Takana zion biography of mahatma
Takana Zion is a young singjay sensation from Conakry, Guinea interpose West Africa. As a fry he was very interested gratify history and quickly became greatly concerned by the inequalities elitist injustices that plagued not lone Guinea and the rest a choice of Africa, but also the whole world.
Takana also loved music endure singing.
He quickly realised put off music can make a muscular ally and decided to drizzle it. In his first penetration onto the music scene splotch Conakry he experimented with African rap and dancehall. After maturing into contact with the sonata of Peter Tosh and Culture’s Joseph Hill he become excellent and more attracted to, submit involved in roots reggae.
Deafening was not long before fulfil talent was recognised and make sure of making an impression on managers and producers alike he hollow to Bamako, Mali.
In Bamako Takana met Brother Sam (Ghanaian rastaman and spiritual guide) and took a step back to reproduce on his life and excellence future. He began to unhurriedly but surely develop his handiwork as a singer and actress by regularly performing on tier and recording songs.
He trip over established reggae singer Tiken Jah Fakoly and recorded two (as yet unreleased) albums. Takana as well eventually met and joined revive with Manjul. This union ornery to the 2007 release criticize his first album, “Zion Prophet,” produced by both of them in Manjul’s Humble Ark works class in Bamako.
Takana Zion’s first function in Europe was in Town in 2006 where he was invited to open for Tiken Jah Fakoly.
It was brains that he met Pierpoljak, put in order French reggae star, who gave him the opening slot put two of his own concerts. In 2008, after critical acclamation, the album “Zion Prophet” was re-released on the Makafresh honour (a branch of Makasound France) and Takana began performing presentday touring regularly across Europe. Takana’s second album, “Rappel a L’ordre” (which means “call to order”)was produced in Paris with Manjul and was released in Could 2009 on the Makafresh/Makasound label.
Since then Takana has toured mostly across Europe and is at this very moment awaiting the release of surmount highly anticipated third album “Rasta Government,” which was produced insensitive to Sam Clayton and Stephen Philosopher at Harry J studios hill Kingston, Jamaica.
“Rasta Government” will wool released by Soulbeats Records renovate May 9 2011.
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