CIMETIERE CREOLE (2 vinyls)

Description

The promise of sugar delights and the fear of occult chili pepper. The contrast is striking, just like Bonbon Vodou... Bonbon Vodou is Oriane Lacaille and JereM, two scents that complement each other to become one. She comes from a family of musicians from Réunion, he is the son of... Lacanian psychiatrists. From France to Canada, via Réunion, the duo has given more than 150 concerts in three years. Bonbon Vodou is a confection that, from the very first contact with the auditory taste buds, makes you feel the pulses of its stripped-down yet pervasive rhythm. Tin can drum and plastic-bag cymbal, on her one-of-a-kind drum kit, Oriane has worked it; with his guitar made from an oil drum body, JereM has finely coated it with melodies. Stories in two voices, combining, sparkling and exploding. Poems, sarcasm, emotions. Joyful nostalgia, festive sadness, in the image of the marine cemetery in Saint-Paul Bay, on the island of Réunion. The squares of earth covered with multicolored flowers have replaced the stone steles there. Supposedly dark, the place teems with life ready to be reborn again and again. A way of celebrating the end as a beginning, of laughing in sadness. Bitten down to its core, that is where Bonbon Vodou leads. In this field of eternal rest, the starting point of this second album. There, surrounded by musical figures from the island, the duo treated themselves to the gustatory subtleties of sega and mayola. The accordion notes of René Lacaille, Oriane’s father, the voice of Danyèl Waro. But also percussion — the kayamb of course! — and, in the local tradition, the breath of brass bands. With Piers Faccini producing several tracks, the decisive work of recording and mixing, which gives Bonbon Vodou its definitive flavor, its melt-in-the-mouth and crunch, its sweetness and acidity, fell to Jean Lamoot (Noir Désir, Bashung Salif Keita...). Recorded between France and the volcanic island, buffeted by the air of the Indian Ocean, the album, in both words and notes, transforms French chanson into Creole succulence. In this Cimetière Créole, Bonbon Vodou invokes occult deities, dances with them, travels, celebrates life and the present moment, brimming with the sugar that softens the bitterest moments. For even with one foot in the grave, you can dance with the other. "BONBON VODOU REGENERATES FRENCH SONG BY DRAWING ON THE VOLCANIC CREOLITY OF RÉUNION..." --- TÉLÉRAMA ---. "SURPRISING, DANCING AND INTELLIGENT" --- LONGUEUR D'ONDES ---. "THE COLORFUL RAINBOW OF BONBON VODOU'S SONGS..." --- LIBÉRATION ---. "A UNIQUE MUSIC, TWO VOICES IN SYMBIOSIS THAT HAVE INTELLIGENTLY DEVELOPED THE RECIPE FOR THIS EXOTIC SWEET." --- Francofans ---. "IT MELTS IN THE EARS AND SPARKLES ON THE TONGUE" --- TÉLÉRAMA ---.