Les Nubians | |||
Sisters Helene and Celia Faussar are Les Nubians.They offer a jazzy, sophisticated style of R&B that combine french lyrics with the influence of Sade, Soul II Soul, hip hop and African pop. They 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. The sisters lived in Chad for seven years before returning to France as teenagers. Eventually, they started working with bands and performing original material. Their promising debut album, "Princesses Nubiennes", was released in France in 1998, they have recorder songs as guest artists in many albums, including the last Guru's Jazzmatazz album. Now in 2003 finally, their second album is on the street and it's called "One Step Forward". |