{"id":13938,"date":"2019-02-14T22:22:11","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T21:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afro.video\/?p=13938"},"modified":"2020-11-03T17:22:23","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T16:22:23","slug":"j-p-bimeni-the-black-belts-honesty-is-a-luxury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afro.video\/en\/video\/j-p-bimeni-the-black-belts-honesty-is-a-luxury\/","title":{"rendered":"J.P. Bimeni & The Black Belts – Honesty is a Luxury"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n
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Introducing J.P. Bimeni & The Black Belts… a royal refugee turned soul survivor.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m loving his voice…we’d love to have him on BBC Radio 2\u201d
\nCerys Matthews (BBC) | “Very few people have a soul story to compare and from all the trauma has emerged one of the very best soul voices i’ve heard for a very long time” Craig Charles (BBC 6Music) | \u201cLovely voice and arrangement\u2026this has early Stax\/Vault\/Atlantic written all over it.The real soul fans will love it\u201d Keb Darge<\/p>\n

J.P. Bimeni is the Burundian-born, London based singer with a voice laced with pain, yearning and soul.<\/p>\n

A royal refugee turned soul survivor from the country voted the world\u2019s least happy place to live<\/p>\n

On his debut album Free Me, Burundian-born JP Bimeni astonishes with a voice that recalls Otis Redding in his prime whilst resonating with the soul of Africa. A refugee who\u2019s been living in London since the early 2000s, Bimeni sings songs of love and loss, hope and fear, with a conviction that comes from the extraordinary experiences life has thrown at him.<\/p>\n

A descendant of the Burundian royal family, Bimeni fled Burundi aged 15 during the 1993 civil war. Following three attempts on his life, he was given refugee status and fled to the UK where he\u2019s remained ever since.<\/p>\n

With it\u2019s classic 60s-sounding Motown and Stax-inspired grooves the album was written by Eduardo Marti\u0301nez and songwriter Marc Ibarz and Bimeni imbues these tales of love and loss with his tragic experiences making \u2018Free Me\u2019 a deep soul soundtrack to his pained life: \u201cWhen I sing I feel like I\u2019m cleansing myself: music is a way for me to forget\u201d.<\/p>\n

DIGITAL PRE-ORDER:
\nhttps:\/\/jpbimeni.bandcamp.com\/album\/free-me<\/p>\n

Spotify: https:\/\/spoti.fi\/2Q1XWqq
\nSoundcloud: https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/tucxone-records
\nBandcamp: https:\/\/jpbimeni.bandcamp.com\/<\/p>\n

J.P. Bimeni & The Black Belts:
\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mudibu
\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheBlackBeltsSoul<\/p>\n

TucXone Records:
\nhttps:\/\/www.tucxone-records.com
\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tucxone
\nhttps:\/\/x.com\/TucxoneRecords<\/p>\n

More info: http:\/\/eepurl.com\/dmUViT<\/p>\n

J.P. Bimeni “The Roaring Lion of Africa” – Lead Vocals<\/p>\n

The Black Belts are:<\/p>\n

Rodrigo D\u00edaz \u201cEl ni\u00f1o\u201d – Drums
\nPablo Cano \u201cBass man\u201d – Bass
\nFernando Vasco \u201cDos pistolas\u201d – Guitar
\nAlex Larraga \u201cSubtle Man\u201d – Keyboards
\nRicardo Martinez \u201cRichy\u201d – Trumpet
\nRafael D\u00edaz \u201cSalsofon\u201d – Sax<\/p>\n

Special guests:
\nEduardo \u201cDuduman\u201d Mart\u00ednez \u2013 Guitar
\nLucas \u201cDuplash\u201d Dupl\u00e1 \u2013 Keyboards<\/p>\n

Songwriter: Lucas Dupl\u00e1<\/p>\n

Recorded, mixed and mastered at Tucxone Records.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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