非洲音樂工作坊

African Music Workshop

 

時間 Time：10/06 (日, Sun) 11:00-12:00

地點 Venue：臺北國際藝術村2樓游藝廳

                       Recreation Room, Taipei Artist Village 

音樂家 Musicians：卡瑞絲．福索 Kareyce Fotso 喀麥隆 Cameroon

 

 

卡瑞絲．福索 Kareyce Fotso | 喀麥隆

年輕的卡瑞絲福索可說是繼馬利的Oumou Sangare之後，有著強烈女性觀點的非洲女唱作人。卡瑞絲出身劇場，直到兩年前因緣參加音樂工作坊，音樂創作與演唱的能量才被完全啟動。她以簡單的吉他和弦伴唱，卻沒有因為器樂上的限制，影響了聲音的多重色彩與豐富表情。

 

她的個人演出雖受西方60年代的唱作人音樂形式的影響，卻加入了更多個人的表演風格，包括家鄉的打擊樂器、舞蹈以及劇場的元素，都融入了吉他彈唱的個人演出，使其現場風格多變，將觀眾帶領至只屬於卡瑞絲福索的故事世界。

 

Kareyce Fotso | Cameroon

Kareyce Fotso is a singer-songwriter from Cameroon. Born in the Bamileke region, Kareyce originally studied to be a biochemist, but a passion for singing led her to clubs in Yaounde, Cameroon's capital, where she performed to a warm reception, and eventually in Europe, where has worked in both choral groups and as a solo artist. A regular performer in France and having appeared at WOMAD, Kareyce has emerged as one of Africa's more exciting young performers for her expressive and mature voice, which thrives on traditional African folk melodies with a blues influence.

 

Her original songs cover topics such as women's rights, environmental conservation and the daily struggles of life in her home country, all carried with a bright outlook and positive energy. But it's not only her intense, emotional vocal delivery and upbeat spirit that keeps her audience engaged. Kareyce's solo performance ranges quiet and contemplative, as she plucks a nylon-string guitar or thumb piano, to exuberant and lively, as she taps out the beat with foot percussion while singing and picking spell-binding lines on the guitar.