3968 CR 13 - Massilia Sound System

3968 CR 13 - Massilia Sound System (CD)

The band's cult album !

Massilia Sound System is a cure for aural vitamin C, and "3968 CR13" is no exception. For to be full of beans and have a good mood, this is a concentrate of hits, including the excellent track "Sus n'èr de reggae".

Exciting Occitan and cheerful reggae. In "3968 CR 13", the Massilia renew themselves, mixing genres with gusto.

Label Ròker Promocion, Manivette Records.
Original album published in 2000.

The 3968CR13 album is available on CD digipack and vinyl.

The band:

Massilia Sound System celebrates as many years marked by a desire to confront points of view, bring people together and mix styles. Massilia Sound System sings of Marseille, the party, love, but also its anger and struggles. Singing in French and Occitan, the group uses these two assets as multiple possibilities. The langue d'oc, almost a thousand years old, is practiced not as a regionalist confinement, but as a genuine space of freedom, a creative tool with infinite possibilities, just as reggae music is, so we've come full circle. In these troubled times of division, community withdrawal and fear, Massilia Sound System once again aims, beyond the music and festive spirit it naturally exudes, to have a function, to be like a tool in the service of a cause (or several): that of awareness, not only political, but also of living together, tolerance and openness to the world, like their city, "Massilia", a port that has welcomed all the cultures of the Mediterranean and beyond for over 2600 years.
Marseille, Massilia, a city, a symbol, a struggle, a resistance, a hope, a look, a love. It's all these things at once. The Massilia Sound System is also all of these things combined in one group: 3 MCs to take the microphone, with 3 voices, 3 very distinct sensibilities (each of which can also be found in their parallel projects): Papet J (aka Jali), Gari Grèu and Moussu T (aka Tatou), accompanied by talented musicians: DJ Kayalik on turntables, Blu on electric guitar and Janvié on keyboards. Massilia Sound System is the sound of Marseille! It's sunny and engrossing, loud and smells of aniseed... Si leva mai la cançon, si tout va mal, que tout semble perdu, la chanson se lèvera encore... And Massilia will be there to sing it.

Titles:

1. 3968 CR13 - 2’21
2. Pauvre de nous - 4’36
3. Sus n'èr de reggae - 4’38
4. Jovent - 3’48
5. Y'a des fois - 3’17
6. Bouteille sur bouteille - 4’45
7. Elles ont des pilotis - 5’16
8. Occitanin hokin - 1’29
9. Tout le monde ment - 2’38
10. Tartarasse e vautors - 3’34
11. La fille du selecta - 3’40
12. Vida - 2’21
13. Triste es lo trin - 3’38
14. Tenson du bambou - 2’37
15. Doça amiga - 2’42
16. Quand j'étais minot - 2’18
17. L'éclat de la rose - 3’25
18. Méfi ! - 4’53
19. Lei compahs de fin amor - 5’00

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