They say the flowers of the ilang-ilang tree (ilan-ilan in Haitian Creole) have a very soothing fragrance. They used to grow in abundance in the Port-au-Prince region and have a positive influence on one's emotions... This album is the outcome of a project that began in the early Eighties, the fruit of the wonderful association between the musician RenÃ²l (Reynold Henrys) and the late anthropologist Michel-Rolph Trouillot, who died in 2012. RenÃ²l here gives new life to popular rhythms that lie at the heart of Haiti's incredibly rich folk heritage (Kokoda, Kontredans, Petwo, Igbo etc.), in songs that Michel-Rolph Trouillot revisited with his pen. The warm, twilight voice of RenÃ²l is sustained by the sumptuous guitar of Serge Tamas and contributions from two tambouyÃ©s (the percussionists FranÃ§ois Domergue and RenÃ© Dambury. This marvelous music is a gem of rare precision, and it mingles poetry and the music of the Creoles with a very contemporary sense of tradition.

Tracklist:

M fin Vye: Ochan lavi
JakomÃ¨l o
Bon lizay
Zanmi Pre: 77 fwa 7
Ba nou lawout O: Plante zetwal
3 fÃ¨y, 3 rasin O: Melimelo
Waya. lamiral O: Pase devan
i lan rara, Wi!
Gade konpÃ¨ tande
Balize
KrepsÃ²l
Kokoda
SekrÃ¨
Rankontredans
M pa pote Wannga: Dife a
Nan raje

UPC: 3448960858823
Label: Fremeaux & Assoc. Fr
Release Date: 11.19.21
Format: CD

Henrys / Ilan - Kokoda (CD)