In Ivorian slang Coupé-Décalé means to cut and
run, effectively to cheat someone and get away with it. The attitude and style of this electronic music which evolved in Abidjan and Paris in the early 2000's is of bravado, and If it’s not slightly distorted it’s not being played loud enough as I once found out on a six hour bus journey from Bobo Dioulasso to Ouagadougou.
You can't say its subtle, but like the music of the griot which we looked at last time on Cambridge 105 it does comment on society, and it certainly makes people move.
You can't say its subtle, but like the music of the griot which we looked at last time on Cambridge 105 it does comment on society, and it certainly makes people move.
