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& The Nataal Patchwork

SAHAD

Live Band PRESSBOOK

AFRO-JAZZ

BIOGRAPHY

Sahad means harvest in serer. Pronounced

a little differently with a "t" at the end, it

means resurrection in wolof. It is also the

first name of the lead singer of Sahad and

The Nataal Patchwork.

Sahad and the Nataal Patchwork reflects a

harvest of various musical influences, a

wandering, a path of awakening, a bridge

between different cultures. This group is a

cultural crossroads where musicians from

different backgrounds meet. Together,

they are part of the current youth

movement who have a new lease on

African music. Their music is a

combination of Malian blues, Afrobeat,

rock and jazz all coming together to create

a kaleidoscopic sound.

With a very refined style their vibrations

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transport, move, and transcend the body.

The universal language of their melodies

and rhythms speak to our souls. Sahad

sings in several languages, filling the

texts with a certain spirituality and

insistance on our humanity.

A reference to the diversity of colors

found in a patchwork fabric, the name

Sahad and The Nataal Patchwork

invokes the image of a bush taxi

traveling the world while accumulating

cultural wealth from our differences. The

goal of this accumulation is to share a

message of love and tolerance. « Nataal

Patchwork » means in some sense a

reflection of an entire universe ("nataal''

meaning portrait or photography in

Wolof).

AWARD & CONTEST

December 2015 : Prize-winner 2016 of “Le Rêve Africain” (France)

Mars 2016 : MIDEM Finalist (France)

April 2016 : Participation in the official contest of the Journées Musicales de

Carthage – Music Festival Carthage (Tunisia)

« Sahad is a portrait of an entire culture, a

portrait of an entire social system,

education, and serere values. Sahad is the

portrait of a spiritual education; it is the

fruit of a whole influence. »

Whakh’Art Music – 2015, April

LIVE Sahad and the Nataal Patchwork at the French

Institute : A show of every vibration

After the launch of their new production, the musical

group Sahad and the Nataal Patchwork continues to put a

rhythm to Senegal’s scenes. This weekend, an explosive

concert at the French institute in Dakar, will be presented.

In front of a completely full auditorium, Sahad and The

Nataal Patchwork played for three hours nonstop. From

9pm until midnight, these musicians have dug in their

repertoire, demonstrating their potential and their musical

ability. With funk, traditional Senegalese music, blues and

jazz, Sahad and The Nataal Patchwork had the crowd

travel through an unique musical universe.

Le Quotidien – 2015, May

More than 100

concerts,

festivals,

cultural

events

SHOW FORMATIONS

Quartet

(Lead vocal & Rhythmic Guitar

I Guitar solo I Bass Guitar I

Drums)

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Quintet

(Quartet + Percussion)

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Sahad & The Nataal Patchwork

Quintet + Brass

DISCOGRAPHY

Sahad and The Nataal

Patchwork, the EP of the

harvest is in stores !

"All that is good takes time", this

expression, perfectly suited for

Sahad & The Nataal Patchwork,

who after 5 years on the scene,

released his first EP called

"Nataal". [...]

A result of different musical

influences of the band, this mini

album is a mix of Afro-jazz and

blues. A musical diversity

reflected by the band consisting of

eights artists; from Congo,

Morocco, Mali, Senegal, Côte

d'Ivoire and the United States. At

the headline level, the songs,

mostly in Wolof, address themes

including immigration, rural

exodus, peace, and spirituality.

The languid voice of the lead

singer Sahad, followed by an

acoustic and electric guitar,

drums, bass, percussion, trumpet,

trombone, keyboard and

sometimes djembe, give an

explosive cocktail for every song

of this EP. [...]

Diversity, harvest and

resurrection, Sahad and the

Nataal Patchwork have all the

ingredients to continue and given

the public's enthusiasm on stage

during their passage, the talent is

at the rendez-vous. No doubt, the

road to success is all mapped out.

MUSIC IN AFRICA – 2015, August

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INTERVIEW

SAHAD AND THE NATAAL

PATCHWORK : " SHOULD BE A

RETURN TO ORIGINS "

The cosmopolitan music of Sahad, and the

seven musicians of Nataal Patchwork, are

well known in Senegal, where they made

a name for themselves. Against the

background of afrobeat, jazz and reggae,

Sahad texts are sung in several languages

and are aspiring to be universal. Their

breath does not grab West Africa as yet

another copy of the Occident, but in his

own way tries to fulfil the prophecy of

Leopold Sedar Senghor : to become the

Civilization of the Universe.

Sahad and the Nataal Patchwork, it’s

6 different nationalities. You are

polyglots music?

Sahad : In addition to French and a few

English , I speak several local languages:

Serer, Wolof, Mandinka , I know a little

Mooré too. I use them all in our songs.

The mix of cultures and exchange are part

of the identity of our band. Music is the

best way to be open. I could play with

Senegalese musicians, make music that

everyone knows here, but no, they come

from different cultures. Our music is a

journey, a trip around the world.

Sahad and the Nataal Patchwork est donc plus un état

d’esprit qu’un groupe de musique ?

To what musical genre do you belong?

S: From a professional point of view, it’s

jazz, but it's just to put a label on it. Inside

our music, it’s very wide. We are in a

natural mindset, we let the influences

come by themselves, so that they mix and

finally form a path, a path without walls.

Sahad and the Nataal Patchwork is

more of a state of mind that a band?

S: Yes, Sahad and The Nataal

Patchwork, is a philosophy. It starts from

the premise that every human being has

an identity set by the society. We are just

a reflection of cultures, different ways of

thinking and doing music. Nataal it’s the

portrait, Patchwork is everything.

There is often the theme of the exodus

in your texts. What message do you

want to convey?

S: In Africa, after slavery and

colonization, there was the idea that the

development came from outside. That

development was the skyscrapers and all

that the industry produced. Why not take

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Before slavery and colonization, we had our society, our

mind, our knowledge to share. We should go back to

what we have. Here in Senegal, many people ignore

their own culture and think it should look like the

Occident to be inside. While it would just return to the

origins. Our music seeks to engage on this path.

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the development in our way in Africa?

Before slavery and colonization, we had

our society, our mind, our knowledge to

share. We should go back to what we

have. Here in Senegal, many people

ignore their own culture and think it

should look like the Occident to be inside.

While it would just return to the origins.

Our music seeks to engage on this path.

Is music a way to overcome all of

these cultural, identity and

geographical divisions?

S: Léopold Sédar Senghor [poet and first

President of Senegal (1906 - 2001) /

Editor's note] had said that after the

revolution, the Senegalese were about to

enter the Civilization of the Universe.

This means that everyone would bring

something to offer to the world. But in

Senegal, hardly anyone contributed. I

want to propose something. I want to

speak as Ivorian, French, in the name of

cultures I know, which I identify. We

need to find more positive references than

colonization or slavery. We are not in the

judgment of the black man or the white

man: we defend our positive values and

there are plenty!

there are plenty!

Who has been your biggest

inspiration?

S: James Brown, Buena Vista Social

Club, Ben Harper and especially the

Cameroonian Richard Bona, the best

African musician in my opinion. James

Brown is a jack- of-all but Richard Bona

... Like him, I went elsewhere to get

inspired: Ghana, Burkina Faso, Mali. I

did a lot of exchanges, met musicians

everywhere.

Do you have play at festivals abroad?

Europe?

S: We did a lot of festivals in Senegal

and would love to play in Europe now.

But we need the support from people.

There are Senegalese bands that have

gone on tour to Europe and America,

simply because they had the right

contacts. There really is a lobby in the

cultural scene of the country that blocks

the aspirations of many artists.

Actually, what is the daily life of a

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Senegalese artist development?

S: Our group tries to stay out of show

business that ultimately impoverishes the

music because it forces us to make

choices. We do not want to be told how to

sing or make our music. We all live in

Dakar and we never wanted to change our

lifestyle even after our success. We

continue to take fast cars at 100 FCFA.

We do not want to turn into something

else, but to remain ourselves.

If you had to organize a festival, what

artists do you invite?

S: (Sighs) I'm indecisive... Richard Bona

headlining. After Marc Knaufler, Dire

Straits and then Sultan of Swing. An

American rapper also, like Mobb Deep.

But, your question is too frustrating, there

will never be space for everyone.

An album is planned for January

2016. Why has it taken so long? Your

group has existed for years.

S: Until recently, we did not have enough

resources to make an album to match our

ambitions. We must say we want to do a

portrait of the world - album. Some songs

should be recorded in Senegal, with

instruments and by Senegalese artists, then

in another country, to capture other

realities. We will take instruments with

which we have never played and we will

play in another universe. To create this

truly eclectic album, we have to travel the

world.

Any other projects for the future?

S: We want to create a label that will be

called Patchworld. The music scene is

very difficult in Senegal: there are many

young talented artists, but no structures to

supervise and push upwards.

young talented artists, but no structures to

supervise and push upwards. Patchworld

will help young musicians, filmmakers

and artists to record, produce, and

develop their artistic creations. We want

to make young people who are in a

situation like us in the underground scene.

05.18.2015

ANATOLE ET LOUIS

CONTACTS Management

Elodie Dupuis +221 77 478 37 26 / Julie Poncelet +32 49 13 10 449

Community Management

Stéphanie Nikolaïdis +221 77 191 97 22

Press Attaché

Samba Diaité +221 77 559 71 50

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