Véronique Hermann Sambin - Basalte (2015) [Hi-Res]

Véronique Hermann Sambin is a singer, songwriter, author and musician born at Pointe-à-Pitre on the island of Guadeloupe in the French Caribbean. Her journey from the idyllic Caribbean island to Paris is as unique as her voice. Véronique decided to set down her suitcases in Paris after stops in Munich and Antwerp, and obtaining a business school diploma. She worked as a sales director for a record company before deciding to focus on her music career on a full-time basis. Véronique Hermann Sambin attaches great importance to the words and melodies of her songs, which she writes and sings in Creole, French and English. Her sophisticated voice is loaded with emotion and takes the listener to an original and under-explored nexus between pop, jazz and Caribbean music. The rhythms and tempos change, and the moods as well. Each song has its own no-frills attitude, but is graced by Véronique s warm poetry. She, who, as the 'lyricist' and composer, wrote almost all the songs, also recorded a poem ('Love After Love') by the Nobel Prize of Literature poet-playwright Derek Walcott, from Saint-Lucia. Although French and English are used in Basalte , Creole is the foremost language - Véronique is true to her mother tongue, gracing the whole album with an 'unheard' originality.

Tracklist:
1 01. Véronique Hermann Sambin - Annou (03:37)
1 02. Véronique Hermann Sambin - Jwe (03:55)
1 03. Véronique Hermann Sambin - Roz Jeriko (04:41)
1 04. Véronique Hermann Sambin - Glas la (04:14)
1 05. Véronique Hermann Sambin - Bel pwomes (03:28)
1 06. Véronique Hermann Sambin - Le pas (03:30)
1 07. Véronique Hermann Sambin - Si pati (04:42)
1 08. Véronique Hermann Sambin - Pase Lanmod (03:25)
1 09. Véronique Hermann Sambin - Love After Love (02:24)
1 10. Véronique Hermann Sambin - Militanto (02:57)
1 11. Véronique Hermann Sambin - Repase (05:06)
1 12. Véronique Hermann Sambin - Basalte (02:20)