For today, I’d like to share with you “God Is My Refuge (Dieu Est Mon Refuge) (Part 1)“, a bewitching haunting 70 Afro Folk Soul Religious track from Benin sung in French, taken from the sole single composed & sung by the mysterious Beninese musician Abdoul Madjid Djamiou Adjileye, recorded during his studies in Cairo (Egypt) on his own record label “Adjileye Generations” (any more infos are welcome !).

As beautiful as its mysterious, really obscure & hard to find, hope you’ll like it – Enjoy !

Abdoul Madjid Djamiou Adjileye – God Is My Refuge (Dieu Est Mon Refuge) (Part 1) (Benin/Egypt, 1970s, Adjileye Generations)

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Armand de Preseau

For today, I’d like to share with you “Talk To Me“, an irresistible 70s Afro Soul Boogie Funk joy maker track from Nigeria driven by gorgeous flute parts, taken from the 1st album of the Nigerian composer & flutist Tee Mac Omatshola Iseli, recorded in 1978 by the mythical EMI Nigeria studios sound engineers Kayode Salami & Monday Oki and released on the Nigerian record label “Skylark Records”.

Produced by the legendary Nigerian figure Odion Iruoje, M. Tee Mac is backed on this album by the “Tee Mac Collection” band, that includes some of the best musicians of that era as :

Tee Mac Omatshola Iseli : Writings, Composition & Arrangements, Composition, Flute, Lead Vocals, Tenor Saxophone ;

Kwesi Maison : Vocals, Electric Piano, Synthesizer ;

Kenneth “Kenny” Okulolo : Bass Guitar ;

Jett Arnold Nylander : Rhythm Guitar ;

Congas : Eddy Odedina, Friday Pozo ;

Mike Collins : Drums, Percussion ;

James Eyefia : Lead Guitar ;

Odion Iruoje : Producer ;

Berkely Jones : Guitar ;

Really hard to find album nowadays, master piece from start to finish – Hope you’ll like it, enjoy !

Tee Mac Collection – Talk To Me (Nigeria, 1978, Skylark Records)

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For today, I’d like to share with you “Pesse Mi Buntare“, a 70s bewitching sweet Afro Bossa Nova Slow Jazz song from Togo (West Africa), taken from the 1st album of the Togolese Diva Yta Jourias born in 1946 near Lome (Togolese capital).

This album was recorded in 1975 in Paris on the legendary French record label Sonafric, known for having produced thousands of singles and albums by artists from French-speaking African countries between the 1960s and 1990s.

On this album produced by the mythical African producer Gilles Sala, Yta Jourias is backed by the Mami-Water band, composed with 9 musicians from Congo, Togo & Tunisia.

Highly recommended LP from start to finish, on which the singer shows all her musical diversity, capable of drawing from all musical genres and numerous languages & dialects from many several African (Ahoussa, Bambara, Ewe, Mina, Arabic) & European countries (French, English & … Russian as on the track presented here !).

Funfact : Yta Jourias was also a brillant basketball player, that used to play with the national Togolese young team before leaving for her musical career !

Hope you’ll like this song, enjoy !

Yta Jourias – Pesse Mi Buntare (Togo, 1975, Sonafric)

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Armand de Preseau

For today, I’d like to share with you “I’m Proud To Be An African“, an instant catchy Electro Afro Boogie Funk Rap track from Cameroun with killer bass lines & DX7 synth parts, taken from the only LP recorded by the mysterious Cameroonian composer & musician Lover Genns (any infos are welcome !), native from the city of Bamenda (West Cameroon).

Released in 1988 on the legendary Nigerian record label “Coconut“, this album features great west-cameroonian & Nigerian musicians as Tony Benson (from the former 70s Nigerian Rock band “The Hykkers”) on DX7 Synthesizers, Jonel Cross (from the Cameroonian band “Baad John Cross”), Basil Barap & Maah Simon.

Almost invisible nowadays, every track is a dance floor burner – Hope you’ll like it, enjoy !

Lover Genns – I’m Proud To Be An African (Camerou, 1988, Coconut)

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Armand de Preseau

For today, I’d like to share with you “I Love Abidjan“, a bouncy Boogie Soul Funk track from Burkina Faso (west africa) with killer bass lines & guitar, taken from the 2nd album of the Burkinabe producer, composer, singer Moustapha Laabli Thiombiano, who used to be a really influent man in the West African media world (considered a pioneer of free radio in Africa, he is the founder of Horizon FM, TVZ and Miss Burkina radio stations).

This album – as the three he recorded – was released on “Afroc”, the record label he ran from Hollywood (USA, where he used to live in the 80s) in partnership with the legendary Ivorian label “Maïkano”.

It was recorded between Ivoary Coast (J.B.Z. recording studios in Abidjan) & the United States (Golden Sound & Backroom studios, Hollywood) and included great African & American musicians of that era, as :

Moustapha Laabli Thiombiano : Arrangements, Composition & Writings, Bass Guitar, Composition, Drums, Guitar, Liner Notes, Percussion, Vocals ;

Leila Thigpen, Sylvia St. James, Vida Veader : Vocals ;

Antoinette Konan, Chantal Taïba : Chorus ;

Lance Ong, Steve Campos : Keyboards ;

Gnanhoui Roger : Tenor Saxophone ;

Didier “Castro” Boko : Bass Guitar ;

Djeli Moussa Diawara : Kora ;

Tough to find album nowadays, always a nice track to wake your parties floor up – hope you’ll like it, enjoy !

Moustapha Laabli Thiombiano – I’m Coming (Burkina Faso, 1982, Afroc) 

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Armand de Preseau

Following to this former article, I’d like to share with you for today “Mbea“, an explosive Psychedelic Afro Funk Soul Jerk track from Gabon, taken from the Gabonese musician & composer Vyckos Ekondo and released on the mythical French record label “Pathé Marconi“.

Invisible & super hard to find nowadays, hope you’ll like it – Enjoy !

Vyckoss Ekondo – Mbea (Gabon, 1977, Pathé Marconi)

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Armand de Preseau

For today, I’d like to share with you “Diables Noirs Champions (Part 1)“, an instant feel-good bouncy Afro Folk Soul Disco Funk track from the Republic of Congo with awesome bass & piano parts, recorded in the early 70s by Congolese band “Les Cheveux Crepus” (“Frizzy Hair”) in tribute to the Congolese football team “Les Diables Noirs de Brazzaville”.

Founded in 1960 by the composer Jacques Loubélo, the band included musicians that will become some of the greatest figures of the Congolese music as :

– Antoine Mondanda (Thumb Piano) ;

– Albert Rémy Massamba Coster & Mouninguissa (Guitars) ;

– Maxime Kibongui, Kazis Kinouani N’Zenze, Etienne Fila & Prosper Nkouri (Vocals)

Recorded in Paris (France) in the mid 70s, this track was composed and sung by Kazis Kinouani N’Zenze and arrangement by the legendary Congolese guitar player Sammy Massamba.

Instant dance floor burner, hope you’ll like it – enjoy !

Kazis & Les Cheveux Crépus – Diables Noirs Champions (Part 1) (Republic of Congo, 1970s, Afro-Disc)

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Armand de Preseau

Following this previous article, I’d like to share with you for today “Disco Baby“, an monster dance floor friendly Cosmic Afro Disco Boogie Funk track with awesome bass line & synth parts, recorded in 1981 by the mythical Nigerian composer & trumpetist Etubom Rex Williams, who recorded dozen of albums & singles.

On this late privately pressed album, Etubom Rex Williams – known to be one of the masters of the Highlife musical genre – tries himself to the Disco Boogie genre, unusual but successful experience for him !

Under the name “Nato Funky Stars” band, this album includes the following musicians :

Etubom Rex Williams : Composition ;

Moses James Obot : Lead Guitar ;

Asuquo Udoh :  Percussion ;

Felix Nsango : Drums ;

Willy Roy : Keyboards ;

Ultra hard to find album, one of my favorite of the genre when I’m invited to play some records in parties – Hope you’ll like it, enjoy !

Etubom Rex Williams & his Nato Funky Stars – Disco Baby (Nigeria, 1981, Nato Records)

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Armand de Preseau

For today, I wanted to share with you “Mutete”, a mind-blowing Afro Soul Soukous Kaluinda track from Zambia with catchy synth parts & Afrobeat flavors, taken from the 1st album of Zambia’s composer & musician superstar Peter Kalumba “P.K.” Chisala, recorded in 1988 in DB Studio in Lusaka (Zambia’s capital) and released on the local label “Kariba”, active between 1985 & 1990 & subdivision of the mythical label Teal Record Company Ltd. Zambia.

On this album, P K Chisala is backed by the Uweka stars, composed with :

Shadrack Chalishika : Drums, Percussion ;

Daniel Chishala (P K Chisala’s cousin) ;

Joseph Chibwe : Bass Guitar ;

Steve Ndalama : Lead Guitar ;

Really unusual & highly recommended album, hope you’ll like it – Enjoy !

Peter Kalumba Chisala – Mutete (Zambia, 1988, Kariba)

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Armand de Preseau

For today, I wanted to share with you “Spell Bound“, an awesome Afro Disco Soul track from Nigeria & Cameroun with crazy Synth sounds, taken from “Disco Season”, the sole LP of Nigerian / Cameroonian band “PSK” recorded between Nigerian (Godiac Studios of Enugu city) & Jamaïca (at the mythical Treasure Isle Studios)  in 1980 on the private record label “Jeantos Inter“.

The group included some of the best Nigerian & Cameroonian of that era, such as Willy Nfor amongst others as :

Terry “Kiss Disco” Stone : Co-producer, Vocals, Effects, Guitar ;

Jones “Coakly” Ogbonna Jr. : Lead Guitar, Vocals ;

Danny C. Black, Michael Byyon : Keyboards ;

Austine Rigar : Drums, Vocals, Percussion ;

Willie Nfor : Bass Guitar, Percussion ;

Pius Nasoso : Congas, Percussion ;

Papa Nfon Joe : Guitar.

Full of awesome tracks, that invisble record that has now reached the holygrail status as its almost impossible to find, especially in that pretty good condition – hope you’ll like, enjoy !

PSK – Spellbound (Beware of Magic Charms) (Nigeria, 1980, Jeantos Enter)

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Armand de Preseau