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Tijoux developed an interest for hip-hop at the early age of 11 when she was visiting Chile and met Consuelo Vergara, who taught her how to rap. Tijoux would later move from France to Chile after the return of civil power in 1993. While in Chile Tijoux became inspired by the local rap group Makul and soon formed her own hip-hop group Los Gemelos. In 1997 after her participation in Los Gemelos, Tijoux was involved in a group called Los Tetas and would later form the group Makiza.
Makiza began releasing albums in 1997 and by 1999 the group’s album “Aerolineas Makiza” put the group at the top of the Latin American hip-hop market. The group received comparisons to New York hip-hop groups like Native Tongues. The band took breaks throughout the 2000s in order for members to work on other projects and by 2006 Makiza had disbanded.
During Tijoux’s time away from Makiza she returned to France and recorded her first solo song “Santiago Penando Estas”. In 2006 Tijoux released her first single as a solo artist called “Yo no fue” and also began collaborating with the singer/songwriter Julieta Venegas. Tijoux released her debut album “Kaos” in 2007, which contained the single “Despabilate”. The album featured a heavy Latin vibe as well as elements of jazz pop. The album was also successful, achieving Tijoux recognition in the Latino MTV Music Awards.
In 2010 Tijoux released her second solo album “1977”, which is a reference to the year she was born. The album showed Tijoux returning to her hip-hop roots and is considered a tribute album to the golden age of hip-hop. The lyrics in the album are highly autobiographical and the music exhibits a raw, sincere sound. The album was well received critically and received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album. The album also contained the single “1977”, which has constantly been used in the media by programs like “Breaking Bad”. The single also gained praise by Thom Yorke from Radiohead, who called it one of his favorite songs of the year.
Tijoux’s success as a solo artist continued to flourish in 2011 when she released her album “La Bala”, which received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Urban Music Album. In 2014 Tijoux released her fourth studio album “Vengo”. The album followed in Tijoux’s traditional hip-hop sound. Instead of using samples in her music like most hip-hop artists do, she solely used live instrumentation in the studio to give her music a more organic sound. The instrumentation on the album heavily featured traditional South American instruments, which added a jazz and folk style to the album. The album contained the hit single “Vengo” and did well commercially, reaching the No. 15 position on the Billboard’s US Top Latin Albums chart.
Tijoux has collaborated with many notable musicians over her career. Some of the artists she has worked with include Control Machete, Bajofondo Tango Club, and Will Holland. She has also embarked on several headlining tours that have taken her all over the world and has participated in many prestigious festivals such as South by Southwest.
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The French born-Chilean musician, Ana Tijoux, has steadily been making a name for herself with her brilliant take on the hip-hop genre. She adeptly takes the sounds of roots hip-hop and nicely blends it together with the sounds of traditional Spanish music. Her presentation of her music conveys a fresh sense of originality and energy.
During Ana Tijoux’s live performances she is backed by a highly competent band that brings the strong rhythmic style of hip-hop to her music. The backing band has an organic sound to their presentation, which usually involves playing with acoustic instruments. The guitarist plays in a rhythmic pattern by strumming the guitar in brief staccato strums. The guitarist also plays on a classical guitar and incorporates elements of flamenco guitar playing into the music. Although the drummer of the band often plays on a full drum kit during performances providing the rhythmic force, he can also be seen playing the cajon, which is a percussive instrument that is commonly used in flamenco music. The bass player brings deep, rich tones to the music with his steady and precise rhythmic playing. The piano player often plays bright, colorful jazz chords on his keyboards that are presented with a warm, mellow timbre.
Although the backing band does an excellent job laying down the foundation of the music, Ana Tijoux’s strong presentation is at the forefront of the music. Her delivery is at times fierce and aggressive, but at other times it can be incredibly smooth and beautiful. Whatever style Ana chooses to present her voice she is sure to deliver it with great rhythmic chops and the sincerity that makes people get hooked on hip-hop.
wjmcc
If one looks hard enough pretty much every genre in music, especially apparent in pop music, has a misogyny problem, however veiled it might be. For some reason that I don’t have the sociocultural nous to really examine, Hip-Hop has one of the most documented problems with women all of current popular culture. Whether or not the vast array of dazzling female MC’s are a true counter-argument to the equally vast array of chauvinism accusations, they must stand for something very special within the genre just in their very presence. Ana Tijoux was one of Latin America’s most prominent female MC’s as the front woman of the Chilean Hip-Hop group Makiza. Since the dissolution of that band, she’s taken her unbelievable flow, excellent way with a melody and her outspoken nature into her solo career, combining all three of them with a more understated backing of acoustic guitar and keys. Her live show is an absolute master class in live hip hop for that reason, all the instrumentation is live, she has no hype woman to trade off her own verses too, the focus is pretty much entirely on her and she rocks it just as well if not better than anyone else around, male or female. Tijoux is far more than a great “female MC” she’s one of the great modern MC’s around, and if you can catch her live show any time soon, I implore you to check it out, it’s one you will never forget.
william-howard-2
French born singer songwriter Ana Tijoux boasts an impressively diverse range of music. Spending her time between France and Chile has allowed her to incorporate a mix of mainstream hip hop and the more exotic Latin pop into her back catalogue. Tijoux’s style is certainly unique, individual and welcomingly fresh. Consequently, there is something very exciting about this artist. On stage, particularly, she is a delight to watch. Her backing band add the hip hop element to her music whilst Bijoux half sings half raps away in Spanish, unusual for a French singer. Tijoux is at times fierce in her performance, with a no mess attitude, and at times beautiful. Her backing musicians are a wonderfully talented bunch and the group work together on stage extraordinarily well. Tijoux, although she has not exactly achieved mainstream success on an international basis, nonetheless has a strong following and the atmosphere of the crowd was unbelievable. The crowd loved her and were never short of claps, whoops and cheers throughout the show. Bijoux played all her best known songs, ending with a high with ‘Vengo’.
sabraziz
ANA TIJOUX was on fire! great environment, friendly people, and a good bar can't go wrong! webster hall is so fun! can't wait to see her again. even if you had to wait in line to use the bathroom it was still good. also it webster hall wasn't has crowed as i expected.
evelyn-vanessa-vasqu
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