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From: Africa > Cameroon
And: Europe > Western Europe

Genres: Makossa, World Jazz, Inspirational

Coco Mbassi

Coco Mbassi is an extraordinary young lady who loves making people be happy through composing and singing unforgettable melodies. She is Cameroonian, but principally based in Paris. Winner of the 1996 Radio France Internationale Decouvertes 'prize in the African music category, she is both an author and a composer.

With a postgraduate degree in translation she began singing lead and chorus in the african gospel choir "Les Cherubins" and as a backing vocalist, she collaborated with various artists and bands like Sixun, Salif Keita, Toure Kunda, Oumou Sangare, Manu Dibango, Ray Lema, Demis Roussos, Nino Ferrer, Nicoletta, Jocelyne Beroard (Kassav), the Symphonic Gospel with Clyde Wright of the Golden Gate Quartet and the Symphonic Orchestra Colonne.

Her collaboration extends to some contemporary and classical projects like Memoires d'Eau presented in the famous Auvers/Oise classical festival (under the direction of Michel Piquemal) or Le Manacuba, composed by Luc Le Masne and performed at the Cuban National Theatre in La Havana.

The words to the songs of her mother tongue, Duala, are often found combined with jazzy, minimalist and classical arrangements, where vocal polyphony and African rhythm continue to play an important role. Coco Mbassi composes her own pieces and writes the words. Although her husband - who teaches as classical double-bassist - exercises a strong influence on her music writing, in her childhood she was permanently exposed at home to a wide variety of Händel, Makossa and jazz bigbands.

The central theme of her songs are everyday aspects of human life like love, friendship, family life and a profound Christian religiosity which Coco has had plenty opportunity to celebrate at masses in a free christian community in Paris with an abundance of music and songs. Coco's songs tell stories often based on personal life experiences that she recalls. It's these stories and feelings that make her songs what they are today, and a great deal of these memories are made up of those old sepia-colored (black and white) photographs from home.

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Indicates Most Popular Song

	Title	Length	Sample
	Bebotedi	1:30
	Na Menguele	5:04
	My Soul's Love	4:29
	O Ma Kwalisane Te Mo	3:58
	Sisea	5:34
	Asensor da Bica	5:39
	Ombwa Te	4:41
	Kaweyabe	2:44
	Dube	4:06
	Na Pii	4:03
	O Bi	4:35
	Laka Mba	4:25
	Kumba	5:02
	Ndum	4:34
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	Title	Length	Sample
	A Sawo	6:16
	Bayedi	4:00
	Bila	2:39
	D	5:20
	Iwiye	3:37
	Mbaki (Intro)	1:48
	Mbaki (Outro)	3:08
	Mbombo	5:44
	Muka Mwam	4:34
	Mundene	4:20
	Muto	6:50
	Oa Nde	4:46
	Profunda Sensa��o	5:10
	Stabat	4:55
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Title	Rating	Review
sepia	4
Sepia-Coco Mbassi	4	Warm vocal stylings. Outstanding performer.
Sepia - Coco Mbassi	4	Wow, that voice is addictive
Sepia	4	Wow, that voice is addictive
A spiritual journey	5	Wow! Can she sing! Her voice is warm, with touches of jazz, gospel, and African rhythms
O Bi	5	I JUST WANT TO SAY COCO MBASI IS A VERY EXCELLENT SINGER WHO GIVES MORE INSPIRATION SONG LIKE O Bi and Kumba. all her song are great, i rate her songs 95% in all. I'm Manfred from Florida USA, BUT i'm born Cameroonain but now living in America. Excellent music Coco Mbasi.