{"id":42142,"date":"2018-11-16T14:00:47","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T12:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/pierre-kwenders-pays-a-glowing-tribute-to-coupe-decale-pioneer-douk-saga\/"},"modified":"2020-04-27T03:36:56","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T02:36:56","slug":"pierre-kwenders-pays-a-glowing-tribute-to-coupe-decale-pioneer-douk-saga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/pierre-kwenders-pays-a-glowing-tribute-to-coupe-decale-pioneer-douk-saga\/","title":{"rendered":"Pierre Kwenders pays a glowing tribute to coup\u00e9-d\u00e9cal\u00e9 pioneer Douk Saga"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"pam-featured-content\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18212 pam-featured-content\"  src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Pierre-Kwenders.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Pierre-Kwenders.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Pierre-Kwenders-759x569.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Pierre-Kwenders-661x496.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Pierre-Kwenders-465x349.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Pierre-Kwenders-375x281.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/h3>\n<h4>\u201cDouk Saga\u201d, Pierre Kwenders&#8217;s new single, appears on the upcoming Moonshine mixtape\u00a0<i style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.5rem;\">SMS FOR LOCATION, VOL. 2\u00a0<\/i><span style=\"font-size: 1.5rem; font-weight: bold;\">out November 30.<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Co-founders of the Moonshine Collective, a Montreal-based group\u00a0celebrating a wide range of fledgling local talents and\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sharing love for experimentations in\u00a0underground culture,\u00a0<\/span>\u201cDouk Saga,\u201d Kwenders&#8217;s new single, is a vibrant tribute of Doukour\u00e9 St\u00e9phane aka Douk Saga,\u00a0who, ten\u00a0years after his death remains the President of enjoyment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDouk Saga (Enjaillement)\u201d \u2013 a French term for \u2018enjoyment\u2019, especially in the context of parties, commonly used in West Africa \u2013 draws the mix closer to a close with its Afro-tribal, percussive magic and all-around jubilant mood. Pierre sings the famous key words &#8220;travaillement, enjaillement &#8221; that the\u00a0coup\u00e9-d\u00e9cal\u00e9\u00a0opposed to the curfew that the civil war in Ivory Coast has imposed since 2002.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/529904220&amp;color=%236c3028&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SMS For Location Vol. 2 is out November 30. Kwenders who curates the mixtape writes \u201cWith this second volume, I wanted to showcase the many facets of Moonshine. Often, people have a very specific idea about us. They think we play nothing but Afro rhythms, or strictly techno tracks. So I wanted to take listeners on a boundary-busting voyage over the course of which they\u2019d experience the full scope of Moonshine: moments of crazy percussive highs, remarkably soothing melodies and total rhythmic grace.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Read next:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/nkisi-7-directions\/\">Nkisi drew inspiration from African cosmology for her debut album<\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18187\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Douk-Saga-Pierre-Kwenders.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Douk-Saga-Pierre-Kwenders.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Douk-Saga-Pierre-Kwenders-759x759.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Douk-Saga-Pierre-Kwenders-1010x1010.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Douk-Saga-Pierre-Kwenders-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Douk-Saga-Pierre-Kwenders-661x661.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Douk-Saga-Pierre-Kwenders-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Douk-Saga-Pierre-Kwenders-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Douk-Saga-Pierre-Kwenders-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Douk-Saga-Pierre-Kwenders-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Douk-Saga-Pierre-Kwenders-73x73.jpg 73w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cDouk Saga\u201d, Pierre Kwenders&#8217;s new single, appears on the upcoming Moonshine mixtape\u00a0SMS FOR LOCATION, VOL. 2\u00a0out November 30. 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