frikyiwa

a couple of weeks ago i had the good luck to stumble into the china club during frikyiwa's annual music festival, devoted to music from the sub-sahara. and i was reminded why i'd been so impressed with frederic galliano when i met him two years ago...the musicians he finds for his label are phenomenal, the albums sound fabulous, the production looks great too. what's not to like? the only flaw is his promotions department: the festival should have been jammed with people, considering all the world music fans in paris, yet at least on the thursday night i was there, the room was half-empty. why? come on people, get out there, support frikyiwa, check out their site (which gives you the chance to listen to all sorts of fabulous music samples), and buy some stupendous music...