From now, feel free to go on my Soundcloud account on the link below to listen online & download my past, present & future vinyl selections (more than 50 from now) !
African Grooves Soundcloud : www.soundcloud.com/armand_de_preseau
Enjoy !
Armand de Preseau
For this 37th selection, come and fly with me trough the Indian Ocean to the great Island of Madagascar – where I’ve spent a part of my childhood on – trough a deep selection of the best 10 mad 70s Salegy, Folk, Disco, Funk, Jerk, Punk and other outer dimensional tracks taken from my record collection – Hope you’ll like it !!
Armand de Preseau – Madagasikara
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Enjoy,
Armand
For this 36th selection, we travel again to the French Antilles for a journey into the Jazz influenced French Antilles scene, hope you’ll like it !
Armand de Préseau – Hold Fast The Biguine
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Tracklist :
Max Cilla – La Flute Des Mornes
Eugene Mona – Pote Bambou
Max Labor – Hold Fast The Biguine
Franck Valmont – Mimile
Caraïbe Jazz Ensemble – Sabel Sabel
Rony Siber – Ban Nous On Ti Biguine
Henry Pierre Noel – Back Home … Sweet Home
Synchro – Lambi
Francisco – Ba, Moin Lagent Moin
Hilaire Hartock – Le Moin Vini Voue
Have a nice week,
Armand
For this 35th selection, I’ve prepared you a journey of 50 min of ultra obscure and ungoogleable Afro Funk, Afro Punk and Afro Soul Cameroonian tracks from the 70’s !
Hope you’ll like it, I’ve put serious bangers in it !
Armand de Preseau – In The Heat Of The Cameroonian Nights
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Enjoy,
Armand
Hello Everyone !
For this time, come aboard and travel with me for a one hour musical trip into the Indian Ocean, exploring rhythms from Réunion Island.
Close your eyes, leave yourself to the sound of Segas, go deeper and lose yourself into the Poetry of Maloya ..
Armand de Preseau – Lot Koté Loséan
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Tracklisting :
1 – Firmin Viry – Maloya Na Pa, Nou La Fe (Intro)
2 – Ravan’ – L’Espoir
3 – Ziskakan – Karyol Bourik
4 – Cormoran Group – O Te
5 – Ramone – Soul Regue Prisonnier
6 – Claudio et Les Satanik – Rend Mo Lalliance
7 – Les Pop Experience – Vive L’Amour (Live Version At The Meridien Hotel)
8 – Julien Trenoule – Mon Die Quocaou Moin La Fe
9 – Michou – Maloya Ton Tisane
10 – Herve – Mele Mele Pas Toue P’tit Pierre
11 – Ziskakan – Pei Bato
12 – Troupe Gaston Hoareau – Mon Patrie Mon Bouce Manze
13 – Alain Peters – Caloubadia
14 – Jacqueline Farreyrol – Empare Maloya
15 – Carrousel – Ote Maloya
Have a really nice sunday evening,
Armand
The cover of this selection is a tribute to the cover of the album “Pei Bato Fou” from the band Ziskakan
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TRACKLIST :
1 – Guy Konket – Kimbe Red
2 – Ka Leve – Tou Le Maten
3 – Eugene Mona – Grodillo
4 – Thibaud Freydy Ahimsa Doressamy – O Fon A Ke An Nou
5 – Pakatak – Palkata
6 – Zepiss – Pou Mizik La
7 – Gwakasonne – Algerie 62
8 – Fabriano Fuzion – Kosmos
Have a nice week,
Armand
Gnonnas Sousou Pierre Kwasivi was born on the 10 of January 1943 in Cotonou, Benin.
Singing and playing music since his childhood, Gnonnas Pedro became in the 60’s one of the Beninese musical Kings (among with L’Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou, Antoine Dougbe, Honore Avolonto or El Rego), and never stopped to play music beyond.
He led his own band in the 60’s, “Pedro y Sus Sanchos”, that later became “Gnonnas Pedro et ses Dadjes”.
Lover of the French language, he was strongly influenced by the French singer Charles Aznavour (he even recorded a cover of Aznavour’s song “Les Comediens” !).
From the 90’s to 2004, he was the singer of the interplanetary known Afro cuban band “Africando”, grouping of African Legends such as Boncana Maiga, Amadou Balake, Thione Seck, Tabu Ley Rochereau, Ismael Lo, Salif Keita or Koffi Olomide.
Known as “The man that speaks all African languages”, Pedro embraced many musical styles, including afrobeat, highlife, salsa, pachanga, juju or “Modern Agbadja” (an update og the traditional style of his home region, Lokassa).
Many of the tracks he composed are still big hits today, such as “Yiri Yiri Boum” (Afro Cuban Anthem) or “Von O Von Non” (Hymn of the Togolese national football team).
He died the 12 of August 2004, at the age in Cotonou, Benin.
Armand
This selection is dedicated to Jean, my cousin, who with we listened Gnonnas albums again and again and again. Miss you and think about you everyday, my little brother..
