Ibeyi: "Valé" / "River"
イベイー: 『Valé(ヴァレ)』/『River(リバー)』
Naomi and Lisa-Kaindé Díaz have created a minimalist sound that merges elements of their heritage with their love of modern music. Full bio
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You were born under a star.
あなたは ある星の下に生まれた
Listen to the lullaby
生きることが辛い時には
あなたを抱きしめるから
and enlighten your night.
あなたの夜を照らす
when the day is back.
きっともっと強くなっているはず
(ヨルバ語で)Waye waye lo mio,
もしいつか泣きたい日が来たら
誇りに思っているはず
それから
走って行くの
今も愛されている
私たちの声が抱きしめる
and enlighten your night.
あなたの夜を照らす
(ヨルバ語で)Waye waye lo mio,
Waye waye lo mio,
次の曲では
歌いたいよね?
川に行くよ
歌って!「魂を洗いに」
"come to your river," you say?
何て言うんだっけ?
Ibeyi: No, louder.
(イベイー)もっと声を出して
(Audience) Wash my soul.
(観客)魂を洗いに
川に行くよ
wash my soul again.
魂をもう一度洗いに
wash my soul again.
魂をもう一度洗いに
with the help of your waters.
あなたの川の水で洗礼を
with the help of your waters.
あなたの川の水で洗礼を
wash my soul again.
魂をもう一度洗いに
wash my soul again.
魂をもう一度洗いに
with the help of your waters.
あなたの川の水で洗礼を
川が飲み込んでくれる
with the help of your waters.
あなたの川の水で洗礼を
(Audience) Wash my soul.
(観客)魂を洗いに
wash my soul again.
魂をもう一度洗いに
wash my soul again.
魂をもう一度洗いに
(ヨルバ語で)Wemile Oshun,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ibeyi - Musical duoNaomi and Lisa-Kaindé Díaz have created a minimalist sound that merges elements of their heritage with their love of modern music.
Why you should listen
The twin sisters of the French-Cuban electronic-soul duo Ibeyi, Naomi and Lisa-Kaindé Díaz, were born in Paris but lived in Havana for the first two years of their lives before moving back to Paris. Their father was the famed Cuban percussionist Anga Díaz, a member of the Buena Vista Social Club. The sisters' music is a bewitching conflation of influences and storylines.
While firmly rooted in their Afro-Cuban culture and history, their second album, Ash, features samples of a speech given by former First Lady Michelle Obama and of a song by the Bulgarian choir Les Mystères des Voix Bulgares, the vocal stylings of the Spanish hip-hop artist Mala Rodriguez, a contribution on bass by Meshell Ndegeo-cello and an excerpt from The Diary of Frida Kahlo, among much more. This capacity to absorb the complexity and diversity of the world and transmute it into a vast array of emotions is the musical signature of the twins -- "Ibeyi" means twins in Yoruba, one of the three languages in which they sing (the others being English and French).
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