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For people who does not find good sounds anymore and who were looking for a happy and dancing hip hop, La Vieille Ecole falls sheer. It innovates and creates his own touch by a fresh and cool world music, far away from traditionnal and actual clichés. Coming from the East coast of France, La Vieille Ecole is known in the music landscape by means of 3 EP’s that are really representative of each identity of the band ; it’s a melting-pot.
These 3 albums, original by an authentic and unique style, speak about serious subjects too badly rare in french hip hop. They shake your mind by speaking about WWII and the jewish genocide (« La Vie est Belle ») or tells you about their every day life (« Crème Chantier »).
True and direct lyrics describing and sharing their world. The whole is put into an attractive mixture where each member adds his touch, introduced by a mix, percussions, decorated with rai and latino tones
La Vieille Ecole is in fact 5 independent and additional identities giving an open-minded hip hop. Always keeping its attachment to the old school spirit, the crew joins the class of Grand Master Flash or Rakim and its sunny energy comes from the cubans of Orishas. Thanks to several musical influences (reggae, ragga, raï, salsa…), the members grew up and played with numerous and big french artists such as Massilia Sound System or Zebda, to whom we can compare them to.
LINE-UP :
Giovanni aka DJ Vagio (music) : always on time, false peaceful, shy pupil, needed in class-room
Ali aka le Raïppeur (back vocals) : always late but with a smile, never happy, efficient, serious pupil
Philippe aka Boumbaka (back vocals/djembe, timbales) : comes before everybody with his good humor, wants to do everything and do it well, doesn’t like bad notes, hyperactive, drinks too much Pepsi
Serge aka Jesers (lyrics/lead vocals) : comes late too, head in the clouds, well agitated but motivated, serious and fastidious pupil, obviously chattering
Belmiro aka Mimi (congas) : finally on time, hard at work, sometimes invisible and should not focus on his experience
BIOGRAPHY
1992 : birth of Napo’n’Co - 1993/94 : gigs with MC Solaar, Little MC, Sages Po, Saï Saï, Alliance Ethnik, Burning Spear, Raggasonic, Daddy Yod, Démocrate D, Dirty District, Sens Unik, DMC 93 Paris…Belfort, Longwy, Paris, Luxembourg, Switzerland (Basel, Bern, Lausanne, Delémont). End of 1994, Napo’n’Co split and becomes La Vieille Ecole - 1995 to 2002 : Printemps de Bourges 99 ; MCM Sessions and TV report for the MCMag ; mix-tape Cut Killer and mix-tape DJ Scribe ; featuring on the LP « In Difference » from Boost ; gigs with Arsenik, Driver, Shabbaz New-York, Dee Nasty, Saian Supa Crew, Massilia Sound System, Sergent Garcia, Mangu, Armens, 2Bal2Neg, Hard Rock Café Paris, festival Energ’Hip Hop in Nantes, in Autun, Audincourt, Besançon, Belfort, Chaumont, Dôle, Nancy, Périgueux…- 2003/2004 : Strasbourg with Diam’s, Colmar with TTC, festival des Artefacts in Strasbourg with Zebda and Massilia Sound System, Eurockéennes de Belfort, Larnod with Killa Carltoon, festival L’Herbe En Zik with Les Tambours du Bronx ; several Tvreports for national channels such as France2 and France3 or ARTE.
SUPPORT :
Kwal, TTC, Grand Buffet, Sergent Garcia, Saian Supa Crew, MC Solaar, Dee Nasty, Massilia Sound System, Diam’s, Killa Carltoon, Zebda, K2R Riddim, Zen Zila, Mangu, Burning Spear, Alliance Ethnik, Driver, Arsenik…
