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Book Ntjamrosie \| Buy Atouba \| Presskitt/Photos \| Last.fm \| Myspace \| Youtube Ntjamrosie's mix of World, Pop, Soul and Jazz can be tagged with various labels. To make it easier she baptized it 'Bulu Soul', which sums all of this up in one phrase. With her roots in Southern Cameroon, Ntjamroise grew up with church music and traditional Cameroonian storytelling.As a young girl she moved to Maastricht, with a small detour she ended up in Rotterdam studying at the World Music Academy of the Rotterdam Conservatoire.Majoring in singing she consumed Bosa Novas, Boleros, Jazz Standards and more styles. It's not strange that all these styles are fused into Ntjamrosie's music. On Atouba (named after her late grandmother Bernadette Atouba) all these influences come together wrapped in a blanket of English, French and Bulu (dialect from Cameroon) lyrics. This all is produced by fellow labelmates & Rotterdammers Nelson & Djosa. Ntjamrosie wants to touch people with her music, to do that you don't always have to understand the lyrics to be moved by the music. 'A hit records would be nice, but it's not the main goal in life' ; Ntjamrosie said. For instance the ode to her grandmother 'Bia Yon' is sung in traditional Bulu, but the heart felt passion can burst through any language barrier.The music on 'Atouba' is best represented on stage. With her liveband, Ntjamrosie has graced the stage in various venues and festivals; IJazz Festival, Seven Bridges Festival, Black Soil Film Festival, REMF, North Sea Jazz Around Town, Pure Jazz Festival, as well as 2 closing act performances for Erykah Badu in the Paradiso and an opening act for Bilal in the Melkweg. Press about Atouba: Jazz: "Rhythmically Atouba is exceptionally adventurous and cleverly made, with a lot of eccentric instrumental inserts, breakbeats and other percussion findings" Fret (Pop Magazine): "India.Arie meets Manu Dibango meets Me'Shell Ndegeocello. And that in English, French and Bulu! In addition,Rosie and her squad of skillful musicians deliver the songs full determination on stage; the sultry, percussionistic and at the same time futuristic soulfunk services the listening as well as the dance audience" Oor: "As far as style goes the tracks navigate between Jazz, Funk, Soul and Afrobeat. As a whole this record demands respect on account of the noticeable dedication and inspiration"

With her roots in Southern Cameroon, Ntjamroise grew up with church music and traditional Cameroonian storytelling.As a young girl she moved to Maastricht, with a small detour she ended up in Rotterdam studying at the World Music Academy of the Rotterdam Conservatoire.Majoring in singing she consumed Bosa Novas, Boleros, Jazz Standards and more styles. It's not strange that all these styles are fused into Ntjamrosie's music. On Atouba (named after her late grandmother Bernadette Atouba) all these influences come together wrapped in a blanket of English, French and Bulu (dialect from Cameroon) lyrics. This all is produced by fellow labelmates & Rotterdammers Nelson & Djosa.

Ntjamrosie wants to touch people with her music, to do that you don't always have to understand the lyrics to be moved by the music. 'A hit records would be nice, but it's not the main goal in life' ; Ntjamrosie said. For instance the ode to her grandmother 'Bia Yon' is sung in traditional Bulu, but the heart felt passion can burst through any language barrier.The music on 'Atouba' is best represented on stage. With her liveband, Ntjamrosie has graced the stage in various venues and festivals; IJazz Festival, Seven Bridges Festival, Black Soil Film Festival, REMF, North Sea Jazz Around Town, Pure Jazz Festival, as well as 2 closing act performances for Erykah Badu in the Paradiso and an opening act for Bilal in the Melkweg.

Press about Atouba:

Jazz: "Rhythmically Atouba is exceptionally adventurous and cleverly made, with a lot of eccentric instrumental inserts, breakbeats and other percussion findings"

Fret (Pop Magazine): "India.Arie meets Manu Dibango meets Me'Shell Ndegeocello. And that in English, French and Bulu! In addition,Rosie and her squad of skillful musicians deliver the songs full determination on stage; the sultry, percussionistic and at the same time futuristic soulfunk services the listening as well as the dance audience"

Oor: "As far as style goes the tracks navigate between Jazz, Funk, Soul and Afrobeat. As a whole this record demands respect on account of the noticeable dedication and inspiration"