Feb 14/08

More Maurice: Blakkayo

Matt Yanchyshyn @ 08:11

BlakkayoToday we’ll hear some more reggae-ragga urban island music from Mauritius, courtesy of DR.

Jean Clario Cateaux, a.k.a. Blakkayo, is now a member of the Otentikk Street Brothers who I featured a couple posts ago.

Today’s tracks come from another cassette submitted by Benn loxo reader, DR: Blakkayo’s 2000 release, Tcheck To Life.

I love the description of Blakkayo given on OSB’s MySpace page: “In everyday life a rather calm appearance, with the first notes of the first riddim on stage Blakkayo transforms into a beast.”

As for the music, well, I wouldn’t characterize it as “beastly”, but I have to say that I find it pretty catchy. Seriously, next time you’re making breakfast on a Sunday morning, play today’s two tracks. They’ll make your girlfriend dance – I promise.

You can see Blakkayo live with Monaster over at YouTube.

Blakkayo – Man dir mwa
Blakkayo – To Bam Bam

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  1. wayneandwax.com » links for 2008-02-15 Says:

    [...] Benn loxo du taccu » Blog Archive » More Maurice: Blakkayo ragga from mauritius — the first remarkably salsified; the second much more audibly engaged with dancehall, incl samples from the “bam bam” riddim and vocal refs to “don dada,” etc. (tags: dancehall reggae africa mauritius salsa blogpost) [...]

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