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Les Nubians Is The Name Of An "Afropean" R&B Grammy-Nominated Duo Composed Of Sisters Hélène Born 1975 And Célia Faussart Born 1979 From Bordeaux France. Although Born In France The Sisters Moved With Their Parents To Chad In 1985. Seven Years Later They Returned To Their Home Country. Despite Receiving A Lukewarm Reception In France They Have Become One Of The Most Successful French-Language Musical Groups In The U.S. Apart From Their Two Albums They Have Also Made Appearances On Songs By The Black Eyed Peas Talib Kweli And Yerba Buena. Website Http //www.Lesnubians.Org/
September Third Album "Nü Revolution" Is Released! An Unconventional Female Duo That Came Out Of Bordeaux France In The 1990s Les Nubians Offered A Jazzy Sophisticated Style Of R&B That Combined French Lyrics With The Influence Of Sade Soul II Soul Hip-Hop And African Pop. The Duo Consists Of Sisters Helene And Celia Faussart Who Were Born In France To A French Father And A Cameroonian Mother. After Living In France As Children The Siblings Moved With Their Parents To The African Country Of Chad In 1985 When Helene Born 1975 Was Ten And Celia Born 1979 Was Six. The Sisters Lived In Chad For Seven Years Before Returning To France As Teenagers. Helene And Celia Had Been Singing Most Of Their Lives And When They First Formed Les Nubians They Were An A Cappella Group That Specialized In Covers Of R&B Reggae And African Songs. Eventually They Started Working With Bands And Performing Original Material. Helene And Celia Absorbed A Variety Of Music Along The Way And They Have Expressed Admiration For Artists Ranging From Ella Fitzgerald And Abbey Lincoln To The Fugees And African Icons Miriam Makeba And Fela Kuti. Their Promising Debut Album Princesses Nubiennes Was Released By Virgin Worldwide In France Switzerland And Belgium In June 1998 Before Coming Out On Omtown/Higher Octave In The U.S. In September Of That Year. It Became America's Most Successful French-Language Album In More Than A Decade And Les Nubians Also Graced Recordings By Talib Kweli And Black Eyed Peas As Well As A Red Hot Tribute To Fela Kuti Red Hot & Riot. Sessions For Their Second Album Brought The Pair To Jamaica Cameroon London And Paris Including A Host Of Intriguing Collaborators Top Underground Rapper Talib Kweli Fellow Cameroonian Manu Dibango Pianist Ray Lema And Broken-Beat Maestro IG Culture. The Results Appeared As One Step Forward Released In March 2003 By Higher Octave. In 2004 They Recorded The Track "Going All The Way" Featuring Reggae Star Beres Hammond For UNITY The Official Athens 2004 Olympic Games Album. In 2005 Les Nubians Issued Nubians Present Echoes Chapter One A Collection Of Spoken Word Pieces By Poets And Hip-Hop Artists From The U.S. France And Africa. The Duo Also Covered "With Or Without You " For Inclusion On The Compilation In The Name Of Love Africa Celebrates U2 In 2008. Les Nubians Finally Re-Entered The Recording Studio In 2010 Emerging With The EP Nü Revolution Nubiatic In The Latter Part Of The Year And The Full-Length Nü Revolution In The Spring Of 2011. ~ Alex Henderson And Thom Jurek Rovi read less