Bachot Muna

BACHOT BIOGRAPHY-Best Bachot started singing while still at school. Two years later he decided to make his passion his life, composing at the time his first song entitled "Essukud'am" (My studies) Bachot and some friends created a band called "Man-Walk with whom he began to play organ; having no instrument at his disposal on wich to pratice, Bachot drew the keyboard on paper and excercised the melodies he memorised. In Nigeria Bachot conducted an orchestra of 16 people with whom he took part in the "Sokoto Fishing Festival". Due to political unrest in the country, he was forced to leave and went successively to Benin, Togo, Niger, Burkina and ended up in Abidjan. Bachot decided to add another feather to his cap and learned how to become his own sound-engineer, resulting in the production of his fourth album "Africa Sa" (Dance Africa),Thanks to the track"Loh Yonme", Bachot won the awaeds of "best singer" and best clip" of 1999 in Cameroon. Bachot is a self-taught pianist, singer-songwriter and arranger of a great talent who based in Brussels since early 90, having in his score several Cd's produced like, Ashikogo, Donne ton Dada, "Jazz & Dreams", a solo piano album release in 2012 with wich Bachot performed in the "Montreal Internaional Jazz Festival" wish is the world must prestigeous Jazz Festival, in the concert hall "Theatre Maisonneuve" playing the first part of Maestro "Chucho Valdes" Leaping out of Afica with the spirit of the indigenous wildlife, Bachot is capturing the eart and soul of music fans on every continent. Melding a unique combination of musical influences from many African nations, Bachot has created his on genre with the Afro Pop and Afro Jazz fusion music scene by fusing native rhythms with funk, soul, and jazz. And now, Bachot has just release his new album entitled "BACK TO THE ROOTS". Recorded in Paris, Brussels, Tallinn, futuring world top musicians, mixed and mastered in New York City by Michael Makowsky, a 13 grammy awards winner and a world top sound engineer, remasterd in DADA Studio Brussels by Peter Soldan it' a Must. The integration of Makossa, Ashiko, Brazilian and Jazz rhythms flavor the original compositions, but the lyrics sung in Douala, English, Bassa and Dioula impact people from all nations. The result is a unique journey into human musical evolution and an experience that touches the ancient soul within all of us.