Multiculti is the second album by the Cameroonian musician Sally Nyolo, released in 1998.[3][4] The title track was a hit in France.[5] Nyolo supported the album with a North American tour.[6]
| Multiculti | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1998 | |||
| Label | Lusafrica[1] Tinder Records[2] | |||
| Producer | Sally Nyolo | |||
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Production edit
The album was produced by Nyolo, who also wrote and arranged the songs.[7][8] She sang in Eton, Arabic, French, Spanish, and English.[9] Many of the songs are about growing up in the Cameroonian forest; others were inspired by living near a school, in Paris .[6][8] It was Nyolo's intention to promote to a wide audience the bikutsi style of her homeland.[10] Multiculti was recorded with help from Nyolo's former bandmates in Zap Mama, as well as Afro-French studio musicians.[11]
Critical reception edit
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Robert Christgau |  [12] |
| Edmonton Journal |   [13] |
| MusicHound World: The Essential Album Guide | [7] |
| The Sydney Morning Herald |  [1] |
JazzTimes called the album "suave and funk-lined, urbane and rootsy all at once," writing that "hybridizing is the operative process and philosophy on the album, including the title cut’s seductive Afro-Parisian-hip-hop feel."[14] The Los Angeles Times deemed it "a delightful collection of acoustic music surging with the body-bending bikutsi rhythms of Cameroon, topped by Nyolo's crisp, melodic vocal harmonies."[10] The San Diego Union-Tribune wrote: "Subtle yet rhythmic, her multilayered music boasts buoyant melodies, darting talking-drum accents and intricate call-and-response vocal exchanges."[15]
The Edmonton Journal stated: "Heavy with hand percussion, bass and click guitar lines, it's spritely, uptempo music with choppy rhythms, thicker and less obviously influenced by western pop than say, Angelique Kidjo, but entirely entrancing either way."[13] Rolling Stone praised the combination of "energized bikutsi dance rhythms with poetic storytelling."[16] The Times noted that Nyolo "creates a rich African tapestry drawing on tribal chants and ambient sounds."[17]
Track listing edit
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ndong (Interlude)" | |
| 2. | "Djini Djome" | |
| 3. | "Multiculti" | |
| 4. | "Make Up" | |
| 5. | "Bingo Bingole" | |
| 6. | "Semengue" | |
| 7. | "Foret (Interlude)" | |
| 8. | "Songuisseto" | |
| 9. | "Reggae in Japan" | |
| 10. | "Ibandouma" | |
| 11. | "Nkole (Téléphone) (Interlude)" | |
| 12. | "Ikaatiridong" | |
| 13. | "Solidarity" | |
| 14. | "Ngoni Ngueng" | |
| 15. | "Histoire (Interlude)" |
References edit
- ^ a b Elder, Bruce (26 July 1999). "SALLY NYOLO: Multiculti". The Guide. The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 6.
- ^ "New World". CMJ New Music Report. 56 (594): 73. Nov 2, 1998.
- ^ "Sally Nyolo Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
- ^ "The Rough Guide to West Africa". Rough Guides UK. June 2, 2008 – via Google Books.
- ^ Hargreaves, Alec G.; Forsdick, Charles; Murphy, David (June 5, 2012). "Transnational French Studies: Postcolonialism and Littérature-monde". Liverpool University Press – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Peterson, Diana (30 Aug 1998). "Rhythm of joy". The Press Democrat. p. Q3.
- ^ a b MusicHound World: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 2000. p. 563.
- ^ a b Nazareth, Errol (August 14, 1998). "SALLY NYOLO TUNES INTO THE RHYTHM OF LIFE". Entertainment. Toronto Sun. p. 71.
- ^ Chapman, Geoff (13 Aug 1998). "Nyolo delivers solid African, if you get past the European". Entertainment. Toronto Star. p. 1.
- ^ a b Heckman, Don (10 Sep 1998). "A Singer Driven by the Rhythm". Los Angeles Times. p. F20.
- ^ Doyle, Alan (August 28, 1998). "'MULTICULTI' MAY MAKE NYOLO A HIT IN A NEW LAND". Contra Costa Times. p. TO27.
- ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: Sally Nyolo". www.robertchristgau.com.
- ^ a b Levesque, Roger (31 Oct 1998). "WORLD SALLY NYOLO: Multiculti". Edmonton Journal. p. C6.
- ^ Woodard, Josef. "Sally Nyolo: Multiculti". JazzTimes.
- ^ Varga, George (December 3, 1998). "Visiting wide world of music's exotic destinations". Entertainment. The San Diego Union-Tribune. p. 19.
- ^ "Tinder". Rolling Stone (802/803): SS28. Dec 24, 1998.
- ^ Williamson, Nigel (June 27, 1998). "Roots choice – Music". Metro. The Times. p. 11.