Chouk Bwa Lib?te is a Haitian mizik rasin (root music) band deeply embedded in rural voodoo and its three ingredients, drums, songs and dance. This economy of means proves all the more powerful to express the intensity of their mystical, committed discourse. This debut album was made in April 2014 in the village Petite Rivi?re Bayonnais, close to the lakou of Souvenance where the drum-maker Charles Sim? lives. Recorded under the cover of an ajoupa open to the winds, these 15 tracks bear the marks of daily village life and carry the flame of a cosmopolitan African inheritance. The CD booklet features photos by Jacques-Yves Le Docte and excerpts from Yanick Lahens? novel Bain de Lune, as a subtle and brotherly reflection to Jean-Claude ?Sambaton? Dorvil?s mighty lyrics (fully featured in the liner notes).
Tracks:
1. Ap?l lanbi 0:40
2. Idantifikasyon 1:21
3. Moun yo plae 5:23
4. Pran ka M nago 4:14
5. Veronese chante 0:57
6. Jimo marasa 6:19
7. Kouzen zaka 4:00
8. Makout lenba 5:14
9. Azouke 4:03
10. Olicha legba 6:57
11. Je M la 7:53
12. Kw? nan bondye 3:48
14. Pawol jatibwa 3:36
15. N?g ayisyen 2:53
