Henree Feat. Nikka
Revolution

"Revolution"
Henree feat. Nikka

The DJ Henree and vocalist Nikka are living proof that you don't need big means and high-profile producers backing you to produce a clean, fresh, fun, and successful album.
Their first album, titled 'Revolution,' is certainly not the album of the year, but it is still a creative and imaginative work. The Israeli duo wrote, performed, arranged all the songs, and self-produced the album with very modest means: just a computer with some good programs to create the techno-dance bases, the androgynous voice of the post-transsexual Nikka, and the game is done.

In a country like Israel, at the forefront of dance music, Henree and Nikka quickly made their way. He already benefited from the Belgian experience a few years ago, where he made a name for himself in dance circles, she riding the wave of the much more famous and quintessential Israeli Diva, the other post-transsexual Dana International, a singer of great success in Israel and worldwide, known in Italy for winning the 1998 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Diva", arousing strong controversy precisely because of her condition as a post-transsexual.

The album consists of 12 tracks, all in English except for two in Hebrew (Bgida and Al Hamsach Sheli), with strong, hypnotic, energetic, and fun rhythms. The opening is entrusted to the lively title track, and it continues on the dancefloor wave, with techno flavors and several Eighties references, especially in the track "I'll Be Fine". Nikka's pleasantly androgynous and certainly powerful voice does the rest.
There are few ballads: the melancholic "Anybody But Me" and the heartfelt "Silently Loud", the rest are danceable tracks, but never trivial: the lyrics of most songs are socially engaged. In the aforementioned "Silently Loud", Nikka issues a cry of hope, aware that her voice is unlikely to be heard in a world where the chaos of war, prejudice, and differences is certainly louder. "Revolution" then has a slightly Buddhist-flavored text in the refrain that reads "Dark times are meant to pass - An evolution creates a revolution".

The album also includes the video clip of 'Bgida', where Nikka performs in simple but charming dances, dressed only in sexy black lingerie which shows off a physique far from masculine, much to the relief of those who imagine a transsexual as a big man with lipstick, while Henree only appears from time to time as an impalpable entity. Another video bonus, the backstage of the recording and post-production of the album, the photo shoots for the booklet creation, and other curious episodes of the Israeli duo's musical adventure.

An album without big pretenses, but precisely for this reason commendable and devoid of the snobby expectations that big names often provoke in fans, which can be pleasantly listened to: certainly fresher and more exciting than the latest works by Madonna and Justin Timberlake. Henree and Nikka quickly conquered the Israeli and European "clubber" audience. We'll see if the two will be able to maintain the success in their next work.