
Africa: Magic System - Vinci Paris Presents Nuit Africaine 150 Musicians At Stade De France 11/6/11 + to african youtube partners: please do not re-upload these clips for revenue sharing with youtube
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source: nuit africaine (african night) accueil.stadefrance.com/nuit_africaine/magic_system/
magic system official website: magic-system.fr
record label copyright: © capitol emi (major label)
for the first time in the history of mankind, the best of african music relocates from youtube to invests in the parisian 90,000-seat stade de france on june 11, 2011.
the event will mobilize and more than 150 artists, musicians and dancers on stage for a single concert. all rhythms and colors of the african musical creativity will be honored and africa will come together in paris to celebrate african culture.
the musical group magic system is invited from abidjan, ivory coast. the band comprises salif "asalfo" traoré, narcisse "goude" sadoua, Étienne "tino" boué bi, and adama "manadja" fanny, four passionate friends who played music from an early age. they grew up in the same village and decided to form a band. the quartet released their first album "papitou" in 1996.
in 1999, they released their second album "1 gaou" which met phenomenal success with over 300,000 sold in africa alone. the album also went platinum in france and peaked at #4 in the french charts. at the same time, they begin to work with the congolese super-group bisso na bisso.
in 2001, magic system came back with "poisson d'avril" and then worked with the mokobe's super-group 113 to produce "un gaou in oran. in 2005, they ignited the dance floors in paris with their new album "cessa kié la vérité" which includes the hit "bouger bouger". in 2008 magic system released the single "zouglou dance" followed in 2009 the single "même pas fatigué" with cheb khaled, and both had huge success last summer!
magic system's recordings, in the zouglou dance style, have featured in the charts throughout africa (selling over 1.5 million cds), the west indies, and in france, where the band became one of the most popular modern african artists.
their new album was released in the spring of 2011, as was preceded by the single "ambiance à l'africaine".
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