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Enfant, il avait \u00e9t\u00e9 initi\u00e9 aux instruments traditionnels, sanza, arc en bouche, etc., avant d\u2019apprendre la guitare. Les harmonies traditionnelles pygm\u00e9es font aussi partie de son champ d\u2019\u00e9tude. Innovateur dans l\u2019\u00e2me, il explore les m\u00e9langes entre musiques \u00e9lectroniques naissantes et tradition africaine, qu\u2019il fond sous des textes souvent humoristiques qui d\u00e9peignent les travers et les habitudes de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9. Les d\u00e9buts du re-recording lui permettent de composer et d\u2019arranger \u00e0 sa guise. Le r\u00e9sultat est inclassable autant qu\u2019irr\u00e9sistible, comme les succ\u00e8s <em>La Condition Masculine<\/em> ou bien <em>Agatha<\/em>. En 2011, le label Born Bad Records publie avec \u00e0-propos cette compilation intitul\u00e9e <strong>African Electronic Music 1975-1982<\/strong> qui nous entraine dans un afro-\u00e9lectro jubilatoire. \u00c0 la man\u0153uvre pour aider \u00e0 \u00e9tablir la s\u00e9lection, sa fille Kidi, son fils Patrick et notre digger pr\u00e9f\u00e9r\u00e9, Julien Achard. Le r\u00e9sultat est un double album flamboyant, o\u00f9 la surprise est toujours au coin de la piste.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf2 \ud83c\udfb6 \ud83c\udfb8 \ud83d\udd2c \ud83d\ude04 Francis Bebey est bien \u00e9videmment une r\u00e9f\u00e9rence musicale du Cameroun. \u00c9crivain, ethnomusicologue et musicien, il a d\u00e9but\u00e9 comme journaliste \u00e0 la radio, \u00e0 RFI et aupr\u00e8s de l\u2019UNESCO, avant de d\u00e9cider de se tourner exclusivement vers la musique. Enfant, il avait \u00e9t\u00e9 initi\u00e9 aux instruments traditionnels, sanza, arc en bouche, 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