Tag: France

Bill Loko – Ndolo (Cameroun, 1981, Bill Loko Self-Released)

For today, I wanted to share with you “Ndolo“, a stormer Afro Disco Synth Soul Makossa track, taken from an album recorded at studio Synthésis in Paris (France) & self-released by the mythical Cameroonian composer & musician Bill Loko, with the help of another great Cameroonian figure, the legendary composer & arranger Dhin Ndjocke-Ebongue, better known as “Michot Dinh” (on music, keyboards, guitar, bass guitar & percussion).

This album also features great Paris-living musicians of that era, such as : Joseph “Jo” Dikongue Jr., Mony Dhin, Sissy Dipoko, Brigitte Sarrus, Christine Poussy & Claude Vamur for the drums.

Instant dance floor anthem here, hope you’ll like it !

Bill Loko – Ndolo (Cameroun, 1981, Bill Loko Self-Released)

You can also listen to this song on my Youtube Channel here : https://youtu.be/61N0DWvEUYs

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

Armand de Preseau

Chaba Malika Meddah – Sid Houari Ya Mlah (Algeria, 1980s, MCPE)

For today, I wanted to share with you “Sid Houari Ya Mlah“, an insane groovy Electronic Synth Raï Funk Soul Boogie track taken from an obscure K7 tape recorded in France in the 80s & that is apparently the only album from the Algerian singer, horsewoman, theater actress and ex-academic scholar Chaba Malika Meddah.

This cassette was released on the mythical French tape label MCPE (or “Edition Production M.C.P.E.“) which brought together in the country the best productions of this style from this era.

Super obscure, hard to find and dancefloor tool here, hope you’ll like it – Enjoy !

Chaba Malika Meddah – Sid Houari Ya Mlah (Algeria, 1980s, MCPE)

You can also listen to this song on my Youtube Channel here : https://youtu.be/OfjcsY9UMVw

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

Armand de Preseau

Hugues Onestas – Just Like A Dream (Guadeloupe/France, 1983, Disques Chris’Music)

For today, I wanted to share with you “Just Like A Dream“, an instant feel-good summer vibes Island Boogie Funk Reggae track with killer guitar riffs a la Nile Rodgers (co-founder of the mythical 70s American band “Chic“), recorded in Paris in the early 80s by the Guadeloupean (French West Indies) composer & musician Hugues Onestas – Enjoy !

You can also listen to this song on my Youtube Channel here : https://youtu.be/05X_zM0NtHg

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

Armand de Preseau

Salif Keita – Ana Na Ming (La Funk Mob Remix) (Mali / France, 2004, Universal Music Jazz France)

For today, I wanted to share with you the track “Ana Na Ming” from the Malian legend Salif Keita, remixed in 2004 in a very deep downtempo afro jazz trip hop way by La Funk Mob (aka Cassius, Philippe “Zdar” Cerboneschi & Hubert Blanc-Francard), one of my favorite electronic music french duo – Enjoy !

Salif Keita – Ana Na Ming (La Funk Mob Remix)

You can also listen to this song on my Youtube Channel here : https://youtu.be/fy99MJlKL4Q

Have a nice wednesday, see you on next sunday !

Armand de Preseau

Abeti Masikini – Beya Beya (Congo, 1976, Pathe Marconi)

Abeti Masikini was one of the most famous Congolese singer, born on the 9 of October 1951 in Kisangani (Democratic Republic of Congo, former Zaire).

After being graduated of a secretary diploma, she integrated the Congolese Ministry of Culture and Arts in 1969.

She started to become known in 1970 thanks to a singing contest on the National Congolese TV, toured in 1971 in many African countries (Togo, Benin, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Ghana, Niger..), in Europe (she performed in France in 1973 at the Olympia Concert Hall in Paris, in Belgium..) and also in the United States 1974 at the prestigious Carnegie Hall in New York.

She recorded her first album in 1973 and around 20 others and dozens of singles after that.

She died on the 28th of September 1994 in Paris.

The song presented here, “Beya Beya“, is a splendid deep and melancholic Afro psych fusion track taken from the live album that was recorded on the 7 and 8 of April 1975 at the Olympia Concert Hall in Paris – Enjoy !

Abeti Masikini – Beya Beya

You can also listen to this song on my Youtube channel here : https://youtu.be/Q0gY9OreKsY

Have a nice sunny sunday,

Armand