STANISLAS TOHON & VIS-A-VIS BAND (1979)




This album is a masterpiece. Totally afrobeat taken from traditional tchinkoume rhythm of Benin that Stanislas Tohon wonderfully modernized. Recorded in Côte d'Ivoire and prroduced by famous Papa Disco, the orchestration, the arrangements and especially the density of the recording make this record unique. It is also very rare and hard to find.
All the songs are good, there is nothing to throw. The new version of "Yallow", that Sam Fan Thomas made known abroad, is completely successful.



Cet album est un chef d'oeuvre. Totalement afrobeat et imprégné du rythme tchinkoumé béninois que Stanislas Tohon a su merveilleusement moderniser. Produit par le plus grand producteur de l'époque en Afrique de l'Ouest, Papa Disco, l'orchestration, les arrangements et surtout la densité de l'enregistrement en font un disque unique et très difficile à trouver.
Tous les morceaux sont bons, il n'y a rien à jeter. La nouvelle version de "Yallow" (que Sam Fan Thomas a fait connaitre à l'international) est totalement aboutie.

14 comments:

aduna said...

Merci pour ce superbe disque.

Gary said...

Loving it, merci!

gilhodges said...

Wow! This one's a monster. Fantastic!

AmazingChicken said...

True gold. THANK YOU!

Unknown said...

How many track on this album? ZIP is damaged :(

oro said...

4 tracks...
I check this

Fattoxxon said...

Fantastic album Oro, thank you - but I can't figure out the original track-order. Sorry to be stupid! Can you help please?

oro said...

No problem David.
My sleeve is in a very bad condition. I can not make a good picture of it.
Here is the track list:

Side 1
Dja, Dja, Dja
Yallow 2

Side 2
O Kou
Paix Lo

Fattoxxon said...

thank you, Oro!!

sarang semut said...

I love it oro, thanks

Anonymous said...

Super hot Afrobeat! Thank you!

I love the long songs, super-tight-band style...

Any more by this artist available ?

ken_yatta said...

Another release by Tohon.
http://www.discogs.com/Stan-Tohon-Anciens-Combattants/release/6023345

NFT507 said...

Great my friend

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Anonymous said...

Many thanks!