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Roland Tchakounté

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“For the soul of a man or a people, listen to the emotion that emerges through his music “.

Born in Cameroon, far from the cotton fields that have refined the style of his ancestors, he began his musical training with guitar and percussion. Then he learned the piano and harmonica and his first group experiences in Cameroon as bass singer in various local training, specializing in times of African-American songs. (James Brown, Wilson Picket, Jimi Hendricks, etc.).

He catches the virus Kingsnake crawling blues by listening to John Lee Hooker and now has only one dream, to become Bluesman. He succeeded in creating a perfect synthesis of his African roots, blues influences and uniqueness to interpret its directory “Bamileke”, his native dialect, and was released in December 1999, “boo bred Shuga Blues” album of his revelation.

What follows “Abango” a acoustic duo album recorded in 2005 with whom he toured extensively including the United States (Chicago, Memphis), Canada (Montreal, Mont Tremblant) and Belgium, in tandem with his partner Mick Ravassat. . In 2006 he met percussionist Mathias Bernheim drummer and immediately joined the team, captivated by the game, both very simple and very effective…

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