{"id":23940,"date":"2015-08-29T12:00:42","date_gmt":"2015-08-29T10:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/?p=23940"},"modified":"2015-08-29T02:41:18","modified_gmt":"2015-08-29T00:41:18","slug":"itw-petite-noir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/itw-petite-noir\/","title":{"rendered":"ITW – Petite Noir"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u00a0was fidgeting with excitement when I was told Sophie had\u00a0been given the green light to interview the massive talent that is\u00a022 year old half-Congolese, half-Angolan solo artist Yannick Ilunga<\/em>, aka Petite Noir<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

One we’ve kept our ears on since the first EP he released last year “Till We Ghosts” and now signed to Domino Records, we can’t even start to think how good of a trajectory his career as been taking in the past few months.<\/p>\n

Like all his music, it is a unique concoction of influences, seamlessly fusing intricate contemporary electronics with his stirring, soulful vocal and African shuffles that echo his homeland.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As I previously mentioned in an introducing post early on<\/a>, I was gobsmacked and only had praise for this young artist and the movement he created and dubbed ‘Noir Wave”. As he progresses, earning critical acclaim for every track he releases, we can only recommend you read Sophie little ITW below with the main man, and start hitting play on those orange buttons. He just recently released “MDR” from his upcoming album and we are already dancing frantically as we’re posting this piece…<\/p>\n[infobox maintitle=”La Vie Est Belle \/ Life Is Beautiful” subtitle=”Debut album out via Domino on Sept 11th.” bg=”black” color=”white” opacity=”off” space=”70″ link=”https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/fr\/album\/la-vie-est-belle-life-is-beautiful\/”]\n

Interview by\u00a0Sophie<\/a>.\u00a0Additional words by Sodwee<\/a>.<\/span><\/h6>\n[separator type=”thick”]\n