twins” in the language of the Yoruban culture of Lisa-Kainde and Naomi Diaz. The album of the same name, produced by XL Recordings boss Richard Russell, is the story of two sisters: their relationship, their origins, their shared history and their musical chemistry. Record producer and XL Recordings boss Richard Russell first encountered Ibeyi when he saw them performing “Mama Says” on a 2013 YouTube video. He soon invited them to meet him - a serious offer from someone who in recent years has produced albums by Gil Scott-Heron I’m New Here and Bobby Womack The Bravest Man In The Universe (co-produced with Damon Albarn), as well Albarn’s own acclaimed 2014 solo album Everyday Robots The album is a subtle melange of diverse influences: not just Lisa-Kainde’s soul and jazz leanings and Naomi’s up-to-the-minute beatmaking but the bloodlines of France, Cuba and Africa, including the use of Yoruban chants they first heard in the Santeria ceremonies. The tense, dramatic “Oya,” the lead track on their debut EP, addresses the deity (or “Orisha”) of change and destruction while “River” honours Oshun, the Orisha of love, rivers and fertility. Yoruban culture travelled from Nigeria and Benin to Cuba and Brazil with the slave ships centuries ago but is little-known in Europe.
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