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ADMIRAL T
Toucher l'horizon
Release date :
05-15-2006
Label :
Don's music / ULM
Tracklist :
1. Toucher l'horizon
2. Lanmou épi respè
3. Wave your flag feat. T.O.K
4. Retour au pays natal
5. Fos a péyi la feat. Kassav'
6. Grand Manitou
7. Dokté Ka Malad'
8. Les mains en l'air feat. Diam's
9. Pas de temps à perdre
10. Rantré an dans' la
11. Number 1 feat. Rohff
12. lèw sé star
13. Pavarotty
14. Fé tou sa an pé
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REVIEW
Review written by François-Xavier Rougeot
on Tuesday, May 23rd 2006 - 72 711 views
It has taken three years, after a brief screen appearance in Jean-Claude Flamand Barny's "Nèg Maron" last year, for the child of Boissard (a district of Pointe-à-Pitre) to craft a new 14-track album. Almost all of it unreleased, it was mostly recorded on his native island, at the Songuart studio in Baie-Mahault.
These long months of waiting (fatherhood obliging, with the birth of his twins) have borne fruit. With "Toucher l'Horizon", Admiral T once again hands in a near-perfect copy, leaning towards dancehall, even though the album's intro (the title track Toucher l'Horizon) suggests a roots opus. An idea immediately swept aside by the whirling "Lanmou épi respé". As usual, the admiral's lyrics (Creole and French) are thoughtful, positive and committed. Sometimes nostalgic: "far from my island, I feel bad", he sings over the soothing rhythm of the poignant "Retour au pays natal". He sings of love, too. After Sucre d'Orge (on "Mozaik Kreyol"), the Guadeloupean plays the charmer on a very rhythmic "Pavarotty". But Admiral T is not content to sing what he has mastered. He ventures onto other ground, sharing the mic with four safe bets. Unreleased and successful featurings, with Diam's (Les mains en l'air) and Rohff (Number 1), TOK (Wave your flag) and the cult zouk group Kassav (Fos a péyi la, on a compas rhythm), who bring another dimension to his album, even if the combination with Rohff is not entirely convincing.
For this album, Admiral T took advice from many composers and made the effort to voice his own riddims. Seven tracks, mostly dancehall, were recorded with Blastar. "Young guns just starting out (see our interview)", as the Guadeloupean toaster calls them. Blastar sometimes appears alongside his sidekicks Brisco and Scorpius Milo, of the group Scorblaz. One of these tracks, the punchy Grand Manitou (on the Aspic riddim), had in fact already appeared on the compilation Ninety Seven Kribbean, released in March 2005. Apart from Chris Allman, a renowned Barbadian producer, who oversaw the duets between the Guadeloupean and TOK and Kassav (with Jacob Desvarieux), other people, more or less well known, surrounded Admiral T on a one-off basis. The track "Docté Ka Malade", whose gentle hip-hop instrumental strangely recalls that of Mother by Jah Mason (on "Never give up"), was worked on with the "very underground" (Admiral T's words) Phantom. Also worth noting are the contributions of the French duo Bim & Bost on the intro Toucher l'Horizon, of Stanisky on Pas de temps à perdre, of DJ Phana for the featuring with Diam's (Les mains en l'air) and of Saïd des Mureaux for the combination with Rohff (Number one). As you will have gathered, Admiral T's influences are varied. But that does not stop the finished product from keeping a certain consistency.
2006 may well be Admiral T's year. The man who set the Zénith alight as Sean Paul's opening act one evening in October 2003 confirms that he is an ideal spokesman for the West Indian community. And a formidable showman... already on tour. |
Ouais pa mal mais Mozaïk Kreyol etait mieux.Sur toucher l'horizon tu abandone complètement le reggae pour le rap et ca c'est pas cool de nous faire ca
c cool qu'un mec de chez nous nous represente comme ca continue dans ta lancer on compte sur toi peace
je tador j aime trop tes chanson je suis love de toi
BIG UP ADMIRAL T FOS POUR LA MUSIQUE
tro cool Admiral t j'adore la chanson toucher l'orison!!!!!!!!!!continue comme sa
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