BACK TO BLACK. UNTIL THE VERY LAST DROP OF SWEAT. XAVIER DPHREPAULEZZ (FANTASTIC NEGRITO –  BORN 1968) IS A FREE SPIRIT OF CONTEMPORARY ROOTS MUSIC. BLOODLINE ROCK 'N' ROLL, DNA-LINKED FUNK, UNRESTRAINED SOUL, ROCK WITHOUT RULES. SLY STONE OR PRINCE, MILES DAVIS OR JAMES BROWN, WILSON PICKETT OR JIMI HENDRIX, THEY ALL ANSWER THE CALL OF STYLISTIC PURITY AND EMOTIONAL INTENSITY. FANTASTIC NEGRITO DISMANTLES HIS OWN EGO AND IS REBORN THROUGH MUSIC THAT CELEBRATES THE VERY SOUNDS THAT SHATTERED OUR INNOCENCE AND EXPANDED OUR SENSE OF POSSIBILITY. XAVIER IS HERE TO KEEP THAT MOMENTUM ALIVE. IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD, THE BLUES HAS BECOME GLOBAL AS WELL. IT NOW FEEDS ON THE MULTILAYERED EXCHANGE OF CULTURES IN ALL THEIR FORMS AND EXPRESSIONS. IF THE BLUES ASPIRES TO EVOLVE APART FROM THIS REALITY, IT HAS NO FUTURE., IT HAS NO FUTURE. IT MUST STEP OUT OF THE SHADOWS AND LISTEN TO ARTISTS LIKE FANTASTIC NEGRITO TO UNDERSTAND THE IMMEDIATE AND INEVITABLE FUTURE OF THE BLUES. RESISTING THAT EVOLUTION IS A RISKY AND MISGUIDED ACT OF RECKLESS.