Amadou Balake – Wayisjelequeyele

( Burkina Faso , 1978 , Sacodis )

posted on 25 / 08 / 2024

Following this previous post, I wanted to share with you for today “Wayisjelequeyele“, an outstanding Afro Mandingo Blues Soul track with killer syncopated horns, taken from the 2nd album of the legendary Burkinabe composer & musician Amadou Traoré dit Balaké, former member of “African“, the legendary Afro Latin band African from West Africa.

Recorded in Ibadan (Nigeria) and out on the mythical West African record label “Sacodis” based in Ivory Coast, this magical would blow your mind far away – Enjoy !

Amadou Balaké – Wayisjelequeyele (Burkina Faso, 1978, Sacodis)

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

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

Armand de Preseau

Kaboré Dieudonné Parfait – Farafin'A

( Burkina Faso , 1980s , K Productions )

posted on 04 / 08 / 2024

For today, I wanted to share with you “Farafin’A“, a minimal deep bouncy trippy Afro Soul Funk Lo-Fi track with crazy Synth parts a la Onyeabor, taken from the sole & only album auto produced in the 80s by the Burkinabe composer & musician Kaboré Dieudonné Parfait, recorded & self-released in Paris (France) in the 80s.

Including the legendary Congolese musician Théo Blaise Kounkou, it also features :

Kaboré Dieudonné Parfait : Composition, Vocals, Arrangements, Effects, Rhythm Guitar ;

Gilbert Guillaume : Rhythm Guitar ;

Abdoulaye Soumaré : Percussion ;

Joe Harycot : Music Director, Piano, Synthesizer ;

Sylvain Laison : Bass Guitar ;

Highly recommended LP that includes plenty of great tracks, really hard to find – Hope you’ll like it, enjoy !

Kaboré Dieudonné Parfait – Farafin’A (Burkina Faso/France, 1980s, K Productions)

You can also listen to this song on my Youtube Channel here : https://youtu.be/Bqn-KDcE7F0

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

Armand de Preseau

Traoré Amadou dit Ballake & L'Orchestre Super Volta – Kambele Ba

( Burkina Faso , 1970s , CVD Club Voltaïque du Disque )

posted on 01 / 11 / 2023

Following to this former article, I wanted to share with you for today “Kambélé Ba“, a splendid deep West African slow Psychedelic Soul Funk track back with gorgeous electric guitar parts from the Super Volta Orchestra, recorded in the 70s by the legendary Burkinabe (Upper Volta) composer & musician Amadou Traoré Ballaké.

Amadou recorded and performed in different parts of Africa as well as New York and Paris and was part of the mythical Afro Latin Salsa Band “Africando” in the early 21st century before his death in 2014.

Gorgeous song and really hard to find single nowadays, enjoy !

Traoré Amadou dit Ballaké & L’Orchestre Super Volta – Kambele Ba (Burkina Faso, 1970s, CVD Club Voltaïque du Disque)

You can also listen to this song on my Youtube Channel here : https://youtu.be/Zt9mpBzxiGg

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

Armand de Preseau

Amadou Balake – Super Bar Konon Mousso

( Burkina Faso , 1978 , Sacodis )

posted on 27 / 12 / 2020

Following to this article, I wanted to share with you for today “Super Bar Konon Mousso“, the alternate Afro Funk version with Afrobeat reminiscences of this classic song by the legendary Burkinabé musician Amadou Traoré Balake – Enjoy !

Amadou Balaké – Super Bar Konon Mousso

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

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

Armand de Preseau

Theodore Boumbhe – La Guerre Et La Paix Ne Sont Pas Pareilles

( Ivory Coast , 1970's , SID - Societe Ivoirienne Du Disque )

posted on 29 / 11 / 2020

Best known for his hit “Coco tu es partout“, Théodore Boumbhé – also nicknamed has “the guitar that speaks” – was the sole son of a noble family. Playing guitar since he was fifteen, he traveled widely throughout Africa, playing with bands & performing solos.

For today, I wanted to share with you “La Guerre Et La Paix Ne Sont Pas Pareilles” (“War & Peace Are Not The Same“), a breezing catchy psychedelic Afro Folksy Soul track with nice horns & organ parts – Enjoy !

Théodore Boumbhé – La Guerre Et La Paix Ne Sont Pas Pareilles

You can also listen to this song on my Youtube Channel here : https://youtu.be/ng7ir2_Ewrs

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

Armand de Preseau

Coulibaly Tidiani – Sie Koumgolo

( burkinafaso , 1979 , Sacodis )

posted on 22 / 04 / 2020
 Coulibaly Tidiani, born on the 31th of December 1941 in Kankala town, was one of the most famous  singer from Burkina Faso (former Upper Volta) in the 70’s, as well as Amadou Balake.
He began his carrer in the 60’s playing with the Volta Jazz Orchestra, and founded his own band in the 70’s, the “Orchestre Dafra Star de Bobo-Dioulasso”, one of the most popular band at the time in the country.
He recorded three albums, and a few 7 inches records.
The song I wanted to present you today, “Sie Koumgolo”, an uplifting melancholic ballad with psychedelic guitars and wild piano parts, is taken from his last LP, recorded in 1979 in Ivory Coast.
Coulibaly Tidiani – Sie Koumgolo
You can also listen to it on my Youtube channel here : https://youtu.be/O4FidjZbWxY
Have a nice day,
Armand

Cissé Abdoulaye – Aw' Ye Douba Ke

( Burkina Faso , 1978 , Christiana Satel )

posted on 14 / 04 / 2020

For today, I wanted to share with you “Aw’ Ye Douba Ke“, a nice psychedelic Afro Funk track with strong organ parts from the Burkinabé singer Cissé Abdoulaye – Enjoy !

Cissé Abdoulaye – Aw’ Ye Douba Ke

You can also listen to this song on my Youtube channel here : https://youtu.be/0fiNhoCGh8o

Have a really nice evening,

Armand de Preseau

Amadou Traore dit Balake – Bar Konou Mousso & other beautiful songs

( burkinafaso , 1974 , Disques CVD )

posted on 26 / 03 / 2020
Amadou Traore dit Balake is a burkinabé singer who recorded many songs from very different genre (mandingo rhythms, afrobeat, salsa, quiet balads, soukouss) and in many countries/cities all over the world (New york, Abidjan, Paris, Accra, Lagos..).
This beautiful 7 inch was recorded in 1969 with l’Orchestre Super Volta, in the country of Burkina Faso, on the great “La Compagnie Voltaique du Disque” label (CVD), known for its magical psyché tracks.
This track deals with a musician (him, maybe ?), who performs every night at the Don Camillo Club. Each night, coming back from his show, this guy meets the same prostitute he is totally in love with, but the girl prefers to spend her night with white guys in Abidjan’s hotels, because they are rich, and musicians are poor (“Musicien c’est pas quelqu’un, tu es pauvre garçon“).
There are actually 2 different versions of this track (the lyrics are the same), because Amadou re-recorded it in the 70’s for one of his LP’s, out on the famous Ivory Coast’s SACODIS label, in an afrobeat way.
I definitely prefer the first quiet version, hope you’ll understand why (listen to this amazing hypnotic guitar..).

Amadou Balake – Bar Konou Mousso

You can also listen to this song on my Youtube channel here : https://youtu.be/v2UjruuRWCg
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As a small bonus, here comes another song from Amadou Traore out on the CVD label, Johnny.
(all the copies of the Kambele ba / Johnny record I heard from now have the same pressing default, this woush woush woush you can hear.. Shame but lovely in a way..)
Amadou Balake – Johnny
 Enjoy !

Armand de Preseau

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