11.08.73

Description

August 11, 1973. DJ Kool Herc organizes a block party at the foot of his building at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx, New York. History will remember this day as the "birth date" of Hip-Hop culture. 11.08.73, these six digits impose themselves on Marc Nammour to name his fourth album and mark the return to the roots of La Canaille. Blending rock, rap, poetry, and slam, this aesthete, eager for all kinds of encounters (ranging from Serge Teyssot-Gay to DJ Pone) for over ten years, has never allowed himself to be confined to a single discipline. After the albums Une Goutte De Miel Dans Un Litre De Plomb in 2009, Par Temps De Rage in 2011, and La Nausée three years ago, 11.08.73 celebrates his first love: Hip-Hop culture and rap music. On the eleven tracks of this project, Marc Nammour is joined by Jérôme Boivin (bassist of the group Java), drummer Alexis Bossard (who tours with De La Soul in Europe), and Valentin Durup, guitarist for Brigitte and Joseph Chedid. Constantly in search of artistic coherence, on 11.08.73, the music is played live, then programmed for the rhythmic base, enhanced by a guitar riff here or a keyboard solo there, and above all elevated by Marc Nammour's voice. Always with a raised fist and a strong voice, 11.08.73 features assertive tracks (République, Sale boulot), storytelling like on the eponymous 11.08.73 or Rôde with the crew, and lighter titles like Je procrastine or the bright Jour de fête. The result? Marc Nammour redefines the true meaning of the first two letters of Master of Ceremonies. Each track on 11.08.73 offers a new theme and a different interpretation. This celebration of Hip-Hop is shared by Marc Nammour with the flavorful swagger of JP Manova, the poetic prose of Lucio Bukowski, and the mastery of Mike Ladd, a pillar of the U.S. independent rap scene from the late 90s. The party is complete. La Canaille wanted to contribute its stone to Hip-Hop culture with 11.08.73. Kool Herc, aka Clive Campbell, a Jamaican immigrant in 1970s New York, was inspired by dancehall culture. La Canaille, aka Marc Nammour, the son of a Lebanese immigrant, settled in Montreuil in Seine-Saint-Denis, inspired by Aimé Césaire and Léo Ferré, gives his version 44 years later. And that is Hip-Hop.