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Ngofeen: His parents weren’t thrilled about this choice. They wanted
something more stable for him. But Christophe was building a career
as a working musician and composer—things were going well. He even
went on tour with two of France’s pop icons, Sébastien Tellier and the
band Phoenix.
Christophe: J’ai filmé et j’ai enregistré. Des sons, des bruits, des
voix, des images. Puis je les ai mis en musique. J’appelais
ça Ultrascore. J’ai décidé de voyager pour capturer des endroits et des
moments et les transformer en musique.
Ngofeen: No one else was really doing what Christophe was doing—it
was pretty experimental. But the French music label Tricatel believed
in his work and signed him. So he embarked on the creation of his first
albums and multimedia projects.
Ngofeen: It had been almost ten years since his parents died. He
visited Martinique a few times since, but this time it was different. He
was a man on a sonic mission. He took a mini film-crew with him—a
camera operator and a sound engineer.
Christophe: J’utilise les images que je filme comme j’utilise les sons.
Je choisis des images, puis j’en fais un montage. Pour le concert, je
voulais montrer les images sur grand écran, pour jouer avec le lien
entre l’image et le son.
Christophe: Nous avions seulement deux jours sur l’île avant notre
départ. J’étais avec un de mes oncles. Je lui parlais de mon projet,
quand il m’a simplement dit : « Au fait, je connais Pipo Gertrude. C’est
un très bon ami. »
Ngofeen: In 2015, Christophe finally released Big Sun and kicked off
an international tour. It was an immense success! Since its release,
Christophe has performed over 200 shows on four continents.
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