tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84198010220955620132012-02-02T23:34:39.286+01:00oroOrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.comBlogger3331100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-3676248163343236522012-01-31T00:43:00.003+01:002012-01-31T15:01:51.473+01:00Phany Agboton & Les Satelites (1977)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hzwdPORgeVw/Tycq32JBRjI/AAAAAAAACck/0uPLYge5kh8/s1600/Phany+Agboton+(SAT+099)+front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hzwdPORgeVw/Tycq32JBRjI/AAAAAAAACck/0uPLYge5kh8/s320/Phany+Agboton+(SAT+099)+front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f6000;">Dans cette ambiance morose et presque apocalyptique, on se sent seul et orphelin d'une matrice musicale incontournable: Global Groove. Comment demain sera fait ? Où trouver ces disques africains qui nous font voyager ? attendre sur Ebay des raretés trop chère ou partir en Afrique à la recherche d'improbables collectionneurs...&nbsp;En attendant le retour de mes frères d'armes, voici de l'<i>afrobeat</i>&nbsp;furieux et guerrier.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.adrive.com/public/7321de8211081f2a697c50490fc1520a22f3a2a085e7429cf5f69625c3e5ccde.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: xx-small;">oro</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">In this gloomy atmosphere, almost apocalyptic, I feel lonely and orphan of a musical must-die: Global Groove. What tomorrow will bring ? Where to find these records that make us travel over Africa ? wait on ebay expensive rarities or go to Africa in search of unlikely collectors ?&nbsp;Pending the return of my brothers in arm, here is furious and warrior afrobeat</span><br /><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_vJ3SrLEdjE/TycqTxUAlyI/AAAAAAAACcc/lBc6uqNHVEM/s1600/Phany+Agboton+(SAT+099)+back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="318" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_vJ3SrLEdjE/TycqTxUAlyI/AAAAAAAACcc/lBc6uqNHVEM/s320/Phany+Agboton+(SAT+099)+back.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-367624816334323652?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-44085541124372527892012-01-28T23:06:00.003+01:002012-01-29T00:14:42.658+01:00Orchestre Black Santiago & Sena Joi Jelia (1979)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TB-tygZwSxA/TyRxTNtl9-I/AAAAAAAACcU/uoIdIQfoqLY/s1600/Orchestre+Black+Santiago+&amp;+Sena+Joi+Jelia+(front).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="315" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TB-tygZwSxA/TyRxTNtl9-I/AAAAAAAACcU/uoIdIQfoqLY/s320/Orchestre+Black+Santiago+&amp;+Sena+Joi+Jelia+(front).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">Sena Joi Jelia est une chanteuse Béninoise qui a commencé sa carrière avec l'orchestre Poly-Rythmo. Cet disque a été enregistré en 1979 sur le label Polydisco. "Polydisco" était &nbsp;nom originaire choisi par l'orchestre Poly-Rythmo.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.adrive.com/public/34bf646000428182bcee1f184c74b3787594208bd8b0f7ad215e67b3f4012dad.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">oro</span></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;">Sena Joi Jelia is a woman singer who began his career with Orchestra Poly-Rythmo. This record was produced in 1979 on label Polydisco. "Polydisco" was the originally name chosen by orchestra Poly-Rythmo.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PPTmwzgmNNo/TyRwn7jzViI/AAAAAAAACcM/UCOxopsEUrg/s1600/Orchestre+Black+Santiago+&amp;+Sena+Joi+Jelia+(back).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="316" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PPTmwzgmNNo/TyRwn7jzViI/AAAAAAAACcM/UCOxopsEUrg/s320/Orchestre+Black+Santiago+&amp;+Sena+Joi+Jelia+(back).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-4408554112437252789?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-90949815774684761022012-01-26T19:20:00.006+01:002012-01-26T22:56:47.342+01:00BESSANVI GBESSI (1976)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yvh4nQiCFOc/TyGZDdsMJZI/AAAAAAAACcE/MDu8dk3Wvak/s1600/Bessanvi+Gbessi+(front).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yvh4nQiCFOc/TyGZDdsMJZI/AAAAAAAACcE/MDu8dk3Wvak/s400/Bessanvi+Gbessi+(front).jpg" width="392" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">On sous estime souvent la valeur des enregistrements de musique traditionnelle. Durant la période d'édition en vinyle, les orchestres traditionnels ont enregistrés autant de disques que les orchestres modernes. Aujourd'hui la musique traditionnelle n'a pas bougé, fidèle à ses instruments traditionnels, à son style, et émancipée grâce aux progrès techniques d'enregistrements.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Cet enregistrement de 1976 fait parti des tout premiers de Gbessi et les bases sont déjà posées.&nbsp;Bessanvi Gbessi n'est pas n'importe qui, il est une grande star jusqu'à aujourd'hui. Voici une biographie trouvée sur le site </span><b><a href="http://nonvitcha.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=64&amp;Itemid=79"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f6000;">Nonvitcha</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">De son vrai nom, Bessanvi Coffi Albert, Bessanvi Gbessi Zolawadji est bé en 1952 sur l'archipel de Djegbadji, un au lieu de migration du peuple Xwla, à quelques kilomètres de Ouidah. Dans ce paysage, il apprit à lire les merveilles de la nature, à admirer le bruit des vagues, source d'inspiration.&nbsp;</span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Son penchant pour la chanson, il le tient de son père Bessanvi Dossou alias Atchaba, un grand chanteur de la contrée et surtout de sa mère Adjouavi qui appartient elle aussi à la lignée des grands chanteurs Xwla.&nbsp;</span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">L'artiste a connu un itinéraire élogieux qui requiert l'admiration de tous. Gbessi a accumulé des trophées et des distinctions tous azimuts. Sur le plan international, il a été deux fois nominé au Kora (1999 et 2000) et c'est en 2001 qu'il remporta le trophée Kora dans la catégorie des meilleurs artistes traditionnels d'Afrique, c'était la grande consécration.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.adrive.com/public/56d968ad97e41770ea44097e4cd914ae5a7bbe74ee12e1614f5672a3e2a1f18c.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000; font-size: xx-small;">oro</span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">We often underestimate the value of traditional music recordings. During the period of vinyl editions, traditional orchestras have recorded many records as far as modern bands. Today traditional music did not move, true to its fidelity to old instruments and style, emancipated thanks to technical evolutions or recording.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">This record from 1976, produced by Satel Records, is part of the first recordings from&nbsp;Gbessi. The artist is not just anybody, he is a huge star until today. here is a biography found on website </span><b><a href="http://nonvitcha.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=64&amp;Itemid=79"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f6000;">Nonvitcha</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f6000;">:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">His real name is Albert Bessanvi Koffi, he is known as Bessanvi Gbessi Zolawadji. He was born in 1952 in Djegbadji, few miles from Ouidah, a place known for its migration of Xwla people. In this landscape, he learned to read the wonders of nature, to admire the waves, a source of inspiration.&nbsp;</span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">His fondness for the song comes from his father, Bessanvi Dossou alias Atchaba, a geat singer, and especially his mother Adjouavi, which also belongs to the lineage of great Xwla singers. The artist deserves admiration. Gbessi accumulated trophies and awards. Internationally, he was nominated two times for the Kora (1999 and 2000), then in 2001 he won the Kora Award in the category of best traditional artists from Africa. It was the great consecration.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ftu9hM1XNEk/TyGYaRVK7uI/AAAAAAAACb8/5dcN8w30R-E/s1600/Bessanvi+Gbessi+%2528back%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ftu9hM1XNEk/TyGYaRVK7uI/AAAAAAAACb8/5dcN8w30R-E/s400/Bessanvi+Gbessi+%2528back%2529.jpg" width="385" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-9094981577468476102?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-60284995708204747082012-01-24T23:02:00.002+01:002012-01-25T17:27:05.853+01:00Polaroid of Poly-Rythmo (1974)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ds28vNPCNAo/Tx8wjnUpHZI/AAAAAAAACb0/wJmRTmxoOG8/s1600/Poly-Rythmo+%2528ESD+032%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="392" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ds28vNPCNAo/Tx8wjnUpHZI/AAAAAAAACb0/wJmRTmxoOG8/s400/Poly-Rythmo+%2528ESD+032%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;">Nous sommes des Global Groovers attendant des jours noirs, scrutant la guillotine. En attendant voici un vieux Polaroïd de Poly-Rythmo comme une copie de l'année 1972, au Dahomey.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;">Ce vinyl a été édité par le label "Echos Sonores du Dahomey" et produit par Madame Grataissy. Le célèbre Joseph Aménoudji dit "Vicky" compose et chante. L'enregistrement &nbsp;contient sur la face A, un morceau<i> sato </i>typique du Poly-Rythmo et sur la face B, un morceau<i> cavacha</i>, intitulé "La Vérité Entière". Un titre qui parle...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.adrive.com/public/e3bbe0979b7fe9459763482813759eee38dc7fb210183e6d498ec7e0dd1ddf9e.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange; font-size: xx-small;">oro</span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f6000;">We are Global Groovers waiting for dark days, pending the guillotine. Meanwhile, here is an old Polaroid of Poly-Rythmo as &nbsp;a copy of Dahomey's musical environment during 1972.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f6000;">This vinyl record was edited on label "Echos Sonores du Dahomey" and produced by Miss Grataissy. Joseph Aménoudji called "Vicky" composed and sung. Side 1 contains a typical Poly-Rythmic <i>sato</i> rhythm and side 2, a<i> cavacha</i> entitled "La Vérité Vraie" (The Whole Truth). A title that speaks...</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-6028499570820474708?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-9092902439154735412012-01-23T17:58:00.007+01:002012-01-23T23:29:36.453+01:00The End ?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dll4UkLkoyo/Tx20-dFMX3I/AAAAAAAACbk/0-VQuJUQ1bc/s1600/Ghana+Special+%2528oro%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="397" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dll4UkLkoyo/Tx20-dFMX3I/AAAAAAAACbk/0-VQuJUQ1bc/s400/Ghana+Special+%2528oro%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Oro ne sera jamais mort.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">On peut censurer la musique mais pas les mots,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Oro n'est pas mort, il est le souffle des ancêtres.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"></span><br /><div style="color: black; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f6000;">Oro will never be dead.</span></span></div></div><div style="color: black; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f6000;">They can censor music but not words,</span></span></div></div><div style="color: black; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f6000;">Oro is not dead, he is the breath of ancestors.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f6000;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f6000;"><br /></span></span></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Pour survivre aujourd'hui, voici le souffle du Ghana. J'ai trouvé des extraits de ces trois albums sur Ebay. Je n'ai pas noté le nom du vendeur de ces disques mais j'espère qu'il se reconnaitra pour que je puisse le remercier.</span>&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f6000;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f6000;">To survive today, here is the breath of Ghan. I found those rips on Ebay. I did not notice the seller's name so I hope he will recognize so that I may thank him.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f6000;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jbZBIWHqw8M/Tx2MwQssJzI/AAAAAAAACbE/2Ac55SRDjF8/s1600/Rim+Akandoh+%2526+His+Prince+Sparrows+Band.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jbZBIWHqw8M/Tx2MwQssJzI/AAAAAAAACbE/2Ac55SRDjF8/s200/Rim+Akandoh+%2526+His+Prince+Sparrows+Band.jpg" width="183" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">RIM AKANDOH &amp; HIS PRINCE SPARROWS BAND (1979)</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Rim Akondoh est un artiste de <i>highlife</i> méconnu. Il est était connu à son époque pour être un redoutable chanteur sur scène.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.adrive.com/public/14c7798602f597ca9b727dd7aad5f13de3758cb970d73e0788cd9384c1d2f8e5.html">EXECUTIVE 012 (side 1)</a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f6000;">Rim Akondoh is one of the forgotten classic highlife musicians in Ghana. In this days, he was a crowd puller at concerts in Ghana.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FcCWDAsYGDw/Tx2M_DrIN_I/AAAAAAAACbM/iaxcJnDZ_00/s1600/Obiba+Collins+%2526+His+Super+Stars.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FcCWDAsYGDw/Tx2M_DrIN_I/AAAAAAAACbM/iaxcJnDZ_00/s200/Obiba+Collins+%2526+His+Super+Stars.jpg" width="196" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span></b><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">OBIBA COLLINS &amp; HIS SUPER STARS (1981)</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Obiba Collins est connu pour avoir joué, comme bassiste et percussionniste, avec Fela Ransome Kuti.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.adrive.com/public/aba6a9636e8d7e6662c3dc7f6de66da63425a41f9bf1bd1e4ba8919f40ced0b1.html">SFLP 2001 (side1)</a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f6000;">Obiba Collins used to play bass and percussion with Fela Ransome Kuti.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f6000;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mEs95OeCT0k/Tx2NQWeW55I/AAAAAAAACbU/lAAvEsZQNKg/s1600/Pat+Thomas+%2528GAPO+LP+773%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mEs95OeCT0k/Tx2NQWeW55I/AAAAAAAACbU/lAAvEsZQNKg/s200/Pat+Thomas+%2528GAPO+LP+773%2529.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">PAT THOMAS</span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Cet album enregistré sur le label GAPOPHONE est très rare. Voici la Face B, "One More Time" &nbsp;un bijoux&nbsp;<i>highlife&nbsp;</i>chanté en anglais.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.adrive.com/public/67f66f234118415bdd404ef1f6b54f60806b23ed139cf199bce8e5f97f33bbe3.html">GAPO LP 773 &nbsp;(side2)</a></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f6000;">This rare album was recorded on the label Gapophone. I only have Side B ("One More Time") a jewelry highlife sung in english.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-909290243915473541?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-75229023069521880212012-01-21T23:19:00.002+01:002012-01-29T20:36:38.130+01:00SPECIAL POST: ORCHESTRE DE LA BCB led by Danialou Sagbohan (1978)<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FHbjDEfFfL0/TxsA2XwrxjI/AAAAAAAACa8/1mnkiMa2hXo/s1600/Orchestre+de+la+BCB+%25281978%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FHbjDEfFfL0/TxsA2XwrxjI/AAAAAAAACa8/1mnkiMa2hXo/s400/Orchestre+de+la+BCB+%25281978%2529.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Il y a deux ans que je prépare ce courrier. Après une introduction avec Bluecky d'Almeida et Célestin Migan, voici ce sublime album de l'orchestre de la B.C.B (Banque Commerciale du Bénin) dont le chef d'orchestre était l'incontournable Danialou Sagbohan.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Cet orchestre a été crée après l'instauration du pouvoir marxiste-leniniste du Général Mathieu Kerekou en 1975. A l'époque, il n'était pas facile de jouer de la musique moderne. Les militaires faisaient régulièrement des descentes dans les bars à concert. Pour canaliser ces rebelles afro-beat, le pouvoir à embaucher les plus endurcis dans la banque d'état, la Banque Commerciale du Bénin. Ainsi les artistes musiciens travaillaient dans la banque durant la journée et jouaient le soir dans l'orchestre de la B.C.B. Parmi ces artistes voici les plus célèbres: Danialou Sagbohan, Bluecky d'Almeida, Célestin Gbedjinou, Célestin Migan, Ambroise Akoha, Oscar Kidjo...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Tout l'album s'écoute avec jubilation mais je retiens deux morceaux qui m'ont fait vibrer pendant des mois et des mois. Je n'arrive pas à me lasser de:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">"NUWAME", composée et chantée par Danialou Sagbohan, que vous avez pu découvrir dans une autre version dans ce </span><b><a href="http://orogod.blogspot.com/2010/07/special-post-danialou-sagbohan-record.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">courrier</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">. L'orchestration est ici plus simple, presque reggae, mais lorsque la voix de Sagbohan apparait, la chanson prend une dimension religieuse.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">"BCB", composée et chantée par Célestin Gbedjinou, est un bijoux dans lequel on peut apprécier l'unique solo de batterie enregistré en Studio par Danialou Sagbohan. Certains diront que Sagbohan joue à la batterie comme un percussionniste, je réponds que je suis prêt à entendre tous les ces solos si parlants que ce dieu peut nous offrir...</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?xjdt3oc4ftp8fg4">BCB 7801</a></span></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">I have been thinking of this post for two years. After an introduction with Bluecky d'Almeida and Celestin Migan, here is this sublime album of the "Orchestre de la BCB" (Commercial Bank of Benin Orchestra) led by the great Danialou Sagbohan.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">This band was founded after the introduction of Marxist-Leninist power by General Mathieu Kerekou in 1975. At the time, it was not easy to play modern music. The military were making regular raids on clubs. To maintain power against afro-beat rebels, the governement decide to hire musicians in the state bank, the "Commercial Bank of Benin". So the musicians were working in the bank during the day and at night playing with B.C.B band. Among the most famous artists of the band: Danialou Sagbohan, Bluecky d'Almeida, Celestin Gbedjinou, Celestin Migan, Ambroise Akoha, Oscar Kidjo...</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">I can not get tired of these fantastic tunes:</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">"NUWAME", composed and sung by Danialou Sagbohan, can be heard in a different version </span><b><a href="http://orogod.blogspot.com/2010/07/special-post-danialou-sagbohan-record.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">here</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">. The orchestration is more simple, almost reggae, but when Sagbohan's voice appears the song takes on a religious dimension.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">"BCB", composed and sung by Celestin Gbedjinou, is &nbsp;jewel where you can enjoy the unique drum solo recording in studio by Danialou Sagbohan. Some would say that Sagbohan Plays the drums as a percussionist, I reply that I am ready to hear all these eloquent solos offered by a god...</span><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m5404a2ZTRc/TxsAbp_u2eI/AAAAAAAACa0/sJP2jy9ryLg/s1600/Orchestre+de+la+BCB+%2528front%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m5404a2ZTRc/TxsAbp_u2eI/AAAAAAAACa0/sJP2jy9ryLg/s400/Orchestre+de+la+BCB+%2528front%2529.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kDKU8OcP50k/TxsAOcQrrYI/AAAAAAAACas/iYK5XSl4VGA/s1600/Orchestre+de+la+BCB+%2528back%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kDKU8OcP50k/TxsAOcQrrYI/AAAAAAAACas/iYK5XSl4VGA/s400/Orchestre+de+la+BCB+%2528back%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-7522902306952188021?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-85343403738041258072012-01-14T18:51:00.005+01:002012-01-15T15:53:21.144+01:00SPECIAL POST: Migan Celestin<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UkiBGfnxub0/TxLoTeIDgxI/AAAAAAAACZU/XqDFY-HmrJQ/s1600/Migan+Celestin+%2528oro%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UkiBGfnxub0/TxLoTeIDgxI/AAAAAAAACZU/XqDFY-HmrJQ/s400/Migan+Celestin+%2528oro%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f6000;">Célestin Migan alias Mig-Tino mérite un courrier spécial. Je réunis donc plusieurs univers musicaux composés et chantés par le plus grand guitariste béninois des années 70's. Cette série de disques a été enregistré entre 1975 et 1980. Le premier est inédit sur Oro.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;">Celestin Migan alias Mig-Tino deserves a special post. Here are different musical worlds composed and sung by the greatest beninese guitarist during the 70's. This set of records were composed between 1975 and 1980. The first is new on Oro.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V6yu-ZBTNIY/TxG-rrDQbLI/AAAAAAAACYk/sylbVvZLJIw/s1600/Migan+Celestin+%2528ME+002%2529+FRONT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="197" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V6yu-ZBTNIY/TxG-rrDQbLI/AAAAAAAACYk/sylbVvZLJIw/s200/Migan+Celestin+%2528ME+002%2529+FRONT.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f6000;">Célestin Migan était le chef d'orchestre des "Commandos", connus pour avoir longuement accompagné El Rego. Sur ce 45 tours édité sur le label "Columbia", Migan chante en Français. "Je m'en fous" est un superbe rythme <i>cavacha</i>, "Pas de sot métier" est un rythme folklorique qui prône la vie de musicien car "la musique c'est du travail".</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?f395ozpfugdwkh7">ME 002</a></span></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;">Migan Celestin used to be the leader of "The Commandos" band, also known as El Rego's backing band. This single edited on label "Columbia" and Migan sings in french. "Je m'en fous" (I don't care) is a wonderful <i>cavacha</i> rhythm, "Pas de sot métier" (No silly business) is a traditional&nbsp;rhythm which lyrics promote musician lifestyle because "music is a work".</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0xvBFXFD4Zg/TxG-Fp5cRDI/AAAAAAAACYc/8iXBPeByL8Q/s1600/Migan_C_lestin_front_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0xvBFXFD4Zg/TxG-Fp5cRDI/AAAAAAAACYc/8iXBPeByL8Q/s200/Migan_C_lestin_front_.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f6000;">Cet autre 45 tours a été enregistré avec l'orchestre Supermen, une formation qu'a crée Migan après les Commandos. Une face A totalement soukous dans lequel Migan nous dévoile tous ses talents de guitariste. La face B est un rythme <i>agbadja</i> ou là encore la guitare est surprenante.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?uvc333smm80o2eu">EB 001</a>&nbsp;</span></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;">This other single was recorded with the "Supermen" band, an other orchestra created by Celestin after the "Commandos". Side 1 is a terrible soukous rhythm which reveals Migan's talent as guitarist. Side 2 is an<i> agbadja</i> rhythm with surprising guitar again.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f6000;">Pour finir en beauté, un album sublime enregistré avec Danialou Sagbohan à la batterie et aux choeurs ainsi que Tidjani Koné au saxophone." Agbeyame" est le titre phare de ce disque, une chanson mélancolique inoubliable. Pour la petite histoire, l'enregistrement s'est fait en une prise.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?idv1m0a10q6zb4t">DISCO 16</a></span></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;">To finish off, a sublime album featuring Danialou Sagbohan on drums and backing vocals, and Tidjani Kone on saxophone. This record was edited on famous label Papa Disco. "Agbeyame" is one of the best track, a melancholic and unforgettable song. For the story, the recording was done in one take.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5DzeqTMHp-E/TxG98JWEazI/AAAAAAAACYU/CY3P4FXBgPI/s1600/Migan+Celestin+cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5DzeqTMHp-E/TxG98JWEazI/AAAAAAAACYU/CY3P4FXBgPI/s400/Migan+Celestin+cover.jpg" width="390" /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-8534340373804125807?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-74542599601860505622012-01-11T22:37:00.002+01:002012-01-30T15:48:02.043+01:00Bluecky d'Almeida & Les Satelites (1977)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iQf02IBBgeQ/Tw4Do9fgHoI/AAAAAAAACYM/LMQBsWBObBQ/s1600/Bluecky+D%2527Alemeida+%2526+Les+Satelites.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iQf02IBBgeQ/Tw4Do9fgHoI/AAAAAAAACYM/LMQBsWBObBQ/s640/Bluecky+D%2527Alemeida+%2526+Les+Satelites.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">Bluecky D'Almeida a commencé sa carrière de chanteur en 1964. Avec El Rego, il fait parti des doyens de la chanson Béninoise. Ce 45 tours a été enregistré en 1977 avec &nbsp;l'orchestre "Les Satelites" qui doit être l'orchestre officiel du label "Satel". Le morceau "Assitchi" est un rythme <i>reggae</i>&nbsp;et "J'ai des problèmes", un rythme <i>makossa </i>que personnellement j'adore<i>.&nbsp;</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">Bluecky d'Almeida est toujours vivant et va bientôt fêter ses 50 ans de carrière.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?a5s7k128f8zzq8z"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange; font-size: xx-small;">oro</span></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;">Bluecky d'Almeida began his singing career in 1964. With El rego, he is part of Beninese music deans. This single was recorded in 1977 with the "Satelites" band which is, I suppose, the official band of "Satel" label.The song "Assitchi" is a <i>reggae</i>&nbsp;rhythm and "J'ai des problèmes" (I have problems) is a <i>makossa</i>&nbsp;rhythm that I personally love.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;">Bluecky d'Almeida is still alive and will soon celebrate his 50-year career.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tXRWGxPYsoM/Tw3-NuAtRDI/AAAAAAAACX8/SOCvD4a6ZUU/s1600/Bluecky+D%2527Almeida+%2526+Les+Satelites+%2528front%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tXRWGxPYsoM/Tw3-NuAtRDI/AAAAAAAACX8/SOCvD4a6ZUU/s320/Bluecky+D%2527Almeida+%2526+Les+Satelites+%2528front%2529.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gi6LOenlLFo/Tw39kPF935I/AAAAAAAACX0/Ljag49N_x_I/s1600/Bluecky+D%2527Almeida+%2526+Les+Satelites.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gi6LOenlLFo/Tw39kPF935I/AAAAAAAACX0/Ljag49N_x_I/s320/Bluecky+D%2527Almeida+%2526+Les+Satelites.jpg" width="311" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-7454259960186050562?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-53771019913487277782012-01-08T17:00:00.003+01:002012-01-09T22:25:24.090+01:00LES VOLCANS & Boco Thierry (1980)<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ia2xaoIFAOI/TwnIAkFsSTI/AAAAAAAACXs/dXu748P4tD0/s1600/Boco+Thierry+%2526+Les+Volcans.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ia2xaoIFAOI/TwnIAkFsSTI/AAAAAAAACXs/dXu748P4tD0/s400/Boco+Thierry+%2526+Les+Volcans.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f6000;">Il est bon de commencer l'année avec l'orchestre le plus puissant du Bénin au siècle passé (avec Poly-Rythmo bien entendu). Cet orchestre des Volcans de la Gendarmerie est une armée dangereuse qui peut vous attaquer à chaque album. Celui d'aujourd'hui est épiphaniquement composé par le mage Thierry Boco, à son retour de Cuba, qui nous offre l'or de la salsa cubaine.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f6000;">Ce disque a été enregistré en 1980 sur le label "Editions Philomène" et arrangé par les "deux cerveaux". Je ne sais pas qui sont ces deux cerveaux mais ils ont gravé deux superbes pièces: "Medewi" et "Semedo".</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?taibnt61tn64pt5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange; font-size: xx-small;">oro</span></a></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">It is good to start the year with the most powerful band of Benin in the last century (with Poly-Rythmo of course). This military band, "Les Volcans", is a dangerous army that can attack you each album. That of today is composed by the epiphanic Thierry Boco, traveling back from Cuba, who shares with us the gold of salsa rhythms.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">This record was edited on the label "Editions Philomena" in 1980. It has been arranged by "the two brains". I do not know those "two brains" but they have offered two wonder pieces: "Medewi" and "Semedo".</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MqZFtaRAhg4/Twm8U4gqw3I/AAAAAAAACXU/d7bMineKnZs/s1600/Les+Volcans+%2526+Boco+Thierry+%2528front%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="397" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MqZFtaRAhg4/Twm8U4gqw3I/AAAAAAAACXU/d7bMineKnZs/s400/Les+Volcans+%2526+Boco+Thierry+%2528front%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4W-X7SuY7C4/Twm74t1UcoI/AAAAAAAACXM/PMSQRLM7PY4/s1600/Les+Volcans+%2526+Bocco+Thierry+%2528bavk%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4W-X7SuY7C4/Twm74t1UcoI/AAAAAAAACXM/PMSQRLM7PY4/s400/Les+Volcans+%2526+Bocco+Thierry+%2528bavk%2529.jpg" width="396" /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-5377101991348727778?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-75958871624676218252011-12-30T00:05:00.000+01:002011-12-30T00:05:14.328+01:00Les Grands Génies de Cotonou<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TfxtucIvBZk/TvyXUQqUGkI/AAAAAAAACXE/U_TbyQ6Ic54/s1600/Les+Grands+Ge%25CC%2581nies+de+Cotonou.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="397" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TfxtucIvBZk/TvyXUQqUGkI/AAAAAAAACXE/U_TbyQ6Ic54/s400/Les+Grands+Ge%25CC%2581nies+de+Cotonou.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;">I ended the year with a totally unknown band for me. "les Grands Génies" recorded this single in the early 70's. Side A, "Tche We Atcheke" , is a terrible <i>Sato</i> rhythm. I know nothing about the composer, Joseph Devi, and even less about the label "Daho-Disco Ambiance". Excellent year 2012, it will be full of surprises from Benin.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?i66g4lbw0tv8uzz"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: xx-small;">oro</span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f6000;">Je termine l'année avec un orchestre totalement inconnu pour moi. "Les Grands Génies" ont enregistré ce disque vers le début des années 70. La face A "Tche We Atcheke" est un terrible rythme <i>Sato. </i>Je ne connais rien non plus sur le compositeur, Joseph Sevi, et encore moins sur le label "Daho-Disco Ambiance". Excellente année 2012, elle sera pleine de surprises béninoises...</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-7595887162467621825?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-25596608891139266682011-12-27T18:25:00.004+01:002011-12-27T18:51:09.112+01:00OGUN: God of Iron (Dahomey) / SONGS OF WEST AFRICA (Mauritania, Senegal, Ivory-Coast) 1952<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3ZS7Usf7YxU/Tvn9dMf_etI/AAAAAAAACWs/NoItoM2eqy8/s1600/Ogoun.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="380" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3ZS7Usf7YxU/Tvn9dMf_etI/AAAAAAAACWs/NoItoM2eqy8/s400/Ogoun.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">1. MUSIC FOR OGUN, GOD OF IRON (Dahomey- 1952)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">This music is devoted to Ogun, god of iron, one &nbsp;the most important god of Nago people from Benin or Yoruba people from Nigeria. These recordings were made in 1952 in Dahomey.&nbsp;Dahomean religions are those which, due to the phenomenon called " possession", the god, when certain conditions are met, temporarily incarnated in the person dedicated to him and just live few times. When answering the call of drums, Ogun manifests itself. The priests, possessed by the deity, come dance and perform a dance which is the climax of the ceremony.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">2. SONGS OF WEST AFRICA (Mauritania, Senegal, Ivory-Coast- 1952)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">One will find on this side of record, recordings representing various types of vocal art very different from one another. The first one, is strongly influenced by Islam. The second is influenced by christanism. Ebrie and Adioukou &nbsp;recordings are testimony valuable because there are more and more difficult to collect.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">Gilbert Rouget &amp; Pierre Verger</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?zet6ol77re7eclc"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange; font-size: xx-small;">oro</span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">1. MUSIQUE POUR OGOUN, DIEU DU FER (Dahomey- 1952)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Cette musique est celle que l'on entend au cours des cérémonies consacrées chaque semaine au culte de Ogoun, une des plus importantes divinités des Nago du Bénin ou Yorouba du Nigeria. Ces enregistrements ont été réalisés au Dahomey en 1952.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Les religions Dahoméennes sont de celles où, par suite du phénomène dit "de possession", le dieu, lorsque certaines conditions sont réunies, s'incarne provisoirement en la personne qui lui est consacré et vient ainsi vivre quelques moments parmi ses fidèles. Lorsque, répondant à l'appel des tambours, Ogoun se manifeste, les officiants, possédés par la divinité, entrent en danse et exécutent une danse qui constitue le paroxysme de la cérémonie.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">2. CHANTS D'AFRIQUE OCCIDENTALE (Mauritanie, Sénégal, Côte d'Ivoire - 1952)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">On retrouvera sur cette face de disque des enregistrements représentatifs de divers types d'art vocal très différents les un des autres mais également caractéristiques, mes premiers d'une religion de savane extrêmement sèche, sinon désertique, fortement marquée par l'Islam, les seconds _tous polyphoniques_ d'une religion forestière où l'islam a peu pénétré mais ou le christianisme a parfois solidement pris pied, détruisant en général, de manière systématique, toute musique indigène traditionnelle. A cet égard les enregistrements &nbsp;Ebrié et Adioukou (plages 6 &amp; 7) sont autant de témoignages précieux parce que de plus en plus difficiles à recueillir, de ce qu'a été l'art du chant.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: right;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-style: normal;">Gilbert Rouget &amp; Pierre Verger.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RDwcHZztV-M/Tvn8k0HVWiI/AAAAAAAACWg/3Yny7NkOTFY/s1600/Ogoun+Dieu+du+Fer+%2526+Chant+d%2527Afrique+de+l%2527Ouest+%2528front%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RDwcHZztV-M/Tvn8k0HVWiI/AAAAAAAACWg/3Yny7NkOTFY/s400/Ogoun+Dieu+du+Fer+%2526+Chant+d%2527Afrique+de+l%2527Ouest+%2528front%2529.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QaH3AviwA-k/Tvn7_YITCjI/AAAAAAAACWU/ePeTWM6tIMk/s1600/Ogoun+Dieu+du+Fer+%2526+Chant+d%2527Afrique+de+l%2527Ouest+%2528back%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QaH3AviwA-k/Tvn7_YITCjI/AAAAAAAACWU/ePeTWM6tIMk/s400/Ogoun+Dieu+du+Fer+%2526+Chant+d%2527Afrique+de+l%2527Ouest+%2528back%2529.jpg" width="397" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-2559660889113926668?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-81303554422765089492011-12-23T21:49:00.002+01:002011-12-23T23:36:23.396+01:00Les Grands Colombias du Peuple (Ivory-Coast / 1979)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wrwnQLoJZig/TvTo6MZJH4I/AAAAAAAACWI/fXYMthCUKzQ/s1600/Les+Grands+Colombias+du+Peuple+%2528front%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wrwnQLoJZig/TvTo6MZJH4I/AAAAAAAACWI/fXYMthCUKzQ/s400/Les+Grands+Colombias+du+Peuple+%2528front%2529.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;">Another great record from Okoi Seka Athanase and his "Grand Colombias" band. I love the king of &nbsp;funky <i>Kete</i> rock.</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?iemuj0i1znk443y"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-size: xx-small;">oro</span></a></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6fa8dc;">Autre magnifique album de Okoi Seka Athanase et ses "Grands Colombias". J'adore le roi du <i>Kete</i> rock.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aXpMZjeNCDs/TvToTWd1AxI/AAAAAAAACV8/_uZXIIbEn3Y/s1600/Les+Grands+Colombias+du+Peuple+%2528back%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="396" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aXpMZjeNCDs/TvToTWd1AxI/AAAAAAAACV8/_uZXIIbEn3Y/s400/Les+Grands+Colombias+du+Peuple+%2528back%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-8130355442276508949?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-64311743799424259592011-12-11T23:28:00.002+01:002012-01-09T22:24:58.828+01:00SPECIAL POST: Orchestre Les Volcans & Amade Cyrille<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--LdBANBkgmg/TuZnqZlf4II/AAAAAAAACVw/r5jpy2ld33w/s1600/Les+Volcans+%2526+Amade+Cyrille.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--LdBANBkgmg/TuZnqZlf4II/AAAAAAAACVw/r5jpy2ld33w/s640/Les+Volcans+%2526+Amade+Cyrille.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">This album is just one of the best recording of the "Volcans" and yet found no information about its author and singer, Cyrille Amade. All songs are extremely powerful. Also featured leader and second singer Joseph Lawani, Nestor Hountondji on saxophone, not to mention the dreaded Marcellin Kpohonou on drums.&nbsp;</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">I sincerely thank Vivien (DJ Balafon) for sending me the rip of this rare record.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?851r64mvx16aien"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-size: xx-small;">oro</span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Ce disque est tout simplement l'un des meilleurs enregistrement de l'orchestre "Les Volcans" et pourtant on ne trouve aucune informations sur son auteur et chanteur, Amade Cyrille. Tous les titres de cet album sont extrêmement rare sont puissants. On retrouve aussi au chant le leader Joseph Lawani, au saxophone Nestor Hountondji, sans oublier le redoutable Marcellin Kpohonou à la batterie.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Je remercie particulièrement Vivien alias DJ Balafon pour m'avoir ripper ce album.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Nkz6iSO-pk0/TuUVtcx9O7I/AAAAAAAACVE/YOg--P00z24/s1600/Orchestre+Les+Volcans+%2526+Amade+Cyrille.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Nkz6iSO-pk0/TuUVtcx9O7I/AAAAAAAACVE/YOg--P00z24/s400/Orchestre+Les+Volcans+%2526+Amade+Cyrille.jpg" width="390" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-6431174379942425959?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-1991219889661552102011-12-02T23:15:00.003+01:002011-12-03T15:55:28.562+01:00SPECIAL POST: Orchestre Super Borgou de Parakou<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ePh6dQF9U7U/TtlALEGJS8I/AAAAAAAACUU/lzvi7JeXhcY/s1600/Orchestre+Super+Borgou+%2528front%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ePh6dQF9U7U/TtlALEGJS8I/AAAAAAAACUU/lzvi7JeXhcY/s320/Orchestre+Super+Borgou+%2528front%2529.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">I enjoy posting this record full of northern Benin character. I do not know the year of recording nor the label "Impressions Sonores du Nord" (Sound Impressions from the North) but it sounds good, it sounds really good. Side A, "An Nam Kofi Taba" is a pure <i>afrobeat </i>rhythm and Side B xith "Weboro Senise Sourou" is sublime <i>pachenga</i>. Both master pieces composed by the great Moussa Mama. For more pleasure with Super Borgou take this</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a2c4c9;"> </span><b><a href="http://www.orogod.blogspot.com/search/label/Super%20Borgou"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">flight</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a2c4c9;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?l32fdj2r0wsbv1x"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: xx-small;">oro</span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">J'ai plaisir à poster ce disque plein de caractère nordique du Bénin. Je ne connais pas l'année de cet enregistrement ni le label "Impressions Sonores du Nord", ça sonne bien je vous le dis ça sonne très bien. La Face A, "Nam An Kofi Taba" est un pur rythme </span><i style="color: #cccccc;">afrobeat, </i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">et la Face B, avec "Weboro Senise Sourou" est un sublime </span><i style="color: #cccccc;">pachenga. </i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Ces deux morceaux sont composés par le grand Moussa Mama. Pour plus de plaisir avec le Super Borgou, prenez ce </span><a href="http://www.orogod.blogspot.com/search/label/Super%20Borgou"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b>vol.</b></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OyCvxdWszkM/Ttk_qaS-KeI/AAAAAAAACUM/nJhzLROSdZI/s1600/Orchestre+Super+Borgou+%2528back%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OyCvxdWszkM/Ttk_qaS-KeI/AAAAAAAACUM/nJhzLROSdZI/s320/Orchestre+Super+Borgou+%2528back%2529.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-199121988966155210?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-8687329111266865222011-11-26T23:31:00.003+01:002011-11-27T15:25:50.251+01:00T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo & Vincent Ahehehinnou (1974)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2Oma1qPsf_U/TtJIWWZZ4NI/AAAAAAAACT8/WzbEUknY6Qo/s1600/Poly-Rythmo+%2528ASB+224%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2Oma1qPsf_U/TtJIWWZZ4NI/AAAAAAAACT8/WzbEUknY6Qo/s320/Poly-Rythmo+%2528ASB+224%2529.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;">This N°224 record on the label Albarika Store is a jewel. Composed and sung by Vincent Ahehehinnou, the title "Cherie Oyo" deserves a better rhythm description as Bossa Nova which is written on the record label. The song "Nan Man Nan" is as ambitious as the first, a traditional and "folkloric" modernized rhythm. Vinent has a voice as warm and captivating as that of Eskill Lohento.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?pxrt7rllc414map">oro</a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Ce disque N°224 sur le label Albarika Store est un bijoux. Composé et chanté par Vincent Ahehehinnou, le titre "Cherie Oyo" mérite un meilleur qualificatif rythmique que "Bossa Nova" qui figure sur le label du disque. Le titre "Nan Man Nan" est aussi ambitieux que le premier, un ryhtme traditionnel et "folklorique" modernisé. Vincent a une voix aussi chaude et envoutante que celle d'Eskill Lohento.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-U5bjwWt0rHc/TtFUhNW0zYI/AAAAAAAACTc/Pw2hcIe5c2w/s1600/ASB+224.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-U5bjwWt0rHc/TtFUhNW0zYI/AAAAAAAACTc/Pw2hcIe5c2w/s320/ASB+224.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-868732911126686522?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-84184307906944022922011-11-25T22:19:00.000+01:002011-11-25T22:19:33.505+01:00Traore Tiemoko dit Patch (Burkina-Faso - 1978)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mLgrjui1FWw/TtAFymi9mKI/AAAAAAAACTU/CiUUkNdQeBM/s1600/Traore+Tiemoko+%2528oro%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mLgrjui1FWw/TtAFymi9mKI/AAAAAAAACTU/CiUUkNdQeBM/s400/Traore+Tiemoko+%2528oro%2529.jpg" width="397" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">I continue my exploration of music from Burkina Faso, or rather of Upper Volta with this album from obscure artist Tiemoko Traore. The Cavacha rhythm style of the album was also that of Traore Amadou Ballake which famous "Taximen" album is next issue after "Patch" on Sacodis label.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?d0kd66ci1nax5oi">oro</a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;">Je continue mon exploration de la musique du Burkina, ou plutôt de Haute-Volta avec cet album de cet obscure artiste: Traore Tiemoko. Son style Cavacha est dans le style de l'époque et de celui de Traore Amadou Ballake dont le célèbre album "Taximen" est le numéro suivant sur le label Sacodis.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-C_Ea-zPMFkg/TtAFlA7_epI/AAAAAAAACTM/CoriAOyPpWc/s1600/Traore+Tiemoko.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-C_Ea-zPMFkg/TtAFlA7_epI/AAAAAAAACTM/CoriAOyPpWc/s400/Traore+Tiemoko.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-8418430790694402292?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-14680299775297499702011-11-18T22:45:00.002+01:002011-11-19T11:04:54.348+01:00Yedenou Adjahoui (1981)<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CMkXoxvDz3k/Tsd_BCgocwI/AAAAAAAACS0/0dB-fYXDBFs/s1600/Yedenou+Adjahoui+%25281981%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="397" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CMkXoxvDz3k/Tsd_BCgocwI/AAAAAAAACS0/0dB-fYXDBFs/s400/Yedenou+Adjahoui+%25281981%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MCD_UHfFmgI/TsbDMTO3r-I/AAAAAAAACSk/y20SBLw_Fjk/s1600/SMRLP+38+%2528front%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MCD_UHfFmgI/TsbDMTO3r-I/AAAAAAAACSk/y20SBLw_Fjk/s200/SMRLP+38+%2528front%2529.jpg" width="191" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I have not posted Yedenou Adahoui's music for a long time. As before, I grew in time and suggest two LP's recorded in 1981 at Lagos, Nigeria. Adjahoui recorded dozens of albums, he was the most popular and prolific traditional singer of his time. He was part of <i>Goun </i>community, as Danialou Sagbohan, highly represented in the region of Badagri, Ogoun State, Nigeria...</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?6cix29cf0rh33c8">SMRLP 38</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ElA5k_11Dic/TsbB_PcDJFI/AAAAAAAACSc/UzhS_7C_5xM/s1600/SMRLP+51+%2528front%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ElA5k_11Dic/TsbB_PcDJFI/AAAAAAAACSc/UzhS_7C_5xM/s200/SMRLP+51+%2528front%2529.jpg" width="199" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Il y a longtemps que je n'ai pas posté de la musique de Yedenou Adjahoui. Comme précédemment, je progresse dans le temps et je vous propose deux 33 tours enregistrés en 1981 au Nigeria, sur le label nigérian S.M. Record. Adjahoui a enregistré plusieurs dizaines d'albums, il était le chanteur le plus populaire et prolifique de son temps. Il faisait parti de la communauté <i>Goun</i>, comme Danialou Sagbohan, très représentée dans la région de Badagre au Nigeria...</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?vs9iftp5d57gyxy">SMRLP 51</a></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-1468029977529749970?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-78908483443107209412011-11-12T23:24:00.003+01:002011-11-13T13:21:27.032+01:00Orchestre de la BCB & Roger Tchaou (1976)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MLDxmWfSG_M/Tr7fXko1XlI/AAAAAAAACSU/J7MbbMxhPu8/s1600/Orchestre+de+la+BCB+%2526+Roger+Tchaou.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MLDxmWfSG_M/Tr7fXko1XlI/AAAAAAAACSU/J7MbbMxhPu8/s400/Orchestre+de+la+BCB+%2526+Roger+Tchaou.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f6000;">Since 1976, Danialou Sagbohan becomes the leader of Commercial Bank of Benin's orchestra, the best band at the time with Poly-Rythmo's. On this record, we can recognize Sagbohan and his unique timbales style. Unfortunatly, I don't have side 2 but I let you appreciate "Safia" a great "chacha rock" rhythm. Orchestra BCB will be the subject of a future post, here is what we can learn today from William Arthur("voice of the revolution") about Roger Tchaou:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f6000;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f6000;"><i>It is rare that the first disc in this case a 45 rpm, makes it possible to get an idea of the talent of a young composer. Roger Tchaou, aka Roger Baba, is well known by many listeners of "the voice of Benin's revolution". Blinded from his early youth, but armed with a firm determination to succeed, Roger has become one of those artists whose maturity extends...</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?5uz8a33h6l88v94"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange; font-size: xx-small;">oro</span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">A partir de 1976, Danialou Sagbohan devient le chef d'orchestre de l'Orchestre de la Banque Commerciale du Bénin, la meilleure formation de l'époque avec celle du Poly-Rythmo. Sur ce disque nous pouvons reconnaitre&nbsp;aux timbales&nbsp;Sagbohan et son style si particulier. Malheureusement, je n'ai pas la face B du disque, mais je vous laisse aprécier "Safia", un superbe titre "chacha rock". L'orchestre de la BCB sera le sujet d'un prochain courrier, aujourd'hui voici ce que l'on peut apprendre de Roger Tchaou par William Arthur (voix de la Révolution) :</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><i>Il est rare qu'un premier disque, en l'occurrence un 45 tours permette de se faire une idée du talent d'un jeune compositeur. Roger Tchaou alias Roger Baba, est bien connu de nombreux auditeurs de la "Voix de la Révolution Béninoise". Frappé de cécité dès sa prime jeunesse, mais armée d'une volonté inébranlable de réussir, Roger fait désormais partie de ces artistes dont la maturité se prolonge...</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dvDWe1-U2oc/Tr7d52kiDYI/AAAAAAAACSM/m0aIkVhpNKo/s1600/Roger+Tchaou+et+l%2527orchestre+de+la+BCB+%2528front%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dvDWe1-U2oc/Tr7d52kiDYI/AAAAAAAACSM/m0aIkVhpNKo/s320/Roger+Tchaou+et+l%2527orchestre+de+la+BCB+%2528front%2529.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pKKjWhcFF6k/Tr7drRDGnyI/AAAAAAAACSE/vpMV2RATyXU/s1600/Roger+Tchaou+et+l%2527orchestre+de+la+BCB+%2528back%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pKKjWhcFF6k/Tr7drRDGnyI/AAAAAAAACSE/vpMV2RATyXU/s320/Roger+Tchaou+et+l%2527orchestre+de+la+BCB+%2528back%2529.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-7890848344310720941?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-56209520836280251872011-11-01T23:27:00.002+01:002011-11-27T14:51:11.208+01:00SPECIAL POST: Danialou Sagbohan & Les Astronautes (1974)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ApEv_GYJSrA/TtJANg5wH1I/AAAAAAAACT0/xmtmClYzgB8/s1600/Danialou+Sagbohan+%2526+Les+Astronautes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ApEv_GYJSrA/TtJANg5wH1I/AAAAAAAACT0/xmtmClYzgB8/s400/Danialou+Sagbohan+%2526+Les+Astronautes.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">I am very happy to share this fabulous and rare record from Danialou Sagbohan that I already presented on radio at the Mumbo Jumbo cession. You can listen </span><a href="http://www.radiocampusparis.org/2011/10/mumbo-jumbo-episode-44-26102011/"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">here</span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">The band "Les Astronautes" was one of firt El Rego's band. El Rego created by the more "Los Commandos", but "Les Astronautes" persisted and recorded with other singers as Danialou Sagbohan. I must say that this record is prodigious, the genius of Sagbohan is concentrated.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">First, the title "Missi Me" is a delicious afro-cuban rhythm. The brass and guitar solo caress sweet Sagbohan's voice. The other song "Mina Gan" is a piece of art, between voodoo rhythm, jazz and funk. Sagbohan is known to have recorded the first "Sato" rhythm. The name "Sato" created by Clement Melome from Poly-Rythmo is actually the common name for all different modernized and voodoo rhythms. Indeed "Sato" is not voodoo, it's a rhythm played by royal orphans inside Kingdoms of Dahomey. The rhythm is no longer played and became more popular. Clement Melome and Poly-Rythmo used this "Sato" term&nbsp;</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">footprint so as not to offend the sensitive soul of Voodoo.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">Like I said, Sagbohan is the first to have played and recorded "Sato" rhythm, in 1973, with Black Santiago band and Ignace de Souza. The title was "Zangbeto" (Voodoo night watchmen) and you can here "them"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"> <b><a href="http://orogod.blogspot.com/2010/07/ignace-de-souza-black-santiago-feat.html">here</a></b>.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"> "Mina Gan" is taken from a traditional rhythm of&nbsp;</span><i style="color: #783f04;">Goun </i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">people called Kaka and which Sagbohan transfigured into jazz. A song that I particularly love.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?hs68nlcske09its"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange; font-size: xx-small;">oro</span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Je suis très content de partager ce disque très rare de Danialou Sagbohan que j'ai présenté lors de l'émission radio Mumbo Jambo et que vous pouvez écouter </span><a href="http://www.radiocampusparis.org/2011/10/mumbo-jumbo-episode-44-26102011/"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">ici</span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">.&nbsp;L'orchestre "Les Astronautes" était l'un des premiers orchestres d'El rego. El Rego crée par la suite "Los Commandos", mais "Les Astronautes" perdurent et enregistrent avec d'autres chanteur tel que Sagbohan. Et je dois dire que ce 45 tours est prodigieux, tout le génie de Danialou y est concentré.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Tout d'abord, le titre "Missi Mè" est rythme afro-cubain délicieux. Les cuivres et la guitare solo caressent la voix sucrée de Sagbohan.&nbsp;L'autre titre "Mina Gan" est un morceau d'anthologie, entre rythme traditionnel, jazz et funk. Sagbohan est connu pour avoir enregistré le premier morceau dit "Sato". Ce nom "Sato" crée par Clément Mélomé du Poly-Rythmo est en fait en nom commun pour désigner les tous différents rythmes vaudous modernisés. A vrai dire le rythme Sato n'est pas Vaudou, c'est un rythme royal anciennement joué par les orphelins des royaumes du Bénin. Ce rythme n'étant plus joué, il est devenu populaire. Clément Mélomé et le Poly-Rythmo ont empreinté ce terme Sato afin de ne pas choquer les âme sensibles du vaudou.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Comme je disais Sagbohan est le premier à avoir joué des rythmes "Sato", en 1973, avec l'orchestre Black Santiago et le titre "Zangbeto" (Gardien de nuit vaudou) et que vous pouvez entendre </span><a href="http://orogod.blogspot.com/2010/07/ignace-de-souza-black-santiago-feat.html"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">ici</span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">. "Mina Gan" est un rythme traditionnel de l'Ethnie Goun appelé Kaka et que Sagbohan transfigure en Jazz. Un morceau que j'adore...</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-5620952083628025187?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-38913934442685241152011-10-14T23:25:00.002+02:002011-10-15T18:03:26.310+02:00Gnonnas Pedro: "Sweet Combine"<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HbolnM_d2uU/TpmupNmD6XI/AAAAAAAACOc/4cbLV6rVMZ8/s1600/Gnonnas+Pedro+%2522Sweet+Combine%2522.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HbolnM_d2uU/TpmupNmD6XI/AAAAAAAACOc/4cbLV6rVMZ8/s400/Gnonnas+Pedro+%2522Sweet+Combine%2522.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">The "Sweet Combine" of Gnonnas Pedro is a tasty blend. On one side, Spanish and afro-cuban rhythms, a B-side English and afro-beat with, of course, Mina language lyrics. A medicine to be taken morning and evening.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?5k6t25sz81phvyv"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange; font-size: xx-small;">oro</span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">La "Sweet Combine" de Gnonnas Pedro est un savoureux mélange. Une face A, Espagnole et afro-cubaine, une face B, Anglaise et afro-beat avec bien sur des paroles en Mina. Une médecine douce à prendre matin et soir.</span><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9x01tle-B7Q/TpinSXcj94I/AAAAAAAACOM/HLkn4Rx4sNQ/s1600/Gnonnas+Pedro+%2528EGK+003%2529+front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9x01tle-B7Q/TpinSXcj94I/AAAAAAAACOM/HLkn4Rx4sNQ/s400/Gnonnas+Pedro+%2528EGK+003%2529+front.jpg" width="397" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BieJTz-tZxg/TpimkKVoNNI/AAAAAAAACOE/yv_fmoOPNS8/s1600/Gnonnas+Pedro+%2528EGK+003%2529+back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BieJTz-tZxg/TpimkKVoNNI/AAAAAAAACOE/yv_fmoOPNS8/s400/Gnonnas+Pedro+%2528EGK+003%2529+back.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-3891393444268524115?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-21887832231833730912011-10-06T23:14:00.003+02:002011-10-10T16:48:07.612+02:00Guehi Jean & Son Ensemble (Ivory Coast)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ARJb5vEtqOc/TpMFmp4W0BI/AAAAAAAACOA/_VPwegaT6hs/s1600/Guehi+Jean+%2528oro%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ARJb5vEtqOc/TpMFmp4W0BI/AAAAAAAACOA/_VPwegaT6hs/s400/Guehi+Jean+%2528oro%2529.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">Also on label Badmos, a record from Guehi Gnamaka Jean, leader of Zigbilithy rhythm from Tahiraguhe. This recording is truly original and completly soul, especially the song "Essemon Moupoh".</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?qk4lsyppplnw0kq"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d5a6bd; font-size: xx-small;">oro</span></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">Toujours sur le label Badmos un album de Jean Gnamaka Guéhi, chef du rythme Zigbilithy de Tahiraguhé. Cet enregistrement est vraiment original et complétement Soul, en particulier le morceau "Essemon Moupoh".&nbsp;</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CQA7l3ZS8Og/To4UrJ9xx8I/AAAAAAAACNw/JhGz72Btmcw/s1600/Guehi+Jean+%2528front%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CQA7l3ZS8Og/To4UrJ9xx8I/AAAAAAAACNw/JhGz72Btmcw/s400/Guehi+Jean+%2528front%2529.jpg" width="392" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-2188783223183373091?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-20002067963456095442011-10-03T19:40:00.002+02:002011-10-04T11:32:08.185+02:00T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo & Bylledey Guissey<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-10FiuCkmwSg/Tonyap9q3zI/AAAAAAAACNs/divmfpNz5bM/s1600/Bylledey+Guissey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-10FiuCkmwSg/Tonyap9q3zI/AAAAAAAACNs/divmfpNz5bM/s400/Bylledey+Guissey.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Special thanks to DJ Balafon for sharing this rare album from Billedey Guissey backed by Poly-Rythmo. I have often talked about Billedey Guissey on the blog and I invite you to read the pages </span><a href="http://orogod.blogspot.com/search/label/Bylledey"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;">here</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">. The special feature of this recording, from the early 80's, is the presence of the great Congolese guitarist Dizzy Mandjekou and the absence of leader Melome Clement. Why ? I do not know.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?o7junvz7pgl3euz"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-size: xx-small;">oro</span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;">Je remercie particulièrement DJ Balafon pour cet album de Billedey Guissey orchestré par Poly-Rythmo. J'ai souvent parlé de Billedey Guissey sur le blog et je vous invite à consulter les pages </span><a href="http://orogod.blogspot.com/search/label/Bylledey"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">ici</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;">. La particularité de cet enregistrement, du début des années 80, est la présence du grand guitariste Congolais Dizzy Mandjekou et l'absence de Clément Mélomé. Pourquoi ? Je ne sais pas.&nbsp;</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-2000206796345609544?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-76943824996501337322011-09-20T12:01:00.001+02:002011-09-20T12:02:19.742+02:00Orchestre La Dynharmonie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kB1DRue2h4w/TnhjD1rcLgI/AAAAAAAACNo/WNFVWoUZo3s/s1600/Dynharmonie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="316" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kB1DRue2h4w/TnhjD1rcLgI/AAAAAAAACNo/WNFVWoUZo3s/s320/Dynharmonie.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">I want to thank Reservatory for his contribution. The "Orchestre La Dynharmonie", who had never been shown on Oro, comes from the early years of independance. The band was usually playin afro-cuban rhythms, very popular during the 60's. The "Dynharmonie" was led by H.C. Assogba. The title: "Gnon Nou De Agnin Wa Na" ("the woman I love) says: "Make up the woman you love dance the kara-kara and enjoy the flexibility of his hips".</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?kqjr1hte4gm7bkh"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange; font-size: xx-small;">oro</span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Je voudrais remecercier Reservatory pour sa contribution. L'orchestre La Dynharmonie, qui n'avait jamais été présenté sur Oro, est issu des premières années de l'indépendance et adepte des ryhtmes afro-cubains, très en vogue durnat les années 60's. La Dynharmonie était dirigé par H.C. Assogba. Le titre "Gnon Nou De Agnin Wa Na ("La Femme que J'aime") dit: "Fais lever la femme que tu aimes pour danser le kara-kara et admirer la souplesse de ses hanches".</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-7694382499650133732?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-60447322287927898612011-09-17T22:26:00.005+02:002011-09-19T23:51:15.969+02:00SPECIAL POST: El Rego & Ses Commandos (1970)<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VEYxJ0ZrCeU/TnUA91UM8II/AAAAAAAACNY/rCUCd2oLBho/s1600/El+Rego+%2528ORO%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VEYxJ0ZrCeU/TnUA91UM8II/AAAAAAAACNY/rCUCd2oLBho/s400/El+Rego+%2528ORO%2529.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">It took several months to gather some of "El Rego and His Commandos" records on beninese label&nbsp;<i>Aux Ecoutes. </i>At the time, there was no recording studio in Benin, artists had to go recording in Nigeria. Full of spirits...&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Il m'a fallu plusieurs mois pour réunir une partie des disques enregistrés sur le label "Aux Ecoutes" par le père de la funk béninoise, Téophile Do Rego alias El Rego.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PadR1RBN99A/TnT48BXZg_I/AAAAAAAACM0/aWQY8m6wWYo/s1600/AE+09+%2528A%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PadR1RBN99A/TnT48BXZg_I/AAAAAAAACM0/aWQY8m6wWYo/s200/AE+09+%2528A%2529.jpg" width="198" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">I begin with N°9, composed and sung by Daniel Martin. I do not know this artist but I love his hybrid and original song "Dignovy Din Ton Le". It sounds like afro-brazilian "<i>samba". </i>Title "Sur le Sable de la Plage" ("On the sand of the beach") is a <i>slow</i> sung in French. Note that the band is called "El Rego de Cotonou".</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?n56iv7ix6iibdt2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow; font-size: xx-small;">AE 09</span></a></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Je commençe par le N°9 composé et chanté par Daniel Martin. Je ne connais pas cet artiste mais je suis fan de son morceau "Dignovy Din Ton Le", original et hybride. J'ai l'impression d'entendre un rythme Afro-Brésilien. "Sur le sable de la plage" est un slow chanté en français. A noter que l'orchestre a pour nom provosoire " El Rego de Cotonou".</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0H--1UTX7oI/TnT5goHcgqI/AAAAAAAACM4/9Vp45Gf6Czk/s1600/AE+10+%2528B%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="199" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0H--1UTX7oI/TnT5goHcgqI/AAAAAAAACM4/9Vp45Gf6Czk/s200/AE+10+%2528B%2529.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">The N°10 is sung and composed by Charles Rodriguez. The band still has another name: "El Rego &amp; Ses Astronautes". The title "Conseil Présidentiel" is a cara-cara rhythm which pays tribute to president Hubert Maga, father of Independence who did a lot for modern music between 1970 to 1972.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?hwtff9fxmn06xzu"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow; font-size: xx-small;">AE 10</span></a></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Le N°10 est chanté et composé par Charles Rodriguez. L'orchestre porte encore un autre nom: "El Rego &amp; ses Astronautes". Le titre "Conseil Présidentiel" est un ryhtme <i>cara-cara</i> qui rend hommage au Président Hubert Maga.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JjmhCeJvOvw/TnT5zciji7I/AAAAAAAACM8/S-QT-hp2SgA/s1600/LA+13+%2528A%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JjmhCeJvOvw/TnT5zciji7I/AAAAAAAACM8/S-QT-hp2SgA/s200/LA+13+%2528A%2529.jpg" width="197" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">It is the arrival of prodigious guitarist Celestin Migan on N°13 that makes the band takes its final name of "<i>El Rego and his Commandos</i>". The songs are composed and sung by him. I particulary like "Ne m'attends plus" (<i>Don't expect me no more</i>) and tremendous Migan's guitar.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?hczpv5wjghmcprc"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow; font-size: xx-small;">LA 13</span></a></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">C'est à l'arrivée du prodigieux guitariste Celestin Migan que le groupe prend son nom définitif d'"El Rego et Ses Commandos". Les morceaux sont composés et chantés par Migan. j'aime particulièrement "Ne m'attends plus" un morceau qualifié de <i>biguine. </i>Vous aprécierez la sublime guitare de Celestin Migan.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BSc0mdLIrFU/TnT6Gt9Q82I/AAAAAAAACNA/q2SRAXokQxQ/s1600/LA+15+%2528A%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="197" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BSc0mdLIrFU/TnT6Gt9Q82I/AAAAAAAACNA/q2SRAXokQxQ/s200/LA+15+%2528A%2529.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">Number 15 is known for its soul "Hessa" composed by Behanzin A.Hendrix. This piece is sublime. The other song "Ke Amon - Gbetchea" is a<i> slow </i>sung in <i>Fon</i> language<i>.</i></span><br /><i><br /></i><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?4cd6t976ccf1b51"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow; font-size: xx-small;">LA 15</span></a></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Le N°15 est connu pour son titre <i>soul</i> "Hessa" composé par Behanzin A.Hendrix. Ce morceau est sublime est peut faire danser n'importe quel occidental. L'autre morceau "Ke Amon - Gbetchea" est un slow chanté en langue <i>Fon</i>.</span><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FVhVErqEghg/TnT6c5IUxkI/AAAAAAAACNE/SXB-ZvPwHGE/s1600/LA+16+%2528A%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FVhVErqEghg/TnT6c5IUxkI/AAAAAAAACNE/SXB-ZvPwHGE/s200/LA+16+%2528A%2529.jpg" width="197" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">N°16 is also known for the song "Cholera". Both tracks wrtitten by the famous Honore Avolonto, singer and composer for other bands as Poly-Rythmo ore Black Santiago.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?sh2jbgbz6b4zb7e"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow; font-size: xx-small;">LA 16</span></a></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Le N°16 est aussi connu pour le morceau "Cholera". Les deux titres ont été composés par le célèbre Honoré Avolonto, chanteur et compositeur pour d'autres orchestres comme Poly-Rythmo et Black Santiago.</span><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LEZmWRDxEo4/TnT7LcnKtpI/AAAAAAAACNI/dUpslvqxRpY/s1600/LA+17+%2528A%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LEZmWRDxEo4/TnT7LcnKtpI/AAAAAAAACNI/dUpslvqxRpY/s200/LA+17+%2528A%2529.jpg" width="196" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">N°17 is also composed by Honore Avolonto who perfectly cut his teeth with the lengendary <i>El Rego &amp; Ses Commandos. Those last two records have been published by EMI. </i>Personally, I love the track "Do Do Baya" and Celestine Migan's guitar flying over afro-cuban rhythms.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?cr42qd0db6pigag"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow; font-size: xx-small;">LA 17</span></a></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Le N°17 est aussi composé par Honoré Avolonto qui a parfaitement fait ses armes dans le mythique El Rego et Ses Commandos. Ces deux derniers disques ont été édités par EMI. Personnellement, j'adore le morceau "Do Do Baya" et la guitare de Migan Celestin qui survole les rythmes afro-cubains.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yk9UwJEgybI/TnT73M-XlAI/AAAAAAAACNM/m90Ecw7thhc/s1600/LA+21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="188" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yk9UwJEgybI/TnT73M-XlAI/AAAAAAAACNM/m90Ecw7thhc/s200/LA+21.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">Moving to N°21, composed by Sebastian called "Pacheco". Title "Towe Nonvi Ku" is a great <i>highlife</i> arranged in a typically Beninese way. Unfortunatly, I don't have side 2, If anybody owns it...</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?7e2xjmojnxq4xl1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow; font-size: xx-small;">LA 21</span></a></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Passons au N°21, composé par Sebastien dit "Pacheco". "Nonvi Towe Ku" est un excellent highlife arrangé à la sauce Béninoise. Malheureseument, je n'ai pas la face B, si quelqu'un la posssède...</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_RiH7naBcCk/TnT8CCIdcXI/AAAAAAAACNQ/gQC3v8Hg2r0/s1600/LA+22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_RiH7naBcCk/TnT8CCIdcXI/AAAAAAAACNQ/gQC3v8Hg2r0/s200/LA+22.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">N°22 is still composed by guitarist Celestin Migan and I must say that both songs are amazing. Migan passes from rumba to afro-beat like a monkey from one tree to another.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?kiruxw2r79ix0sx"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow; font-size: xx-small;">LA 22</span></a></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Le N°22 est encore composé par le guitariste Migan Céléstin et je dois dire que les deux morceaux sont prodigieux. Migan passe de la <i>rumba</i> à l'<i>afro-beat</i> comme un singe d'un arbre à l'autre.</span><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Cey2NlWb6Fs/TnT8aVbnGxI/AAAAAAAACNU/z8RHLrNPClU/s1600/LA+23+%2528A%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Cey2NlWb6Fs/TnT8aVbnGxI/AAAAAAAACNU/z8RHLrNPClU/s200/LA+23+%2528A%2529.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">N° 23 is the only one composed by El Rego himself, knowing that he has recorded only height singles. "Chérie Lucia" is a <i>bolero </i>that prevails and "Dis Moi Oui" (<i>Tell me on</i>) is an afro-beat pearl sung in beautiful french. Again guitar and keyboard are tremendous.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?bq2hsz26zigiqqs"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow; font-size: xx-small;">LA 23</span></a></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Le N°23 est le seul, présenté, composé par El Rego lui-même sachant qu'il a enregistré que huit 45 tours. "Chérie Lucia" est un <i>boléro</i> qui emporte et "Dis-Moi Oui" est une perle <i>afro-beat </i>chantée en français. Là encore la guitare et le clavier nous transportent.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IUQqSnKFic8/TnX0Smv8OGI/AAAAAAAACNk/wCef6dxX4Mc/s1600/LA+25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IUQqSnKFic8/TnX0Smv8OGI/AAAAAAAACNk/wCef6dxX4Mc/s1600/LA+25.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">Finally, N° 25, which was partially posted by Radiodifusion Internasionaal blog, is my favorite. Unfortunatly, I don'y have informations about the composer.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?2klnmwl57yxv61p">LA 25</a></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Enfin, le N°25, qui a été en partie posté sur le blog Radiodiffusion Internasionaal est mon favori. Je n'ai pas d'informations sur le le compositeur...</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-6044732228792789861?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-74610311300393602532011-09-09T23:55:00.006+02:002011-09-13T18:13:15.114+02:00SPECIAL POST: AMA MAÏGA & Les Almamy du Melodie Volta (Mali - 1975)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6Yg-eS1jbkg/Tmp75u9e7eI/AAAAAAAACMw/pS0mWRMxEkQ/s1600/Texture+oiseau.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="397" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6Yg-eS1jbkg/Tmp75u9e7eI/AAAAAAAACMw/pS0mWRMxEkQ/s400/Texture+oiseau.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">I have never heard a record as that of Ama Maiga of Mali. I don not regret paying it expensive on ebay (300 US Dollars). Ama Maïga 's guitar is prodigious, I would love to hear more of it. I only know that Ama is called "the Malian arrow". The song "Deny Tologuelen" is a masterpiece of modern African music and it was recorded in Upper Volta (Burkina-Faso) in 1975.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?jaro7du8vosu8bx">oro</a></span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Je n'ai jamais autant écouté un disque que celui d'Ama Maïga du Mali. Je ne regrette pas de l'avoir payer cher sur ebay (300 Dollars). La guitare d'Ama Maïga est prodigieuse, j'aimerai tant découvrir plus de lui, je sais seulement qu'on l'appelle "la flèche Malienne". Le titre&nbsp;"Deny Tologuelen" est un chef d'oeuvre de la musique moderne Africaine et a été enregistré en 1975 en Haute-Volta (Burkina Faso).</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-06-MF6kPAfE/Tmp7fukwz_I/AAAAAAAACMs/L4q927eA4zM/s1600/Ama+Maiga+%2526+Les+Almamy+du+Melodie+Volta+%2528front%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="317" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-06-MF6kPAfE/Tmp7fukwz_I/AAAAAAAACMs/L4q927eA4zM/s320/Ama+Maiga+%2526+Les+Almamy+du+Melodie+Volta+%2528front%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-I3i6bw1Jg3g/Tmp6xvrtNvI/AAAAAAAACMo/n5dEaH6mp3E/s1600/Ama+Maiga+%2526+Les+Almamy+du+Melodie+Volta+%2528back%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="317" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-I3i6bw1Jg3g/Tmp6xvrtNvI/AAAAAAAACMo/n5dEaH6mp3E/s320/Ama+Maiga+%2526+Les+Almamy+du+Melodie+Volta+%2528back%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-7461031130039360253?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-13930283418915647002011-09-06T23:33:00.006+02:002012-01-09T22:24:34.274+01:00SPECIAL POST: Les Volcans (1976)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rDPfyH-wBN8/TmfOz9n7WVI/AAAAAAAACMk/P5VzAUAvM5g/s1600/Les+Volcans+%2528VG+004%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rDPfyH-wBN8/TmfOz9n7WVI/AAAAAAAACMk/P5VzAUAvM5g/s400/Les+Volcans+%2528VG+004%2529.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Excellent and rare LP from "Les Volcans" that can be described as Marxist and Leninist afro-beat. Indeed, side 1 is a tribute to socialist revolution of General Kerekou. On side 2, the song "We Messi Nu Mi" is composed and sang by a woman singer, Clarisse Alia, which is very rare for a military orchestra. Throughout the album we can recognize the traditional rhythms played in Porto-Novo.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">And Captain Leoplod Ahoueya, the Force Commander, said:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Formed since 1962, the Orchestra of the Police was one of the best reams of that era. Later, he met a few years of winter and had to be resurrected in 1972.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Since 1973, the staff has been totally renovated by young elements formed in the crucible of many courses sanctioned by the CAP (Certificate of Professional Competence of music). During the year 1973, a special investment has enabled the orchestra to provide modern and electric instruments of high quality.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Undoubtable, the National Orchestra of the Police is better equipped both in personal and instruments. It probably will take place in the forfront. It is laready working. It happens. It will certainly succeed. The public will surely reserve a warm and encouraging welcome.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?gxqflpq3is7bghj">oro</a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Excellent et rare 33 tours des Volcans que l'on peut qualifié d'afro-beat Marxiste Léniniste. En effet, fa face A rend hommage à la révolution socialiste du Général Kérékou. Sur la face B, le morceau "Messi We Nu Mi" est composé et chanté par Clarisse Alia, ce qui est très rare dans cette formation de la Gendarmerie. Sur tout l'album on reconnait les rythmes traditionnels joués à Porto-Novo.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Et le Capitaine Léopold Ahoueya, Commandant de la Gendarmerie, d'ajouter:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Constitué depuis 1962, l'orchestre de la gendarmerie fut l'une des meilleures formations de cette époque. Par la suite, il connut quelques années d'hivernage et devait être ressuscité à partir de 1972.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><i>Depuis 1973, le personnel a été totalement rénové par de jeunes éléments formés au creuset de nombreux stages de musique sanctionnés par le C.A.P. (certificat d'Aptitude Professionnelle de musique).&nbsp;</i><i>Au cours de la même année 1973, un investissement spécial a permis de doter l'orchestre d'instruments ultra-modernes et électroniques de très haute qualité.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Incontestablement, l'Orchestre National de la Gendarmerie est mieux équipé tant en personnel qu'en instruments. Il reprendra surement sa place dans le peloton de tête. Il s'efforce déjà. Il arrive. Il réussira certainement. Le public, j'en suis persuadé, lui réservera un accueil des plus chaleureux et encourageants.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-U40jf08Vu0Q/TmaPBfrqiCI/AAAAAAAACMc/Z9XsuXMIx3c/s1600/VG+004+%2528front%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-U40jf08Vu0Q/TmaPBfrqiCI/AAAAAAAACMc/Z9XsuXMIx3c/s400/VG+004+%2528front%2529.jpg" width="393" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-1393028341891564700?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-87619653193104959082011-09-03T23:33:00.001+02:002011-09-04T11:35:03.660+02:00Alognon Degbevi & Les Vétérans Jazz (Togo)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yN3cewX8N0o/TmJ4t9sY4pI/AAAAAAAACMY/05BEqcgFIb0/s1600/Alognon+Degbevi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yN3cewX8N0o/TmJ4t9sY4pI/AAAAAAAACMY/05BEqcgFIb0/s400/Alognon+Degbevi.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Robert Alognon Degbevi was what might be called "the resourceful talent" of the song. For a long time he had self-produced and sold his records on the street before his path croosed that of Jimmy Hope who will be his first producer. Nicknames the "philosopher", the acoustic guitar musician will now dry up tears. Alognon Degbevi died in February 2010. This excellent record is the first self-produced by the artist and people were very lucky buying it in the street.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?l8bpz6igjivwdjb"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange; font-size: xx-small;">oro</span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Robert Alognon Degbevi était ce qu'on pouvait appeler le "débrouillard talentueux" de la chanson. Longtemps il s'était autoproduit et vendait ses disques dans la rue avant que son chemin ne croise celui de Jimmy Hope qui sera son premier producteur. Surnommé le "philosophe", l'artiste à la guitare sèche saura désormais sécherons larmes. Alognon Degbevi est décédé en fevrier 2010. Ce disque est le premier auto-produit par l'artiste et les deux morceaux sont vraiment excellents. Ceux qui, à l'époque, l'ont acheté dans la rue étaient vraiment chanceux.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B6eqKySQA1w/TmJ4ijyZ8YI/AAAAAAAACMU/4sB2Eu4QJAg/s1600/Alognon+Degbevi+%2526+Les+Vetrans+Jazz+%2528oro%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B6eqKySQA1w/TmJ4ijyZ8YI/AAAAAAAACMU/4sB2Eu4QJAg/s200/Alognon+Degbevi+%2526+Les+Vetrans+Jazz+%2528oro%2529.jpg" width="199" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-8761965319310495908?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-37547535756867296532011-08-27T23:36:00.002+02:002011-12-26T12:04:52.087+01:00SPECIAL POST: Poly-Rythmo on Badmos (1976)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OrGldzg-LwY/TllK4H51CfI/AAAAAAAACMQ/aN3ao6LxIlo/s1600/Poly-Rythmo+on+Badmos+%2528oro%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OrGldzg-LwY/TllK4H51CfI/AAAAAAAACMQ/aN3ao6LxIlo/s400/Poly-Rythmo+on+Badmos+%2528oro%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">For a long time, I wanted to bring together the different Poly-Rythmo's recording on label Badmos. Gbadamassi Raimi from Nigeria, creator and producer of Badmos, has edited ten 7 inches of Poly-Rythmo, here are six volumes. Each numbers were composed by different members of the band. These recordings made in Ivory Coast in 1976 thanks to the Beninese musician and composer Gilbert Dossou have a distinctive and unique sound.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Il y a longtemps que je voulais rassembler les différents disques enregistrés sur le label Ivoirien Badmos par le Tout Puissant Poly-Rythmo. Gbadamassi Raimi, du Nigeria, créateur du label Badmos a produit dix 45 tours avec le Poly-Rythmo, en voici six volumes. Chaque numéros ont été composés par différents musiciens du groupe. Ces enregistrements réalisés en Côte d'Ivoire en 1976 grâce au musicien et arrangeur Gilbert Dossou ont un son particulier et unique.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zfEonLj0wjs/TllFb9evb2I/AAAAAAAACLc/nrcmAatsxng/s1600/BB+116+%2528front%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="199" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zfEonLj0wjs/TllFb9evb2I/AAAAAAAACLc/nrcmAatsxng/s200/BB+116+%2528front%2529.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">No. 2 was composed by the singer Lohento Eskill. Title "Noubi Le Wede" is a <i>pachenga </i>rhythm and "Gbe Ho" a modernized traditional rhythm. As always the voice of Lohento Eskill transcends Poly-Rythmo's music.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?9c46w7su9o96vkn">BB 116</a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Le Numéro 2 a été composé par le chanteur Lohento Eskill. Le titre "Noubi Le Wèdé" est un rythme <i>pachenga</i> et "Gbê Ho" un rythme traditionnel modernisé. Comme toujours, la voix de Lohento Eskill transcende la musique du Poly-Rythmo.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hnn8TD6sopk/TllF3RJTvpI/AAAAAAAACLg/YL6PMJHyRk8/s1600/bb+117+%2528front%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="197" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hnn8TD6sopk/TllF3RJTvpI/AAAAAAAACLg/YL6PMJHyRk8/s200/bb+117+%2528front%2529.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">No. 3 was composed by drummer Yehouessi Leopold. Both titles are called "pop<i>". </i>Personally, I think this volume is one of the best, especially the song "Aooida".</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?39r341z53gmsc43">BB 117</a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Le numéro 3 a été composé par le batteur Yehouessi Léopold. Les deux titres sont qualifiés de "pop<i>"</i>. Personnellement, je pense que ce volume est un des meilleurs en particulier le morceau "Aooida".</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NO3dM7txmuw/TllGWsXuF3I/AAAAAAAACLk/y3-2vRNOcGE/s1600/BB+118+%2528front%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NO3dM7txmuw/TllGWsXuF3I/AAAAAAAACLk/y3-2vRNOcGE/s200/BB+118+%2528front%2529.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">No. 4 was composed by bassist Bentho Gustave. The song "Alissa We Dje" is a modernized traditional rhythm. "Kossi Dagba Houtro" is an highlife rhythm sung in <i>Mina</i> language from west Benin.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?0mrekg3sid8gewz">BB 118</a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Le numéro 4 a été composé par le bassiste Bentho Gustave. Le morceau "Alissa Wê Djê Ha Gbê" est un rythme traditionnel modernisé. "Kossi Dagbé Houtro" est rythme <i>highlife </i>chanté en langue <i>Mina </i>de l'Ouest du Bénin.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bDB6IafLAHk/TllG9i8DxRI/AAAAAAAACLo/Zv4C0XoXBC8/s1600/BB+119+%2528front%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><img border="0" height="198" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bDB6IafLAHk/TllG9i8DxRI/AAAAAAAACLo/Zv4C0XoXBC8/s200/BB+119+%2528front%2529.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">No. 5 was composed by saxophonist Loko Pierre. The song "Djoba Gbele" is a <i>soukous </i>rhythm and "Oh Pierre" a&nbsp;<i>pop</i> rhythm.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?f370n7c82y517k1">BB 119</a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Le numéro 5 a été composé par le saxophoniste Loko Pierre. Le morceau "Djoba Gbélé" est un rythme <i>soukous </i>et "Oh Pierre" un rythme <i>pop.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-umqbKJPJTy0/TllHgt6K-JI/AAAAAAAACLs/09gpF7xxBSg/s1600/BB+122+%2528front%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-umqbKJPJTy0/TllHgt6K-JI/AAAAAAAACLs/09gpF7xxBSg/s200/BB+122+%2528front%2529.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">No. 8 is composed and sung by the leader Clement Melome. Both titles are called "special pop", an obscure term that more defines a modenized traditional rhythm.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?le6q59zdd4awupd">BB 122</a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Le numéro 8 est composé et chanté par le leader Mélomé Clément. Les deux morceaux sont qualifiés de <i>special pop, </i>un terme obscure qui définit plutôt un rythme <i>sato</i> ou traditionnel modernisé.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AWPeR-2-0EY/TllHyhvh7tI/AAAAAAAACLw/HUmZm6deGy0/s1600/Prince+DGIB%2527S+%2528front%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AWPeR-2-0EY/TllHyhvh7tI/AAAAAAAACLw/HUmZm6deGy0/s200/Prince+DGIB%2527S+%2528front%2529.jpg" width="196" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">The last was composed by Gilbert Dossou aka Prince Dgib's and sung by Lohento Eskill. It is the one I prefer. The "pop" atmosphere is great and for the first time on a Poly-Rythmo's recording ("Salowa") you can hear the<i> gangan</i> drum or talking-drum.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?55dztr22w8155xe">BB 125</a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Enfin, le dernier a été composé par Gilbert Dossou alias Prince Dgib's et chanté par Lohent Eskill. Pour moi c'est le meilleur. L'ambiance pop du disque est identifiable et pour la première fois sur un morceau exécuté Par poly-Rythmo ("Salowa") on peut entendre le tambour "gangan" ou"talking drum".</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-3754753575686729653?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-50106264090213200752011-08-23T22:48:00.000+02:002011-08-23T22:48:05.663+02:00Seven Brothers Egun Band (Nigeria - 1978)<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1vvK_rxmjf0/TlPyKwn02iI/AAAAAAAACLY/wY6Urz5MQ5A/s1600/Seven+Brothers+%2528oro%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1vvK_rxmjf0/TlPyKwn02iI/AAAAAAAACLY/wY6Urz5MQ5A/s400/Seven+Brothers+%2528oro%2529.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a2c4c9;">I think "Seven Brothers Egun Band" is a traditional music band of Badagry, Nigeria. This region was occupied by Dahomey (Benin) until the 19th century. It is largely populated by<i> Gun </i>community, a community deeply rooted in Benin. This album recorded in Nigeria in 1978 is therefore in the tradition of Beninese music. The music of Seven Brothers sounds like Yedenou Adjahoui's of Benin but with more binary arrangements and closer to <i>Yourba</i> music.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?xoy790sma1if29g"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan; font-size: xx-small;">oro</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;">Je pense que <i>Seven Brothers Egun Band</i> est un orchestre traditionnel de Badagry, Nigeria. Cette région du Nigeria était occupée par le Dahomey jusqu'au 19ème siècle. Elle est peuplée en grande partie par la communauté <i>Goun</i>, une communauté très ancrée au Bénin. Cet album enregistré au Nigeria en 1978 s'inscrit donc dans la grande tradition de la musique Béninoise. La musique des Seven Brothers ressemble à celle de Yedenou Adjahoui du Bénin mais avec des arrangements plus binaires et plus proches de la musique <i>Yorouba</i>.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UaKIK_b9gFU/TlPxnXPezxI/AAAAAAAACLU/sCZ7ddqFsgk/s1600/SMRLP+8+%2528front%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UaKIK_b9gFU/TlPxnXPezxI/AAAAAAAACLU/sCZ7ddqFsgk/s400/SMRLP+8+%2528front%2529.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span id="goog_1219861521"></span><span id="goog_1219861522"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rqowGcWdmXE/TlPvVt7o6-I/AAAAAAAACLI/4BtUft8eFjo/s1600/SMRLP+8+%2528back%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rqowGcWdmXE/TlPvVt7o6-I/AAAAAAAACLI/4BtUft8eFjo/s400/SMRLP+8+%2528back%2529.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-5010626409021320075?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-5552117175591479722011-08-21T18:01:00.004+02:002011-08-22T12:09:32.250+02:00Sam Fan Thomas (Cameroon - SATEL 110/1977)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kW03x7KQIHg/TlEQnT9My3I/AAAAAAAACLA/APt7iGdPXtE/s1600/SAT+110+%2528front%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="395" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kW03x7KQIHg/TlEQnT9My3I/AAAAAAAACLA/APt7iGdPXtE/s400/SAT+110+%2528front%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">Sam Fan Thomas of Cameroon is a famous singer and guitarist who became known in 1984 with his album "African Typic Collection" sold more than one million copies. He began his solo career in 1976, traveling and recording in Benin like many other foreign artists. He will record a second album in 1980 on the same label Tropiques Satel backed by Black Santiago Orchestra. You can consult this album </span><b><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?khxj92cwxdi8chy"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ffd966;">here</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">I have no informations about the backing band of today'album.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?lge270i7ada29s9"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ffd966; font-size: xx-small;">oro</span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;">Sam Fan Thomas est une grande star camerounaise qui s'est fait connaitre en 1984 avec son album "African Typic Collection" vendu a plus d'un million d'exemplaires. Il commença sa carrière solo en 1976 et part enregistrer au Bénin comme beaucoup d'autres artistes étrangers. Il enregistrera un deuxième album en 1980 sur le même label Tropiques Satel accompagné par l'Orchestre Black Santiago que vous pouvez consulter </span><b><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?khxj92cwxdi8chy"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">ici</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;">Je n'ai pas d'informations sur l'orchestre figurant dans l'album d'aujourd'hui.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8Gl26MJxEjM/TlEP6hdd-2I/AAAAAAAACK8/-QwyDRJTwZA/s1600/SAT+110+%2528back%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="397" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8Gl26MJxEjM/TlEP6hdd-2I/AAAAAAAACK8/-QwyDRJTwZA/s400/SAT+110+%2528back%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-555211717559147972?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-5361144233080906522011-08-18T23:22:00.003+02:002011-08-21T17:53:18.350+02:00Daga H. Georges & l'Orchestre Black Santiago (1976)<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kKzFn4m1aa4/TlEp4NK29lI/AAAAAAAACLE/ZxRF_MmW1iw/s1600/Daga+H.+Georges.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kKzFn4m1aa4/TlEp4NK29lI/AAAAAAAACLE/ZxRF_MmW1iw/s400/Daga+H.+Georges.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Daga H. Georges, also called Doctor Senan, has composed for Orchestre Poly-Rythmo and the Black Santiago. This record is really groovy, it would fits in any event in the world. It is also thanks to the master-arranger and sax player Ignace de Souza. Also note that the singer of &nbsp;I thank Samy Ben Redjeb from Analog Africa for posting the record's cover at a recent sale on Ebay, so I can post a friendly illustration.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?2b6ci876568gnv6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">oro</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Daga H. Georges dit Docteur Senan a composé pour l'orchestre Poly-Rythmo ainsi que le Black Santiago. Ce disque est très vraiment groovy, il passerait dans n'importe quelle fête dans le monde. C'est aussi grâce au maitre-arrangeur et saxophoniste Ignace de Souza. A noter aussi que l'interprète du morceau est Cosme Alingo, un fameux chanteur qui sera le sujet d'un autre courrier. Je remercie Samy Ben Redjeb d'Analog Africa pour avoir mis en ligne la pochette de ce disque lors d'une vente sur Ebay, ce qui me permet de poster une illustration sympathique.</span><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-muRC23kI_SU/Tk1_Gq4CMwI/AAAAAAAACK0/Pl6zBV-N4aI/s1600/Daga+Georges+%2526+Black+Santiago+%2528front%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-muRC23kI_SU/Tk1_Gq4CMwI/AAAAAAAACK0/Pl6zBV-N4aI/s320/Daga+Georges+%2526+Black+Santiago+%2528front%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YL9baT-eM8M/Tk1-fZdCaAI/AAAAAAAACKs/QhJgwkzVYjU/s1600/Daga+Georges+%2526+Black+Santiago+%2528back%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YL9baT-eM8M/Tk1-fZdCaAI/AAAAAAAACKs/QhJgwkzVYjU/s320/Daga+Georges+%2526+Black+Santiago+%2528back%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-536114423308090652?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-52647752560811529092011-08-11T23:17:00.002+02:002012-01-09T22:24:08.906+01:00Pynasco & Les Volcans (1975)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sJV4ZmNXoFc/TkRBw3aKikI/AAAAAAAACKo/Qq1oNW2vOvs/s1600/Les+Volcans+%2526+Ahouangnimon+Se%25CC%2581bastien.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sJV4ZmNXoFc/TkRBw3aKikI/AAAAAAAACKo/Qq1oNW2vOvs/s400/Les+Volcans+%2526+Ahouangnimon+Se%25CC%2581bastien.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;">Sebastien Ahouangnimon, called Pynasco, is a singer and composer who began his career in 1973 with Poly-Rythmo orchestra and Discafric Band. He composed famous songs like "Zizi" or "Mi Hlin Migan". He recorded on this 7 inches, with "Les Volcans" orchestra, two fabulous titles. On side 1, "Affou" is a fabulous <i>afrobeat</i> tune, and on side 2, "La Vie" is a singular <i>sato</i> tune. African modern music is condensed on this record edited by an obscure label: "Palais du Disque".</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?g166t4536cnzeht"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime; font-size: xx-small;">oro</span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">Sébastien Ahouangnimon dit Pynasco est un chanteur et compositeur qui a débuté en 1973 avec l'orchestre Discafric Band et l'orchestre Poly-Rythmo. Il a composé de célèbres titres tels que "Zizi"ou "Mi Hlin Migan". Il enregistre sur ce disque deux fabuleux titres avec l'orchestre "Les Volcans". le morceau "Affou" est un superbe <i>afrobeat</i> et "La Vie" un singulier <i>sato. </i>Je ne connais pas le label "Palais du Disque" mais il mérite d'être connu. Ce 45 tours est le neuvième et je serais curieux de connaitre les huit premiers.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-5264775256081152909?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-51091179553505404262011-08-10T17:39:00.003+02:002011-08-11T13:46:12.624+02:00Houndeffo Anatole (Alokpon)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ltc20ZmTtbc/TkLEb-5rrNI/AAAAAAAACKk/y4zyItNUtjw/s1600/Alokpon+%2528SHLP+002%2529+oro.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ltc20ZmTtbc/TkLEb-5rrNI/AAAAAAAACKk/y4zyItNUtjw/s400/Alokpon+%2528SHLP+002%2529+oro.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">In the great tradition of Tchinkoume rhythm, Anatole Houndeffo called Alokpon brings us another record on the label Akiyo &amp; Fils formerly AVA Promotion. This album from Alokpon is not the best but it will delight fans.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?j2mtc3t5s1ndbmj"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">oro</span></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;">Toujours dans la grande tradition du rythme Tchinkoumé, Houndeffo Anatole dit Alokpon présente un nouvel enregistrement sur le label Akiyo &amp; Fils anciennement A.V.A Promotion.&nbsp;</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;">Cet album d'Alokpon n'est pas le meilleur mais il ravira les amateurs.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-S1ypeYtg3uA/TkKc_vIHvWI/AAAAAAAACKc/_wIucLNcAM0/s1600/Alokpon+%2528SHLP+002%2529+front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-S1ypeYtg3uA/TkKc_vIHvWI/AAAAAAAACKc/_wIucLNcAM0/s400/Alokpon+%2528SHLP+002%2529+front.jpg" width="390" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-epD3wXl-QYk/TkKcOOPikwI/AAAAAAAACKY/hZ_P8dYBiGg/s1600/Alokpon+%2528SHLP+002%2529+BACK.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-epD3wXl-QYk/TkKcOOPikwI/AAAAAAAACKY/hZ_P8dYBiGg/s400/Alokpon+%2528SHLP+002%2529+BACK.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-5109117955350540426?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-50641987155620185402011-08-06T18:31:00.002+02:002011-08-06T19:00:14.656+02:00Stanley Murphy (Ivory-Coast)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZCcQefNbeno/Tj1y1E6nr9I/AAAAAAAACKU/2_pr1e9EjqI/s1600/Stanley+Murphy+%2528oro%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZCcQefNbeno/Tj1y1E6nr9I/AAAAAAAACKU/2_pr1e9EjqI/s400/Stanley+Murphy+%2528oro%2529.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;">I found no informations about Stanley Murphy. If you have some, please send it to me. This album was recorded in Ivory-Coast and I do not know what else to say...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?dyqdpp0i0yxcak4">oro</a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Je n'ai trouvé aucune information sur Stanley Murphy. Si vous en avez transmettez les moi s'il vous plait. Cet album a été enregistré en Côte d'Ivoire et je ne sais pas quoi dire d'autre...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wm2X3mKVZvo/Tj1reX3DYCI/AAAAAAAACKI/moXqEsjF3h4/s1600/Stanley+Murphy+%2528front%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wm2X3mKVZvo/Tj1reX3DYCI/AAAAAAAACKI/moXqEsjF3h4/s400/Stanley+Murphy+%2528front%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jlDkaZBVe0E/Tj1qkJ0TkqI/AAAAAAAACKE/-tnnEwIvaPc/s1600/Stanley+Murphy+%2528back%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="398" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jlDkaZBVe0E/Tj1qkJ0TkqI/AAAAAAAACKE/-tnnEwIvaPc/s400/Stanley+Murphy+%2528back%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-5064198715562018540?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-2007024965024855562011-07-29T22:19:00.005+02:002011-08-01T20:21:14.109+02:00Orchestre Les Astronautes de Cotonou<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wOoUExa-bIY/TjMVZxfPrRI/AAAAAAAACKA/cbfAx-yHGHI/s1600/Les+Astronautes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="395" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wOoUExa-bIY/TjMVZxfPrRI/AAAAAAAACKA/cbfAx-yHGHI/s400/Les+Astronautes.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">Here is a new band from Benin on Oro, "Les Astronautes de Cotonou" and a new label, "Etoiles Noires" (Black Stars). The orchestra was formed, I believe, by El Rego before 1970. Subsequently, "Les Astronautes", following their own voice recorded with many authors such as Desire G. de Souza around 1975. Side 1, "Egbeton Dje Bodji", is nostalgic <i>sato</i> rhythm and Side 2, "Ahouilivou Dougbe", is an indispensable <i>cavacha</i> rhythm. Another fabulous post about "the astronauts" will be published soon...</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?aairarby9ydv457">oro</a></span></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">Voici un nouvel orchestre béninois sur Oro, Les Astronautes de Cotonou, et un nouveau label, "Etoiles Noires". L'orchestre a été formé, je crois, par El Rego avant 1970. Par la suite, "Les Astronautes" ont suivi leur propre voix et enregistré avec de nombreux auteurs tels que Désiré G. de Souza vers 1975. La face A, "Egbeton Djè Bodji", est un rythme s<i>ato</i> nostalgique et la Face B, "Ahouilivou Dougbé", un rythme <i>cavacha</i> indispensable. Un autre fabuleux courrier sur Les Astronautes de Cotonou sera bientôt publié...</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-200702496502485556?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-72482581519143727452011-07-25T18:23:00.004+02:002011-07-29T22:31:09.809+02:00Gnonnas Pedro y Sus Panchos: "Une Fille à Saïgon" (1970)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ADBmXlJe0Zc/Ti2XyP6lpWI/AAAAAAAACJ8/ublsmenZypQ/s1600/Gnonnas+Pedro+%2526+Ses+Panchos+%2528oro%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ADBmXlJe0Zc/Ti2XyP6lpWI/AAAAAAAACJ8/ublsmenZypQ/s400/Gnonnas+Pedro+%2526+Ses+Panchos+%2528oro%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6fa8dc;">Gnonnas Pedro founded his first band, Los Panchos, in 1965. In 1970, it became "Gnonnas Pedro y sus Panchos". Inspired by the french author and singer, Charles Aznavour, he composed many titles in french and in the same style of singing than his predecessor, as this beautiful song "Une Fille à Saigon" ("Girl of Saigon"). The other title of the record, "Avivogbe", is an afro-beat title rhythm inspired by Agbadja rhythm from Gnonnas Pedro's region in Benin.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?b5axpt7ycou7yp7"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange; font-size: xx-small;">oro</span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Gnonnas Pedro fonde en 1965 l'orchestre Los Panchos qui deviendront en 1970 "Gnonnas Pedro Y Sus Panchos". Inspiré par le chanteur et auteur français, Charles Aznavour, il compose de nombreux titres en langue française et dans le même style que son ainé, comme ce superbe morceau "Une Fille à Saïgon". L'autre morceau du disque, "Avivogbe" est un rythme intitulé <i>afro-beat</i> et d'inspiration Agbadja, un rythme de la région d'origine de Gnonnas Pedro, dans l'ouest du Bénin.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-7248258151914372745?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-20207614728328368702011-07-21T11:29:00.004+02:002011-07-29T22:40:14.311+02:00Lemed Janvier & l'Orchestre AFRISA International de TABU LEY ROCHEREAU (1983)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UdcxmeQpdQI/TifwsdZLO8I/AAAAAAAACJ0/m4ZL3qXvBjA/s1600/Lemed+Janvier+a%25CC%2580+Kinshasa+%2528front%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UdcxmeQpdQI/TifwsdZLO8I/AAAAAAAACJ0/m4ZL3qXvBjA/s400/Lemed+Janvier+a%25CC%2580+Kinshasa+%2528front%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Lemed Janvier has not been mentioned for a long time on the blog. You can see the previous posts </span><a href="http://orogod.blogspot.com/search/label/Janvier%20Lemed"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;">here</span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">.&nbsp;</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Kpedjolemed Janvier was born in 1949 in Cove, benin. he started music at college. his father saw in him the desire to become a musician and asked him to go study at the INZA (National Arts Institute of Zaïre). But Janvier anticipates integrating the Poly-Rythmo orchestra with whom he recorded his first title: "Sais-tu que je t'aime". At the insistence of his father, he joined, in 1979, the orchestra "Les Volcans de la Capitale", which was the national orchestra, and recorded three albums. Finally, he went to study in Zaïre and joined, as singer, the Afrisa International Tabu Rey Rochereau's band. He recorded &nbsp;three albums: "Mea Culpa", "Akuotowévo" and finally "Lemed in Kinshasa".</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Lemed janvier passed away on January 11, 2011 at the age of 62.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?p0vf7c9ys5vty8d"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">oro</span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Il y a longtemps que Lemed Janvier n'a pas été évoqué sur le blog. vous pouvez consulter les précédents courriers </span><a href="http://orogod.blogspot.com/search/label/Janvier%20Lemed"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">ici</span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">.&nbsp;</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Kpedjolemed janvier est né en 1949 à Covè, Bénin. Il commence la musique dans la chorale de son collège. Son père voyant en lui le désir de devenir musicien lui propose de l'inscrire à l'INZA (Institut National des Arts du Zaïre) après son baccalauréat. Mais janvier anticipe en intégrant l'Orchestre Poly-Rythmo avec qui il enregistre son premier titre: "Sais-tu que je t'aime". Sur l'insistance de son père, il intègre, en 1979, l'orchestre des "Volcans de la Capitale", qui était l'orchestre national, et enregistre trois albums. Finalement, il part faire ses études au Zaïre et intègre en qualité de chanteur l'orchestre Afrisa International de Tabu Ley Rochereau. Il enregistre trois albums: "Mea Culpa", "Akuotowévo" et enfin "Lemed à Kinshasa".&nbsp;Lemed janvier nous a quitté le 11 Janvier 2011 à l'âge de 62 ans.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-2020761472832836870?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-40341053746188407742011-07-17T17:34:00.006+02:002011-07-29T22:57:44.801+02:00MUSIC FROM SECRET SOCIETIES: Ivory-Coast, Dahomey, Guinea (1952)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oCOPOx3I6d4/TiW-Jb_NeqI/AAAAAAAACJw/7CLUnfQieEk/s1600/Socie%25CC%2581te%25CC%2581+Secre%25CC%2580te+%2528Oro%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oCOPOx3I6d4/TiW-Jb_NeqI/AAAAAAAACJw/7CLUnfQieEk/s400/Socie%25CC%2581te%25CC%2581+Secre%25CC%2580te+%2528Oro%2529.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">In 1952, Gilbert Rouget travels throughout Africa and recorded many traditional musicians. These trips funded by the french Museum of Man and even more so by the former French colony. Many records will be edited and can be consulted on <b><a href="http://orogod.blogspot.com/search/label/Gilbert%20Rouget"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Oro</span></a></b>. This album: "Music of Secret Societies" offers a range of traditional bands of Ivory Coast, Dahomey and Guinea. The record is very well preserved.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">SIDE 1</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">IVORY COAST</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><i>By their number, the Baule people are the most important of Ivory Coast. They are rich, with a powerful social organization and highly independent. The quality of his art (sculpture, weaving and jewelry) make Baule society one of the highlights of West Africa.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><i>1.PONDO KAKOU</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><i>Pondo Kakou et Gooli, which never move without the other, together form the most powerful protective spirits of the village. They are the policeman of morality and to them guilty pay the fine of his fault.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><i>2. GRINPI</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><i>Battery of six drums and an iron bell.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><i>The photo on the front cover was taken even while recording. The big drum is beaten in honor of a chief or a great person.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><i>3.DIOUROU</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><i>The Baule like to meet in the evenings, drink and sing nostalgic and satirical songs. It speaks of a "wound in the other world can not cure", referring to the holes in the human body that never close and that we must accept without being able to change anything.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">SIDE 2</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">DAHOMEY</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><i>1. BATTERY FOR OGUN</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><i>This battery was reorder in Nago (Yoruba) country, to Ilodo, at night, during the ceremony dedicated to god of Iron, Ogun.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><i>2</i></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><i>.</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><i> During the ceremony, Ogun manifests itself violently. The women sing to calm him.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><i>3. SAKARA</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><i>This little formation has a good reputation in Dahomey and Nigeria. It is made up of Adjado, lead singer, a Sakara drummer (fish skin stretched over a collar of pottery) and two gourd drummers. These are professional musicians who play for weddings, baptisms or sporting events.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><i>4. SONGS FOR A VODUN</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><i>The Adgidigbo is formed by a soap box on the upper face of which are atteched side by side five metal plates that the musician vibrates with his thumbs. The song is characteristic of the vocal style of Goun people so different from the style of the Yoruba, their neighbors.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><i>5.</i></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><i> The </i></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><i>NESSOUHOUE</i></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><i> are dead princes of the royal family of Abomey. This song was recorded in a temple of Abomey in the evening during the long season dedicated to cults of the ancient kings.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">GUINEA</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><i>6. MALINKE BATTERY</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><i>Karala village. Two drums.The rhythm is the dance of Mosso Bara women (women drums)</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><i>7. SONG OF THE HUNTER</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><i>The griot sings a fighter air with his balafon.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><i>8. DUET OF BOLON</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><i>Town of Kankan. The large three-stringed harps (Bolon) rang once for military parades</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><i>9. DANCE OF WOMEN</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><i>Souribadougou village. Prelude to Mosso Bara dance.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?9xwfld4qewda5tw"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">oro</span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">En 1952, Gilbert Rouget parcourt toute l'Afrique de l'Ouest et enregistre de nombreux artistes traditionnels. De ces voyages financés par le Musée de l'Homme et à fortiori par l'ancienne Colonie française, natteront de nombreuses sorties discographiques que vous avez déjà pu consulter sur <a href="http://orogod.blogspot.com/search/label/Gilbert%20Rouget"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Oro</span></b></a>. L'album "Musique de soit secrète" propose un panel de groupes traditionnels de Côte d'Ivoire, du Dahomey et de Guinée. Ce disque est très bien conservé et l'on sent déjà dans ces différents pays les futures influences de la musique moderne réservée à toutes les sociétés.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">Face 1</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">CÔTE D'IVOIRE</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><i>Par leur nombre, Les Baoulé, forment le peuple le plus important de la Côte d'Ivoire. Ce sont des paysans aisés, puissamment organisés socialement et de caractère très indépendant. Par la qualité de son art (sculpture, tissage et bijoux d'or) la société Baoulé est l'une des plus marquantes de l'Afrique occidentale.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><i>1. PONDO KAKOU.</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><i>Pondo Kakou et Gooli, qui ne se déplacent jamais l'un sans l'autre forment, ensemble, le plus puissant des génies protecteurs du village. Ils sont le gendarme de la morale et c'est à eux que le coupable paye l'amende de sa faute.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><i>2. GRINPI</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><i>Batterie de six tambours et une cloche de fer.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><i>La photographie qui figure sur la couverture du disque a été prise pendant l'enregistrement même. Le grand tambour du centre n'est battu qu'en l'honneur d'un chef ou d'un grand personnage.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><i>3. DIOUROU</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><i>Les Baoulé aiment à se réunir le soir entre hommes, à boire et à chanter des chansons nostalgiques ou satiriques. Celle-ci parle "d'une plaie de l'autre monde qui ne peut pas guérir", allusion aux orifices du corps humain qui ne se ferment jamais et qu'il nous faut accepter sans pouvoir rien changer.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">FACE 2</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">DAHOMEY</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><i>1. BATTERIE POUR OGOUN EDEYI</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><i>Cette batterie a été enregistrée en pays Nago ou Yorouba., à Ilodo, la nuit, au cours de la cérémonie destinée au dieu du fer Ogoun Edeyi.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><i>2.</i></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><i> Au cours de la cérémonie que lui consacrent ses fidèles, Ogoun, dieu du fer, se manifeste violemment. Les femmes chantent pour le calmer puis entonnent une suite d'airs à sa gloire.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><i>3. SAKARA</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><i>Cette petite formation qui a bonne réputation au Dahomey et au Nigeria est composée de Adjado, chanteur principal et joueur de petiti violon à une corde, d'un batteur de tambour Sakara (peau de poisson tendue sur un col de poterie) et de deux batteurs de calebasse. Ce sont des musiciens professionnels qui animent mariages, baptêmes ou réunions sportives.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><i>4. CHANTS POUR UN VODOUN</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><i>L'Adgidigbo que l'on entend ici est constitué par une caisse à savon sur la face supérieure&nbsp;de laquelle sont fixées côte à côte cinq lames de métal que le musicien fait vibrer avec ses pouces. La chanson est caractéristique du style vocal des Goun du dahomey si différent du style des Yorouba, leurs voisins.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><i>5. Les Nessouhoue</i></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><i> sont les princes défunts de la famille royale d'Abomey. Ce chant été enregistré dans un temple d'Abomey, le soir, pendant la longue période des fêtes consacrées aux cultes des anciens rois.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">GUINEE</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><i>6. BATTERIE MALINKE</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><i>Village de Karala. Deux tambours. Le rythme est celui de la danse des femmes Mosso Bara (femmes tambours)</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><i>7. CHANT DE CHASSEUR</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><i>Le griot des chasseurs chante un air en s'accompagnant de son Balafon.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><i>8. DUO DE BOLONS</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><i>Ville de Kankan. Les grandes harpes à trois cordes (Bolon) résonnaient autrefois pour des parades militaires.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><i>9. DANSE DE FEMMES</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><i>Village de Souribadougou. Prélude à la danse Mosso Bara.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JUlqJz8IxY8/TiL76HwPpkI/AAAAAAAACJg/R3p9OXzPU8U/s1600/Gilbert+Rouget+%2522Socie%25CC%2581te%25CC%2581s+Secre%25CC%2580tes%2522%2528front%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JUlqJz8IxY8/TiL76HwPpkI/AAAAAAAACJg/R3p9OXzPU8U/s400/Gilbert+Rouget+%2522Socie%25CC%2581te%25CC%2581s+Secre%25CC%2580tes%2522%2528front%2529.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-4034105374618840774?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-45568517828719095522011-07-10T00:17:00.003+02:002011-07-10T00:33:07.635+02:00T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo (Echos du Terroir)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KWJgeOYy334/ThjTPKTbTVI/AAAAAAAACJc/PyhRhCJTLTY/s1600/Poly-Rythmo+ET+007+%2528oro%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KWJgeOYy334/ThjTPKTbTVI/AAAAAAAACJc/PyhRhCJTLTY/s320/Poly-Rythmo+ET+007+%2528oro%2529.jpg" width="310" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Je suis désolé de proposer un vinyle de mauvaise qualité sonore mais cet enregistrement du Poly-Rythmo est tellement surprenant qu'il fait oublier sa dégradation. Ce groupe réserve toujours des surprise dans la variété des rythmes qu'ils jouent, en particulier sur le morceau </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Sato</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"> de la Face B: "Ati Sissin". La guitare et les cuivres font curieusement penser à la musique éthiopienne de la même époque.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?2hoax443b9crllw"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">oro</span></span></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">I am sorry to offer a poor sound quality of vinyl but this recording from Poly-Rythmo is so surprising that it makes you forget its old age and degradation. this band is full of surprises in the variety of rhythms they play, especially on the </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Sato</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"> title on side B: "Ati Sissin". the guitar and brass sound curiously like Ethiopian music from the same period.</span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-4556851782871909552?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-89116110429575881702011-07-03T23:26:00.003+02:002011-07-04T20:22:53.667+02:00Cissé Abdoulaye & Les Vautours (Burkina-Faso, 1978)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-coDLrQrwLao/ThDdtoNRliI/AAAAAAAACJY/vp2egzOgsVA/s1600/Cisse%25CC%2581+Abdoulaye+%2526+Les+Vautours.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-coDLrQrwLao/ThDdtoNRliI/AAAAAAAACJY/vp2egzOgsVA/s400/Cisse%25CC%2581+Abdoulaye+%2526+Les+Vautours.jpg" width="393" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">This excellent album, recorded in 1978 by the Burkinabe singer and his band "Les Vautours" (The Vultures), is rare. The label Tropiques Satel always reserve good surprises. Here is an interview with Abdoulaye Cissé found on </span><a href="http://www.lefaso.net/spip.php?article7939"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><b>lefaso.net</b></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">"I started music very young, when I went to school in Koudougou in 1962. I already had a guitar that my uncle gave me. My father was a republican guard and I had the opportunity to see many bands. I am not a griot and I'm not allowed to sing. I was the only one to be interested by music and my family finally understood me. I recorded my first 7 inches in 1974 and my first album in 1978 in Benin. Outside of music, I was trained for teaching. I came out as a teacher in 1968 and did 12 years in the field, in the bush as they say..."</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?yzz276jl35x1341"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">oro</span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">Cet excellent album enregistré au Bénin en 1978 par le chanteur burkinabé et son orchestre "Les Vautours" est plutôt rare. Le label Tropiques Satel réservera toujours des bonnes surprises. Voici une interview de Cissé Abdoulaye trouvé sur </span><a href="http://www.lefaso.net/spip.php?article7939"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">lefaso.net</span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">"J'ai commencé la musique tout petit. Quand j'allais à l'école à Koudougou en 1962. J'avais déjà une guitare que m'avait offert mon oncle. Mon père était un garde républicain et j'ai eu l'occasion de voir beaucoup de groupes. Je ne suis pas griot et je n'ai pas le droit de chanter. J'étais le seul à avoir un penchant pour la musique et ma famille m'a finalement compris. J'ai enregistré mon premier 45 tours en 1974 et mon premier en album en 1978 au Bénin. En dehors de la musique, j'ai été formé pour l'enseignement. Je suis sorti instituteur en 1968 et j'ai fait 12 ans sur le terrain, dans la brousse comme on dit..."</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CfiNEDeDmeY/ThDcoOcYAnI/AAAAAAAACJU/l-06nxJKQG8/s1600/Cisse%25CC%2581+Abdoulaye+%2526+Les+Vautours+%2528front%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CfiNEDeDmeY/ThDcoOcYAnI/AAAAAAAACJU/l-06nxJKQG8/s400/Cisse%25CC%2581+Abdoulaye+%2526+Les+Vautours+%2528front%2529.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4ZUz-_o0k1U/ThDblf8iFAI/AAAAAAAACJQ/htjQVa_JgOM/s1600/Cisse%25CC%2581+Abdoulaye+%2526+Les+Vautours+%2528back%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4ZUz-_o0k1U/ThDblf8iFAI/AAAAAAAACJQ/htjQVa_JgOM/s400/Cisse%25CC%2581+Abdoulaye+%2526+Les+Vautours+%2528back%2529.jpg" width="393" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-8911611042957588170?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-57931915561977401292011-06-26T20:05:00.000+02:002011-06-26T20:05:36.738+02:00Athanase Akpovi (Satel 001/1970)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Lt9RXJ6EgKI/Tgd0MIKpQRI/AAAAAAAACJM/HeVfsT4vmQk/s1600/Athanase+Akpovi+%2528SAT+001%2529+front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Lt9RXJ6EgKI/Tgd0MIKpQRI/AAAAAAAACJM/HeVfsT4vmQk/s320/Athanase+Akpovi+%2528SAT+001%2529+front.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a2c4c9;">Here is the first release from Beninese Tropiques Satel records label in 1970. As usual, during this time, new records labels recorded folkloric or traditional music bands. Athanase Akpovi is part of those many traditional singers. He became famous during 90s thanks to Angelique Kidjo who has plagiarized in her album several original pieces from Akpovi. She had to pay thousands of Euros as compensation</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?o53oozvr4r3pzbg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">oro</span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;">Voici la première sortie discographique du label Béninois Disques Tropiques Satel, en 1970. Comme souvent à l'époque les nouveaux labels enregistrent des groupes de musique folklorique ou traditionnelle. Athansase Akpovi fait parti de ses nombreux chanteurs traditionnels. Il s'est &nbsp; fait connaitre durant les années 90 grâce à Angélique Kidjo. En effet, Angélique a plagié sur un de ses albums plusieurs morceaux d'Athanase Akpovi. Elle a du payer plusieurs milliers d'Euros comme dommages et intérêts.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-5793191556197740129?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-15568451100976228422011-06-22T23:51:00.002+02:002011-06-27T11:17:46.595+02:00Tchico & l'International Orchestre "African Kings" (Congo/Benin, 1982)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LWcOg146PuY/TgI5Z9B3-RI/AAAAAAAACI8/6NLsLaTLDio/s1600/Tchico+%2528front%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="395" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LWcOg146PuY/TgI5Z9B3-RI/AAAAAAAACI8/6NLsLaTLDio/s400/Tchico+%2528front%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Tchico Tchicaya, famous Congolese singer and composer, recorded this album in Benin with a mixed Congolese and Beninese band. Loubassou Denis "La Cloche" is on guitar solo, Danialou Sagbohan on drums, Gustave Bentho from Poly-Rythmo on bass guitar, Ignace de Souza from Black Santiago on trumpet and finally Miguelito made a appearance playing the role of a jealous Burkinabese husband on track "Sens Interdit chez Tania". Therefore this album brings together the finest musicians from Beninese music for an original </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">soukouss</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"> music album.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?67upbzp24b3644h"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">oro</span></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Tchico Tchicaya, fameux chanteur et compositeur Congolais, enregistre cet album au Bénin avec une formation Congolaise et Béninoise. Loubasou Denis "La Cloche" est la guitare, Danialou Sagbohan à la batterie; Gustave Bentho du Poly-Rythmo, à la guitare basse; Ignace de Souza du Black Santiago à la trompette et enfin Miguelito fait une apparition en jouant le rôle d'un mari jaloux Burkinabé sur le morceau "Sens Interdit chez Tania". Cet album rassemble donc la crème de la musique Béninoise pour un album de soukouss original.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ulTcC9YcXYI/TgI4YOFNeTI/AAAAAAAACI4/VKvS5aZOXtY/s1600/Tchico+%2528back%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="395" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ulTcC9YcXYI/TgI4YOFNeTI/AAAAAAAACI4/VKvS5aZOXtY/s400/Tchico+%2528back%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-1556845110097622842?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-68758982312001274832011-06-10T23:55:00.005+02:002012-01-09T22:23:46.759+01:00SPECIAL POST: Nestor Hountondji (1975)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uvWzaoJRYGU/TfKSSDvr8WI/AAAAAAAACI0/3lnwTpRxJ80/s1600/Nestor+Hountondji+%2528Black+Dragons%2529+oro.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uvWzaoJRYGU/TfKSSDvr8WI/AAAAAAAACI0/3lnwTpRxJ80/s400/Nestor+Hountondji+%2528Black+Dragons%2529+oro.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">J'ai le plaisir de présenter trois disques composés et chanté en 1975 par Nestor Hountondji avec l'Orchestre des Volcans de la Capitale ainsi que "Les Perles Noires", tous enregistrés sur le label "Black Dragons". Du pur bonheur.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Avant ça une biographie écrite par le journaliste Béninois Zéphirin Toasségnitché:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"><i>L'Histoire de la cité royale d'Abomey a retenu que Nestor Hountondji, officier de la gendarmerie nationale hors classe, est l'un des piliers de la musique béninoise. Néle 06 septembre 1939 à Abomey, Nestor Hountondji alias Dji Nesto est issu d'une famille où la chanson est un moyen d'expression. A l'âge de dix ans, se souvient l'artiste, "je fredonnais déjà des chansons composées par mon père Tokpé Hountondji qui fut un célèbre chanteur, auteur compositeur de sa génération". Tokpé, le père, jouait a cette époque le rythme </i></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">assida</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"><i>&nbsp;du style </i></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">agbadja</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"><i> d'origine adja qui a disparu du répertoire des rythmes d'Abomey, la royale. A la mort de son père il étudie la flute, la trompette et le piano et fait sa toute première entrée sur scène en 1958.Il est le plus convoité du pays et intègre l'orchestre Daho-Melo en 1961. Il enregistre son premier single en 1962 et cela lui a valu des sanctions disciplinaires au sein de la gendarmerie. Il fut contraint de rejoindre l'orchestre "National Jazz" de la gendarmerie qui deviendra plus tard "Les Volcans de la Capitale". Puis suivront d'autres formations comme les "Black Dragons", "Les Perles Noires", "Les Sympathics" puis sa propre formation "Les Axes 80".</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cr0G5ugupwY/TfKQpvLA3II/AAAAAAAACIw/R3hOYOGM074/s1600/Nestor+Hountondji+%2528BD+002%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="196" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cr0G5ugupwY/TfKQpvLA3II/AAAAAAAACIw/R3hOYOGM074/s200/Nestor+Hountondji+%2528BD+002%2529.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Le premier disque, enregistré avec "Les Volcans" offre un terrible rythme </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">gazzo</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"> "Emalon Ni Hokowo" dont la flute traditionnelle hypnotique vous transporte. Le titre "Souvenir" est un slow dont les arrangements de cuivre son splendides.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?45iearcx6old2ge"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Black Dragons BD 002</span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fEp6ohQQp7g/TfKQITLGBwI/AAAAAAAACIs/ufVDrh6pk-E/s1600/Nestor+Hountondji+%2528BD+005%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fEp6ohQQp7g/TfKQITLGBwI/AAAAAAAACIs/ufVDrh6pk-E/s200/Nestor+Hountondji+%2528BD+005%2529.jpg" width="196" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Le deuxième disque, enregistré aussi avec les Volcans est marqué par le morceau "Attention", très martial et révolutionnaire, mais plutôt drôle et encore excellent dans ses cuivres. Bien entendu, Nestor est au saxophone. Le deuxième titre "Fa Be Gbe" est un rythme </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">agbadja</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"> dont les cuivres sont encore parfaits.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?4kjv78sx9wojhi4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Black Dragons BD 005</span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qhh44dpTWTw/TfKPy3sMZ8I/AAAAAAAACIo/_Qxd44lIB-0/s1600/Nestor+Hountondji+%2528BD+006%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="196" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qhh44dpTWTw/TfKPy3sMZ8I/AAAAAAAACIo/_Qxd44lIB-0/s200/Nestor+Hountondji+%2528BD+006%2529.jpg" width="200" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Le dernier, enregistré avec l'orchestre "Les Perles Noires" est aussi impressionant. Sur "Gangan Nan Gansu" Nestor nous dévoile tout ses talents de saxophoniste. Sur "Ogbe Non Kpo" indemne. On ne peut qu'apprécier tout ce travail qui est fait autour de la musique traditionnelle et de sa modernisation. Bravo Dji-Nesto.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?3yxgqizygejn56n"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Black Dragons BD 006</span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-6875898231200127483?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-35998054738525699592011-06-04T01:03:00.002+02:002011-06-04T19:08:32.280+02:00T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo (ALS 146/1987)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-K6P5CpmFp6A/TelJxYVohQI/AAAAAAAACIk/akHA96JW-NA/s1600/Poly-Rythmo+%2528ALS+146%2529+front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="395" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-K6P5CpmFp6A/TelJxYVohQI/AAAAAAAACIk/akHA96JW-NA/s400/Poly-Rythmo+%2528ALS+146%2529+front.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?cm5z83dcoejygp8"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">oro</span></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-J94la7yXoc8/TelJAS6S8GI/AAAAAAAACIg/BOUahoJRP2I/s1600/Poly-Rythmo+%2528ALS+146%2529+BACK.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="388" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-J94la7yXoc8/TelJAS6S8GI/AAAAAAAACIg/BOUahoJRP2I/s400/Poly-Rythmo+%2528ALS+146%2529+BACK.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-3599805473852569959?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-73702041638808188682011-05-28T23:23:00.001+02:002011-05-29T18:36:50.793+02:00Tentemba Jazz du Mali (1977)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RvcmyGrjtaA/TeFcZx4o89I/AAAAAAAACIc/5NjBUIg5y0g/s1600/Tentemba+Jazz+Du+Mali+%2528Badmos%2529+oro.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RvcmyGrjtaA/TeFcZx4o89I/AAAAAAAACIc/5NjBUIg5y0g/s400/Tentemba+Jazz+Du+Mali+%2528Badmos%2529+oro.jpg" width="396" />&nbsp;</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NXHAl8cj_Vw/TeFcA8knreI/AAAAAAAACIY/l3FMg7FlBLw/s1600/Tentemba+Jazz+%2528BB+190%2529+oro.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NXHAl8cj_Vw/TeFcA8knreI/AAAAAAAACIY/l3FMg7FlBLw/s200/Tentemba+Jazz+%2528BB+190%2529+oro.jpg" width="198" /></a><span style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"> Il semble que l'orchestre Tentemba Jazz du Mali ait enregistré seulement deux singles sur le label Badmos. Vous pouvez aussi trouver l'album "Reconciliation" <a href="http://orogod.blogspot.com/2010/01/super-tentemba-jazz-mali.html"><b style="color: yellow;">ici</b></a>. Je crois que le chanteur du groupe est Mamadi Diabate. D'autres noms figurent tels que Sekou Kante et Amadou Touré.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: yellow; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?eangsacmyay3j6k"><span style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;">BB 190</span></a></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hrU8ZE7BHAs/TeFbqtt64aI/AAAAAAAACIU/lohlggrok8Q/s1600/Tentemba+Jazz+%2528BB+229%2529+oro.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hrU8ZE7BHAs/TeFbqtt64aI/AAAAAAAACIU/lohlggrok8Q/s200/Tentemba+Jazz+%2528BB+229%2529+oro.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;">It seems like Tentemba Jazz has recorded only two singles on Badmos label. You can also find the album "Reconciliation" <a href="http://orogod.blogspot.com/2010/01/super-tentemba-jazz-mali.html"><b style="color: yellow;">here</b></a>. I think the singer is Mamadi Diabate, but other names are listed as Sekou Kante or Amadou Toure.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: yellow; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?07e227gbp3ug1aa"><span style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;">BB 229 </span></a></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-7370204163880818868?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-88043498965471293382011-05-20T23:53:00.002+02:002012-01-09T22:23:18.062+01:00SPECIAL POST: Orchestre Les Volcans de Porto-Novo (1977)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wYhmT_0s1Dw/TdbfJViyJgI/AAAAAAAACIQ/NA_ZML_qPyA/s1600/Les+Volcans+%2528VG+008%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wYhmT_0s1Dw/TdbfJViyJgI/AAAAAAAACIQ/NA_ZML_qPyA/s400/Les+Volcans+%2528VG+008%2529.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">There are some records that you will remember all your life the one of the "Volcans de Porto-Novo du Bénin". This record is nearly mint and will be soon available on Diaspora Records.&nbsp;This extraordinary recording from 1977 was composed by Joseph Atchade. The label mentions "Goun Reggae" music style. The word "Goun" indicates the ethnicity and language from Port-Novo and its region, but "reggae" sounds funny. The title "Jomido" is a sublime "Afro-Cuban" perfectly arranged and the title "Mi Kpé Dogbekpo" is an </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">agbadja</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> modernized rhythm from west-coast of Benin, a marvel to dance...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Il y a des disques dont vous vous souviendrez toute votre vie comme celui des "Volcans de Porto-Novo du Bénin". Aussi connu sous le nom d'"Orchestre de la Gendarmerie", les Volcans sont une institution. Ce disque est neuf et sera bientôt disponible sur Diaspora Records.&nbsp;Cet extraordinaire enregistrement date de 1977 et a été composé par Joseph Atchade. Le disque indique des morceaux de style "Goun reggae". Le mot "Goun" indique l'ethnie et la langue très répandue à Port-Novo mais "reggae" est plutôt cocasse. Le titre "Jomido" est un sublime titre Afro-Cubain avec un son parfait. "Mi Kple Dogbekpo" est un rythme <i>agbadja</i> modernisé, un pure merveille pour danser...</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?a5o3b8s6bi8k3q1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">oro</span></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hJlmHkSgupk/TdbezzYugJI/AAAAAAAACIM/L6jkXspobv0/s1600/Orchestre+Les+Volcans+%2528VG+008%2529+gp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hJlmHkSgupk/TdbezzYugJI/AAAAAAAACIM/L6jkXspobv0/s320/Orchestre+Les+Volcans+%2528VG+008%2529+gp.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-8804349896547129338?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-4961027096125428712011-05-18T22:32:00.001+02:002011-05-18T23:11:10.027+02:00Aledo & Le Groupe Toba - Hanye Aklamkpa - Benin (ALS 51/1978)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fRe1RMCWM1E/TdQsR0AJXiI/AAAAAAAACII/8rLe6ibRFZE/s1600/Aledo+%2528front%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fRe1RMCWM1E/TdQsR0AJXiI/AAAAAAAACII/8rLe6ibRFZE/s400/Aledo+%2528front%2529.jpg" width="392" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;">I have no information about this traditional music record. I do not know the artist, rhythm and provenance. I can only say that it was recorded in 1978.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;">Je n'ai aucune information sur cet album de musique traditionnelle. Je ne connais pas l'artiste, le rythme ou la provenance. Je peux seulement vous dire qu'il a été enregistré en 1978.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?ph69cyzvpuimjnn"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;">oro</span></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q8jqvHjxAXI/TdQrhWQCgHI/AAAAAAAACIE/oTezL1v9gUA/s1600/Aledo+%2528back%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="395" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q8jqvHjxAXI/TdQrhWQCgHI/AAAAAAAACIE/oTezL1v9gUA/s400/Aledo+%2528back%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-496102709612542871?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-2933986845670595412011-05-14T00:00:00.003+02:002011-05-14T20:15:23.583+02:00National Jazz du Dahomey: "Von Von Non Non" (1968)<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FDwHH-1HIa4/Tc2p0bruc3I/AAAAAAAACIA/cF-QoUvDmHE/s1600/Natiobal+Jazz+Du+Dahomey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="397" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FDwHH-1HIa4/Tc2p0bruc3I/AAAAAAAACIA/cF-QoUvDmHE/s400/Natiobal+Jazz+Du+Dahomey.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">"Von Von Non Non" est un très célèbre morceau de musique populaire et traditionnel du Bénin que Gnonnas Pedro a fait connaitre internationalement et que l'Orchestre Poly-Rythmo a remis au goût du jour dans son dernier album. Cet enregistrement a été édité, je pense en 1968, par Badejo's Sound Records en exclusivité pour le label Albarika Store.</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?e28v0a812ymszsc"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">oro</span></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wc6QCwsYRjU/Tc2plYiWB0I/AAAAAAAACH8/Jcg_TU5abTM/s1600/National+Jazz+du+Dahomey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wc6QCwsYRjU/Tc2plYiWB0I/AAAAAAAACH8/Jcg_TU5abTM/s320/National+Jazz+du+Dahomey.jpg" width="312" /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-293398684567059541?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-52705085885706015372011-05-08T23:55:00.000+02:002011-05-08T23:55:48.505+02:00Mawuli Decker (Ghana, 1983)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0uf9GdPJ88w/Tcb4fxXIw6I/AAAAAAAACHw/afD-PfmdMa8/s1600/Mawuli+Decker+%2528front%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="398" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0uf9GdPJ88w/Tcb4fxXIw6I/AAAAAAAACHw/afD-PfmdMa8/s400/Mawuli+Decker+%2528front%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">Mawuli Decker a veteran composer, arranger and singer from Aveme Danyigba in the Volta region of Ghana leaves no stone unturned on his way to the top. The result of this is a smashing hit "Julie Dzogbese" released in 1975. After tasting big bands sounds with Caprice and New Planets Dance Bands, The Top and Volta Pioneers Dance Band. He set off on a tour some African countries a sprat of his laurels to achieve international recognition.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">Today a step in the name of Ayo Special is taken. If this album fails to book Mawuli Decker a seat by your side, then you are yet to book one for yourself.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">Vieux routier dans le domaine musical, Mawuli Decker, est originaire de Aveme Danyigba de la région Volta du Ghana. Auteur, compositeur, arrangeur et chanteur, en dépit des difficultés auxquelles sont confrontés les artistes de son genre, Mawuli tient à atteindre le sommet. Le fruit de cette persévérance est le disque émouvant "Julie Dzogbesse" paru en 1975. Travaillant d'arrache-pied avec Caprice et New Planets Dance Bands, Mawuli Decker devient le leader de Dzobi Sounds, Sawaba Sounds, The Tops et Volta Pioneers Dance bands.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">Si Aujourd'hui, par "Ayo Special", Mawuli Decker n'arrive pas à vous émouvoir, là vous aurez à vous blâmer vous-même.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?acjkk2s06m4cok7"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9d2e9;">oro</span></span></a></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0Lp9stk1gMM/Tcb3lrOSSAI/AAAAAAAACHs/COXbh7jmS3g/s1600/Mawuli+Decker+%2528back%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="393" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0Lp9stk1gMM/Tcb3lrOSSAI/AAAAAAAACHs/COXbh7jmS3g/s400/Mawuli+Decker+%2528back%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-5270508588570601537?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-10867583990917963202011-05-01T23:55:00.008+02:002011-05-15T12:21:59.177+02:00SPECIAL POST: Orchestre Black Santiago (1973) feat. Danialou Sagbohan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7JmqA8JMdqw/TcMgk5BIbDI/AAAAAAAACHo/jZCSlE_4CWI/s1600/Black+Santiago+%2528oro%252C+sat+35%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7JmqA8JMdqw/TcMgk5BIbDI/AAAAAAAACHo/jZCSlE_4CWI/s400/Black+Santiago+%2528oro%252C+sat+35%2529.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Ignace de Souza founded the Black Santiago band in 1966. Born in 1937 in Cotonou, Ignace creates, in the 50's, the Alfa Jazz band and plays a mix of highlife, bolero and fox-trot. He incorporates two Nigerian musicians, Zeal Onyia and Babe Face paul, and displays a style influenced by the sound of ghanaian trumpeter E.T. Mensah. In 1955, he traveled to Ghana where he stayed for ten years. He founded his own band, the Melody Aces, and train a number of artists including Nana Ampadu from the African Brothers Band. Ignace de Souza was also know to have imported into Ghana </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">soukous</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"> music from Congo.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">In 1966, he founded the Black Santiago in Accra and manages the The Ringway Club where he invites famous artists such as Geraldo Pino and Fela Kuti. According to Ignace de Souza's nephew, De Souza and Fela Kuti both created afro-beat rhythm during those hot nights at the Ringway Hotel. In 1969, the arrival of Ghanaian president Kofi Busia forced all foreigners to leave the country. Ignace de Souza returned to Benin and perpetuated the Black Santiago with musicians from Ghana, Benin, especially the young phenomenon drummer Danialou Sagbohan. Since 1973, the Black Santiago recorded on "Les Tropiques Satel" label several 7 inches records and a LP that will compile all the titles. Here are some of these great and very rare recordings.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Ignace de Souza fonde l'orchestre Black Santiago au Ghana en 1966. Né en 1937 à Cotonou, Ignace crée, dans les années 50, l'Alfa Jazz qui diffuse un mélange de </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">highlife</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">, de boléro et de </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">fox-trot</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">. Il intègre dans sa formation deux musiciens nigérians, Zeal Onyia et Baby Face Paul, et affiche un style très influencé par le son du trompettiste ghanéen E.T. Mensah dont il reprend des tubes. En 1955, il se rend au Ghana ou il restera dix ans. Il fonde son propre orchestre, les Melody Aces et formera nombre d'artistes dont Nana Ampadu des African Brothers. Ignace de Souza est aussi connu pour avoir importer au Ghana la musique </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">soukous</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"> du Congo.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">En 1966, il fonde à Accra l'orchestre Black Santiago, un formation pépinière, et anime le Club du Ringway Hôtel où il invite des artistes de renom tels que Geraldo Pino et Fela Kuti. Selon le neveu Bayo de Souza (aujourd'hui leader des Black Santiago) Ignace de Souza et Fela Kuti ont crée ensemble le rythme </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">afro-beat </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">durant les soirées bouillonnantes du Ringway Hotel. En 1969, l'arrivée au pouvoir Ghanéen de Kofi Busia contraint tous les étrangers a quitter le pays. Ignace de Souza rentre au Bénin et pérennise l'orchestre Black Santiago avec des musiciens Béninois, mais aussi Ghanéens, et surtout le phénomène de l'époque le jeune batteur fougueux Danialou Sagbohan. A&nbsp;partir de 1973, le Black Santiago&nbsp;enregistre, sur le label Satel, plusieurs 45 tours et un 33 Tours qui compilera tous les titres. Voici aujourd'hui quelques extraits de ces disques extrêmement rares à trouver.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fNI5BstWjvA/Tb28QfeGPlI/AAAAAAAACHQ/hToP7v9o-qM/s1600/Orchestre+Black+Santiago+%2528SAT+035+front%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fNI5BstWjvA/Tb28QfeGPlI/AAAAAAAACHQ/hToP7v9o-qM/s200/Orchestre+Black+Santiago+%2528SAT+035+front%2529.jpg" width="198" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">SAT 35 record presents two fabulous pieces: "Avortement Interdit" (Prohibited Abortion") composed and sung by Houedanou Sebastien called "Pacheco" and the excellent cover of "El Maniceiro" with Sagbohan's smooth voice taking over the chorus.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?gg7mgi17rdlf1zc"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">SAT 35</span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Le disque SAT 35 présente deux fabuleux morceaux: "Avortement Interdit" composé et chanté par Houédanou Sébastien, dit Pacheco et l'excellente reprise de "El Maniceiro" avec un Sagbohan dont la voix suave prend le dessus sur les choeurs.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TqSN7njr9dY/Tb8MUsEpYyI/AAAAAAAACHg/KbBDBQQkgeM/s1600/SAT+036+front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TqSN7njr9dY/Tb8MUsEpYyI/AAAAAAAACHg/KbBDBQQkgeM/s200/SAT+036+front.jpg" width="200" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br />SAT 36 record presents two songs composed and sung again by Houedanou Sebastien. "Bonne Guerison" is a great Afro-Cuban rhythm where Ignace's trumpet solo is perfect and Sagbohan's drums dangerous.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?s1q8xps6y9eeb6y"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">SAT 36</span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Le disque SAT 36 présente deux morceaux composés et chantés par Houédanou Sébastien dit Pacheco. "Bonne Guérison" est un excellent rythme cubain où le solos de trompette d'Ignace de Souza rebondissent sur les Timbales de Sagbohan.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">The SAT 44 LP, which is a compilation of released singles, offers a remarkable afro-beat tune composed by the famous Honore Avolonto. Avolonto would release, four years later, with Black Santiago a fabulous album which would mark musical history of Benin. A album you can fond <a href="http://orogod.blogspot.com/2009/06/honore-avolonto-lorchestre-black.html"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">here</span></b></a>. Unfortunately, I do not own the SAT 44, but I offer you this great afro-beat tune from Avolonto which guitar is unforgettable. Have pleasure with those very rare records.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?zspsx0xzt258uu7"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">SAT 44</span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Le 33 tours SAT 44, qui est une compilation des 45 tours enregistrés sur le même label, propose un titre afro-beat particulièrement singulier, composé et chanté par le célèbre Honoré Avolonto. Ce dernier enregistrera, quatre ans plus tard, un album avec les Black Santiago qui marquera l'histoire de la musique Béninoise. Un album que vous pouvez trouver <a href="http://orogod.blogspot.com/2009/06/honore-avolonto-lorchestre-black.html"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">ici</span></b></a>. Malheureusement, je ne possède pas le SAT 44 mais je vous offre ce superbe titre d'Avolonto dont la guitare est inoubliable.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AiOjHggaOOY/Tb27M59s6kI/AAAAAAAACHI/ZsXTfZxSvf4/s1600/Orchestre+Black+Santiago+%25281972%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AiOjHggaOOY/Tb27M59s6kI/AAAAAAAACHI/ZsXTfZxSvf4/s400/Orchestre+Black+Santiago+%25281972%2529.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-1086758399091796320?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-32469582829924790042011-04-28T20:32:00.002+02:002011-04-29T15:03:29.598+02:00Tohon Stan (1983)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Hp5j2ifXASk/TbmyR6SSblI/AAAAAAAACHE/6d1iCj3Azdk/s1600/Tohon+Stan+%2528LIR+32%2529+Front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Hp5j2ifXASk/TbmyR6SSblI/AAAAAAAACHE/6d1iCj3Azdk/s400/Tohon+Stan+%2528LIR+32%2529+Front.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">With all due respect I have for Stanislas Tohon, he crossed a barrier on this album I can not enjoy, that of drum machines. However we find the soul and the spirit of "Tchink System"'s king. I confess I like this record</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Avec tout le respect que j'ai pour Stanislas Tohon, il franchit une barrière que j'ai du mal à apprécier, celle des boites à rythmes. On retrouve néanmoins l'âme et l'esprit du roi du "Tchink System". J'avoue j'aime ce disque.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?nejf8xex6x5135r"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">oro</span></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AY-0PgWB3zQ/TbmxvqGmyiI/AAAAAAAACHA/IrOpV8eHLJ0/s1600/Tohon+Stan+%2528LIR+32%2529+Back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AY-0PgWB3zQ/TbmxvqGmyiI/AAAAAAAACHA/IrOpV8eHLJ0/s400/Tohon+Stan+%2528LIR+32%2529+Back.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-3246958282992479004?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-91753959219202366532011-04-26T23:57:00.000+02:002011-04-26T23:57:56.057+02:00T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo & Nestor Boko<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BbSdmTdnUdc/Tbc_gpeExTI/AAAAAAAACFk/cthuWX9mxAk/s1600/Nestor+Boko+%2526+Poly-Rythmo+%2528front%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BbSdmTdnUdc/Tbc_gpeExTI/AAAAAAAACFk/cthuWX9mxAk/s320/Nestor+Boko+%2526+Poly-Rythmo+%2528front%2529.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?gkx9km33kox9kqw"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">oro</span></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rZ0pAlSsHmQ/Tbc-8hgN4cI/AAAAAAAACFg/8HdH990uykY/s1600/Nestor+Boko+%2526+Poly-Rythmo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rZ0pAlSsHmQ/Tbc-8hgN4cI/AAAAAAAACFg/8HdH990uykY/s320/Nestor+Boko+%2526+Poly-Rythmo.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-9175395921920236653?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-76114453682316947282011-04-24T15:19:00.003+02:002011-04-25T13:51:20.646+02:00Sammy Cropper & His Wire Connections (Ghana, 1978)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tebB3CfZRxs/TbQi9Yc3QOI/AAAAAAAACFM/iLyvzqheDNY/s1600/Sammy+Cropper+%2528front%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tebB3CfZRxs/TbQi9Yc3QOI/AAAAAAAACFM/iLyvzqheDNY/s400/Sammy+Cropper+%2528front%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Toujours sur le même label Américain Makossa Records, la suite logique du précédent courrier sur le redoutable orchestre&nbsp;</span><b><a href="http://orogod.blogspot.com/2011/03/vis-vis-band.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Vis-A-Vis Dance Band</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">, avec un album signé par son grand guitariste Sammy Cropper. Sur cet album figure aussi le fameux batteur, Shaolin Kung Fu. Ce disque est comme neuf et vous pouvez l'acheter sur </span><b><a href="http://www.diasporarecords.com/item/2/1578-181001-1201-1-0/114713939/sammy-cropper-wire-connections-papa-akwasi.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Diaspora Records</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">. Assez parlé, voici le texte qui figure sur la pochette arrière du disque, et qui dit tout:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;">Don't be deceived by this album with this Guy Sammy Cropper, as the founder and leader of the Wire Connections group. He is still with the versatile Vis-A-Vis Dance Band. This is just a trying of his experience.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;">Sammy Cropper started playing the guitar in his elementary school days. By secondary and technical levels he was very good at it, and would entertain his contemporaries during free time.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;">He joined the Cubano Fiesta when he left school and remained with it for one year leaving to join the Supreme Starlight Band for the next five years, and from which he formed the versatile Vis-A-Vis.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?ohq81037gkwaq6j"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">oro</span></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QQu6CPsQ1kY/TbQivHbEtJI/AAAAAAAACFI/f6ekGvLxcWI/s1600/Sammy+Cropper%252C+back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="397" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QQu6CPsQ1kY/TbQivHbEtJI/AAAAAAAACFI/f6ekGvLxcWI/s400/Sammy+Cropper%252C+back.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-7611445368231694728?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-69041859209831708702011-04-22T16:19:00.005+02:002011-04-22T18:26:16.780+02:00Renova Band d'Abomey & Edia Sophie<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PhLbfUnThX4/TbGKVBe4siI/AAAAAAAACFE/i9lSlEg7UJg/s1600/Renova+Band+%2526+Sophie+Edia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PhLbfUnThX4/TbGKVBe4siI/AAAAAAAACFE/i9lSlEg7UJg/s400/Renova+Band+%2526+Sophie+Edia.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Renova Band was featured in a previous </span><a href="http://orogod.blogspot.com/search/label/Renova%20Band"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">post</span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"> but the singer Edia Sophie had not been mentioned. Sophie Aguidigbadja aka Edia Sophie is the oldest modern Beninese woman singer but also the first with a modern orchestra. She decides to sing in 1965, after hearing a song sung by Nestor Hountondji with Renova Band. She met him and expressed her desire to sing. At the time, it was frowned upon for women to sing in a modern orchestra. With Dansi Zindjo, Renova's percussionist, sophie met the leader, William Basile Cakpo who intergrayes her just after hearing her distinctive voice. Sophie Edia brought a revolution in music system quite daunting because it was difficult to tell the difference between bands like </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Super Stars de Ouidah</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">, Sunny Black Band or others playing all the same afro-cuban musical style. Sophie later founded her own band, </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Caméléon Sonore</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">, and recorded famous "Gahounga".</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;">Renova band a été présenté dans un précédent </span><a href="http://orogod.blogspot.com/search/label/Renova%20Band"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">courrier</span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;"> mais la chanteuse Edia Sophie n'avait pas été mentionnée. Sophie Aguidigbadja alias Edia Sohpie est la doyenne des chanteuses modernes Béninoises mais aussi la première à avoir pris le micro avec un orchestre moderne. Elle décide de chanter en 1965, après avoir entendu un morceau chanté par Nestor Hountondji au sein du Renova Band. Elle le rencontre et lui fait part de son désir de chanter. A l'époque, il était très mal vu pour une femme de chanter dans un orchestre moderne. Grâce à Dansi Zindjo, percussionniste du Renova, Sophie fait la connaissance du chef d'orchestre, William Basile Cakpo, qui l'intègre immédiatement après avoir écouté sa voix si particulière. Sophie Edia apporte une révolution dans un système musical assez rébarbatif. Il est en effet difficile à l'époque de faire la différence entre les Super Stars de Ouidah, les Sunny Blacks band ou autre qui jouent tous un même style musical afro-cubain.&nbsp;Plus tard Sophie fonde son propre groupe, "le Caméléon Sonore", et enregistre son fameux titre "Gahounga".</span><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vA08f8Zk-xs/TbGJvNishZI/AAAAAAAACFA/jAF5yoOjH80/s1600/Renova+Band+PHILIPS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vA08f8Zk-xs/TbGJvNishZI/AAAAAAAACFA/jAF5yoOjH80/s200/Renova+Band+PHILIPS.jpg" width="194" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">The first record was recorded in 1967 on Philips label. The song "Oni Yegua" is </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">sakara</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"> rhythm composed by William Basile and "Misetogbe" is a </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">bolero </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">composed by Seraphin Bassa. Sorry for the poor sound quality.</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?oddewye2y8adxc1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">PF 383980</span></a></span> </div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;">Le premier 45 tours a été enregistré en 1967 sur le label Philips. Le morceau "Oni Yegue" est un rythme Sakara composé par William Basile &nbsp;et "Misetogbe" est un boléro composé par Seraphin Bassa. Pardon pour la qualité médiocre du disque.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-N-dkuizC1is/TbGJcJaOsyI/AAAAAAAACE8/MlJK7ffuZYg/s1600/Renovan+band+front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-N-dkuizC1is/TbGJcJaOsyI/AAAAAAAACE8/MlJK7ffuZYg/s200/Renovan+band+front.jpg" width="195" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">The second is an EP which was posted by the very nice &nbsp;</span><a href="http://m-u-s-i-c-c-i-t-y.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">MUSIC CITY</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">&nbsp;blog was recorded in 1973 on the </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Impressions Sonores du Bénin</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"> label (this date was written on the back cover). The 4 songs were composed by Toussaint Loko and sung by Edia Sophie.</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?72dvodrh164bzwd"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">RBA 401.002</span></a></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;">Le deuxième disque, longue durée, qui a été posté par le génial blog </span><a href="http://m-u-s-i-c-c-i-t-y.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">MUSIC CITY</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;">, a été enregistré en 1973 sur le label Impressions Sonores du Bénin (cette date figurait au dos de la pochette). Les &nbsp;4 morceaux ont été composés par Toussaint Loko et chantés par Sophie Edia.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;"><br /></span><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TpUESRlAn7Q/TbGJGDrfYbI/AAAAAAAACE4/1s0j_doQfko/s1600/RENOVA+BAND+ALBARIKA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TpUESRlAn7Q/TbGJGDrfYbI/AAAAAAAACE4/1s0j_doQfko/s200/RENOVA+BAND+ALBARIKA.jpg" width="196" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Finally the last, still posted by </span><a href="http://m-u-s-i-c-c-i-t-y.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">MUSIC CITY</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">, is the best for me. It was probably recorded in 1969 on Albarika Store label. The tilte "Adjanouvi" (and not "De Eglo Kanlhuin" as mentioned) was composed by Edia Sophie and remains to this day the most famous master piece from the diva. Unfortunately, there is no rip of Side 2.</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?bpj928d0dt09irs#1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">AS 5001</span></a></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;">Enfin le dernier, toujours posté par Music City, est pour moi le meilleur. Il a été enregistré vraisemblablement en 1969 sur le label Albarika Store. Le titre "Adjanouvi" (et non comme il est imprimé "De Eglo Kanlhuin") a été composée par Edia Sophie et demeure jusqu'à ce jour, le plus célèbre morceau de la Diva. Malheureusement la face B n'a pas été postée.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-6904185920983170870?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-82895489648691616642011-04-15T23:52:00.001+02:002011-04-16T13:42:26.635+02:00El Rego & Ses Commandos (ALS 29/1976)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Bx3kkdWEzVQ/TaiwU4NPwZI/AAAAAAAACE0/mgT9TCuJEjU/s1600/El+rego+%2528ALS+029%2529+FRONT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Bx3kkdWEzVQ/TaiwU4NPwZI/AAAAAAAACE0/mgT9TCuJEjU/s400/El+rego+%2528ALS+029%2529+FRONT.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Théophile Do Rego aka El Rego, born in 1937, is one of the oldest Beninese singer still alive. He is 50-years career and&nbsp;the father of funk. He has released, according to him, eight SP's, four LP's, four tapes and 5 CD's. The album that I present, released in 1976, is a tribute to the military and Marxist-Leninist revolution from Mathieu Kerekou. It also includes older pieces recorded before 1976.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;">Petite piqure de rappel. Théophile Do Rego alias El Rego, né en 1937, est l'un des plus ancien chanteur Béninois encore vivant. Il est le père de la punk et en 50 ans de carrière, il a sorti , selon ses dires, huit 45 tours, quatre 33 tours, quatre cassettes et 5 CD. L'album que je vous présente, sorti en 1976, est un hommage à la révolution Marxiste-Léniniste du général Mathieu Kerekou. Il regroupe aussi des morceaux plus anciens.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?akwfqq1rpqgyl98"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">oro</span></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oLdw1E_ERS0/TaivrAow_SI/AAAAAAAACEw/oeZpsHp4ANk/s1600/El+rego+%2528ALS+029%2529+BACK.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="393" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oLdw1E_ERS0/TaivrAow_SI/AAAAAAAACEw/oeZpsHp4ANk/s400/El+rego+%2528ALS+029%2529+BACK.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-8289548964869161664?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-86539152647860255612011-04-08T23:55:00.006+02:002011-12-23T23:38:40.730+01:00Special Post: Côte d'Ivoire (1977)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-O8V2459XL14/TZ9jGVD2xHI/AAAAAAAACEs/aT-4q5wER3I/s1600/BLP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-O8V2459XL14/TZ9jGVD2xHI/AAAAAAAACEs/aT-4q5wER3I/s400/BLP.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;">Okoi Seka Athanase is the first artist produced by Raimi Gbadamassi and Badmos label. The first LP was released in 1974 and will be a huge success with the famous title "900 kilos d'amour pour Elisabeth" ("900 pounds of love for Elizabeth"). The money earned will allow Badmos to buy musical instruments for Okoi Seka. In 1977, Athanase records the album presented today backed by the "Les Grands Colombias du Peuple" band and the brass of the "Black Santiago" led by Ignace de Souza. This LP is excellent, especially the afrobeat tune "Melokon Mebun Ou". Okoi Seka Athanase belongs to the Atché ethnic group from southwestern part of Côte D'Ivoire, he is the father of the famous singer Monique Seka.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Okoi Seka Athanase est le premier artiste produit par Raimi Gbadamassi et le label Badmos. Le premier 33 tours sort en 1974 et sera un énorme succès avec le fameux titre "900 kilos d'amour pour Elisabeth". L'argent gagné permettra à Badmos d'acheter des instruments de musique à Okoi Seka. En 1977, Athanase enregistre l'album que je vous présente, accompagné par l'orchestre "Les Grands Colombias du Peuple", les cuivres du "Black Santiago" et la remarquable trompette d'Ignace de Souza. Cet album est excellent en particulier le morceau afrobeat "Melokon Mebun Ou". Okoi Seko Athanase appartient au groupe ethnique Atché du sud-ouest de la Côte d'Ivoire, il est le père de la fameuse chanteuse Monique Seka.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?qaa5akcmuze9wgi"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">oro</span></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ezOH_DuPtjw/TZ9iQrm6gNI/AAAAAAAACEo/vER4vVhL9jI/s1600/BLP+5025.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ezOH_DuPtjw/TZ9iQrm6gNI/AAAAAAAACEo/vER4vVhL9jI/s400/BLP+5025.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-8653915264786025561?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-91570495054286537202011-04-02T23:55:00.000+02:002011-04-02T23:55:52.259+02:00Orchestre Sympathic de Porto-Novo (ALS 100/1981)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vTuOhx9K9eo/TZeEz3G1h3I/AAAAAAAACEk/DvpBaP8bWlA/s1600/Les+Sympathic+%2528ALS+100%2529+front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vTuOhx9K9eo/TZeEz3G1h3I/AAAAAAAACEk/DvpBaP8bWlA/s400/Les+Sympathic+%2528ALS+100%2529+front.jpg" width="392" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">The Sympathic orchestra from Porto-Novo, led by Herman Layele, is part of the major bands of Benin. They recorded five albums on Albarika Store label. The first was recorded in 1978 and had been already posted <a href="http://orogod.blogspot.com/2010/01/les-sympathics.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">HERE</span></a>. This album, the fourth, is rare. It has been released in 1981 and composed by unknown artists: Jean Ngoma Gomez and Jean Marie Efoya.This LP is unfortunately sung in french but the </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">soukous</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> orchestration is very nice.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">L'orchestre Sympathic de Porto-Novo, crée par Herman Layele, fait parti des groupes majeures de la scène Béninoise. Ils ont enregistré cinq album sur le label Albarika Store. Le premier a été enregistré en 1978 et a déjà été posté <a href="http://orogod.blogspot.com/2010/01/les-sympathics.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">ICI</span></a>. Cet album, le quatrième, est rare. Il a été produit en 1981 et composé par des artistes totalement inconnus: Jean Ngoma Gomez et Jean Marie Efoya. Si quelqu'un a des informations. L'album est malheureusement entièrement chanté en français mais l'orchestration </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">soukous</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> est très pointue.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?0f7vu7pw4al3fh4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">oro</span></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-F5t4bpDOCHc/TZeEJ0LgXuI/AAAAAAAACEg/pcYThlpw-ZQ/s1600/Les+Sympathics+%2528ALS+100%2529+back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-F5t4bpDOCHc/TZeEJ0LgXuI/AAAAAAAACEg/pcYThlpw-ZQ/s400/Les+Sympathics+%2528ALS+100%2529+back.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-9157049505428653720?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-31400592083196360782011-03-26T23:54:00.008+01:002011-03-27T17:21:28.757+02:00Mamadou Doumbia: Vol.1 & Vol.2 on Badmos (Côte d'Ivoire, 1975)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Lkj2IoChfPA/TY3LCixXvzI/AAAAAAAACEc/De53MSCDeUk/s1600/Mamadou+Doumbia+%2528oro%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Lkj2IoChfPA/TY3LCixXvzI/AAAAAAAACEc/De53MSCDeUk/s400/Mamadou+Doumbia+%2528oro%2529.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Mamadou Doumbia is a guitarist from Côte d'Ivoire who is part, after independence, of the first generation of modern musicians, with Amédée Pierre and his "Ivoro Star" band, presumed first Ivorian musician and singer.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JU7dfBquLgE/TY3JldNwOrI/AAAAAAAACEY/a1M5Fi9Cc4M/s1600/Mamadou+Doumbia+%2528BLP+5004%2529+front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JU7dfBquLgE/TY3JldNwOrI/AAAAAAAACEY/a1M5Fi9Cc4M/s200/Mamadou+Doumbia+%2528BLP+5004%2529+front.jpg" width="200" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">In 1962, Mamadou Doumbia created the band "Trio de l'entente" which will become "Orchestre de l'Entente" ("orchestra of the agreement") and recorded &nbsp;over sixteen 7-inches singles on Safi Deen label. From 1975, he recorded on Badmos label, here is two volumes.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?zk2apeg9dis60j0"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">oro</span></a></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br /></span><br /><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-q6fXancSj-U/TY3I1vaue8I/AAAAAAAACEU/Ws98a83XsPY/s1600/fppgfffffffffffffppp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-q6fXancSj-U/TY3I1vaue8I/AAAAAAAACEU/Ws98a83XsPY/s200/fppgfffffffffffffppp.jpg" width="197" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Badmos, a name that rhymed with music in Ivory Coast. Badmos the almighty. Sam Mangwana was singing: "Badmos handsome man, very slim, you've turned my head". He was born Gbadamassi Raimi of Nigerian origin and for the purposes of its business, it shall be known as Badmos. H produced many artists such as Ernesto Djedje, Bailly Spinto, Jimmy Yacinthe, Wedji Ped, François Lougah, Salif Keita, and of course Mamadou Doumbia.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://globalgroovers.blogspot.com/2010/06/mamadou-doumbia-vol-2-badmos.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Global Groove</span></a></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></span></span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-3140059208319636078?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-66532007834460897662011-03-21T22:08:00.002+01:002011-03-21T22:13:00.551+01:00Gbofan Ernest Kinhouande (ALS 52/1978)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-j4Me3mj2F6g/TYe8ZFT6LjI/AAAAAAAACEQ/qALWrQSldB0/s1600/Gbofan+Ernest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-j4Me3mj2F6g/TYe8ZFT6LjI/AAAAAAAACEQ/qALWrQSldB0/s400/Gbofan+Ernest.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">Il y a longtemps que la musique traditionnelle Béninoise n'avait pas été évoquée. Voici un obscure chanteur et compositeur, Ernest Gbofan, adepte du rythme Tchinkoumé,un rythme souvent enregistré sur le label Albarika Store. Cet enregistrement date de 1978. Le Tchinkoumé est toujours aussi reconnaissable avec ses percussions d'eau et sa gourde </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">Gota</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;"> que l'on distingue bien sur la photo jointe.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?ilu8oulu4iav31p"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;">oro</span></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-d0h92pwYUXk/TYe7tCLVEsI/AAAAAAAACEM/mSLJonH70IA/s1600/Gbofan+Ernest+Kinhouande+%2528front%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="396" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-d0h92pwYUXk/TYe7tCLVEsI/AAAAAAAACEM/mSLJonH70IA/s400/Gbofan+Ernest+Kinhouande+%2528front%2529.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="400" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-6653200783446089766?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-56646574570220469472011-03-18T23:54:00.002+01:002011-03-18T23:54:51.993+01:00Afro National: " Tropical Funkmusic " (Sierra Leone, 1977)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9K5bcWIBpjw/TYJ-snSO8QI/AAAAAAAACEA/Cts_eLcAa7Q/s1600/Afro+National+%2528oro%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9K5bcWIBpjw/TYJ-snSO8QI/AAAAAAAACEA/Cts_eLcAa7Q/s400/Afro+National+%2528oro%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">This second Afro National&nbsp;</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">opus </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">is as good as the the </span><a href="http://orogod.blogspot.com/2010/09/special-post-afro-national-sierra-leone.html"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">FIRST</span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">. Beautiful sound and perfect arrangements. A great saxophone, keyboard banging, guitar totally </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">soukous </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">and the unique voice of Patricia Koroma (pictured) on the dreaded "Jokenge" afrobeat tune. This &nbsp;record is pleasurable.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Ce deuxième opus du groupe Afro National est aussi bon que le </span><a href="http://orogod.blogspot.com/2010/09/special-post-afro-national-sierra-leone.html"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">PREMIER</span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">. Un son et des arrangements uniques, un super saxophone, le clavier claquant, la guitare (rien à dire), la voix unique de Patricia Koroma (sur la photo) sur le redoutable </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">afrobeat</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"> "Jokenge". Cet album est jouissif.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?v314ios6itj2egl"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">oro</span></a></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-rtYvWR85nyE/TYJ-JDXZhBI/AAAAAAAACD8/XymovOb3ETo/s1600/Afro+National.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="316" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-rtYvWR85nyE/TYJ-JDXZhBI/AAAAAAAACD8/XymovOb3ETo/s320/Afro+National.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rDDCYFPAWAQ/TYJ9bS1vYhI/AAAAAAAACD4/VinK0uvYvMA/s1600/Afro+National+%2528front%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="388" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rDDCYFPAWAQ/TYJ9bS1vYhI/AAAAAAAACD4/VinK0uvYvMA/s400/Afro+National+%2528front%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-5664657457022046947?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-34800065213712156052011-03-13T00:01:00.002+01:002011-03-13T10:14:45.624+01:00T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-cYNV3MHmAxE/TXvst11y1kI/AAAAAAAACD0/ppbTcg1wXwU/s1600/Poly-Rythmo+%2528ASB+228%2529+ORO.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-cYNV3MHmAxE/TXvst11y1kI/AAAAAAAACD0/ppbTcg1wXwU/s400/Poly-Rythmo+%2528ASB+228%2529+ORO.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?o148u3lpw12cnt1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">oro</span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Side 1: <br /><b>Houzou-Houzou Na Yi Noukou (Part1)</b><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Clément Mélomé</i></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br />Side 2:<br /><b>Houzou-Hozou Na Yi Noukou (Part2)</b><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Clément Mélomé</i></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-3480006521371215605?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-27710262681776654752011-03-09T23:30:00.006+01:002011-07-17T17:32:05.688+02:00War in Ivory Coast: A music weapon from West Africa (1952)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-72Axtdn4E9k/TXugFmBMxNI/AAAAAAAACDw/l-XH1OU_6OU/s1600/Musique+d%2527Afrique+Occidentale+%2528oro%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-72Axtdn4E9k/TXugFmBMxNI/AAAAAAAACDw/l-XH1OU_6OU/s400/Musique+d%2527Afrique+Occidentale+%2528oro%2529.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">These documents were collected in 1952, by Gilbert Rouget, in the course of an ethnomusicological field-trip sponsored by the Institut Français d'Afrique Noire and the Musée de l'Homme. The record was released in 1972.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">"Pastoral nomads roaming the savanna with their herds or sedentary peasants cleaning the forest, horsemen from the desert confines or boatmen manning their dugouts along Atlantic coast, fishermen living on the banks of the great water-ways or cliff-dwelling farmers, rice-eaters or millet-eaters, men that go naked or, on the contrary, muffled up to their ears, lanky people or stocky people, with elongated skulls or round, black skin or tawny, centralized kingdoms or small scattered groups, caste societies or egalitarian societies, Moslems or pagans, with patrilineal descanter, on the contrary matrilineal, "tone" languages or "stress" languages, such is the diversity of men and societies that people the vast expanses of West-Africa. It is reflected in the music which offers a remarkable variety of aspects. The present record shows two of these aspects, which can be considered as broadly representative of the sahelian savanna and the rain forest, two major geographical areas possessing </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">a certain unity from the musical point of view".</span></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">Gilbert Rouget</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Side A</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">(North)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">Mandinka Music</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Side B</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">(South)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">Baoule Music</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">Ces documents ont été recueillis par Gilbert Rouget en 1952, au cours d'une mission ethnomusicologie due à l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire et au Musée de l'Homme. Le disque est sorti en 1972.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">"Pasteurs nomadisant dans la savane avec leurs troupeaux ou paysans sédentaires défrichant la forêt, cavaliers riverains des grands fleuves ou cultivateurs réfugiés au sommet des falaises, mangeurs de riz ou mangeurs de mil, hommes allant nus ou au contraire emmitouflés, gens élancés ou gens trapus, au crânes rond ou au crâne allongé, à peau noire ou à peau bistre, royaumes centralisés ou groupuscules épars, sociétés à actes ou sociétés égalitaires, musulmanes ou païennes, à filiation patrilinéaire ou, à l'inverse, matrilinéaire, langues "à tons" ou langues "à accent", telle est la diversité des hommes et des sociétés qui peuplent cet énorme territoire qu'est l'Afrique occidentale. Elle se reflète dans la musique, qui possède, elle aussi, une extraordinaire variété d'aspects. Ce disque en montre deux assez largement représentatif, l'un de la savane sahélienne, l'autre de la forêt tropicale, deux grandes zones géographiques présentant chacune, </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">du point de vue de la musique, une certaine unité".</span></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Gilbert Rouget.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Face A</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">(Nord)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">Musique Malinké</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Face B</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">(Sud)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">Musique Baoule</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?xdtq2ekl1th8gt9"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">oro</span></a></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-zTDO0_ZwfUw/TXflewteOkI/AAAAAAAACDc/7RgF2ecCq-g/s1600/Musique+d%2527Afrique+Occidentale+%2528front%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-zTDO0_ZwfUw/TXflewteOkI/AAAAAAAACDc/7RgF2ecCq-g/s400/Musique+d%2527Afrique+Occidentale+%2528front%2529.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-vtP3cM4cl5k/TXfk4A8oEqI/AAAAAAAACDY/00nR55IaySI/s1600/Musique+d%2527Afrique+Occidentale+%2528back%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-vtP3cM4cl5k/TXfk4A8oEqI/AAAAAAAACDY/00nR55IaySI/s400/Musique+d%2527Afrique+Occidentale+%2528back%2529.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-2771026268177665475?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-24295467366601273822011-03-05T23:59:00.000+01:002011-03-05T23:59:36.797+01:00Gougla Patou<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-op4BC0c5wW0/TXK3AQziaqI/AAAAAAAACDU/ZW5SJXZGC6Q/s1600/Gougla+Patou+%2528front%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="393" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-op4BC0c5wW0/TXK3AQziaqI/AAAAAAAACDU/ZW5SJXZGC6Q/s400/Gougla+Patou+%2528front%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;">Gougla Patou is an excellent guitarist who had a short career. He has collaborated with Poly-Rythmo orchestra and Adjaho Coffi on a sublime album already posted on <a href="http://orogod.blogspot.com/2010/01/tp-poly-rythmo-adjaho-coffi-ava.html"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">Oro</span></b></a>. He recorded only one LP and there is no doubt, Gougla was a "flame-fingered guitarist". I especially like "Bobadjé Towoni" title, sung in </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;">Yoruba</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;">, where guitar and </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;">gangan</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;"> drum fit perfectly. I thank Vivien aka DJ Balafon for this contribution.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f6000;">Gougla Patou est un un excellent guitariste qui a eu une courte carrière. Il a collaboré avec l'Orchestre Poly-Rythmo et Adjaho Coffi en signant les arrangements sur un album sublime et déjà publié sur <a href="http://orogod.blogspot.com/2010/01/tp-poly-rythmo-adjaho-coffi-ava.html"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;">Oro</span></b></a>. Il a enregistré un seul 33 tours, présenté aujourd'hui. Il n'y a pas de doute, Gougla Patou est un "guitariste aux doigts de flamme". J'aime particulièrement le titre "Bobadjé Towoni", chanté en </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f6000;">Yoruba</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f6000;"> ou guitare et tambour </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f6000;">gangan </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f6000;">se marient à merveille. je remercie </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f6000;">DJ Balafon</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f6000;"> alias Vivien pour cette contribution.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?wpdbjtbj168xkxv"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;">oro</span></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/--egSWdZ-PLQ/TXK21Sg-1HI/AAAAAAAACDQ/tuVahEKdCIY/s1600/Gougla+Patou+%2528back%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="396" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/--egSWdZ-PLQ/TXK21Sg-1HI/AAAAAAAACDQ/tuVahEKdCIY/s400/Gougla+Patou+%2528back%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-2429546736660127382?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-20837047731164364172011-03-01T00:01:00.001+01:002011-03-05T16:55:07.516+01:00VIS-A-VIS BAND<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-XAU6lPXUK34/TXJczJCuCuI/AAAAAAAACDM/c8boXk6jWbg/s1600/VIS+A+VIS+%2528oro%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="395" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-XAU6lPXUK34/TXJczJCuCuI/AAAAAAAACDM/c8boXk6jWbg/s400/VIS+A+VIS+%2528oro%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Vis-a-Vis band is composed by the finest ghanaian musicians: Isaac Yeboha, the lead-singer, bassist Slim Yaw, Kunh Fu Kwaku drummer and Sam Crooper guitarist who will be the subject of another post. (Vis-a-Vis with K.Frimpong can be found <a href="http://orogod.blogspot.com/2010/09/frimpongs-special-afrobeat-post.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;">HERE</span></a>).</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">The album today is a 1980 re-release on american label Makossa Records of the great album "Obi Agye Dofo Me" recorded in 1977 on the ghanaian label Brobisco Records. Only two tracks on side 2 have been replaced by unknown pieces "Mere Beba Me" and "Medofo Gyina Nkwanta". If anyone can tell what album these two titles belong. I think "Medofo..." has been sang by Alex Konadu. Anyway the record is in a perfect shape, enjoy the sound...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;">L'orchestre Vis-a-Vis est composé d'un redoutable quatuor: Isaac Yeboha le leader et chanteur, Slim Yaw le bassiste, Kung Fu Kwaku le batteur et Sam Crooper le guitariste, qui fera l'objet d'un autre courrier. (Vis-a-Vis et K.Frimpong peuvent être consulté <a href="http://orogod.blogspot.com/2010/09/frimpongs-special-afrobeat-post.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">ICI</span></a>).</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;">L'album présenté aujourd'hui est une re-sortie, sur le label américain Makossa records, de l'album "Obi Agye Me Dofo" enregistré en 1977 sur le label ghanéen Brobisco Records. Seuls deux titres de la Face B de l'album ont été remplacé par des morceaux inconnus pour moi. Si quelqu'un peut dire à quel album appartiennent ces deux ovnis: "Me Mere Beba" et "Medofo Gyina Nkwanta". Il me semble que "Medofo..." a été déjà été chanté par Alex Konadu. En tout cas, le disque est en excellente qualité, appréciez le son...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?eebvwfr5ai6ak5i"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">oro</span></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-9jiVIt3nNzU/TWvywsrotOI/AAAAAAAACDE/mY8BqgDq6kw/s1600/VIS+A+VIS+%2528front%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="395" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-9jiVIt3nNzU/TWvywsrotOI/AAAAAAAACDE/mY8BqgDq6kw/s400/VIS+A+VIS+%2528front%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-WlpwtWmIVcA/TWvyT0nagGI/AAAAAAAACDA/rei2a4kEn_o/s1600/vis_vis_obi_agye_me_dofo-KBL068-1289173460.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-WlpwtWmIVcA/TWvyT0nagGI/AAAAAAAACDA/rei2a4kEn_o/s400/vis_vis_obi_agye_me_dofo-KBL068-1289173460.jpeg" width="397" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-KqqhtsB4Crw/TWvyDyG3BXI/AAAAAAAACC8/GO2sskJBf5w/s1600/VIS+A+VIS+%2528back%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="393" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-KqqhtsB4Crw/TWvyDyG3BXI/AAAAAAAACC8/GO2sskJBf5w/s400/VIS+A+VIS+%2528back%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-2083704773116436417?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-61826145437560069352011-02-24T23:47:00.007+01:002011-02-25T16:31:03.186+01:00Special Post: Picoby Band (1970)<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TV9-UwF5BOc/TWbS9IoNlYI/AAAAAAAACC4/SvChuaHwlxE/s1600/Picoby+Band+%2528oro%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TV9-UwF5BOc/TWbS9IoNlYI/AAAAAAAACC4/SvChuaHwlxE/s400/Picoby+Band+%2528oro%2529.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;">Orchestra Picoby Band has been already introduced on Oro <a href="http://orogod.blogspot.com/2009/10/orchestre-picoby-band-1965s-festival.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">here</span></a>, but it deserves&nbsp;a more complete post. The band is from Abomey and was found in 1953. It is one of the oldest band from Benin with </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;">Renova Band</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;">, also from Abomey or&nbsp;</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;">Super Star de Ouidah. </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;">Those three bands only recorded EP's.&nbsp;</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;">Picoby Band &nbsp;</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;">recorded at least seven 7-inches singles. Here are four of them. Most of the tracks were afro-beat tunes recorded on Lawani Affisoulayi's label </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;">Aux Ecoutes </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;">and composed by they great Honore Avolonto. It was around 1970.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BFl8Rn8olD4/TWbSHw3eYCI/AAAAAAAACC0/1h87_295LtE/s1600/LA+27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BFl8Rn8olD4/TWbSHw3eYCI/AAAAAAAACC0/1h87_295LtE/s200/LA+27.jpg" width="191" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;">On the first record, "Dieu Merci" ("Thank's God") is a very nice </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;">soukous</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;"> tune and "Honton Ve Zoun" a powerful jerk, both composed by Honore Avolonto.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?8vp5qayggnn27eo"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">LA 27</span></a></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;">Side 1</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;">:</span> "Hounton Ye Zoun" <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(Honore Avolonto)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;">Side 2:</span></span> "Dieu Merci" <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(Honore Avolonto)</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qv5RLTXffa8/TWbR6N02D5I/AAAAAAAACCw/yT8UGvuDLCU/s1600/LA+28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="196" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qv5RLTXffa8/TWbR6N02D5I/AAAAAAAACCw/yT8UGvuDLCU/s200/LA+28.jpg" width="200" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;">Second record is also composed by Honore Avolonto. "Mi Hon Noun Gbeto" is an excellent </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;">pachanga </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;">with very good congas sound recording. "Ye Houe Deou" is another </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;">jerk</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;"> tune.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?qp3ico3h7qtdhpz"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">LA 28</span></a></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;">Side 1:</span></span> "Mi Hon Noun Gbeto" <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(Honore Avolonto)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;">Side 2:</span></span> "Ye Houe Deou" <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(Honore Avolonto)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kKNwYSNowtg/TWa49DfIhKI/AAAAAAAACCs/_3WMpw7gQo4/s1600/LA+29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kKNwYSNowtg/TWa49DfIhKI/AAAAAAAACCs/_3WMpw7gQo4/s200/LA+29.jpg" width="194" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;">On the third record&nbsp;Honore Avolonto composed "Vikou..." which is called </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;">soukous</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;"> but it does not sound like. "Jo Ahi Nou Se" is a great Afro-Beat tune composed by Sanoussi Mouminou but sang by Avolonto.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?ziddd1z3tvzwcmr"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">LA 29</span></a></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;">Side 1</span>:</span> "Vikou..." <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(Honore Avolonto)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;">Side 2:</span></span> "Jo Ahi Nou Se" <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(Sanoussi Mouminou)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-97VuD5MNOYg/TWa38cTTetI/AAAAAAAACCo/Ei0WaOy-wHI/s1600/ASB+153.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-97VuD5MNOYg/TWa38cTTetI/AAAAAAAACCo/Ei0WaOy-wHI/s200/ASB+153.jpg" width="197" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;">Finally, the fourth record has been recorded on Albarika Store's label and composed by Sanoussi Mouminou. The single "Mi Ma Kpe Dji" is a great afro-beat tune sang by Avolonto. "Lidia" is a nice and cool Highlife tune sang by an anonymous singer. I think that this record was released after 1970.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?4nc8aywdx1zsai5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">ASB 153</span></a></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Side 1:</span></span> "Mo Ma Kpe Dji" <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(Sanoussi Mouminou)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;">Side 2:</span></span> "Lidia" <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(Sanoussi Mouminou)</span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-6182614543756006935?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-29191939256675763932011-02-21T23:54:00.000+01:002011-02-21T23:54:31.725+01:00Traore Amadou Ballake & Ses Dieux (1975)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QIwqxyDhBvw/TWLItJeyfgI/AAAAAAAACCM/zgedqNhRPV0/s1600/Amadou+Ballake+%2526+Ses+Dieux+%2528oro%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="395" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QIwqxyDhBvw/TWLItJeyfgI/AAAAAAAACCM/zgedqNhRPV0/s400/Amadou+Ballake+%2526+Ses+Dieux+%2528oro%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">I wanted to re-post this record in a better quality ripping. That's done. This album is beautiful and one of the best Ballake. Funk, rock, psychedelic, mandingo, Traore founds is unique style. Note that the great guitarist Mangue Konde already accompanies him.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">Depuis longtemps je voulais re-poster ce disque dans une meilleur qualité d'enregistrement. C'est chose faite. Cet album est splendide et l'un des meilleurs de Ballake. Funk, rock, psyché, mandingue, Traore fonde son style si particulier. A noter que le grand guitariste Konde Mangue l'accompagne déjà.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?l7fznd5xaqm2ru9"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">oro</span></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cb5FAcqekpw/TWLIXaC7MBI/AAAAAAAACCI/mxvQ_k2G2dQ/s1600/Amadou+Ballake+et+ses+Dieux.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cb5FAcqekpw/TWLIXaC7MBI/AAAAAAAACCI/mxvQ_k2G2dQ/s400/Amadou+Ballake+et+ses+Dieux.jpg" width="391" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dQvMZ6kR7CE/TWLH062qK6I/AAAAAAAACCE/DwwodAF2-WE/s1600/Amadou+Ballake+et+ses+Dieux+%2528back%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dQvMZ6kR7CE/TWLH062qK6I/AAAAAAAACCE/DwwodAF2-WE/s400/Amadou+Ballake+et+ses+Dieux+%2528back%2529.jpg" width="391" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-2919193925667576393?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-70678710428079104812011-02-20T00:14:00.000+01:002011-02-20T00:14:46.231+01:00Orchestre La Baïana (Congo) feat. Danialou Sagbohan (1977)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DIgPGgRHiQo/TWAwRhcGLRI/AAAAAAAACCA/RPKeZpROIa8/s1600/Orchestre+La+Bai%25CC%2588ana+%2528front%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DIgPGgRHiQo/TWAwRhcGLRI/AAAAAAAACCA/RPKeZpROIa8/s400/Orchestre+La+Bai%25CC%2588ana+%2528front%2529.jpg" width="392" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Voici un obscure orchestre congolais qui a enregistré au Bénin. L'orchestre La Baïana tire son nom des éditions La Baïana. Les compositeurs sont Pepe Mabuse et Joli Divos et les morceaux sont chantés par Pepe Mabuse et Steeve Ngondo. La singularité de cet album vient de la présence de Danialou Sagbohan aux congas et rien que pour ça, cet album a une place d'honneur sur Oro.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">Here is an obscure congolese band who recorded in Benin during the 70's. The orchestra takes its name from the Baïana label. Composers are Pepe Mabuse and Joli Divos and the songs are sung by Pepe Mabuse and Steeve Ngondo. The uniqueness of the this album comes from the presence of Danialou Sagbohan on congas and just for that this record has its place of honor on Oro.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?ik40sb42wkt8aea"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">oro</span></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ajiE49lS-9c/TWAv6WoIPJI/AAAAAAAACB8/mtYREBz_gvI/s1600/Orchestre+La+Bai%25CC%2588ana+%2528back%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ajiE49lS-9c/TWAv6WoIPJI/AAAAAAAACB8/mtYREBz_gvI/s400/Orchestre+La+Bai%25CC%2588ana+%2528back%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-7067871042807910481?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-33057817977384166312011-02-12T22:53:00.004+01:002011-07-17T17:26:57.940+02:00Afrique (Mauritania, Guinea, Dahomey, Côte d'Ivoire)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XWUkmvjHuOM/TV15_tRn0EI/AAAAAAAACB4/PFjIG5rkNaY/s1600/Afrique+Vol.4+%2528oro%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XWUkmvjHuOM/TV15_tRn0EI/AAAAAAAACB4/PFjIG5rkNaY/s400/Afrique+Vol.4+%2528oro%2529.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">This EP was recorded during the 50's by the great french ethnomusicologist, Gilbert Rouget. In 1947, he founded the Editions of the Man Museum and published numerous records like the number 1 which you can find <a href="http://orogod.blogspot.com/2009/07/dahomey-1952.html"><b>here</b></a>. I now present the number 4:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ce 45 Tours a été enregistré durant les années 50's par le grand Ethnomusicologue français, Gilbert Rouget. En 1947, il crée les Editions du Musée de L'Homme et édite de nombreux disques enregistrés en Afrique. Le premier volume peut-être consulter <a href="http://orogod.blogspot.com/2009/07/dahomey-1952.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><b>ici</b></span></a>, je vous présente aujourd'hui le volume 4:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Side 1:</span></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">MAURITANIE</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>1.</b> Composé par le poète arabe connu sous le nom de "Pseudo Medjoun", ce poème d'amour est chanté en arabe classique par Mohamed Mbarekould-Manou, chanteur professionnel célèbre en Mauritanie. Le style est celui des provinces du Trarza et du Brakna, région méridionales de Mauritanie, proche de la côte atlantique.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">GUINEE</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>2.</b>&nbsp;L'instrument, le <i>seron</i> (kora), est joué par Mamadi Dioubaté (photo de couverture). Il est un des <i>seronfo</i> les plus connu de Guinée. Il improvise ici des variations sur un thème destiné à accompagner un chant épique.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">DAHOMEY</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>3. </b>Le violon monocorde est joué par Adjado, chanteur principal et chef de cette formation professionnelle qui comprend, à part lui, trois autres chanteurs dont deux frappent de grandes calebasses avec des doigtiers de métal et troisième joue du <i>sakara</i>, tambour fait d'un col de poterie tendue d'une peau que l'on bat avec une baguette en forme de marteau. Les musiciens chantent des lieux communs moralisants entrecoupés de louanges à l'adresse de ceux qui écoutent.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Side 2:</span></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">CÔTE D'IVOIRE</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>1. </b>Cérémonie du Lohou. L'objet de cette cérémonie est de faire passer dans la société des hommes un certain nombres de jeunes gens jusqu'alors considérés comme des enfants. La manière dont les choeurs des jeunes gens dialogue tantôt avec le tambour tantôt avec les le chanteur principal fait apparaitre de façon saisissante le mécanisme du langage tambouriné.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>2.</b> Petit xylophone très rudimentaire, composé de six lames de bois à peine dégrossi et joué par deux musiciens ensemble.C'est un instrument qu'utilisent les paysans lorsqu'ils sont en brousse pour charmer leur loisirs.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>3.</b> L'arc est tendu par une liane que le musicien fait passer entre ses lèvres entrouvertes, pour obtenir un effet de résonance, et qu'il frappe à l'aide d'une longue baguette. Le hochet est une calebasse enfilée sur un bâton, la bouteille est battue avec un clou. Le chant parle d'un certain oiseau qui hoche toujours la tête (et dit oui), allusion à une femme facile.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?23aal7m0oty01x3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">oro</span></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qmIiiGkiPbM/TVb-8SlL4UI/AAAAAAAACBs/BCGWSDOODfc/s1600/Afrique+Vol.4+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qmIiiGkiPbM/TVb-8SlL4UI/AAAAAAAACBs/BCGWSDOODfc/s400/Afrique+Vol.4+.jpg" width="393" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-3305781797738416631?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-55447258466045469312011-02-07T23:55:00.001+01:002011-02-20T16:49:06.707+01:00Aziza Joymakers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TVBpv_pyKaI/AAAAAAAACBo/4RglwSdsY4A/s1600/Aziza+Joymakers+%2528oro%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TVBpv_pyKaI/AAAAAAAACBo/4RglwSdsY4A/s400/Aziza+Joymakers+%2528oro%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">I would like to present a new and anonymous band, the "Aziza Joymakers" from Port-Novo.&nbsp;</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">This record was released by anonymous Oloruntola label at the end of the 70s. Other and really important information: Aziza is god of artists in </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Vodoun</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"> gods pantheon.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ffd966;">Je voudrais vous présenter un nouveau et inconnu groupe, l'orchestre Aziza Joymakers de Porto-Novo. Le disque est sorti sous le label inconnu, Oloruntola. L'enregistrement date de la fin des années 70 et les musiciens qui composent le groupe ont déjà joué avec les ténors de la musique béninoise. Autre information importante: Aziza est le dieu des artistes dans le panthéon </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ffd966;">Vodoun</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ffd966;"> Béninois.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?eayt65v8iicnnyu"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ffd966;">oro</span></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TVBpitb-daI/AAAAAAAACBk/75jpyY4_2bg/s1600/Aziza+Joymakers+%2528front%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TVBpitb-daI/AAAAAAAACBk/75jpyY4_2bg/s400/Aziza+Joymakers+%2528front%2529.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TVBonB_DiMI/AAAAAAAACBg/ZST4s-1MFGE/s1600/Aziza+Joymakers+%2528back%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TVBonB_DiMI/AAAAAAAACBg/ZST4s-1MFGE/s400/Aziza+Joymakers+%2528back%2529.jpg" width="397" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-5544725846604546931?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-72502728434425689932011-02-06T21:14:00.001+01:002011-02-06T21:25:52.113+01:00Orchestre Les Mongols de Cotonou<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TU8A_VQtbJI/AAAAAAAACBc/lz_Mw12FJ2M/s1600/Les+Mongols+de+Cotonou.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="396" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TU8A_VQtbJI/AAAAAAAACBc/lz_Mw12FJ2M/s400/Les+Mongols+de+Cotonou.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://jammagica.blogspot.com/2011/02/198-mongols-de-cotonou-hui-dessou-we.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Orchestre Les Mongols de Cotonou ASEP 1024</span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">I would like to relay a post from Jammagica blog about "Les Mongols" orchestra from Cotonou. It also allows me to put this new band on Oro label. "Les Mongols have recorded at least three EP's on Albarika label, the ASB 102 and 122, and therefore this ASEP 1024. An obscure band, difficult to hear, thank you Jammagica.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Je voudrai relayer un courrier du blog Jammagica sur l'orchestre "Les Mongols de Cotonou". Il me permet aussi de labeliser ce nouveau groupe sur Oro. "Les Mongols" ont enregistré au moins trois 45t sur le label Albarika, l'ASB 102 et 122 et donc celui-ci l'ASEP 1024. Un orchestre obscure, difficile à entendre. Merci Jammagica...</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-7250272843442568993?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-30392110070397176372011-02-06T00:14:00.001+01:002011-02-06T00:14:31.272+01:00Segun Adewale (Nigeria, 1983)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TU3Zgbh_LmI/AAAAAAAACBY/YxJBR_8wDP4/s1600/Segun+Adewale+%2528front%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="396" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TU3Zgbh_LmI/AAAAAAAACBY/YxJBR_8wDP4/s400/Segun+Adewale+%2528front%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?whim86u55h9fhlh"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">juju</span></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TU3ZF4vj_GI/AAAAAAAACBU/cXwawzFj2P0/s1600/Segun+Adewale+%2528back%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TU3ZF4vj_GI/AAAAAAAACBU/cXwawzFj2P0/s400/Segun+Adewale+%2528back%2529.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-3039211007039717637?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-60958281782644887242011-02-02T23:36:00.002+01:002011-02-05T20:31:19.603+01:00Cicacy Mathey & Orchestre Black Santiago (1977)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TUnOrHGCP9I/AAAAAAAACBQ/dmkRAtZuV2o/s1600/P1000562.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="318" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TUnOrHGCP9I/AAAAAAAACBQ/dmkRAtZuV2o/s320/P1000562.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?vw8wdokannf1m2u"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;">oro</span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">This album is offered by D.J Balafon. Orchestrated by the Black Santiago and as usual directed by Ignace de Souza. I especially like the cover of this record with the Cicacy brothers, one on guitar, the other on catholic lyrics, mystical.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;">Cet album est proposé par D.J. Balafon. Orchestré par les Black Santiago et sous la direction habituelle d'Ignace de Souza. J'aime particulièrement la pochette de ce disque avec les frères Cicacy, l'un à la guitare, l'autre aux paroles du Christ. Mystique.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-6095828178264488724?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-57430520785658171352011-01-29T23:38:00.006+01:002011-02-06T12:14:55.405+01:00T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo & Betti Betti (Cameroon): Albarika Store N°42 (1977)<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TUSX6sURqfI/AAAAAAAACBI/eVxAi3bnDfQ/s1600/Betti+Betti+%2528front%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="396" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TUSX6sURqfI/AAAAAAAACBI/eVxAi3bnDfQ/s400/Betti+Betti+%2528front%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Après Eboa Lottin, voici une autre collaboration de Poly-Rythmo avec la musique Camerounaise et son ambassadrice, la chanteuse et compositrice Betti Betti. Je n'ai pas d'informations sur Betti Betti, que de la musique qui fut enregistrée au Bénin.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">After Eboa Lottin, here is another collaboration from Poly-Rythmo with Cameroon's music and its ambassador, the woman singer and songwriter Betti Betti. I have no information on Betti Betti, only music which was recorded in Benin.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?2c525sjg36d0db2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">oro</span></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TUSPfFiDirI/AAAAAAAACBA/HCWAqwIKmQE/s1600/Betti+Betti+%2528back%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="398" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TUSPfFiDirI/AAAAAAAACBA/HCWAqwIKmQE/s400/Betti+Betti+%2528back%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-5743052078565817135?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-32379873940872224862011-01-28T22:12:00.002+01:002011-01-28T22:17:23.753+01:00Super Afro Party: Nantes (22/01/2011)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TUMsjDtFytI/AAAAAAAACAo/7OeUnPNbQo0/s1600/IMG_3340.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TUMsjDtFytI/AAAAAAAACAo/7OeUnPNbQo0/s640/IMG_3340.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TUMtFShMl0I/AAAAAAAACAs/SKl-hc3guNY/s1600/IMG_3008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TUMtFShMl0I/AAAAAAAACAs/SKl-hc3guNY/s400/IMG_3008.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TUMue3agNTI/AAAAAAAACA0/EHrE2K-Ch-s/s1600/IMG_2863.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TUMue3agNTI/AAAAAAAACA0/EHrE2K-Ch-s/s640/IMG_2863.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">DJ Balafon</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TUMwFGVfXVI/AAAAAAAACA8/4jGHDK2qgQI/s1600/IMG_3207.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TUMwFGVfXVI/AAAAAAAACA8/4jGHDK2qgQI/s640/IMG_3207.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Greg De Villanova</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TUMvvpW-G2I/AAAAAAAACA4/XMCfuFGdLLo/s1600/IMG_2911.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TUMvvpW-G2I/AAAAAAAACA4/XMCfuFGdLLo/s400/IMG_2911.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TUMrtx8yyBI/AAAAAAAACAk/ZI0ngL1U7Zo/s1600/IMG_2845.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TUMrtx8yyBI/AAAAAAAACAk/ZI0ngL1U7Zo/s400/IMG_2845.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-3237987394087222486?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-90848037422608905602011-01-19T23:22:00.005+01:002011-02-03T20:51:17.854+01:00Minzoto Ya Zaïre: "Rythme Takinga"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TTdhxtrQHBI/AAAAAAAACAc/iPpmW3VVJHs/s1600/Cover+Minzoto+ya+Zaire.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="397" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TTdhxtrQHBI/AAAAAAAACAc/iPpmW3VVJHs/s400/Cover+Minzoto+ya+Zaire.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?siiyj59d7w9871b"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a2c4c9;">oro</span></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;">Pour les amoureux de la musique congolaise voici un avant goût de la soirée organisée par DJ Balafon ce vendredi 21 à Nantes. Merci Vivien pour ce superbe cadeau. J'adore ce groupe, leur musique est vraiment différente de ce qu'on a l'habitude d'entendre. Pour ceux qui ne connaissent pas ce rythme Takinga, je vous invite à consulter l'excellente page du blog </span><b><a href="http://seaneverdry.blogspot.com/2008/02/keba-mama-keba.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a2c4c9;">Sea Never Dry</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;">. </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;">Cet album est rare alors apréciez-le et venez nombreux vendredi au Hangar à Bananes.........................</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #76a5af;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TTdiVgAEo8I/AAAAAAAACAg/fjUgFy8S2vk/s1600/SuperAfroParty%25233_Recto.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TTdiVgAEo8I/AAAAAAAACAg/fjUgFy8S2vk/s400/SuperAfroParty%25233_Recto.jpg" width="292" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-9084803742260890560?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-30712975178065866922011-01-16T23:43:00.000+01:002011-01-16T23:43:56.907+01:00Gnonnas Pedro (1970)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TTNtu9ZOOGI/AAAAAAAACAQ/Gy5FhVgw9P0/s1600/Gnonnas+Pedro+%2528oro%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="397" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TTNtu9ZOOGI/AAAAAAAACAQ/Gy5FhVgw9P0/s400/Gnonnas+Pedro+%2528oro%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?8hhxo64kd7qqci2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">oro</span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">This EP recorded in 1970 on Albarika Store label with Gnonnas Pedro's first band, </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Los Panchos, </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">is one the first recording from the famous afrcican </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">salsero. </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">His voice sounds young and we can already feel his great talent. Side one is described as "soukous son" rhythm and side two an afro-cuban tune song in spanish. For those who don't know Gnonnas Pedro's biography, I translated a good one written by Arnaud Adikpeto from Benin:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Sixteen LPs, ten 45s, five CDs, all titles are as much loved as hummed throughout Africa. The rich musical heritage from Gnonnas Pedro contiues to live 6 years after his disappearance. Hometown Lokossa in the department of Mono, Gnonnas Pedro comes from a musical family with a father responsible for choir and two brothers, one bassist and one saxophonist. This family environment an the training he received from Do Rego Theophilius aka El Rego open him very quickly the way of great musical career.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">With a captivating voice, talented guitarist, will lead Gnonnas Pedro's orchestra "Los Panchos", later renamed the "Dadje Band". Found off traditional Agbadja rhythm , he will make his music stand while providing modern touches. Early on, his repertoire is enriched with new sounds, local and Afro Caribbean, quickly adopted by the public.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">"Dedje Vignin", "La musique en verité", or "Dagamassi", "Combinacion", have make dance all over Africa. It also retains the title "Von Von O No" which will adopted as theanthem of the national football team of Togo. He began a second career in 1996 when he joined Africando formation. With this band, Gnonnas Pedro will record a total of four albums crowned by a global success.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Always with Africando, Gnonnas reveal the magnitude of his talent in the world that adopts it. Polyglot into his songs, his covers topics are, women, love, slave trade. Most importantly, Gnonnas Pedro is a humble artist with enormous talent. He is an artist who will be performing a few weeks before his death. "Dadji" national, hello! Successes of the past and always!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Arnaud Adikpeto</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Ce single, enregsitré en 1970 sur le label Albarika Store avec le premier orchestre de Gnonnas Pedro, Les Panchos, est l'un des premiers enregistrements du fameux salsero. Sa voix sonne jeune et l'on peut sentir son talent. La face A est décrite comme un rythme"soukous son" et la face B un rythme afro-cubaon chanté en espagnol. Pour ceux qui ne connaisse pas sa biographie, en voici une du béninois Arnaud Adikpeto:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Seize 33 tours, dix 45 tours, cinq CD. Des titres tous aussi connus qu'aimés et fredonnés partout en Afrique. Le riche héritage musical de Gnonnas Pedro colle à l'histoire et continue de faire vivre l'artiste 5 ans après sa disparition. Originaire de Lokossa dans le Département du Mono, Gnonnas Pedro est issu d'une famille de musiciens, avec un père responsable de chorale et deux frères, l'un bassiste et l'autre saxophoniste. Cet environnement familial ainsi que la formation qu'il reçut à l'école de Théophile do Rego alias El Rego lui ouvrent très vite le chemin d'une grande carrière musicale.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Doté d'une voix captivante, guitariste de talent, Gnonnas Pedro dirigera l'orchestre « Los Pancho de Cotonou », rebaptisé plus tard « Les Dadjè Band ». Féru du rythme traditionnel « Agbadja », il en fera sa base musicale tout en lui apportant des touches modernes. Très tôt, son répertoire est enrichi de nouvelles sonorités, locales et afro caribéennes vite adoptées par le public.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">«Djédjé vignin », « Azo Nkplondoun Ndé », « La musique en vérité » ou encore « Dagamassi », « Irimakoï », «Combinacion » ont fait dansé un peu partout en Afrique. On retient également le titre « Von o von non » qui sera adopté comme hymne de l'équipe nationale de football du Togo. Il débute une « seconde carrière » en 1996 quand il intègre Africando, la formation de Boncana Maïga. Avec ce groupe, Gnonnas Pedro ira à la conquête de nouveaux horizons. Ils enregistreront au total quatre albums auréolés d'un succès planétaire.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Toujours avec ce groupe, le « Dadjè » révélera la grandeur de son talent au monde qui l'adopte. Polyglotte jusque dans ses chansons, Gnonnas Pedro aborde des thèmes aussi variés que les scènes de la vie, la femme, l'amour, la traite négrière. Mais surtout, Gnonnas Pedro, c'est un artiste humble et doté d'un immense talent. Gnonnas Pedro, c'est l'artiste qui sera sur scène quelques semaines avant sa mort bien que se sachant condamné. Gnonnas Pedro, c'est également l'homme qui a insisté pour «venir mourir » sur sa terre natale. Gnonnas Pedro, c'est enfin l'artiste qui cinq ans après sa mort continue de vivre à travers ses œuvres. Dadjè national, salut ! Succès d'hier et de toujours!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Arnaud Adikpeto.</span></b></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-3071297517806586692?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-44643284369781568092011-01-13T23:24:00.002+01:002011-05-18T22:43:57.116+02:00Sezonmon Alosse (ALS 63/1979)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TS9c05d1r5I/AAAAAAAACAM/luHb-DS3y-I/s1600/Sezonmon+Alosse+%2528front%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="390" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TS9c05d1r5I/AAAAAAAACAM/luHb-DS3y-I/s400/Sezonmon+Alosse+%2528front%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Still in the traditional music serie edited on Alabarika Store label, here is number 63, recorded in 1979. I have no informations about Sezonme Alosse except that he comes from Savalou, the Kingdom of </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">tchinkoume</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"> music which king is Alokpon (watch the <a href="http://orogod.blogspot.com/2010/10/special-post-alokpon-king-of-gotta.html">link</a>). We thus hear water drums and famous super-bass Gotta drum. This album is not my favorite but the record is in a good shape and it is part of the Republic of Albarika.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ffe599;">Toujours dans la série des albums de musique traditionnelle édités sur le label Albarika Store, voici le numéro 63 enregistré en 1979. Je n'ai pas d'informations sur Sezonmon Alosse. Lui et son orchestre viennent de Savalou, le royaume du&nbsp;</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ffe599;">tchinkoumé</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ffe599;">&nbsp;dont Alokpon (voyez le <a href="http://orogod.blogspot.com/2010/10/special-post-alokpon-king-of-gotta.html">lien</a>) est le roi. On retrouve donc les percussions d'eau et le fameux tambour hyper-bass&nbsp;</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ffe599;">Gotta.&nbsp;</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ffe599;">Alosse n'est pas celui que je préfère mais il fait parti de la république d'Albarika, avec un vinyl de qualité.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?q7cgt3gae7zqwqe"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">oro</span></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TS9cYCqx1sI/AAAAAAAACAI/enBLNBx9GTk/s1600/Sezonmon+Alosse+%2528back%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="391" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TS9cYCqx1sI/AAAAAAAACAI/enBLNBx9GTk/s400/Sezonmon+Alosse+%2528back%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-4464328436978156809?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-32900417751135502222011-01-07T00:16:00.005+01:002011-02-12T22:52:35.292+01:00Orchestre Super Mande (Côte d'Ivoire, 1980)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TSZNJuJh2ZI/AAAAAAAAB_4/q6HMgZ2g79M/s1600/Orchestre+Super+mande+%2528oro%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TSZNJuJh2ZI/AAAAAAAAB_4/q6HMgZ2g79M/s400/Orchestre+Super+mande+%2528oro%2529.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Still a wonderful weapon, the Super Mande band with three great names of African music from Mali, Burkina-Faso and Benin. This sublime and rare record was recorded in Ivory-Coast in 1980. An example of culture exchange and beauty...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Abdoulaye Diabate</span></b>, a griot singer from Mali, who began his career with the Orchestra </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Regional de Segou</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">, and who will make famous later the great Orchestra </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Kene Star de Sikasso, </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">is composer and leader. he gives us full scope of his talent.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Mangue Konde</span></b>, from Burkina, is on guitar and his talent explodes on all tracks of the album. It is pure psychedelic happiness. We can feel that Konde is transcended by Diabate's songs. I do not know if the Super Mande band was created by Mangue Konde, but he is one of the undisputed leader.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Gilbert Dossou, alias <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Prince Dgib's</span></b>, from Benin and already discovered in this <a href="http://orogod.blogspot.com/2010/08/special-pop-prince-dgibs-poly-rythmo.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">post</span></a>, was a famous producer in Ivory Coast. He had created his own label Sodogil. Dossou has directed this volume N°9 and we can recognize typical Beninese bells arrangements in the fantastic &nbsp;song "Bolon".</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Encore une merveilleuse arme de guerre, l'orchestre Super Mandé avec trois grands noms de la musique africaine venant du Mali, du Burkina et du Bénin, et qui enregistrent ce sublime et rare album en Côte d'Ivoire. Un exemple de culture, de rencontre et de beauté...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">Abdoulaye Diabate</span></b>, chanteur et griot du Mali, qui a commencé sa carrière avec l'Orchestre Régional de Ségou, et qui fera briller plus tard l'Orchestre Kene Star de Sikasso, est, sur cet album, compositeur et chef d'orchestre, et donne toute l'ampleur de son talent sur des nappes psychédéliques.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">Mangué Konde</span></b> est à la guitare et son talent explose littéralement sur tous les morceaux de ce disque, je vous le dis, c'est du pur bonheur. On sent que Mangué est transcendé par Diabate. Je ne saurais dire si Konde a créé l'orchestre Super Mande, mais il en est leader incontesté.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Gilbert Dossou</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"> alias <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">Prince Dgib's</span></b>, que vous avez déjà découvert avec Poly-Rythmo dans ce <a href="http://orogod.blogspot.com/2010/08/special-pop-prince-dgibs-poly-rythmo.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">courrier</span></a> génial, était un producteur de renommé en Côte d'Ivoire, il avait crée son propre label Sodogil, dont je partage aujourd'hui le numéro 9. Dossou a réalisé cet album dantesque et on reconnait dans le sublime morceau "Bolon", des arrangements de <i>gons</i> typiquement Béninois. Seul reproche à faire, un enregistrement qui parfois sature.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?9ksdinhis9zmduw"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">oro</span></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TSZMtty2cbI/AAAAAAAAB_0/auv429lHzcA/s1600/Orchestre+Super+Mande+%2528front%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TSZMtty2cbI/AAAAAAAAB_0/auv429lHzcA/s400/Orchestre+Super+Mande+%2528front%2529.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TSZL-8C84aI/AAAAAAAAB_w/9o9OE_RFtM0/s1600/Orchestre+Super+Mande+%2528back%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TSZL-8C84aI/AAAAAAAAB_w/9o9OE_RFtM0/s400/Orchestre+Super+Mande+%2528back%2529.jpg" width="397" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-3290041775113550222?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-70071225113384274662011-01-03T23:36:00.004+01:002012-01-15T22:16:01.617+01:00WAR IN CÔTE D'IVOIRE with Super Mande (Mangue Konde)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TSJPL9gK99I/AAAAAAAAB_s/0Wvk9-AZNuc/s1600/Mangue%25CC%2581+Konde+%2526+Le+Super+Mande%25CC%2581.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TSJPL9gK99I/AAAAAAAAB_s/0Wvk9-AZNuc/s400/Mangue%25CC%2581+Konde+%2526+Le+Super+Mande%25CC%2581.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">I make war in Ivory Coast with the best weapon: the orchestra Super Mande. Laurent Gbagbo should listen to the music that will come because it represents the richness and and diversity of the region. North or South, throughout Africa is built with the same mapping, albeit a colonial legacy but an asset for a global era. I say no to racist bred, no to the baker Gbagbo.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Thus, I propose an album which had great success on Oro and representing the golden age of music in Ivory Coast. Recorded in 1978, this beautiful album is composed by Mangue Konde, from Burkina Faso. His guitar is magic and peaceful and the band brings together all the Ivorian ethnic groups, a necklace of ivory...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?ll9wqn9phf97214"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">oro</span></span></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Je fais la guerre en Côte d'Ivoire avec la meilleure arme: l'orchestre Super Mandé. Le clan Gbagbo devrait écouter les musiques qui vont venir car elles représentent la richesse et la diversité de toute la région. Nord ou Sud, toute l'Afrique est construite avec la même cartographie, certes un héritage colonial, mais un atout pour une ère mondialiste. Je dis non à la baguette </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">ivoiriste</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">, non à la farine raciste, non au boulanger Gbagbo.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Je propose un album qui a eu beaucoup de succès sur Oro et qui représente l'âge d'or de la musique en Côte d'Ivoire. Enregistré en 1975, Mangue Konde, le sublime guitariste Burkinabé est compositeur et chanteur dan une formation Ivoirienne qui rassemble toutes les ethnies du Pays, un collier d'ivoire...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TSJOfuAYhHI/AAAAAAAAB_o/SXw5wZnS4FY/s1600/Mangue+Konde+%2528front%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TSJOfuAYhHI/AAAAAAAAB_o/SXw5wZnS4FY/s400/Mangue+Konde+%2528front%2529.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TSZQ8KTTHtI/AAAAAAAAB_8/8bbDX5tLF4A/s1600/Mangue+Konde+%2528back%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TSZQ8KTTHtI/AAAAAAAAB_8/8bbDX5tLF4A/s400/Mangue+Konde+%2528back%2529.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-7007122511338427466?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-53766751600797044302010-12-31T23:33:00.001+01:002011-01-01T19:43:02.746+01:00Sunny Black's Band AKA Poly-Rythmo (1966)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TR5Zgg9lBFI/AAAAAAAAB_k/BuKAjfrL6rY/s1600/Sunny+Black%2527s+Band+%2528oro%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TR5Zgg9lBFI/AAAAAAAAB_k/BuKAjfrL6rY/s400/Sunny+Black%2527s+Band+%2528oro%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">I really like to thank Reservatory, from <a href="http://luckypsychichut.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">Lucky Psychic Hut</span></a> blog, for this great great contribution. This is my fourth post about Sunny Black's Band which became, in 1968, Poly-Rythmo. I invite you to discover the others EPs from Clément Mélomé's band</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=8419801022095562013&amp;postID=1426626363495306178"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">here</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">, </span><a href="http://orogod.blogspot.com/2009/09/sunny-blacks-band.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">here</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">and</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"> </span><a href="http://orogod.blogspot.com/2009/07/sunny-blacks-band-poly-rythmo.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">here</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">The rhythm is always the same during this period, bolero mixed with traditional Beninese rhythms</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">Je voudrais vraiment remercier Reservatory, du blog <a href="http://luckypsychichut.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Lucky Psychic Hut</span></a>, pour sa contribution et pour ce nouvel opus du groupe Sunny Black's Band qui deviendra Poly-Rythmo en 1968. Je vous invite à découvrir les autres 45 tours du groupe de ce groupe fondé par Clément Mélomé&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=8419801022095562013&amp;postID=1426626363495306178"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">ici</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">, </span><a href="http://orogod.blogspot.com/2009/09/sunny-blacks-band.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">ici</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"> et </span><a href="http://orogod.blogspot.com/2009/07/sunny-blacks-band-poly-rythmo.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">ici</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?wy6k5syl3odohqm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">oro</span></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TR5ZX54O6PI/AAAAAAAAB_g/HZDSBifAUbA/s1600/SBB1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="398" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TR5ZX54O6PI/AAAAAAAAB_g/HZDSBifAUbA/s400/SBB1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-5376675160079704430?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-242358804996032772010-12-29T23:35:00.001+01:002010-12-29T23:36:49.197+01:00Initiation Into Voodoo Music: Ifa (1985)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TRu3ZVReQvI/AAAAAAAAB_c/NGlWqxZ-x_s/s1600/Fa%25CC%2582+%2528oro%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="342" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TRu3ZVReQvI/AAAAAAAAB_c/NGlWqxZ-x_s/s400/Fa%25CC%2582+%2528oro%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?75l85dh2ij45qyq"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">oro</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TRu3LyOaafI/AAAAAAAAB_Y/JfTWyo_30fY/s1600/Fa+%2528front%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TRu3LyOaafI/AAAAAAAAB_Y/JfTWyo_30fY/s400/Fa+%2528front%2529.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TRu2zhuY0bI/AAAAAAAAB_U/Ly3gQ9mJqRc/s1600/Fa+%2528back%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TRu2zhuY0bI/AAAAAAAAB_U/Ly3gQ9mJqRc/s400/Fa+%2528back%2529.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8419801022095562013-24235880499603277?l=orogod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277754616086728707noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419801022095562013.post-75534932078036129762010-12-25T23:21:00.002+01:002010-12-25T23:23:02.557+01:00Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe (1972)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TRZangEc53I/AAAAAAAAB_Q/QIk1DR-Km_Y/s1600/Chief+%2528oro%2529+en+tant+qu%2527objet+dynamique+-+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="391" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EC-eUkvi444/TRZangEc53I/AAAAAAAAB_Q/QIk1DR-Km_Y/s400/Chief+%2528oro%2529+en+tant+qu%2527objet+dynamique+-+1.jpg" width="400