Month: October 2012

ADP008 – African Garage Jerk Rock Selection

Hi there !
Au menu cette semaine, a selection of 10 tracks taken from terrific Afro Garage Jerk & Rock seven inches, from West To South Africa during the Golden 70’s era – enjoy !
Armand de Preseau – African Garage Rock Selection

 Download it here !

A little game for you, dear readers : guess who are the artists or the songs of this selection, as some clues I give you the countries from where the bands are (not the countries where the songs were recorded!)

1 – Gabon
2 – Gambia
3 – Congo
4 – Burkina Faso
5 – Cameroon
6 – Ivory Coast
7 – Ivory Coast
8 – Cameroon
9 – Benin
10 – South Africa

Good search !

ADP007 – Guinea Conakry – The Discotheque Syliphone Series

 
Hi dear readers,
This week, a Guinean selection of tracks taken from the famouses “Discotheque” compilations, out each year from 1970 to 1976 on the well known “Editions Syliphone Conacry”.
The aim of this label – that existed from 1958 to 1984 – was to promote the artists and the Guinean culture troughout Africa.
As a first step for some of you into the Guinean sound, I decided to take one track from each compilation for this weekly selection – Enjoy !
Armand de Preseau – A Guinea Trip, The Discotheque Syliphone Series
Tracklisting :
Super Boiro Band – So I Si Sa (Taken from “Discotheque 74” compilation)
Balla Et Ses Balladins – Moi Ca Ma Fout (Taken from “Discotheque 71” compilation)
Keletigui Et Ses Tambourins – Miri Magnin (Taken from “Discotheque 73” compilation)
Super Boiro Band – Kha Mu Lan Ma (Taken from “Discotheque 75” compilation)
Bembeya Jazz National – Kana Sarakabo (Taken from “Discotheque 76” compilation)
Demba Camara Et Son Groupe – Exhumation Folklorique (Taken from “Discotheque 70” compilation)
Les Freres Diabate – N’Fa (Taken from “Discotheque 72” compilation)
You can download the selection just here !

ADP006 – The Sweet Talks, City Boys, Vis a Vis, K Frimpong, Psychedelic Aliens, Kelenkye Band, Gyedu Blay Ambolley : A Sunny Sunday In Accra, Ghana

Hi everyone !This week, as promised for a long time, a 70′ minutes Funky & more “traditionnal” Highlife selection of several Bands from Ghana, including : The Sweet Talks, The City Boys, The Vis-a-Vis orchestra, K. Frimpong, Gyedu Blay Ambolley, The Kyeremateng All Star, The Psychedelic Aliens & many more !

Armand de Preseau – A Sunny Sunday In Accra

To download, as usual, right clic and “save as” just right here !

Take care,

Armand