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 !

African Grooves Soundcloud : Plenty of brand new vinyl selections to listen online & download !

From now, feel free to go on my Soundcloud account on the link below to listen online & download my past, present & future vinyl selections (more than 50 from now) !

African Grooves Soundcloud : www.soundcloud.com/armand_de_preseau

Enjoy !

Armand de Preseau

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

ADP029 – Nigeria Soul Sisters (Feat Mary Afi Usuah, Christiana Essien, Theadora Ifudu..)

Hi dear readers,
After a long time of searching, selecting, mixin and editing, I’m very proud to present you my new compilation !
Here are the best mental cuts of the best four (for me) Nigerian divas :
– Christiana “Christy” Essien
– Taiwo and Kehinde Lijadu, the twins Lijadu sisters
– Theadora Ifudu
– Mary Afi UsuahΒ 
Β Please listen this selection until the end to really enjoy this mix – Hope you’ll like it !!
Armand de Preseau – Nigeria Soul Sisters
You can download this new selection right here !
The next Selection will be Ghanaian or Arabic !
Sincerely yours,
Armand

ADP024 – Funk’O’Lypso – A Journey Across The Funky Caribbean Islands (feat Frankie Zhivago, Shadow and others..)

Hi dear readers !
It’s been a long time without any selections – so don’t wait no longer, let’s travel this time to the Caribbean Islands for a 6 records flight, hope you’ll enjoy this mixture of island funk, Kaiso Disco and Bahamian soul tracks !
Armand de Preseau – Funk ‘ O ‘ Lypso
You can download the selection here !
Tracklist :
1 – The Crashers – Flight to JamaΓ―ca
2 – WabinΓ© – Sail On
3 – Frankie Zhivago – All Around The World
4 – Disco Warriors – Cumbaya Disco
5 – Shadow – De Hardis
6 – Ed Watson and The Brass Circle – Let’s Get It On
All the best, sincerely yours and see you soon.
Armand

ADP023 – Nigerian Disco Grooves – My Definition of The Nigerian Disco Inferno (blo, ofege, ipa..)

Hi Everyone !!
Today, we come back to Nigeria, with a Disco Oriented Selection of 6 tracks. Short but good, I truly hope you’ll enjoy this 23rd selection (yes, this is the 23rd !!).
Armand de PrΓ©seau – Nigerian Disco Grooves
You can download the selection here !
Take care, don’t hesitate to leave a comment if you liked this selection !! See you soon for another selection !!
Sincerely yours,
Armand

ADP022 – Anadolu Mysteries – A Trip into the Psychedelic Turkish Musical scene of the 70’s

Hi Everyone !

It’s been a long, too long time without selections !
Sincerely sorry for that, im working a lot at the moment on something I can’t talk.. I was also digging, cleaning and organizing my records, and, also, very busy with my job (that is faaar away with records !)
So today we travel to the beautiful country of Anatolia (Anadolu) – also known as Turkey today – with a selection of 20 tracks taken from several 7 inches from my collection.
Hope you’ll enjoy this trip into the Turkish Psychedelic scene of the 70’s through those Rock, Jazz, Disco and Groovy Fuzzy tracks..
Armand de Preseau – Anadolu Mysteries
You can download this selection here !
See you soon for a next selection,
Armand

ADP021 – Douala Express – A Cameroonese Afrobeat, Jerk and Mako Funk Selection

Hi dear readers !!!
It’s been a while !! I’m very proud to present you my new selection, another Cameroonese one, of Afrobeat, Jerk and Mako Funk tracks ! Hope you’ll enjoy them, those tracks are taken from unknown or ultra hard to find records !
Armand de Preseau – Douala Express

You can download this selectionΒ here !

(Sorry, no tracklist this time..)

All the best, and see you very soon !!!
Sincerely yours,
Armand

ADP020 – Loin du Congo (Far From Congo), featuring Franco, Orchestre Cobantou, OK Jazz, African Fiesta, Roi Champro, Orchestre Mabatalai, MBT’s..

L’Orchestre OK Jazz, lead by the great Franco (1960)

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Hi Dear readers !
Hope that everything is ok and that you enjoyed the last Beninese Selection ! This week we travel to the Congoes (Congo Kinshasa / Congo Brazzaville).

Just Three Words : To Kumisa Congo !
(10 000 CFA Francs for the one who will manage to translate this !)
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Armand de Preseau – Loin du Congo (Far from Congo)


You can download this selection here !

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See you in next Sunday for another selection of Oriental Mystic sounds, or maybe for another (that would be the third !) Cameroonese selection.. We’ll see !
BONUS TRACK :
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Sincerely yours,
Armand

African Grooves

A Time & Space Journey in the African & West Indies Countries