The album
“Musique Noire” is an eight-track album that draws a parallel between slavery and modern alienation in our professions, hobbies, customs, pleasures, daily life.
That is what Edgar calls “Purple Identities” in reference to Alice Walker’s novel.
Music tracks’ intents is not to point at the subjection to labour, a hierarchy, a system, but, on the contrary, to make the listener reflecting on broken freedom, artistic testimonies they instill (parallel drawing with The Blues’ people by Amiri Baraka).
Taking back the influences that fed Edgar’s childhood, from “sébéné” to blues, including “zouk”” and “folk”, the plural orchestrations also and above all tell rap diversity as inclusive music, as world music.
Edgar Sekloka
Former sidekick of Gaël Faye within the Milk Coffee and Sugar group, and winner of the Prix des Musiques d’Ici 2018, Edgar Sekloka offers in his new project, “Musique Noire”, a successful synthesis of rap and singing song, that he colours with different influences drew on world music and blues. Accompanied by singer and percussionist Koto Brawa and by guitarist Jean-Baptiste Meyer-Bisch, he distills his words without concession, denouncing the alienation of modern times, through the social chronicles of everyday life, while spreading his highly contagious benevolence. Multifaceted artist who manages to touch everyone, from the youngest to the oldest.
Edgar Sekloka is a special case in the French-speaking rap landscape. From his different cultural heritages between Puteaux, Cameroon and Benin, he has built a wealth from which he draws his inspirations, which he nourishes over time, through his encounters. Novelist and poet, he makes reference to Chaplin in his videos, he steps onto the stage, collaborates with Mélissa Laveaux or Blick Bassy, freestyles with JP Manova, flies to New York slame with Thief (Franco-American jazz trio), when it does not turn into Mc to orchestrate with its live band Open Mics and Jam Sessions, or as teacher Sekloka, off-road speaker, from schools to jails, from retirement homes to conservatories, for writing workshops or other artistic adventures. Leading several projects at a time, he is already there, while at the moment he was still here, but don’t get you wrong, Edgar knows very well where he’s going, and especially where he wants to take you with him !
