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Afro-Reggae
Tiken Jah Fakoly
| Ivory Coast
Booking-Agent:
Oliver Arnold
+49 30 261032928
oa@f-cat.de
Following in the footsteps of his musical mentor, Alpha Blondy, Tiken Jah Fakoly has established himself as one of the figureheads of the new reggae scene in Africa. Fusing his infectious reggae beat with hard-hitting lyrics, Tiken Jah has become a spokesperson for an entire generation of music fans, speaking out on political and social issues through his songs.
Tiken Jah Fakoly was born in 1968 in a village in the north-west of Ivory Coast into a family belonging to the griot caste. Tiken's music was successful and soon crossed national borders and spread to Europe. He was already a star in West Africa when he moved to Paris as a consequence of political trouble in his home country. Soon he was signed by Barclay (Universal Music) and his first album there (the sixth in Tiken Jah Fakoly’s career), Francafrique, made him win the title of Best World Artist at France’s 2003 Victoires de la Musique awards. Like the following album Coup de gueule it was produced in the legendary Tuff Gong studios in Jamaica. Both albums have sold over 100,000 copies each and propelled Tiken to currently be the best selling African Reggae artist. His new Album L’African is released in autumn 2007.
Tiken Jah Fakoly is not only a star in Africa and in France where he played more than 200 concerts since 1998, filling arenas during his 2005 Coup de gueule tour (and again in autumn 2007, with L’African).
He is becoming a star in Europe and America, too. In 2005 he performed as guest of Youssou N’Dour at the United Nations Organisation’s 60th anniversary concert in Geneva. At the world music tradefair Womex 05´ Tiken Jah demonstrated with an explosive performance why he is one of the most requested African and reggae-artists of the moment. His first international album was released a few months later. As a consequence, he performed at many important festivals (Roskilde, Couleur Café, Rototom Sunsplash, Sziget, Dour Festival, Summerjam, Chiemsee Reggae, Africa Festival Würzburg, Sunsplash Wiesen, Two77Splash Amsterdam, Stockholm Festival, …). By critics and audience, Tiken Jah Fakoly’s performance was considered to be among the best at most of these festivals. He has so much energy and power, an authentic musical jewel!
