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Alpacas Collective is super proud to release the second single from our new album to the world titled Movéfèzè, or 'wrongdoers' or 'bad guys' in Creole. Creole? Yes, you read that correctly. Those who know us know that we are inspired by music and languages from all corners of the world and for this new track we make a stop in the Caribbean, the island of Martinique to be precise.
Movéfèzè is an intoxicating, hypnotic cocktail of funky jazz vibes, larded with a poetic and lyrical rap by Nèg Madnick, who was inspired by the track originally called'The Sorcerer'. Nèg Madnick - one of the hip-hop pioneers in Martinique who was the very first to start rapping political lyrics in Creole in the early 1990s. He wrote his blazing lyrics that gave a new sound and name to the tune.
In the song 'Movéfèzè', Nèg Madnick denounces the wealthy plantation owners who poisoned his beautiful Caribbean island with toxic pesticides and the lack of justice; These descendants of the colonial era - who grew rich through forced labour of enslaved people and sugar production, and still largely control the island's economy - used a specific DDT-like pesticide called 'chloredecone' for the large plantations of export bananas.
While this pesticide was banned in the US since the late 60ies and the WHO called it carcinogenic in 1979, ‘the banana-cartel’ kept using it’s stocks well into the 90’ies, knowing very well that they were putting people and ecosystems at risk. The widespread use of chlordecone in these French Caribbean islands poisoned the soil and water and been linked to unusually high rates of prostate cancer.
After a decade of campaigning and protesting by action groups like ‘Zéro chlordécone, zéro poison’, it was only in 2018 that French head of state Macron agreed that France was responsible for what the President himself called "an environmental scandal". But it is a human rights issue, which the French state does not want to reciognise, maybe because it would cost too much?
If one listens well somehow the track ‘Movéfèzè transmits dormant emotions of anger and rebellion, a revolt that could emerge from the luscious bush at any moment: serious shit, on a dangerous groove! Enjoy the Maroonjazzfunk !
lyrics
Lyrics by Neg Madnick
qui sont ses sorciers qui soufflent sur nos tetes
prêts à les couper sous prétexte d'égalité.
la fraternité empoisonne et nous cloisonne.
la justice déconne en vacances mode colonie
les criminels utilisent leur potion
et nous imposent leur bondieu sans concession
la methode tour de passe passe et on sait tous ou sa casse...
(English translation)
who are these wizards blowing on our heads
ready to cut them off under the pretext of equality.
fraternity poisons and isolates us.
justice goes haywire on holiday
criminals use their potion
and impose their unconditional rule on us
the sleight-of-hand method and we all know where it breaks...
credits
from Big Words,
released November 11, 2023
Nèg Madnick - vocals
Steve Vandervoort - bass
Robby Swiggers - guitar
Hans van Scharen - baritone, alto & soprano saxophone
Frederik Kühn - balafon, congas, bongos, gankoqui bell, tambourine, cabasa & claves
Jérome Swevers - flute
Stan Hennes - drums
Recorded, mixed & produced by FREDERIK KÜHN
Mastered by FREDERIK DEJONGH at JERBOA MASTERING
Alpacas Collective takes you on a trip from Lagos to Addis Ababa, from Augusta, Georgia to New Orleans, and from Delhi to
sci-fi worlds, bringing it all back home in a unique set of original songs featured on its debut album Seven Wisdoms of Plutonia (coming October 2022)....more
Another new find thanks to shazaming this track as it featured in the warm up tracks for a gig last night, really looking forward to listening to the whole work on cassette when it arrives. Md8177
Adventurous hybrid jazz at its best. I struggle to describe why this stands out above a crowd, but... It all sounds so precise. Every instrument fills its own space so that, as busy as it gets, it never feels crowded. It breathes easy while full of energy. In case I'm not making sense, this, in short, is brilliant. Added bonus that the vocal track doesn't stand out negatively as those too often do on otherwise instrumental albums. Heavy rotation, and the best jazz-related album of 2022. rvss.eel
