“Music is every moment of our lives,” says Helene Faussart, one half of the Afropean hip hop/R&B duo Les Nubians. Helene and her sister/bandmate, Celia, found that this feeling connected them with people in Jamaica, Egypt, Cameroon, Chad, London, their native Paris and other locales around the world as they embarked on the journey that led to their newest album ‘One Step Forward.’

In the time since their 1999 U.S. debut ‘Princesses Nubiennes’ (Higher Octave/Virgin) became the most successful French-language album in more than a decade of Billboard charts, Les Nubians’ singing sisters have traveled the world, soaking up the sounds of reggae, afro-beat, pop and electronica while collaborating with a host of respected musicians. “Everywhere we went, we looked for music that spoke of the local culture,” says Helene. The sisters met and worked with traditional folk musicians, as well as artists at the apex of every genre from Afro-jazz to British breakbeat to Cameroonian hip hop. In addition to working on their own material, Les Nubians appeared on 14 different recordings by an assortment of other artists, spanning the globe and crossing genres – from Towa Tei, Black Eyed Peas and Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek to the acclaimed Red Hot series on “Red, Hot & Riot” and “Red, Hot & Indigo.”

The musical summits gave way to recording sessions in Jamaica, Cameroon, London and at home in Paris, where Helene and Celia were joined by African jazz legend Manu Dibango, pianist Ray Lema, classical musician Benjamin Biolay, dancehall reggae stars Morgan Heritage, UK electronica wizard I.G. Culture, Mounir Belkhir, the poetic producer of the US hit track “Makeda” and more. For Les Nubians, these diverse sessions were a chance to work with some of their biggest influences, while bringing together the music of a wide range of cultures and generations.

Along with learning from these master instrumentalists, Celia and Helene sought to preserve their legacies among younger listeners. “This is so important, especially in Afropean music,” says Helene. “Many of the sounds of the two cultures have been separated for so long, but music can be a bridge that helps people meet.”

Multi-cultural sensibilities come naturally to Les Nubians. Born to a French father and Cameroonian mother, Helene and Celia learned how to sing at a young age. Inspired by a backstage meeting with jazz singer Abbey Lincoln (who encouraged them to “do it-the greatest thing in the world is to be a singer!”), the group pursued their music relentlessly. Their debut “Princesses Nubiennes” was a successful amalgam of the music they’d experienced during their life travels, combining their African roots with jazzy nuances, funky rhythms and a hint of British soul, all delivered in their uniquely elegant French style. A long and varied list of musical influences are attributed to Les Nubians’ distinctive sound, including Miriam Makeba, Ella Fitzgerald, the Fugees, Fela Kuti, and Jazzie B of Soul II Soul.

According to Celia, “Music is a great way to transmit a cultural background. Making this record was, in part, a way for our generation to give tribute to musicians we’ve looked up to and see that their music gets the recognition it deserves.”

Les Nubians were nominated for the 2004 Grammy Awards in the Best urban alternative R&B category, along with Erykah Badu, Outkast, Music Soulchild and Khelis.

Les Nubians are now touring and visiting new countries and territories ready to catch their afropean flavour.

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Catch Mr. Daddy Black, Yomo , Dale Eley , Larry Fon
and Nolan Eley on Saturday 31th of JULY 2010 @ La Taniere Music
Hall, Bastos near Pavillon Vert Supermarket, Yaounde. Come and experience a sensational and thrilling live performance.

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Jacky Kingue is currently in the studio preparing his third album which he declares shall be released in 2011
The young singer who has had a long European adventure is getting set to stage a massive return to the music scene.

Jacky Kingué, since his last album Un pas de plus, has collaborated on album projects of artists such as Papillon, Chantal Ayissi and recently  Benji Mateke.

He  now owns a recording studio in France. Benji Mateke’s latest album was produced in this studio.

Tony Nobody ‘s brand new album   “Love, peace, respect” has been in stores since July 20th , 2010. It is an 18 tracks album which features artists like X Maleya, Bobby Shamahn, Miles, Babou, Adah, Sidney, Supremede la confrerie, Black la rue, 20 cent, Terry P, Mervey, DJ Sunshine, and DJ Panebo produced under the label Blaxity “La cite de l’art “.

In this album dubbed  “love, peace, respect” , Tony Nobody depicts the themes of love, betrayal, migration, social conflict, and hope.

Bio
Father of three lovely kids (Jeff, Ruben and Anouchka), Tony Nobody shares his life with his beautiful wife,  Jacky.

Paul Tonyé Marcel a.k.a Tony Nobody was born in New Bell, Douala . After high school, he preferred to pursue a career as an artist. Nobody has been imposing on the landscape of hip hop in Cameroon with radio broadcasts  (Bled city on Nostalgie), TV (Mboa on Canal 2), events (Sprite Hip Hop Festival , Mboa Hip Hop Awards . He is the founding member of the group, Bantu Posi, (with his cousin Feros) “Guichi K and Diblai D now Final D joined us ,” he said.

He left Bantu Posi in 1998 . He quit the group after a concert with Kassav due to some misunderstanding with the band’s manager then , Theo Mbouma Bissai. Same year, he joined DJ Rene Cool’s  label, So Sound Records.

EXCEL is a Camerborn artist. He is currently  a student in Marketing. The Bamenda-based Afro-beat sensation released his debut studio album “Someday e go better” in 2008 and  won the Northwest Most Promising Artist of the year award . He also featured in  ”Christmas Time in Africa” alongside Baam, Bright Phase, Achalle and others .This video is massively broadcast on Africa Magic during X-mas period.

EXCEL just released his second album “Unpredictable” . We discovered this amazing talent on the Cameroonian Social Network ;  Camerborn.com (http://www.camerborn.com/music)

Check it out!!!!

You can grab copies of his album by contacting his management @ f2zoh@yahoo.co.uk . Tel: 237-75426089 , PO Box: 124 Bamenda or visit our NexDim contact page.

EXCEL is currently working on a huge project with the Nigerian Hip Hop top star, Josef Jones for an MTV Project.

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”E Don Blow” crooner,  Denzyl Am Be under the management of Barthson Global Communications (BGC) is currently in South Africa pursuing his music career. Here is the official SA Mix of   ”So Long” done at D-Tronix Studios, Johannesburg .It’s simply stunning. His next video project shall be coming up pretty soon and shall be exclusive on NexDim. Some might be judgmental about this remix  and the premiere version ”Stole my love away” . Slight alterations are evident.

Enjoy!

Often presented as a  mysterious character , ZE MARIEN CLAUDE a.k.a BOBBY SHAHMAHN developed passion for drawing and rap as a teenager.

His penchant for rap  developed within several labels: DARKCELL RECORDS created and managed by his brother and longtime friend DJ STR’SS. He left the label and  a year after joined the stable of DJ Bilik ‘s ZOMLOA RECORDS thus forming LA ZOMLOA FAMILIA. It was under this charismatic label that  the public discovered  ZE Marien Claude aka BOBBY SHAHMAHN. In  pursuit of knowledge and aware of his lack of qualifications, he indulged into professional training. His courses and professional training and primarily a lot of personal research gradually gave Shahmahn a basic knowledge. He got integrated with EBENE CAMEROUN, which is a structure of architecture and interior design where he  worked as an intern and from 2001 to 2002 at PRO VIDEO. He excelled in virtual animation techniques, special effects and editing digital video.He worked with  MINN SOCIETY where he was in charge of  the digital studio.

He left that post a year later to join the team of Macacos. After 3 years of loyal and good service, he worked for CREATION PLUS, a structure engaged in printing and production of commercials. His experience and talent started  attracting the attention of several companies  and finally in June 2006 he rejoined the team MW MARKETING agency with clients such as MTN GROUP CAMEROON, CBC, BRASSERIES DU CAMEROUN, Chococam, BICEC and many other large corporations. He serves as creative director.

He left the company  in July 2008 to devote himself entirely to the management structure “RED ZONE MULTIMEDIA»

During this illustrious career,  Bobby Shahmahn did not forget his first  love:  RAP. He  has decided to make his contribution to the construction of this structure and during all these years. At his side we find people like OSHIMIHN SULTAN, CHARLIE Ngango, DJ PANEBO (a few years later) and many others. As early as 2004 SHAHMAHN decided to make every effort to show the world the talent of a friend and brother whom he renames   SULTAN OSHIMIHN, and starts a project with him in a small home studio in New Bell,  Douala.

In December 2004, after a good performance by  SULTAN OSHIMIHN on a show , DIS L’HEURE 2 RAGGA in Douala, SHAMAHN, Ngango  and SULTAN OSHIMIHN jointly decided to create a structure that will allow them to be masters of their course . The outcome was  RED ZONE.
RED ZONE  is a brand of revolutionaries , creativity, and success. Far from being a single label, RED ZONE is simply a business engaged in the areas of: web, advertising, publishing, newspapers, visual identities, events, radio spots and video and of course music production.

RED ZONE has to its credit: MAMBO advertising campaign, TV SPOT for COCA COLA (as a provider for MC CANN), IOM TV SPOT (as a provider for MW) TV SPOT for MTN and AUDIO (as a provider for MW).

AWARDS:
•  PRIZE FOR BEST VIDEO CLIP ,CANAL D’OR with “BLOW” by Sultan
• PRIZE FOR THE BEST VIDEO CLIP , MBOA HIP HOP AWARDS 2008
• PRIZE FOR THE BEST MUSIC PROGRAMMING , MBOA HIP HOP AWARDS
• AWARD FOR BEST ALBUM 2008 , MBOA  HIP HOP AWARDS

BOBBY SHAHMAHN is today an undisputed guru in the Hip Hop industry .

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Telephone: 96 77 74 25
Email : shamahn@redzonimal.com

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Seven countries have been slated to host the 9th Edition of this competition.  Victoria Nkong Remi, production manager also assistant to the promoter of the Kora awards Ernest Coovi Adjovi has been in  Cameroon for several days to visit the facilities, infrastructure and meet with officials of the Ministry of Culture. She visited the Yaounde Sports Complex and Palais de Congres and concluded both structures can host the Kora awards. ”We must continue to meet our standards, we have a reputation to maintain” .

We  also learned during that press conference that the Buea-based group, Bright phase, representative of Cameroon at the Kora Awards 2010  prompted the organizers of the forthcoming competition to visit Cameroon. Created in 2008, this group of three singers were eliminated in the semi-finals. According to Sylva Bright, Bright Phase leader: “If the Kora Awards is organized in Cameroon, it will help promote local artists, boost tourism and create jobs. ”

Odile Ngaska, president of Socam, evoked the same reasons : “It is a competition that will raise the level of music in Cameroon.”

Is the Kora Awards still credible?

After five years of absence, a smashing start in South Africa, an abortive attempt to relocate to Nigeria and ‘missed out’ in Burkina Faso, the Kora Awards have lost much of its credibility. Established in 1994 in South Africa by the Beninese  Ernest Adjovi, the Kora awards was  first aired in 1996 in 45 countries in Africa, Europe and Asia. They had as aim to boost the image of African music on TV.

At its debut in South Africa, the competition was very famous. Stars like Michael Jackson, Will Smith, Miriam Makeba, and personalities such as Kofi Annan and Bill Clinton have once been invited to witness this event. After ten years, relations between South Africa and Ernest Adjovi deteriorated. The Kora Awards disappeared from the scene. Three years later, the competition was reborn from its ashes and was announced to take place in Lagos, Nigeria in 2008. A few days of the event, the it was canceled.  President of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaore agreed to host the Kora Awards. Expected to take place in 2009, it finally held in 2010. The evening of April 4 in Ouagadougou was tarnished by the lack of award-winning artists, including the Nigerian duo P-Square (best music from Africa and the Diaspora)  with a million dollars to take home. In addition, the American rapper Akon, who was guest of the evening, did not show up.

Avin-U C just dropped a brand new Mixtape dubbed ”Camerican Dream”. Hope you enjoy this remake of Lil Wayne’s track ”I’m single” extracted from the groundbreaking compilation. Don’t forget to grab your copy of the mixtape.

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