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Mathey
(Côte d'Ivoire)
Biography
Mathey is a popular singer of the 1990s in one of the
specialty genres of Côte d'Ivoire, afro-zouk. This very danceable mix of Antillean zouk
and elements of Congolese soukous has become known through singers such as Monique Seka,
but has been followed up by Mathey, Antoinette Allany and others.
Mathey used to be in the army of Côte d'Ivoire and used to sing in the Orchestre de la Marine, but her promising musical career forced her to leave the army to concentrate on singing.
The music of Mathey is slightly more up-tempo than the mellow afro-zouk of Monique Seka, and uses more influences of Ivorian folkore. She released a couple of albums which were quite successful. In 2014, after a period of relative silence, she released « Tu m'as dit », an album with 14 existings songs, and 2 new compositions, again produced by afro-zouk hero Ray Lema.
Born:
Style: Afro-zouk
Mathey used to be in the army of Côte d'Ivoire and used to sing in the Orchestre de la Marine, but her promising musical career forced her to leave the army to concentrate on singing.
The music of Mathey is slightly more up-tempo than the mellow afro-zouk of Monique Seka, and uses more influences of Ivorian folkore. She released a couple of albums which were quite successful. In 2014, after a period of relative silence, she released « Tu m'as dit », an album with 14 existings songs, and 2 new compositions, again produced by afro-zouk hero Ray Lema.
Born:
Style: Afro-zouk
Mathey
Discography
| Title | Year | Label | Remarks |
| Tu m'as dit | 2014 | Obouo Music | |
| Lumière | 2006 | Lusafrica 46275-2 | |
| Iyo | 2000 | Lusafrica 36224-2 | |
| Clépo | 1996 | Melodie 08788-2 | Re-released in 2001 on Lusafrica 36202-2 |
| Anzi | 1995 | Local cassette |
Sources
Page added March 2003