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Petite Noir, whose real name is Yannick Ilunga, is playing
dates in London, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland, Germany and
France over the next month performing tracks from his 2015 album
"La Vie Est Belle /Life is Beautiful".
"I think my intention is positivity, you know, through music and
using music as a weapon or a tool," he told Reuters in an
interview. "As a tool to help people spread positivity around
and help people be the best they can be."
More of a concept than a specific sound, Petite Noir describes
his music - which mixes contemporary electronics with African
shuffles - as "Noirwave".
"I guess the definition that we had for it before was a new wave
with an African aesthetic," he said.
"First it used to be a new wave because it had to do with the
music, like a new wave of music, but now it is like 'a new
wave', which means it's a whole movement ... it's a whole wave,
with an African aesthetic, we are African, made in Africa."
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