Petite Noir Announces New Album La Vie Est Belle / Life Is Beautiful, Shares “Down” Video
This January, Petite Noir, aka Yannick Ilunga, released the EP The King of Anxiety, the Cape Town artist’s debut release on Domino. On September 11, he’ll follow it up with a full-length, La Vie Est Belle / Life Is Beautiful. You can watch a video for “Down” below. It was shot on the streets of Lubumbashi, when Ilunga, who is half-Angolan, half-Congolese, paid a recent visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo. Update 6/23 10:27 AM: Check out the album artwork above.
On July 14, Petite Noir will play a show at Brooklyn’s Lot 45. It’s hosted by Afropunk Festival, where he’ll perform on August 23.
Read our “Rising” feature on Petite Noir.
La Vie Est Belle / Life Is Beautiful:
01 Intro Noirwave
02 Best
03 Freedom
04 Seventeen (Stay)
05 Just Breathe
06 La Vie Est Belle / Life Is Beautiful
07 MDR
08 Colour
09 Down
10 Inside
11 Chess
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