KK reaches across the pond posted by Mr. French on Sunday, June 8
I'm racking my brain trying to write some lyrics for the Family Ties Connection of Birmingham, United Kingdom. They sent us 5 tracks of their music. So KK is gonna add some music and lyrics to the tracks. It's gonna be awesome!
http://www.myspace.com/familytiesconnection
Seasons are changing the summer is coming our way... posted by Mr. French on Wednesday, May 7
The summer is almost here! Get excited! We've been working on some new songs. We've implemented one more time signature to the 3 we usually use. We also wanna jam out alittle more, speed things up, and make our songs longer. The Ship Shape video is still in the works. There are just a couple more things to get done before we shoot. Thanks for all the help andrew. We have a new member that will be joining us shortly. I dont think were gonna get to where we wanna go without Kim and Shiv. So expect to see them singing with us more. Check out Zenglen... In the past lyrically, I've focused on negative things. Experiences that piss me off. But now i got that PMA! I'm learning to let things go. I'm charged about Le tour de Kreyol.<br>
KK in Skope Magazine posted by Mr. French on Friday, March 14
More Content posted by Mr. French on Thursday, March 6
Even more pics uploaded from a recording session with MAtt. Jauhien came with us and took some photos. The new song is called Mansion Party. Oliver Chapoy will be mixing. Mansion Party should very fresh!
More content posted by Mr. French on Wednesday, February 27
I uploaded some new pics and 2 new live videos from Johnny Brendas.
It's Black History Month posted by Mr. French on Thursday, February 7
It's that time of year when we dialogue about Black History. Here's a story that's not told to often....you can't find this story in most history books
The Haitian Revolution (1791–1804) was the most successful of the many African slave rebellions in the Western Hemisphere. It established Haiti as a free, black republic, the first of its kind. At the time of the revolution, Haiti was a colony of France known as Saint-Domingue. By means of this revolution, Africans and people of African ancestry freed themselves from French colonization and from slavery. Although hundreds of rebellions occurred during the slave era, only the 1791 revolt on Saint-Domingue succeeded in permanently liberating an entire island.[1]
The slaves were not expected to participate in the rebellion. But suddenly on August 22, 1791, a great slave uprising plunged the country into civil war. Thousands of slaves in the fertile Plaine du Nord region rose up to take vengeance on their masters and to fight for their liberty. Within the next ten days slaves had taken control of the entire northern province in an unprecedented slave revolt that left the whites controlling only a few isolated fortified camps. Within the next two months as the violence escalated, the rebelling slaves killed 2,000 whites and burned or destroyed 280 sugar plantations.[1] Within a year the island was in revolutionary chaos. Slaves burnt the plantations where they had been forced to work, and killed masters, overseers and other whites.[9]
Haiti was the first black republic in modern history. It went directly from being a French colony to self-governance through a process that has had lasting effect on the nation. The system established by slaveholders demonstrated the effectiveness of violence and force in controlling the majority. This system survived the revolution and continued under the nascent black republic.
The Haitian Revolution was influential in slave rebellions in America and British colonies. The loss of a major source of western revenue shook Napoleon's faith in the promise of the western world, encouraging him to unload other French assets in the region including the territory known as Louisiana. Many of the freed slaves of Saint-Domingue settled in New Orleans, profoundly influencing the history of that city. Britain became the first major power to permanently abolish the slave trade in 1807. Although many slaves in the United States attempted to mimic Toussaint L'Ouverture's actions in the Haitian Revolution and failed in the end, the Haitian Revolution stood as a model for emancipation.
New pics and sounds posted by Mr. French on Tuesday, January 29
I posted some new pics of us playing at Ruba. Jauhien came to shoot with some real film. I'm also putting up some new songs from "The Essence"
The Essence out Now!!! posted by Mr.French on Tuesday, January 15
Get The Essence at Circle Thrift for next to nothing.
www.circlethrift.net
Notes and Lyrics added posted by Mr. French on Friday, November 23
The album should be pressed by the end of next week. I put up lyrics and notes for each song. Get familiar
The Last Day posted by Mr. French on Saturday, October 13
The album is remixed and sounding great! Now we just got to get it mastered. The artwork is done and looking very FRESH!
