For my 31th selection, I decided to make you travel into the Egypt of the 70’s, with a very special tribute to Ammar El Sheriyi, a blind organist famous for the covers he made of songs from legendary Egyptian musicians, such as Abdel Halim Hafez or Mohammed Abdel Wahab.

You can download this new selection right here !

1 – Gafnoho

2 – Heya Di Heya

3 – Eldonya Helwa

4 – Day El Kanadil

5 – Eh Zambi

See you very very soon,

Armand

Hello my friends,

Today a special selection with three (yes, ONLY three !) songs, the original one and two covers of the famous tropical anthem “D’leau Coco”, written by Albert Nadeau, a member of the band “Les Leopards de St Pierre”.

This song was originally released in 1972 by the band “Les Leopards de St Pierre”, from La Martinique, a raw tumbele biguine track.

It was covered a bit later by Georges Plonquitte and his band, from La Guadeloupe, with a cool Jazz feeling and some good piano solos.

The Os Apolos”, a Cape Verdian band, also covered this song, in a raw tropical way !

Which one is your favourite ? Do you know other versions ?

All the best,

Armand

 You can download this new selection right here !

See you very soon,

Armand

You can download this new selection right here !

Hi dear readers !

As promised, here is my new selection, 9 7inches brought back from my recent 2 weeks trip to Thailand ! Isan, Molam, Luk Thung and Folk Tunes, hope you’ll like this deep selection !

This is my Third Selection of Thai records, always the same pleasure, hope this is the same for you !

You can download the Selection here !

Sorry, no tracklist this time, hope you’ll understand why – But music doesn’t need a name to groove..

I will be back soon with a special selection !

Sincerely yours,

Armand

Here comes the new selection I’ve prepared for you !This week I take you with me on a ride for a musical Journey through 9 songs, taken from 9 7 inches from 9 African countries (is 9 your favourite number ?)

This selection took me a long time to prepare, hope you’ll like it !!

You can download the selection here !

– Kenya : The New Sunshine Band – Honey Baby
– Guinea (Conakry) : Balla et Ses Balladins – Moi Ca Ma Fout
– Congo : The MBT’s – MBT’s Sound
– Benin : Phany Agboton – Allabiaboukata
– Nigeria : Demono Rock Group : I’ll Loose you Girl
– Ethiopia : Menelik Wossenachew – Chereka
– Central African Republic : Orchestre Typical Fiesta – Papa Got A Brand New Bag
– Burkina Faso : Volta Jazz – Moussoko Robatike
– Cameroon : Ndo Clement et Les Titans – Nkul Wo Nlon

See you very soon, and don’t hesitate to leave some comments if you liked the selection, or if you have any questions !

Sincerely yours,

Armand

Hi dear readers !

As promise last week, here comes the new selection I’ve prepared for your little ears !

A selection of 6 afrobeat tracks taken from 6 veeery hard to find Nigerian records, especially in this condition !

I know that for many people “Afrobeat” word is mainly connected with the work of Fela Kuti, so I wanted to make you discover other, and deeper artists – Hope you’ll enjoy this mix !

You can download the selection here !

See you soon, and don’t hesitate to leave some comments if you liked the selection !

Sincerely yours,

Armand

Hi dear readers !!!

It’s been a while !! I’m very proud to present you my new selection, another Cameroonese one, of Afrobeat, Jerk and Mako Funk tracks ! Hope you’ll enjoy them, those tracks are taken from unknown or ultra hard to find records !

Armand de Preseau – Douala Express

You can download this selection here !

(Sorry, no tracklist this time..)

All the best, and see you very soon !!!

Sincerely yours,

Armand

Tracklisting :

1 – Prince Nico Mbarga – Home Is Home
2 – Innovation – Le Lycee
3 – D’Almeida Blucky & Les Blacks Santiagos – Les Nanes
4 – Le Tout Puissant Orchestre Du Poly Rythmo – Ecoute Ma Melodie
5 – El Rego & Ses Commandos De Cotonou -Dis Moi Oui
6 – Gnonnas Pedro – Finis Les Paves