LAÏKA (LAÏKA FATIEN)

Born in Paris of an Ivory Coast father and a Moroccan-Spanish mother, Laïka was raised mainly by women (her grandmother, mother, and aunt) in a Moroccan Jewish family. She leans towards her maternal Sephardic culture, open to different styles of music in the Mediterranean. It shouldn't be surprising that Jazz –which finds its universality in the fact of being an adopted language and culture– should have constituted the natural horizon of her curious personality, willing to take a strong stand. Her schooling (Ariam Ile de France, Cim, IACP) would not give a true picture of her singing : a personal expression founded on authentic living of Jazz. It's not for nothing that she has a close rapport with the likes of Antonio Hart, Roy Hargrove, David Linx… that is, a school of musicians intent on a kind of mirror of the self : to be oneself by using a language read more...