Bibi Tanga, vocals
Sunil Kumar, percussion, vocals
John Anthony, guitar
Rahul, bass, flute
In association with Alliance Francaise de Pune
Bibi Tanga jumps around all music – funk, soul, hip-hop, Afrofunk. Bibi, born in the Central African Republic but raised in the Parisian suburbs, moulds these influences to create something both invigorating and bearing his own signature. When Curtis Mayfield, James Brown, Sly Stone and also Fela, the TPOK Jazz of Franco in Kinshasa, the National Guinean Bembeya Jazz remain his references. All bodied in 2000 into his first album “Le vent qui souffle” marked by his encounter with The Malka Family and Hipi Music label.
Bibi Tanga flew to India and formed the band Thakita (three syllables of Indian rhythm denoting the three members of the band).Their songs give a blend of Central African Sangho and Indian Malayalam folk music.
