Atna Njock -Zekuhl

July 18, 2010 - 09:00 PM

Price: 15 $

Club Balattou

4372 boul St-Laurent (corner Marie-Anne) Montréal,QC H2W 1Z5

514-845-5447

www.balattou.com

You can also purchase your tickets at the main box office.

Description of the concert:

Zekuhl rallies to the sounds of the du n’kuu (or “African telephone,” a musical instrument that was also one of the first tools of communication in Cameroon) and of various ancestral percussion instruments such as the balafon and mbé. Integrating pop, jazz, rock and other contemporary beats, the group knows how to seduce. A unique blend of tradition and modernity. 

Manu Atna Njock & guests (Cameroon, Quebec)

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Biography of the artist:

 Guitars, bass, balafons, mbè (long skin drum), n'kuu or African telephone (wooden drum with slits), doum-doum – Manu Atna Njock never wanted to choose between these instruments. It is not by chance that he masters them all perfectly. Born at Kaya, in southern Cameroon, he was initiated to the music and dance of several African ethnic groups from a very early age. He later developed ...