OUANANI is a world music group formed in 2004 in Montréal by Sadio "Djali Sadio" Sissokho from Dakar, Senegal and Jean "Jean Jean" Girard-Arsenault from Alma, Québec, Canada.
They play as a duo or with musicians from all over the world. They sing in many languages :
French,
Wolof,
Khassonke,
Spanish and
English. With organic-electronic sounds and a self-deprecating
sense of humour, OUANANI fuses Québec with Africa,
Caribbean and Latin America.[1]
Some of their accreditations include the following :
Album of the Week (ICI, 2008)
Three times #1 on CIBL's Francophone charts in 2008
Audience Award at The festival International de la Chanson de Granby in 2004
Discography
Studio album
"
Vote etnik" produced by Jean Arsenault, Ouanani 2007 in Montreal, Canada
Single
"
La Chikunguña" (Ivan Duran mix, Stonetree Records, 2017) – 3:31 – Words & music : Jean Arsenault.
Produced and recorded in 2016-2017 by Jean Arsenault in Barranquilla & Palenque, Colombia and Montreal, Canada.
Flavio Andrés : Bass, Guitar
Jean Arsenault : Voice
Pocho Cien : Drum
Jorge "Salpi" Guerrero : Guitar
Febe Merab : Voice
Leang Manjarres Wong : Gaita
Ronnie Maury : Bass
Keila Miranda : Voice
Sadio Sissokho : Voice, djembe
Angel Alvarez : Photos
Manuel Angulo - ABC records : Edition
Jean Arsenault - Ouanani : Production, recording, edition
Ivan Duran - Stonetree Records : Recording, edition, mix, mastering
Einar Escaf - Einar Escaf Producciones : Recording, edition
Simon L'Espérance : Edition
Jean Massicotte - Studio Masterkut : Recording, edition
Tutuk Muntu : Graphic design
Video
VIDEO
"
Nous Matraquer" produced by CUTV and Ouanani, July 2012
Directed & edited by : Chico Peres, CUTV 2012
Kinetic Typing Animation : Hugo Alves
Cameraman : Chico Peres, Nawfal Zamani
Dance : Yesenia Pulido, P'andanza
SONG
Words : Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, Jean Charest, policier mal élevé, Alexander « Ramon Chicharrón » Betancur, Jean « Jean Jean » Girard-Arsenault, fille furieuse, Amir Khadir, Stéphane Hessel, Dominic Champagne, Charles de Gaulle
Music : Samuel « Samito » Matsinhe, Alexander « Ramon Chicharron » Betancur, Jean « Jean Jean » Girard-Arsenault, Sadio « Djali Sadio » Sissokho
Production : Jean "Jean Jean" Arsenault, Ouanani 2012
Recording, programmation, mix : Pablo Bonacina, Bonabona Musik 2012
Guitar, congas, voice : Alexander « Ramon Chicharron » Betancur