Plus Vivant [Import]

Lokua Kanza | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 21, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Universal I.S.
• ASIN: B0007MAL1E
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #95,778 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #8 in Music > World Music > Africa > Zaire & Congo

Track Listings

1. Voir Le Jour

2. Camera Dans Le Coeur

3. Envie D'aventure

4. Tu Es L'infini

5. Plus Vivant

6. Aller Simple Pour L'infini

7. Laisse-Moi Le Temps

8. Si Tu Pars

9. Anticyclone

10. Tes Cotes

11. La Cle Des Champs

12. Le Monde Est Fou

13. Mal A Dire

14. Piololo

15. Plus Vivant

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best African musician, October 4, 2006

By 

Patjam - See all my reviews

This review is from: Plus Vivant (Audio CD)

Lokua Kanza has one of the most exceptional voices of Africa. It is smooth, melancholichas and it has a clarity that rings out, calls you from what you're doing and begs you to chill and relax. Lokua Kanza is a musician of multiple talents, a singer, composer or arranger as required. As for his undeniable artistic feeling, it has attracted artists from many different horizons, from Youssou N'Dour to Patrick Bruel. Lokua has brilliantly ensured the renewal of African music, this genius artist delivers music beyond the usual ndombolo sound, and he does it with a lot of class, creativity and simplicity!

Plus Vivant is an album of guitar introspections ("Si Tu Pars"); some done in an R&B style ("Le monde est fou"), some haunting acoustic ballads ("Mal a dire"), and some upbeat tracks, which point towards the african style without being overpowering. There's some beautiful piano, some exceptional guitar solos and it's all very pleasant.

For those who like discovering new music genres, I strictly recommend this album to you. Lokua Kanza is the best African musician and my personal favorite. Trust me you will go back and buy all his previous works (especially Toyebi Te!). Bravo Lokua, we're proud of you!!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding Artist, February 9, 2008

By 

Elonga - See all my reviews

This review is from: Plus Vivant (Audio CD)

My father introduced me to Lokua Kanza. I was shocked by the substance in his work. Lokua Kanza's music makes me feel like I am receiving a treat. I feel that he really applies himself and never assumes that we will buy his music just because he is one of us, an African.

Monsieur Kanza is a solid artist with music that haunts you and pulls your heart-strings(I understand why people cry at his concerts). As a Congolese-American, Lokua Kanza's music alleviates my homesickness because he is able to preserve and transmit an essence of Africa and Africans that commercialized crap cannot.

I love the inclusion of traditional African music in Kanza's avant-garde work. And, I never realized how much depth was added to a song when the lyrics/stories are written by someone like Lokua Kanza (especially when he expresses himself in african languages).

I have been transformed by Lokua Kanza's music, because he shows how to stand tall on your African heritage while living in the West and still produce things that can touch all human beings.
Excellent travail Papa Kanza!!!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Super, October 17, 2007

By 

Valery Pouemi "Val Pouems." (Washington DC, USA.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Plus Vivant (Audio CD)

I have listened to this album again and again and it seems convince me that these days, the most popular are increasingly the lest talented. If Lokua is not the best african musician of his generation, he is certainly the best I know.
His sense of melody is truely unique and when coupled brilliant musicianship, one begins to understand why this guy would seduce anyone who dare listen to him. The music speaks for itself, and so eloquenty. The guitar lines are elegant and polished. The medolies are full of finesse and creativity. The rest is the talent of Nat King Cole, Bill Evans, and Frank Sinatra, multiplied by 10.