The 22-year old Cape Town-based producer Yannick Illunga, aka Petite Noir is making a name for himself (not just with the music journalists who always bring up the problematic gender agreement of his alias. *yawns* Yes, well spotted. You have some hold on the French language. You are so clever)! In a matter of months, journos all over the world have been bewitched by this guy’s mix of deep vocals, heavy bass and electronic echos…
It has been described as ‘Noir-Wave’, 'Joy Division meets Paul Simon in Graceland’, 'Kwaito-pop’. However you want to define it, it needs hearing for yourself…I haven’t stopped listening to 'Pressure’ since I first heard it. You’ve been warned.
Petite Noir is currently touring Europe, and will be releasing an EP on Bad Life Records in 2013
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