Oxaï Roura is a French composer, multi-instrumentalist, singer, filmmaker, and researcher in the field of
ethnomusicology
Ethnomusicology is the study of music from the cultural and social aspects of the people who make it. It encompasses distinct theoretical and methodical approaches that emphasize cultural, social, material, cognitive, biological, and other dim ...
. Fascinated by the ancient African polyrhythms and chants, Oxaï received instruction from traditional masters of music (such as
Famoudou Konaté
Famoudou Konaté is a Malinké master drummer from Guinea. Famoudou Konaté is a virtuoso of the djembe drum and its orchestra. One of only a handful of initiated masters of the Malinké drumming tradition, Famoudou is universally respected as o ...
and
Mamady Keïta
Mamady Keïta (August 1950 – 21 June 2021) was a drummer from the West African nation of Guinea. He specialized in the ''djembe''. He was also the founder of the ''Tam Tam Mandingue'' school of drumming. He was a member of the Mandinka peopl ...
). He produced recordings and performed on stage, during the 1990s and early 2000s, with a variety of bands in different genres.
Discography
In 2003, Oxaï Roura composed and produced his first single "EXU. Atabaques’n bass vol. 1" and his first album named ''The EXU Experience. Atabaques'n bass. Vol. 1''. "EXU that was acknowledged by the Fundaçao Pierre Verger (Bahia/Brazil).
in 2004 Oxaï Roura created the ''Spiritual Heritage Orkestra''. In this band, with the Venezuelan percussionist Gustavo Ovalles (ex-Omar Sosa), Roura mixed
Afro-Cuban rhythms and electronic sounds. Roura produced a concert live DVD ''Spiritual Heritage Part 1: Secrets of Afrika (Live)" distributed in South America only.
In 2008 Oxaï Roura produced a solo CD called "Afro Amazonian Spirit (Naturosophia)". This CD is the first recording of a new musical style Oxaï created and called the Afroamazonika. This brand new style combines tribal rhythms and chants from Africa and South America with strange electronic sounds. Some of the instrumental compositions have been created as soundtracks for original choreographic (created by the Azamiah dance company and the Obatala association) and movies.
In 2010 and 2011, Roura produced ''Melanesia X''. This album is the original soundtrack created for the "Well'Come!" show performed by the Posuë dance company.
The whole "Well'come!" show (Music and Dance) has been supported and rewarded by the A.D.C.K NganjilaTjibaou Center, and won the award "Emergences 2010" in New Caledonia!
Films
Oxaï Roura directed and produced the following short movies for Ma Afrika (Academy for African Survival Rebirth and Progress):
*2008. Credo Mutwa’s urgent appeal to the world.
*2009. Badiredi Ba Lemamoso project.
*2010. Credo Mutwa’s new dream (Part 1 and 2).
*2013. Songs make people alive!
See also
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Electronic music
Electronic music is a genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means ( electroac ...
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Afro/Cosmic music
In music, the terms Afro/cosmic disco, “Looking over to the blogosphere, the largest hipster tremors came from the rediscovery of the Italian ‘Cosmic Disco’ sound (a mid-tempo stew of balearic disco pioneered by Beppe Loda and Daniele Balde ...
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Music of Brazil
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Music of Africa
Given the vastness of the African continent, its music is diverse, with regions and nations having many distinct musical traditions. African music includes the genres amapiano, Jùjú, Fuji, Afrobeat, Highlife, Makossa, Kizomba, and others. The ...
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Michael Blake (composer)
Michael Blake (born 31 October 1951) is a South African contemporary classical music composer and performer. He studied in Johannesburg in the 1970s and was associated with conceptual art and the emergence of an indigenous experimental music ae ...
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Omar Sosa
Omar Sosa (born April 10, 1965) is a jazz pianist from Cuba.
Biography
A native of Camagüey, Cuba, Sosa studied percussion at the Escuela Nacional de Musica and Instituto Superior de Arte. In the 1980s he started the band Tributo, recording alb ...
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Steve Coleman
Steve Coleman (born September 20, 1956) is an American saxophonist, composer, bandleader and music theorist. In 2014, he was named a MacArthur Fellow.
Early life
Steve Coleman was born and grew up in South Side, Chicago. He started playing al ...
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French hip hop musicians
Living people
French singer-songwriters
French-language singers
French drummers
Male drummers
French electronic musicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
French male singer-songwriters