Didier J. MARY (AMF)<p>🎶🎶 <strong>Positive Vodoun – BIM</strong></p><p>🔗 <a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/positive-vodoun-bim/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://amf.didiermary.fr/positive-vodoun-bim/</a></p><p>BIM, Bénin International Musical, is more a musical project than a band. Their new album “Positive Vodoun,” labeled as “Afro Rock Voodoo,” mixes Rock and Rap to their traditional rythmic Vodun roots.<br>Initiated by the Deputy Director at the channels and contents Department in Radio France, also Chairman of the EBU Eurosonic Group (European Broadcasting Union), BIM is a musical and radio project.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnC_bbbg-eo" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnC_bbbg-eo</a></p><p>BIM, as a band of six musicians-vocalists, tells the history and everyday story of Bénin in West Africa, while highlighting the Vodun culture which, beyond preconceived ideas, advocates a positive attitude, turned towards the earth and human beings.</p><p class="">Already strong after an international tour of more than 70 concerts in more than 20 countries (Europe, Africa, United States, Canada), BIM offered a sold-out performance at the Performing Arts Center in New York in 2018. They are then spotted by <a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/tag/angelique-kidjo/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Angélique Kidjo</a> who opens the doors to the legendary Carnegie Hall for them in 2019.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqKfzDfx4Zc" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqKfzDfx4Zc</a></p><p class="">Around the music, BIM, as an entity, has also developed an education and training project offering Beninese artists and cultural actors practical workshops on recording, computer-assisted music, video, photography and the media, with funding from Radio France, TV5 Monde, and other cultural institutions (such as <a href="https://www.institutfrancais.com/fr/magazine/zoom/le-benin-international-musical-a-affiche-du-carnegie-hall" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Institut Français</a>).</p>Photo : Axel Vanlerberghe<p><strong>Vodun or Vodoun?</strong></p> Vodun VoodooVoodoo VaudouVodou <span class=""></span> <p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/category/rap-hip-hop/" target="_blank">#RapHipHop</a> - <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/tag/altrock/" target="_blank">#altRock</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/tag/angelique-kidjo/" target="_blank">#AngéliqueKidjo</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/tag/benin/" target="_blank">#Bénin</a></p>