Ouanani (band)

OUANANI is a world music group formed in 2004 in Montréal by Sadio "Djali Sadio" Sissokho from Dakar, Senegal and Jean "Jean Jean" Girard-Arsenault from Alma, Québec, Canada.

They play as a duo or with musicians from all over the world. They sing in many languages : French, Wolof, Khassonke, Spanish and English. With organic-electronic sounds and a self-deprecating sense of humour, OUANANI fuses Québec with Africa, Caribbean and Latin America.

OUANANI tangles a wide variety of themes such as immigration, racism, love, seduction and surrealism.

Some of their accreditations include the following :
 * Album of the Week (ICI, 2008)
 * Three times #1 on CIBL's Francophone charts in 2008
 * Audience Award at The festival International de la Chanson de Granby in 2004

Studio album
"Vote etnik" produced by Jean Arsenault, Ouanani 2007 in Montreal, Canada

Single
"La Chikunguña" (Ivan Duran mix, Stonetree Records, 2017) – 3:31 – Words & music : Jean Arsenault.

Produced and recorded in 2016-2017 by Jean Arsenault in Barranquilla & Palenque, Colombia and Montreal, Canada.


 * Flavio Andrés : Bass, Guitar
 * Jean Arsenault : Voice
 * Pocho Cien : Drum
 * Jorge "Salpi" Guerrero : Guitar
 * Febe Merab : Voice
 * Leang Manjarres Wong : Gaita
 * Ronnie Maury : Bass
 * Keila Miranda : Voice
 * Sadio Sissokho : Voice, djembe


 * Angel Alvarez : Photos
 * Manuel Angulo - ABC records : Edition
 * Jean Arsenault - Ouanani : Production, recording, edition
 * Ivan Duran - Stonetree Records : Recording, edition, mix, mastering
 * Einar Escaf - Einar Escaf Producciones : Recording, edition
 * Simon L'Espérance : Edition
 * Jean Massicotte - Studio Masterkut : Recording, edition
 * Tutuk Muntu : Graphic design

Video
VIDEO


 * "Nous Matraquer" produced by CUTV and Ouanani, July 2012
 * Directed & edited by : Chico Peres, CUTV 2012
 * Kinetic Typing Animation : Hugo Alves
 * Cameraman : Chico Peres, Nawfal Zamani
 * Dance : Yesenia Pulido, P'andanza

SONG


 * Words : Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, Jean Charest, policier mal élevé, Alexander « Ramon Chicharrón » Betancur, Jean « Jean Jean » Girard-Arsenault, fille furieuse, Amir Khadir, Stéphane Hessel, Dominic Champagne, Charles de Gaulle
 * Music : Samuel « Samito » Matsinhe, Alexander « Ramon Chicharron » Betancur,  Jean « Jean Jean » Girard-Arsenault, Sadio « Djali Sadio » Sissokho
 * Production : Jean "Jean Jean" Arsenault, Ouanani 2012
 * Recording, programmation, mix : Pablo Bonacina, Bonabona Musik 2012
 * Guitar, congas, voice : Alexander « Ramon Chicharron » Betancur
 * Kora, voice : Sadio « Djali Sadio » Sissokho
 * Voice : Jean « Jean Jean » Girard-Arsenault
 * Text correction : Marie-Julie Desrochers