Bikutsi front woman Lady Ponce has just released a new music video “Carrosserie”. This song is from her fourth album“La loi du talion” which was released last year. While every work of art deserves praise, we must say that the video would have been better off without the amateurish visual effects at the start. The song is also too long: 6 minutes 54 seconds. That’s practically enough time for two songs. Talk of shooting one bird with two stones. Apart from these gray spots, the song is the exquisite Bikutsi the Lady is famed for and fans should get ready for positive messages and no “ventre or bas -ventre” talk when listening to this song. See for yourself.
After entertaining the Yaounde public, the 2011 version of the cultural jamboree known as Festi-bikutsi closed its doors with an award ceremony. Mani bella was crowned best female bikutsi artist of the year. Music duo Les 2 Ki Tu walked home with the best new male artist award while Letis Diva got the award in the female category. Other winners were Biberon Cerveau for best foreign-based artist, Odilon Masso for best stage performance and Amazone Mintsa got the public’s choice award. The 13 edition of the festival ended with award for male artist of the year not being given for the lack of a deserving nominee.
While recording her new album, The Queen of Bikutsi, Lady Ponce is establishing herself as an entrepreneur. She has just launched her Cabaret and a VIP Beauty Saloon in Yaounde.
These two enterprises are registered under her company , PONCE ATTITUDE.
Patou Bass is an artist and musician who, some years ago released an album entitled “Sans toi”.
He presents his latest album, the 3rd entitled “Tranche de vie” . The artist has not deviated from his original style, “Bikutsi.
However, according to his own statements, he certainly has a rhythm that comes from elsewhere, but not so far away: The “Abolaza’a,” a dance of southern Cameroon.
This new LP is preachy and the author tackles themes of family and social life (incest, rape … “the little sister of my wife), and will not detract from the theme of unconditionallove that, it must be said, has always made it successful.