DIAS
World music, Niger
DIAS
World music, Niger
Singer, musician, composer,
A singer of Gourmantché origin (a Sahelian people settled in Burkina,
Togo, Benin and Niger), Dias has recorded six albums of traditional music and reggae, where his voice, his mastery of the calabash and his committed lyrics have made him one of the most popular artists on the musical landscape of Niger, where the Gourmantché are in the minority.
It’s his unique style that has propelled him onto the stage to perform next to Manjul, Tiken Jah Fakoly and Alpha Blondy.
He is recognized as a prominent African musician and his politically and socially engaged lyrics make him a role model for the general public.
DIAS Painter
After several years in France, he realised his dream and opened an art gallery and artistic residency in Niamey in 2018. The Taweydo gallery became a place of expression for artists from this popular district of Niamey, where big names from the capital and Niger came to express themselves.
The challenge was a success, and Dias now programmes daytime readings for children and adults, as well as sculptures and painting exhibitions, as well as concerts with dancers artistic performances.
DIAS Discography
- Toubi, 1989, reggae recorded in Ouagadougou and produced at the CFPM studio in Niamey
- La loi de la jungle, 1993-1994, reggae recorded in Ouagadougou and produced at the CFPM studio in Niamey
- Sheitan, 2000, reggae recorded in Paris at the David Berland studio
- Salima, 2002, traditional music, recorded in Niamey at the CFPM studio
- Dias, la musique de la terre, 2004, (documentary film)
- Kalabada, 2005-2006, reggae recorded in Bamako at the Humble Ark, and released in Niamey in 2007
- Kalinga, Paris, Studio de la Reine
- DinDin 2015 – ed Lelia Productions
- Dias Dias 2016 – ed Lelia Productions
- La musique de la terre 2017 – ed Lelia Productions
