πŸ‡§πŸ‡― 🎢 NBK 004 – NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT + PRE-ORDER !

πŸ‡§πŸ‡― 🎢 NBK 004 – NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT + PRE-ORDER !

π†ππŽπππ€π’ ππ„πƒπ‘πŽ – 𝐓𝐇𝐄 πŒπ€π π–π‡πŽ π’πˆππ†π’ 𝐀𝐋𝐋 π€π…π‘πˆπ‚π€π 𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐔𝐀𝐆𝐄𝐒 (𝐍𝐁𝐊 πŸŽπŸŽπŸ’)

πŸ”Ž Discover it here : https://nangabokorecords.bandcamp.com/album/gnonnas-pedro-the-man-who-sings-all-african-languages

Hi dear friends, followers, family & music lovers !

As a pre-Xmas gift, I’m really proud to announce my forthcoming reissue on NANGA BOKO Records, a compilation I’ve been working on for ages :

The first official wide retrospective (1967 to 1985) of the legendary Beninese Composer, Gentleman & Salsero Gnonnas Pedro, who recorded dozen of albums & singles from the 1960s the 2000s with mythical bands such as Los Panchos, Les Dadjes & Africando !

21 tracks covering the extremely wide musical spectrum of this mythical artist in 40 years of career : Afrobeat, Salsa, Funk, Soul, Jerk & Folk frenzied grooves that will set any dancefloor on fire !

– Available in a beautiful Limited Deluxe 2xLP gatefold edition (with a digital voucher including a Bonus track) & in HQ digital format ;

– Fully supported by the whole Gnonnas Pedro’s family, under exclusive licence ;

– Every step of the reissue process (sound quality, graphic design, bio & liner notes) was carefully & daily submitted to the artist’s family for approval ;

– HQ Remastered audio by David Bergot (A la Pointe) ;

– Very detailed biography & liner notes in French & English with exclusive pictures, never seen before.

‼️ 𝐈𝐍 𝐀𝐍 π„π“π‡πˆπ‚π€π‹ π€πππ‘πŽπ€π‚π‡, πŸ“πŸŽ % πŽπ… 𝐓𝐇𝐄 ππ‘πŽπ…πˆπ“π’ πŽπ… π“π‡πˆπ’ 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 π†πŽ π“πŽ π†ππŽπππ€π’ ππ„πƒπ‘πŽβ€™π’ π…π€πŒπˆπ‹π˜.

As NANGA BOKO Records is committed to a fair and respectful approach with artists, it is important for me to communicate on this point.

Compilation, design & liner notes : Armand de Preseau

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πŸ’₯ Release : Spring 2025.

🌍 Worldwide distribution & Stores pre-order : The Pusher Distribution

More infos soon, stay tuned & thank you all for your support !

Armand de Preseau / NANGA BOKO Records
WWW.AFRICANGROOVES.FR

NBK 003 – NEW REISSUE SOON !

Coming soon on my reissue record label NANGA BOKO Records …

More infos soon !

ADP037 – Madagasikara (70s Salegy, Folk, Funk, Punk and other Tracks From The Red Island)

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

You can listen and download this selection by clicking here !

Enjoy,

Armand

Amadou Traore dit Balake – Bar Konon Mousso & other beautiful songs (Burkina Faso, 1974, Disques CVD)

Amadou Traore dit Balake is a burkinabΓ© 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 psych 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 garΓ§on”).
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 is still alive, and plays now with the famous Africando salsa band.

Amadou Balake – Bar Konou Mousso

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As bonuses, two tracks :
To begin, here comes the other version of Bar Konou Mousso – the Afrobeat one – called Super Bar Konon Mousso.
Amadou Balake – Super bar Konon Mousso
Next, 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

ADP025 – Nigerian Afrodeapness (feat. SJOB, Ikengas, Etubom Rex Williams..)

Hi dear readers !
As promise last week, here comes the new selection I’ve prepared for your little ears !
A selection of 6 afrobeat tracks taken from 6 veeery hard to find Nigerian records, especially in this condition !
I know that for many people “Afrobeat” word is mainly connected with the work of Fela Kuti, so I wanted to make you discover other, and deeper artists – Hope you’ll enjoy this mix !
Armand de Preseau – Nigerian Afrodeapness
You can download the selection here !
See you soon, and don’t hesitate to leave some comments if you liked the selection !
Sincerely yours,
Armand

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