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BLINTCH, N'DRAMAN - COSMIC SOUNDSN'Draman Blintch's album 'Cosmic Sounds' is many things: psychedelic, politically engaged, funky to death, full of synths, with an artwork to die for, a perfect crossover of African and Western culture. Music for the body and soul, cosmic disco before the genre even ... read more » |
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CRENTSIL, A.B. -'S AHENFO BAND- - OBI BAA WIASEThroughout the 1980s, highlife had been changing pretty radically, following the same evolution as Congolese soukous, Caribbean zouk and most popular black music genres of that era: Heavy use of drum machines, synths and digital technology was conveniently replacing big ... read more » |
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GULISTAN - ORIENTAL GROOVEIn the summer of 1986, inspired by gypsies from Turkey and the Balkan region, a Kurdish immigrant and six Austrians came together to jam. What came out of these sessions sounded rather unusual for the local music scene. Using songs from the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle ... read more » |
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HEERLENS PERCUSSIE ENSEMBLE - BIOLOGIC MUSICFounded in 1973 by Jelmo "Pio" Piovesana, music teacher and key musical figure in the region of south Limburg, Heerlens Percussie Ensemble had some of the most inventive musicians of their generation in its ranks. Recorded in a school building over two days, ... read more » |
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LASRY, TEDDY - FUNKY GHOST 1975-1987French multi-instrumentalist Teddy Lasry's story is noteworthy not just regarding the music he has released, but in the ways he approached the craft of composing and experimenting with sounds and sonics. His solo career began in 1975, and during the '70s, his sound would ... read more » |
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MELIZA - MELIZAHot Mule and Secousse share this well-kept secret amongst Caribbean music fans. Composed, written and arranged by producer Alex Dorothee, this eponymous solo album of Meliza, an amateur singer hailing from Guadeloupe island, was recorded in 1984 in Paris. A lo-fi, ... read more » |
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RAMBHOJAN, MAX - PRESENTEIn 1986, 'Tou't Jou Pa Min'm' from Max Rambhojan, a singer from Guadeloupe, became a killer tune. The song gained a cult status, and was the start of the 'Zouk Chiré' sound, a high tempo version of zouk, highly influenced by Guadeloupe's Carnival mass drum bands. Max ... read more » |
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SCHWARZ, JOSE CARLOS -& LE COBIANA DJAZZ- - LUA KI DI NOSIn the beginning of the 1970's, Guinea-Bissau was a country at war for independence. During this period, by reviving traditional musical genres as Gumbé and singing in Guinean Kriol, José Carlos Schwarz & Cobiana Djazz established an immediate affective ... read more » |
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TOURE, ISMAIL & SIXU - MANDINKA DONGReleased in 1979, self-financed by borrowing money from friends and allies, 'Mandinka Dong' (The Mandinke Dance) is the genesis of Toure Kunda. It's the cornerstone of their unique sound, a crossroad of disco, funk, pop, reggae, portuguese, Guinean, Cuban, Zairean, Mandinke ... read more » |
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