Charlot Lucien – Ti Cyprien Doktè Ya Bezwen
By Mario Malivert
For the Boston Haitian Reporter
You are invited to take a trip, far from your daily life in the States. You will go to Haiti, Port-au-prince, more precisely, during the tumultuous times of the 70’s and 80’s. That’s where, with his latest CD, Charlot Lucien invites us, one more time –he did it before with Ti Oma - . There, you will get acquainted with Ti Cyprien, Sonson, Maitre Barzol and Coriolan, Capois La Mort, and others.
With this second CD Lucien reaffirms that he is taking this genre very seriously. As the addition of supporting sound effects can testify, he is also thinking about revamping it. You can sense in him an attempt, although hesitant, to brake away. He needs to leave Sixto’s trails and antics and forge new ways, new paths. From time to time in his two CDs, we can feel him, unaltered, naked, risking everything, and without the crutches of his illustrious predecessors. Lucien needs to claim his identity, all the time, in each sigh, in each word uttered, in each inflection of the voice. Already, with two CDs, stories upon stories, he is certainly in his way to recreate our world and capture our imagination. And maybe next month or next year, we will hear Sonson’s rasping voice rehashing “No money no love, drug” resonate in casual conversations and carnival tirades. Then, somewhere in Boston, Charlot Lucien will nod and whisper “Nap byen mennen”.
Ti Cyprien, Doktè Ya Bezwen
Dezyèm CD Lodyans Charlot Lucien Pote Pou Nou
Janvye 2004
Mezanmi pwoche, rale chèz ba nou, kanpe tout aktivite, louvri zòrèy nou: Tou cho la men dezyèm cd Charlot Lucien an. “Ti Cyprien, Doktè Ya Bezwen” kase kòd soti, li tou limen nan vwayaj oraliti Charlot Lucien antame depi 2001. Nou sonje Ti Oma, kounye ya se Ti Cyprien, envite lakay ou Mèt Barzol ak Coriolan pou yo kase lodyans nan yon gwo aprèmidi anba lonbraj pye zanmann.
Lodyans prensipal cd ya se “Ti Cyprien, Doktè Ya Bezwen”. Istwa sa pale de ti Cyprien ki soti nan youn lakou dèyè do Christ-Roi pou li tonbe nan lekòl medsin. Lucien foure nou nan egzistans moun kap lite nan rakwen bliye Pòtoprens kote la mizè simaye. Ti Cyprien ki te youn nèg ki fò lekòl, apre ke li fini klas segondè, deside pou l antre nan lekòl medsin pou l tounen yon doktè. Li tap vini premye doktè, premye entelektyèl non sèlman nan fanmi li, men tou nan tout zòn la. Nan lane 60, 70 yo, pou antre nan fakilte medsin, menm si ou entelijan, ou dwe jwenn youn parenn ki pou lage ou andan. Se konsa, papa Ti Cyprien te rive jwenn yon potanta ki pèmèt li reyalize rèv sa.
Tankou youn zwazo kap ranje kabann li youn ti bwa apre youn lòt, Charlot Lucien ap bati zèv li nan oraliti Kreyòl la, youn lodyans apre youn lòt. Deja, li montre, sitou lè l soti kò l anba lombraj defen Sixto, ke li menm tou li ka pase chimè nou, fè nou bliye reyalite rèd nap viv la, lage youn souri nan kwen bouch nou, fè nou menm ri de pwòp tèt nou. Nou pa konnen si lòt mwa nan Kanaval na tande Sonson kap chante ak vwa wouye l la:“Nap byen Mennen”. Nou pa konnen tou si rara nan Leogane pap pwofite voye toya sou Ti Cyprien. Men sa nou konnen, avèk dezyèm cd sa, Lucien konfime ke zèv lodyans lan pat mouri ak Sixto. Li pran larelèv tout bon vre, e li fèk kòmanse.