Tag: island

Exile House – L’Argent (Dominica, 1970s, 3A Production)

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For today, I wanted to share with you “L’Argent“, a killer groovy Tropical Island Cadence Funk Soul track, recorded in the 70s by “Exile House“, the West Indian band leaded by the Dominican singer Julie Mourillon & that included musicians from Dominica, Guadeloupe & Martinique and that you probably better know under the name “Exile One“.

This LP includes the following members :

Julie Mourillon (Lead Vocals, Guitar) ;

Pat Patrice (Guitar, Chorus) ;

Greville Patrice (Keyboards, Guitar) ;

Vivian Wallace (Bass, Chorus) ;

Kremlin Fingal (Trumpet, Lead Vocals) ;

Alex Larocque (Drums, Cymbal) ;

Frankie Winfield (Trombone, Chorus) ;

Winkel Johnson (Sax, Tenor) ;

Joseph Lambert (Percussion) ;

Always an instant dance floor burner – Enjoy !

Exile House – L’Argent (Dominica, 1970s, 3A Production)

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

Armand de Preseau

Jean Delin – Nelson Mandé La Pé (Guadeloupe, 1986, Paco Rabanne Design)

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For today, I wanted to share with you “Nelson Mandé La Pé“, a catchy Tropical 80s Island Funk Synth Zouk Soul track with soulful horns, take from on of the few albums recorded by the composer and musician Jean Delin from Guadeloupe (French West Indies) on “Paco Rabanne Design“, the mythical 80s Parisian record label owned by the interplanetary known French Spanish fashion designer Paco Rabanne – Instant dancefloor burner here, enjoy !

Jean Delin – Nelson Mandé La Pé (Guadeloupe, 1986, Paco Rabanne Design)

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

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

Armand de Preseau

Jean Kely & Basth – Andosy Mora (Madagascar, 1979, Discomad)

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For today, I wanted to share with you “Andosy Mora“, an instant feel-good psychedelic bouncy Afro Island Funk Soul Sagely track driven by mad organ parts & killer fuzzy guitar riffs, recorded in 1979 by the Madagascan duet of composers & musicians Sebastien “Basth” Henri & Jean Kelly on the mythical vinyl record label “Discomad” from Madagascar (only one of the Red Island to have a local pressing plant), which released more than 600 references – One of the grooviest tracks of the Indian Ocean, enjoy !

Jean Kely & Basth – Andosy Mora (Madagascar, 1979, Discomad)

You can also listen to this song on my Youtube Channel here : https://youtu.be/gbA50aTw87c

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

Armand de Preseau

Les Gypsies de Petion-Ville – Carnaval (Haiti, 1973, Macaya Records)

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For today, I wanted to share with you « Carnaval », a dope frantic uptempo Tropical Island Funk Compas with nervous guitar parts, recorded in 1973 by the mythical Haitian band “Les Gypsies de Petion-Ville” leaded by Robert Martino, and taken from an hard to find single that came at the time with « Patience 2 », the second album of the band – Enjoy !

Les Gypsies de Petion-Ville – Carnaval (Haiti, 1973, Macaya Records)

You can also listen to this song on my Youtube Channel here : https://youtu.be/KCwMaDrh8Wo

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

Armand de Preseau

Paul Noglotte – An Ba Bwa (Guadeloupe, 1980s, Paul Noglotte Self-Released)

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For today, I wanted to share with you « An Ba Bwa », a killer & catchy Dancefloor Caribbean Cosmic Digital Synth Zouk Funk Balearic track, recorded & privately released in the 80s in Guadeloupe (in the French West Indies) by the mysterious composer & musician Paul Noglotte, who only seems to have issue the double-sider presented here (any further informations are welcome !) with a gorgeous cover art !

This song was co-arranged by the legendary Guadeloupean composer Guy Jacquet, Zouk hero & former guitarist of the band « Les Vikings de la Guadeloupe » – Enjoy !

Paul Noglotte – An Ba Bwa

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

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

Ti L’Afrique (Roland Fatime) – Soul Sock Sega (Mauritius, 1970s, Disques Capricorne)

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Following this former post, I wanted to share with you for today “Soul Sock Sega“, an awesome psychedelic syncopated Soul Sega Funk track from Mauritius (Indian Ocean), recorded in the 70s by the singer & composer Roland Fatime (better known as “Ti L’Afrique“), founder of the “Soul Sega” musical genre, whose the song presented here is a good example – Enjoy !

Ti L’Afrique (Roland Fatime) – Soul Sock Sega

You can also listen to this song on my Youtube Channel here : https://youtu.be/HheZ7bbAvCI

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

Armand de Preseau

Houria – T’es Chiant Comme Mec (Guadeloupe, 1992, Francky Product)

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For today, I wanted to share with you “T’es Chiant Comme Mec“, a killer catchy Tropical Dancefloor Boogie Zouk Synth track, taken from the first album recorded in 1992 by Houria Mesbahi, daughter of the legendary Kabylian composer & singer Rachid Mesbahi.

This album was produced & composed by the well-known Guadeloupean musicians & Zouk figures Francky Vincent (former member of the band “Les Vikings de La Guadeloupe“) & Luc Leandry – Enjoy !

Houria – T’es Chiant Comme Mec

You can also listen to this song on my Youtube Channel here : https://youtu.be/KEz_35V1QOo

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

Armand de Preseau

Gerard Bergicourt – Mo Passe La Riviere Taniers (Mauritius, 1978, Disques Jackman)

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For today, I wanted to share with you “Mo Passe La Riviere Taniers“, a beautiful deep island jazz track from Mauritius from the musician Gerard Bergicourt, adaptated from a very well known local lullaby – Enjoy !

Gerard Bergicourt – Mo Passe La Riviere Taniers

You can also listen to this song on my Youtube Channel here : https://youtu.be/NH5h5dT5yHg

Have a nice wednesday !

Armand de Preseau

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

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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 Jamaïca
2 – Wabiné – 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