For today, I wanted to share with you “Disco Sega“, an instant feel-good Island Disco Funk Synth track from the Indian Ocean, recorded in 1978 by the duet of composers & musicians Dominique Mingui & Dera Rakotomavo from Reunion Island, and out on the legendary local record label “Disques Royal” with a gorgeous cover art drawn by Pellet (any information is welcome !) – Enjoy !

Dominique Mingui – Disco Sega (La Réunion, 1978, Disques Royal)

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Have a nice Sunday see you on next Wednesday for another musical (re)discovery !

Armand de Preseau

For today, I wanted to share with you “Empare Maloya“, a deep percussive Maloya Jazz Folk track recorded in 1978 by the singer, composer Jacqueline Farreyrol, one of Reunion’s musical scene most eminent figure – Enjoy !

Jacqueline Farreyrol – Empare Maloya

You can also listen to this song on my Youtube Channel here : https://youtu.be/Jr-WJKt0BGs

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Have a nice Wednesday, see you on next Sunday for another musical (re)discovery !

Armand de Preseau

For today, I wanted to share with you “Bouche Yeux Barre Z’Oreilles“, an incredible track taken from an ultra hard to find obscure self-released album, recorded in the 70s by the Martinican musician Jimmy Maynard (French West Indies) that begins as a Latin piano tune to turn after the first 2 minutes to a powerful uptempo Tropical Cadence Funk song – Enjoy !

Jimmy Maynard – Bouche Yeux Barre Z’Oreilles

You can also listen to this song on my Youtube Channel here : https://youtu.be/clTFPHJjoXY

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Have a nice Sunday, see you on next Wednesday for another musical (re)discovery !

Armand de Preseau

For today, I wanted to share with you “Rapadou (Poude Cafe)”, an outstanding melancholic Tropical Jazz Compas Latin Cadence track taken from the second album of the Haitian musician Rodrigue Milien and his band “Combite Creole” – Enjoy !

Rodrigue Milien Et Son Groupe Combite Creole – Rapadou (Poude Cafe)

You can also listen to this song on my Youtube Channel here : https://youtu.be/AiaZbiAmt9w

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Have a nice Sunday, see you on next Wednesday for another musical (re)discovery !

Armand de Preseau

For today, I wanted to share with you “Zamal“, a deep beautiful Maloya Fusion Jazz bliss track from Reunion island (Indian Ocean), taken from the first album of the band Ousa Nousava, originally released in 1984, with a sound in a very similar vein as the Reunionese band Ziskakan – Enjoy !

Ousa Nousava – Zamal

You can also listen to this song on my Youtube Channel here : https://youtu.be/o1ITx6OtS2A

Have a nice Wednesday, see you on next Sunday for another musical (re)discovery !

Armand de Preseau

Died in 1995 at the age of 43, Alain Peters, poet, musician, singer and melodist of genius native of Reunion was for a long time one of the best kept secrets of the Indian Ocean.

First in a band (“Les Caméléons”) and then alone, he crossed the 70s and 80s like a shooting star, drowning his spleen and demons in alcohol, leaving behind a handful of recordings including this tape, “Mangé Pou Le Cœur”.

Produced in very few copies at the time by the association “Village Titan”, and accompanied with a selection of a few of his poems, this one sums up in itself the beauty of the inestimable heritage – and unfortunately still too confidential – left by Peters, through ten Blues, Jazz, Sega and Maloya tracks merging in a great way Creole, African, Indian and European sounds.

For today, I decided to share with you “Complainte Pour Mon Defunt Papa“, my favorite track from this tape, a sublime melancholic instrumental Maloya Jazz track – Enjoy !

Alain Peters – Complainte Pour Mon Defunt Papa

You can also listen to this song on my Youtube Channel here : https://youtu.be/nO7VVHhM4rQ

Have a nice sunday !

Armand de Preseau

Love you, Daddy

Following to this post, I wanted to share with you for today “Biguine Lélé“, another great track from the Master Frantz-Charles “Francisco” Denis, an awesome blend of syncopated Biguine, Jazz, Creole and Latin influenced sound with awesome piano arrangements – Enjoy !

Francisco – Biguine Lélé 

You can also listen to this track on my Youtube Channel here : https://youtu.be/6Q_wEXeWHwo

Have a really nice wednesday,

Armand de Preseau

For today, I wanted to share with you a cover of “Take Five“, the very well known #Jazz classic standard, reinterpreted here in  a very interesting psychedelic creole way by the guitarist René Lacaille from La Réunion (Indian Ocean) – Enjoy !

René Lacaille – Take Five

You can also listen to this track on my Youtube channel here : https://youtu.be/XE2hWjuoWQs

Have a nice sunday evening,

Armand

“Les Fantaisistes du Carrefour” was a famous band from #Haiti (French West Indies), that released a dozen of albums and singles in the 60s and the 70s.

For today, I decided to share with you “Yoyo“, a very interesting track sung in Creole mixing Jazz, Bossa Nova and Jerk influences – Enjoy !

Les Fantaisistes du Carrefour – Yoyo

You can also listen to this track on my #Youtube channel here : https://youtu.be/DAGbUyN5Ewk

Have a nice sunday,

Armand

Jean-Pierre Mohabeer was a Mauritian singer, one of the legends of the Sega (an important musical genre from the Indian Ocean).

He renamed himself “Coulouce” in the 60s to make his debuts as an amateur singer in the “Baie du Tombeau” region on the island of Mauritius, where he worked as a waiter in a hotel.

Street singer, he met on the road other musicians, with whom he formed at the begining of the 70s his first Orchestra, “Los Creolos“, to animate bals, dancings and weddings. With this Orchestra, he recorded his first singles (Sega Goblet, Angela, Soul Sega) that quickly became great hits on the island.

The divorce with his wife will be the beginning of his fall. He began to drink, and went for oblivion deep in glasses. A descent into hell in the bars, until his meeting with Anecy who became his second wife and helped him up the slope.

In 1992, he made an astonishing comeback with the K7 “Coulouce vine encore“, followed by another in 1994, “Séga socolat“. At the same time, he recorded the CD “Sega seggae” and the album “Coulouce” in 1994.

Coulouce – Angela

You can also listen to this song on my Youtube channel here : https://youtu.be/MvuisZG7b50

Have a nice day,

Armand