Sale Caractère

Description

Just as the longest winter will never prevent spring from arriving, Massilia Sound System has finally returned to the studio, seven years after Massilia. A ninth album in 2021? They certainly have a knack for making little nods to round numbers and symbolic dates: Parla patois, the first album, was released in 1992, and Massilia Sound System avoids anniversary songs and decade-long assessments. Combative and smiling, committed and playful, that's definitely them. We don't often get the chance to encounter groups like Massilia Sound System, who can speak to both the intellect and the heart, conjure the imagination that unites and the reality that binds, make feet dance and invite hands to create. Living and creating in French as well as Occitan, seizing musical tools from everywhere to better immerse in local culture, welcoming others to be more oneself… these are the fundamentals of the group! The album Sale Caractère confirms it: classic rub a dub, drum and bass accelerations, Eastern influences, autotune from contemporary urban music, it’s still Massilia Sound System, a neighbor to the whole world and proudly rooted…