🇧🇯 🎶 NBK 004 – NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT + PRE-ORDER !

🇧🇯 🎶 NBK 004 – NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT + PRE-ORDER !

𝐆𝐍𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐀𝐒 𝐏𝐄𝐃𝐑𝐎 – 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐀𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐔𝐀𝐆𝐄𝐒 (𝐍𝐁𝐊 𝟎𝟎𝟒)

🔎 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 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐀𝐂𝐇, 𝟓𝟎 % 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐅𝐈𝐓𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐆𝐎 𝐓𝐎 𝐆𝐍𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐀𝐒 𝐏𝐄𝐃𝐑𝐎’𝐒 𝐅𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐘.

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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💥 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

NBK 002 : Atangana Pascal et Les Super Volcans – Ye Mot Ai Kare Mot

/// NEW VINYL REISSUE ON NANGA BOKO Records ///

RELEASE DATE : 2nd of APRIL 2019

For its 2nd release, Nanga boko Records is very proud to present you « Ye Mot Ai Kare Mot », the official 40 years anniversary reissue of the first album of the Cameroonian musician Atangana Pascal « Quelqu’un ».

7 raw Bikutsi & Soukous tracks (+ one exclusive bonus track !), recorded after midnight in a single recording session in a nightclub of Yaoundé.

DELUXE HAND NUMBERED EDITION, LIMITED TO 300, INCLUDES A BONUS TRACK NEVER RELEASED ON VINYL BEFORE !!!

Each record comes with an insert that includes exclusive pictures and very detailled biographies in both English and French langages, an HQ Digital Download Card and a A2 format (40 x 60cm) poster !

Approuved by the artist himself, 100 % legit, all 8 tracks are under exclusive license of Nanga Boko Records.

Transfert, Restoration & Mastering : Baptiste Pataut at “Vrai Son”.
Lacquer cutting : André ‘Dédé’ Perriat at La Villa / Mastering Studio
Sleeve Restoration & Inner Sleeve Design : Eazy-Ni.
Liner Notes & translation : Armand de Preseau & Guillaume Le Clerc.

International distribution : The Pusher Distribution

Contact : contact@africangrooves.fr & www.africangrooves.fr

BANDCAMP : Soon on www.nangabokorecords.bandcamp.com

Discogs page : here

All rights reserved / NANGA BOKO Records

#NangaBokoRecords #Official #Reissue #AtanganaPascal #CamerounPartout #Raw #Bikutsi #Soukous #BonusTrack
#LimitedEdition #Vinyl #Record #Mastering #Yaounde #Douala#AfricanGrooves #April2019 #Cameroon #Cameroun

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

ADP036 – Hold Fast The Biguine (A Journey into the Jazz Influenced French Antilles Sound)

For this 36th selection, we travel again to the French Antilles for a journey into the Jazz influenced French Antilles scene, hope you’ll like it !

Armand de Préseau – Hold Fast The Biguine

You can listen and download this selection by clicking here !

Tracklist :

Max Cilla – La Flute Des Mornes

Eugene Mona – Pote Bambou

Max Labor – Hold Fast The Biguine

Franck Valmont – Mimile

Caraïbe Jazz Ensemble – Sabel Sabel

Rony Siber – Ban Nous On Ti Biguine

Henry Pierre Noel – Back Home … Sweet Home

Synchro – Lambi

Francisco – Ba, Moin Lagent Moin

Hilaire Hartock – Le Moin Vini Voue

Have a nice week,

Armand

ADP035 – In The Heat Of The Cameroonian Nights (A Selection of Raw Funk, Punk and Soul Tracks from the 70’s)

For this 35th selection, I’ve prepared you a journey of 50 min of ultra obscure and ungoogleable Afro Funk, Afro Punk and Afro Soul Cameroonian tracks from the 70’s !

Hope you’ll like it, I’ve put serious bangers in it !

Armand de Preseau – In The Heat Of The Cameroonian Nights

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 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 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 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 is still alive, and plays now with the famous Africando salsa band.

Amadou Balake – Bar Konou Mousso

 
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

NBK 001 : Nkotti François and The Black Styls 77 – De Bonaberi A Douala

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IN ENGLISH :

40 years after the original release, Nangaboko Records is very proud to present you the official reissue of the first album from the Cameroonian musician Nkotti Francois and his band, « The Black Styls ».

High quality remastered sound.

Reissued by Armand de Preseau.

A very detailled biography in both English and French langages with exclusive pictures come with the record, for a better comprehension of the work of the musician.

Each vinyl includes a voucher to download the album in a HD digital format for free.

Available in LP vinyl record and HQ digital format.

Approuved by the artist himself, 100 % legit, all 8 tracks are under exclusive license of Nanga Boko Records.

Limited edition.

Official Website : www.africangrooves.fr

Official Bandcamp : www.nangabokorecords.bandcamp.com

Official Facebook Page : www.facebook.com/nangabokorecords

Official Discogs Page : https://www.discogs.com/fr/Nkotti-Fran%C3%A7ois-Les-Black-Styl-De-Bonaberi-Douala/release/10812365

EN FRANCAIS :

A l’occasion des 40 ans de la date de sortie de l’album original, Nangaboko Records est fier de vous présenter la réédition officielle du premier album de l’artiste Camerounais Nkotti François et de son groupe, « Les Black Styls ».

L’ensemble des morceaux de l’album a été soigneusement re-masterisé, dans le souci d’apporter aux auditeurs un son de très haute qualité.

Une biographie détaillée de l’artiste en anglais et en français ainsi que des photos inédites du groupe accompagnent le disque, pour une plus grande compréhension et appréciation de l’œuvre du musicien.

Chaque disque vinyle est accompagné d’une carte de téléchargement permettant de télécharger l’album en haute qualité audio.

Disponible au format vinyle 33 tours et en téléchargement en haute qualité audio !

Réédition approuvée par l’artiste lui-même !

Edition limitée.

L’ensemble des 8 titres de l’album est sous la licence exclusive de Nanga boko Records.

Site Officiel : www.africangrooves.fr

Bandcamp Officiel : www.nangabokorecords.bandcamp.com

Page Facebook Officielle : www.facebook.com/nangabokorecords

Page Discogs Officielle : https://www.discogs.com/fr/Nkotti-Fran%C3%A7ois-Les-Black-Styl-De-Bonaberi-Douala/release/10812365

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