Ibeyi
Sign in to saveIbeyi is a French musical duo consisting of twin sisters Lisa-Kaindé Diaz and Naomi Diaz. The duo sings in English, French, Spanish and Yoruba, In Yoruba, Ibeyi (Ìbejì) means "twins".
Key facts
- Musical artist.name
- Ibeyi
- Musical artist.image
- Ibeyi by Maya Dagnino 2.jpg
- Musical artist.caption
- Naomi (left) and Lisa-Kaindé Diaz
- Musical artist.birth_place
- Paris, France
- Musical artist.years_active
- –present
- Musical artist.label
- XL
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Genre
- downtempo
- Country of origin
- Cuba
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- XL Recordings
- Official website
- www.ibeyi.fr
- Image
- Ibeyi by Maya Dagnino 1.jpg
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- influenced by
- Kate Bush
- Commons category
- Ibeyi
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Art+Feminism
- inception
- 2013-00-00
- start of work period
- 2013-00-00
- social media followers
- 189000
Sources (7)
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Early life and career
- Influences
- Discography
- Albums
- EPs
- Singles
- Notes
- References
- External links
Ibeyi is a French musical duo consisting of twin sisters Lisa-Kaindé Diaz and Naomi Diaz. The duo sings in English, French, Spanish and Yoruba, In Yoruba, Ibeyi (Ìbejì) means "twins".
Their music has elements of Yoruba, French and Afro-Cuban, and fuses jazz with beats, samples with traditional instruments., Lisa, the lead singer, plays the piano; Naomi plays the traditional Peruvian/Cuban percussion instruments cajón and Batá drum.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ibeyi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.