Baloji "Omen" (Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture) 2024 Congo / Belgium Rap,Hip Hop,Afro Beat

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When OkayAfrica spoke to Baloji just as his debut film, Augure (Omen), was showing at the Cannes Film Festival in May, he mentioned he'd recorded music for it that never made it to the screen. The Belgian multi-hyphenate artist, originally from the Congo, is now letting some of that music out now, to tease his upcoming album and flesh out the film's characters with additional character-driven scores. Baloji, a versatile artist involved in various creative roles such as poet, composer-lyricist/beatmaker, scriptwriter, actor, performer, video artist, and stylist, blends African music, the French singer-songwriter tradition and American soul, funk and jazz in his work. The soundtrack, a companion to his choral film Augure (Omen), explores the stories of four characters considered witches and sorcerers in a phantasmagorical Africa.....~ Born in Lubumbashi (Democratic Republic of Congo) and based in Belgium, Baloji (not to be confused with the photographer Sammy Baloji) is an award-winning musician, filmmaker, a polymath artist , he’s working as art director, costume designer for fashion and other visual art forms. Baloji name meaning refers to occult and evil forces. In Swahili, it initially meant "man of science," but in colonial times, it turned into "man of occult sciences/sorcerer". This assignment has influenced his entire work as a heavy burden to bear and, at the same time, as a driver for a playful and empirical approach, shaping his vision with an imaginary suspended between oneiric and magical realism, notably through a work on the mask and the symbolisms and its report of association of colors and sound caused by its synesthesia. As a filmmaker, Baloji released his first feature film AUGURE / OMEN (Cannes official selection 2023/ New Voice Award) accompanied by a four-part soundtrackwhere each record is written from the point of view of the main characters. The project is also accompanied by a traveling exhibition project featuring the costume designs and photos of his work. The film AUGURE follows several short films noticed in the circuit and distributed worldwide such as ZOMBIES (London FF, MUBI award, UKVMA,..). As a musician, Baloji has released two critically acclaimed albums and two EPs/the latest "Avenue Kaniama" on Bella Union Records....~ Tracklist: 1.01 - Baloji - Koffi - Le nègre blanc (4:05) 1.02 - Baloji - Koffi - Les dents du peigne (2:57) 1.03 - Baloji - Koffi - La Tâche (3:54) 1.04 - Baloji - Koffi - King Kong (3:14) 1.05 - Baloji - Koffi - La disparue (3:16) 1.06 - Baloji - Koffi - Ghosting (3:48) 1.07 - Baloji - Koffi - Holy Ghost (Jeudi Saint) (3:25) 1.08 - Baloji - Koffi - Necrophone (bruit blanc intro) (0:42) 1.09 - Baloji - Koffi - Le bruit blanc (4:30) 1.10 - Baloji - Koffi - Byzance (4:43) 1.11 - Baloji - Paco - Faux billet (2:28) 1.12 - Baloji - Paco - Morsure (3:50) 1.13 - Baloji - Paco - K.O.O.K (3:28) 1.14 - Baloji - Paco - Minotaure (2:56) 1.15 - Baloji - Paco - Cavalier seul (3:32) 1.16 - Baloji - Paco - Jaloux Jaloux (Songi Songi) (4:06) 1.17 - Baloji - Paco - Arcade's Theme (Belphegor) (3:14) 1.18 - Baloji - Paco - La crosse & la bannière (2:56) 1.19 - Baloji - Tshala - Dahlia noir (4:37) 1.20 - Baloji - Tshala - Auto-psy (3:15) 1.21 - Baloji - Tshala - PRIMA DONNA (3:51) 1.22 - Baloji - Tshala - Miss Sandre (4:28) 1.23 - Baloji - Tshala - Couleur Chair / SPARADRAP (3:32) 1.24 - Baloji - Tshala - Matrone - La Femme Tronc (3:53) 1.25 - Baloji - Tshala - Baisers volés (2:56) 1.26 - Baloji - Tshala - Anti-muse (4:12) 1.27 - Baloji - Tshala - Cyber oasis (3:07) 1.28 - Baloji - Tshala - Poltergeist (Part 1 & 2) (5:48) 1.29 - Baloji - Mujila - Tituba (Ainsi soit-elle) (2:51) 1.30 - Baloji - Mujila - Maggi (3:32) 1.31 - Baloji - Mujila - Carabosse (3:19) 1.32 - Baloji - Mujila - Porcelaine (4:02) 1.33 - joelle sambi - Mujila - Au grand jour (0:34) 1.34 - Baloji - Mujila - Cherche midi (3:29) 1.35 - Baloji - Mujila - Gorgone - Too Old (5:34) 1.36 - Baloji - Mujila - Les pleureuses (3:41) 1.37 - Baloji - Mujila - Les gravats (5:57)

Baloji "Omen" (Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture) 2024 Congo / Belgium Rap,Hip Hop,Afro Beat

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