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Press Quotes About Jan Sebon! and MUNDO VIBE
“…keeps Haiti’s political, poetic, and musical heart beating…”
“…created sounds that have evolved into a rich mix of interlocking drumbeats, multiple percussive colorings, and close vocal harmonies delivered in liquid-sounding Creole.”
“They favor the soul-searing rara music, combining African and vaudun elements, in a way that brings darkly hollow, mystical sounds that seem to well up from somewhere underground, sounds that, like the land that engendered them, first enchant and then ultimately disturb.”
-Miami New Times
“Also called vodou jazz, their music is a combination of Haitian soul and world beat sophistication: driven by high-powered drumming, sweetened with close vocal harmonies and infectious melodies, livened by traditional dances.”
-Massive!Magazine
“Following in the tradition of Katherine Dunham, Sebon!’s Mundo Vibe fuses the deep traditions of Haitian and African culture with elements of American jazz, poetry and world music. The result is a living, evolving cultural expression that is very much 21st Century.”
-Steve Malagodi, WLRN
“…extricates traditional music and dancing from religious practice, to perform and teach it as secular folklore – as a way of building young people’s self-esteem while maintaining their connection to the past.”
-Miami Herald
“Leur mérite est d’avoir su marier les techniques instrumentals de l’Occident au rythme des tambours et “férailles” de chez nous dans une harmonie indescriptible et un décor singulier qui fait rêver…tous nos compliments a digne fondateur du groupe…Jean Sebon, poète-chanteur.”
-Haiti-Observateur
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