Blick Bassy
Singer, songwriter, guitarist and percussionist — world music, ethno-jazz; also writer
Biographie
Blick Bassy (born 1974 in Cameroon) is a Cameroonian singer, songwriter, guitarist and percussionist of the Bassa origin. When he was ten years old, he was sent to his grandparents in Mintaba, where he discovered the music and traditions of the Bassa, including the Assiko. At 17, he founded The Jazz Crew, and in 1996 Macase, which published "Etam" (1999) and "Doulou" (2003). He was established in France in 2005, and led a solo career sung in bassa, from "Leman" (2009) to "Mádibá" (2023), an album dedicated to the theme of water. He is also a writer, author of the novel "Le Moabi Cinéma" (2016). In February 2023, he was appointed co-director, with Karine Ramondy, of the Cameroon Memorial Commission.
Distinctions and benchmarks
With Macase: RFI World Music Prize and Best Group at MASA in 2001; Best New African Group at the Kora Awards and CICIBA Prize in 2003 · 2016: Grand Prix Literary d'Afrique Noire for the novel "Le Moabi Cinéma" · 2019: Grand Prix SACEM des Musiques du Monde · 2020: Songlines Music Awards, Best Album, Category Africa, for " 1958" · Highlights: the title "Kiki", from "Akö" (2015), was used in an Apple campaign for iPhone 6 · February 2023: co-directed, with historian Karine Ramondy, of the Commission Mémoire sur le Cameroun
Discographie
With Macase: "Etam" (1999), "Doulou" (2003) · Solo: "Leman" (2009) · "Hango Calling" (2011) · "Akö" (2015) · " 1958" (2019), tribute to Ruben Um Nyobè · "Mádibá" (2023)
On the Poster — Festivals
- 2026 — REMA — African Musical Meetings, Ouagadougou: Leads the Boot Camp "music in the image" of the REMA (16-19 October 2026, Cité de la Musique, Ouagadougou) — See the festival entry