tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34772476250647915942023-11-15T06:28:02.382-08:00les mains noiresfaudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16481262487836889218noreply@blogger.comBlogger87125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3477247625064791594.post-66994569575486631642018-10-21T15:53:00.000-07:002018-10-21T16:28:32.362-07:00076° .TOGO N’KUDODODZI (Souvenirs du Togo) - selected by My Old Friend Fred Martin.<div id="page-wrap">
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In August, <b>My Old Friend Fred Martin</b> went to Togo for a month on a digging trip.<br />
Here is a small part of the best tracks he found there! Enjoy!<br />
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In August, <b>My Old Friend Fred Martin</b> went to Togo for a month on a digging trip.<br />
Here are some of the best tracks he found there! Enjoy!<br />
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01° MAMO LAGBEMA // Zambo Zambo (Togo)<br />
02° CHRISTIE AZUMA and the Uppers International // Naam (Ghana)<br />
03° ALI BAWA // Liwou Tikpe (Togo)<br />
04° THON KOMLAN et orchestre Abass // Honam (Togo)<br />
05° THE NIGERIAN POLICE DANCE BAND // Eko Ndun part 2 (Nigeria)<br />
06° ALI BAWA // Labodja N°2 (Togo)<br />
07° ANDY VANS // Dofo Nyi Ekyir (Ghana)<br />
08° BB COLLINS // Anoma Antua (Ghana)<br />
09° GNONNAS PEDRO // YirirYiribom (Benin)<br />
10° GG VIKEY // Agoo (Benin)<br />
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Fred's special thanks:<br /><br />
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I want to thank my friend Jean Toussaint (Les Diplomates) for his invitation, his kindness and for the discovery of many treasures of African music such as the incredible sounds of Ali Bawa.<br />
I also want to express him the deep respect I have for all of his projects to promote Togolese heritage and the development of organic farming.<br />
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I also want to thank our host Abalo on Lomé and his incredible family. <br />
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A huge thank you to the best driver in Togo, Tonton Gré, who allowed us to visit a good part of the country while avoiding accidents. <br />
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Thanks also to Raspey, the best "digger" in Togo, for his kindness, his bravery, his constant investment in sharing knowledge and preserving the beautiful nature that surrounds him by developing responsible agriculture projects. <br />
Thanks also to his wife, Enyo for her powerful energy, her sweetness, the fabulous percussion concerts and her incredible dishes. <br />
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A greeting to my other traveling companion, Dr. Sam, without him, this trip would have been much less fun.<br />
Finally, thank you to this beautiful country that is Togo and all the amazing people I met here. <br />
And to Vanessa for her precious help and love</i><br />
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It’s official! We’re so happy and proud to announce that our 3rd release is the fantastic “Psychedelic Man” by De Frank and his Professionals.<br />
Ultra rare Afro-Funk Holy Grail from Ghana, recorded in 1976 and now re-issued for the first time in a fully official DeLuxe edition, remastered by Frank Merritt at The Carvery, in hard ‘paste-on’ cover and limited to 500 copies!<br />
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Release date: September 17th<br />
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It’s official! We’re so happy and proud to announce that our 3rd release is the fantastic “Psychedelic Man” by De Frank and his Professionals.<br />
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Ultra rare Afro-Funk Holy Grail from Ghana, recorded in 1976 and now re-issued for the first time in a fully official Deluxe edition, remastered by Frank Merritt at The Carvery, in hard ‘paste-on’ cover and limited to 500 copies!<br />
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Drummer extraordinaire and vocalist born in 1953, in Lomé - Togo’s capital and border town with Ghana - <b>Frank Kakrah</b>, better known as <b>De Frank</b>, has started his career as a drummer and percussionist in bands like <b>Samdan’s 8</b>, <b>The Barbecues</b>, <b>Okukuseku No.2</b> and <b>Saints’73</b> before joining the legendary <b>K.Frimpong’s Cubanos Fiestas</b>.<br />
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In those first years as a musician, he learned the powerful art of modernising <b>HighLife with Funky beats</b>, apprenticeship that allowed him, in 1976, to create his own group, <b>The Professionals</b>, with whom he recorded 5 fantastics and extremely hard to find LPs.<br />
<i><b>Psychedelic Man</b></i> is the first and has been released in 1976.<br />
It has then be followed by <i><b>Dig This Way</b></i> (1977), <i><b>De Frank Professionals</b></i> (1978), <i><b>Baby Don’t Play Me Wayo</b></i> (1979) and<i><b> Jamaican Sounds</b></i> (1981).<br />
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<b><br />Reissue produced and fully licensed by Les Mains Noires<br />
Remastered and cut at The Carvery<br />
Thick deluxe “Paste-On” hard cardboard cover<br />
Strictly limited to 500 copies.</b><br />
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A1. I DON’T KNOW THE WORLD IS ONE<br />
A2. THINK OF THE FUTURE<br />
A3. PSYCHEDELIC MAN<br />
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B1. LET’S MAKE THE MUSIC<br />
B2. CALL ME FRANK<br />
B3. WAITING FOR MY BABY<br />
B4. MAN NO CRY<br />
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It is with the utmost happiness that we received a couple of days before a new ‘digging-into-Brazilian-music’ lesson by master-digger and close friend <b>Edson Carvalho</b>!<br />
We are proud to present <i><b>"Bailinho Bom"</b></i>, fourth volume of the <b>‘Tempero Brasileiro’</b>, Edson’s series focusing on rare and under-the-radar Brazilian 7 inches, also known as compactos. This volume brings 29 Brazilian Soul and Funk - and anything that fits between - tracks from 1970 to 1977.
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It is with the utmost happiness that we received a couple of days before a new ‘digging-into-Brazilian-music’ lesson by master-digger and close friend <b>Edson Carvalho</b>!<br />
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We are proud to present <i><b>"Bailinho Bom"</b></i>, fourth volume of the <i><b>‘Tempero Brasileiro’</b></i>, Edson’s series focusing on rare and under-the-radar Brazilian 7 inches, also known as compactos. This volume brings 29 Brazilian Soul and Funk - and anything that fits between - tracks from 1970 to 1977.<br />
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And well, quoting Edson’s words: <i>“Sit back, relax and enjoy this Bailinho Bom”</i>.<br />
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01° HERMES // Triste melodia (RGE, 1970)<br />
02° FÁBIO // O que é que eu estou fazendo aqui (RCA, 1970)<br />
03° HERONDY BUENO // Quem é você, quem sou (RCA, 1970)<br />
04° LUIZ ANTONIO // Estado de espírito (RCA, 1970)<br />
05° ALTAIR // Me libertei (Polydor, 1970)<br />
06° BILL RIVAS // A motocicleta (R.F. Farias, 1971)<br />
07° LUMA 2 (Os Intemporais) // Obrigado, Santos Dumont (Fermata, 1971)<br />
08° ADRIANA // Ligue a televisão (Odeon, 1971)<br />
09° TONI TORNADO // Breve loteria (Odeon, 1971)<br />
10° MITA // Adeus Maria (Epic, 1971)<br />
11° OLAVO SÉRGIO // Cuidado (Caravelle, 197?)<br />
12° SÉRGIO SAMPAIO // Classificados no. 1 (CBS, 1972)<br />
13° VIC BARONE // Women (Continental, 1972)<br />
14° DENY e DINO // Nem um minuto mais (Sinter, 1972)<br />
15° ORIGINAL SOM 4 // Eu e a moto (Chantecler, 1972)<br />
16° EDUARDO ARAUJO & PROTONS // Madrugada (RCA, 1972)<br />
17° TRIO TERNURA // Razão de ser (Polydor, 1972)<br />
18° SILVINHA // Tudo (RCA, 1972)<br />
19° THE MAGNETIC SOUNDS // Red signal (Beverly, 1972)<br />
20° POLY // Hot day (Chantecler, 1973)<br />
21° O QUARTETO // Carango (Chantecler, 1973)<br />
22° TIM MAIA // Do your thing, behave yourself (Polydor, 1974)<br />
23° ANTENOR // Caminhos (Fonopress, 197?)<br />
24° HARETON + META // KM 110 (Ampli-Som, 1974)<br />
25° JANE & HERONDY // Em terra de cego... (RCA, 1974)<br />
26° HUGO BELARDI // An american in Paris (Odeon, 1975)<br />
27° ZÁCCARO // Trilha 4 (M.C.S.A, 1976)<br />
28° GRUPO FERA NEGRA // Pra você brother (Private press, 19??)<br />
29° DUPLA PERSONALIDADE // Porque você me abondonou (Veralex, 1977)<br />
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Digging deeper and deeper into early Caribbean recordings!<br />
Freshly back from another trip to French West Indies island Guadeloupe, My Old Friend Fred Martin has selected the very best of the new founds in this Bel Biguine / Dirty Jazz style that we love so much!
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Digging deeper and deeper into early Caribbean recordings!<br />
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Freshly back from another trip to French West Indies island Guadeloupe, <b>My Old Friend Fred Martin</b> has selected the very best of the new founds in this Bel Biguine / Dirty Jazz style that we love so much!<br />
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So it is with much happiness that we are presenting to you the 13 amazing new tracks of this selection that could had been named <i>“Dirty Caribbean Jazz vol.5”</i> !<br />
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01° ORCHESTRE COMBO ZOMBI // Mussieu a têt'a poisson la<br />
02° GENTILLE & Orch P.E HALIAR // Bel Biguine<br />
03° FRANK NOEL et son ensemble Lotus Jazz w/ Raphael Zachille // Mam’zelle A Present<br />
04° HENRI DEBS Quartet & PAUL BLAMAR // Côcôlô<br />
05° DOLOR // Assez Mal Palé Moin<br />
06° ELEUTHER // Chaque Fois<br />
07° REMY MONDEY // Faut ou ou trop presse<br />
08° J. CALODA // Femm' a conmece<br />
09° RAPHAEL ZACHILLE // I faut jouer biguine la<br />
10° EMILE VOLEL // Maxel's Compas<br />
11° DOLOR et ses Étoiles // Lé moin té Minê<br />
12° DANIEL FORESTAL // Les Coupeurs de Cannes<br />
13° MAHY & orchestre Mariepin // Aline<br />
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Saturday 3rd of February 2018, on TV, reporters wondering about the reasons of such a mild winter… Global warming says one, the Chinese says another as he heard it from a president’s mouth… Well someone should tell them, they are all wrong! This wave of heat is coming straight from the Caribbean and South America where the last details are getting fixed for next week, the CARNIVAL week ! !!<br />
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And well, we are very pleased to present to you what might be - we hope so - your 2018’s Carnival soundtrack! A deep and beautiful selection of ultra rare Calypso Jazz 7 inches coming straight out from Trinidad and Tobago and selected by our friends from Japan- Kimi A.K.A Vintage R&B DJ Kimi-Hiro Oue based in London and Shota A.K.A TOKYO SABROSO crew Shota Mamiya based in Tokyo.
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Saturday 3rd of February 2018, on TV, reporters wondering about the reasons of such a mild winter… Global warming says one, the Chinese says another as he heard it from a president’s mouth… Well someone should tell them, they are all wrong! This wave of heat is coming straight from the Caribbean and South America where the last details are getting fixed for next week, the CARNIVAL week ! !!<br />
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And well, we are very pleased to present to you what might be - we hope so - your 2018’s Carnival soundtrack! A deep and beautiful selection of ultra rare Calypso Jazz 7 inches coming straight out from Trinidad and Tobago and selected by our friends from Japan- Kimi A.K.A Vintage R&B DJ Kimi-Hiro Oue based in London and Shota A.K.A TOKYO SABROSO crew Shota Mamiya based in Tokyo - who were kind enough to offer us to publish this wonderful music on the blog! How could we say no?<br />
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So, many thanks to them and if you’re around Tokyo or London, go say hello to them at one of their great parties! <br />
And now, time to press the play button for a dirty calypso jazz trip to Trinidad! Happy Carnival to all!<br />
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01° _ _ _ _ ?<br />
02° Me Ting Is Mine // Fitz Vaughan Bryan & His Orchestra<br />
03° Madam Sandrine // Johnny Gomez & His Orchestra<br />
04° _ _ _ _ ?<br />
05° Feeling Happy // Cyril Diaz & His Orchestra<br />
06° Martinique Douce // Dot Evans with Johnny Gomez Orchestra<br />
07° Marlena // Nerlin Taitt & His Orchestra<br />
08° Unknown (Mispressing) / Fitz Vaughan Bryan & His Orchestra<br />
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10° Ray Minor // Cyril Diaz<br />
11° La Tuka // Tex Williams Orch.<br />
12° Carnival Celebration // Small Island Pride<br />
13° El Carite // Ed Harper with His Quartette<br />
14° Indian Saga // Telco Recording Orch.<br />
15° Theme From Exodus // Johnny Gomez & His Orchestra<br />
16° Tex In Africa // Norman Tex Williams & His Orchestra<br />
17° Sayonara // Norman Tex Williams & His Orch.<br />
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Last summer, My Old Friend Fred Martin gets into a flight straight to Pointe-à-Pitre to spend a couple of weeks on a holiday digging trip...<br />
We are very proud to share with you the first selection to came out of this digging trip, fruit of hard work in getting it prepared and done. 7 rare tracks of Spiritual Jazz coming straight out french west-indies, a pure relaxing Caribbean breeze!
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Last summer, My Old Friend Fred Martin gets into a flight straight to Pointe-à-Pitre to spend a couple of weeks on a holiday digging trip. It took him months to get in touch with locals to spot where the records could be, waiting for a new owner. His efforts has not been in vain and he came back with, literally, hundreds of LPs and 7inches.<br />
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He - we - are very proud to share with you the first selection to came out of this digging trip, fruit of hard work in getting it prepared and done. 7 rare tracks of Spiritual Jazz coming straight out french west-indies, a pure relaxing Caribbean breeze! Enjoy!
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01° ERICK COSAQUE et les Voltages 8 // Jean La Line la Cléré<br />
02° HAITI 2000 // Je'm Tonbé Nan Jé-ou<br />
03° BÈLÈNOU // Bélya pou péyi-a<br />
04° ERICK COSAQUE // Joue Zizipan<br />
05° MAX RAMBHOJAN // Cecilia<br />
06° LUC HUBERT SÉJOR // Pein'e Plezi<br />
07° PATRICK JEAN-MARIE // Die Soleil<br />
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Let's start this new working year on the good foot!<br />
Here finally is our second and new release!<br />
And we have to confess that we really are quite thrilled to announce this new “vinyl only” reissue, Francisco’s second Hit Parade album, a Biguine Jazz holy grail now available again in a great thick deluxe “Paste-On” hard cardboard edition!<br />
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Let's start this new working year on the good foot!<br />
Here finally is our second and new release!<br />
And we have to confess that we really are quite thrilled to announce this new “vinyl only” reissue, Francisco’s second Hit Parade album, a Biguine Jazz holy grail now available again in a great thick deluxe “Paste-On” hard cardboard edition!<br />
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Prolific artist, singer, dancer, pianist, composer, tambouyé (traditional percussionist), judoka, actor, choreographer, entertainer, these few activities can not be exhaustive as to the life of this Martinique's legend. <br />
Adored by his contemporaries, Frantz Charles Denis - better known as Francisco, Apito or Babalu - has shaken the Creole musical landscape by introducing traditional bèlè drums into the balls of the local bourgeoisie but also and mostly in his own compositions and recordings.<br />
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The pieces he recorded are few and very hard to find. He often repeats the same songs from one record to another, but each time they are renewed as they mark a deepening of his personal musical research.<br />
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The Lp we are proud to present to you is his second Hit Parade album, a biguine jazz masterpiece with a latin twist recorded in the late 60s.<br />
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500 copies only! No repress! <br />
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A1° CAROLINE (Francisco)<br />
A2° PAOLA (Francisco)<br />
A3° BIGUINE-LÉLÉ (Francisco)<br />
A4° BERNA-JAMBOLO (Folklore)<br />
A5° BOSSU A BOSSU CORPS (D.R.)<br />
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B1° LÈ OU NI L’AGENT ÉPI BELLES FEMMES (Francisco)<br />
B2° SERGIO, PEINE ARRIVÉ (Francisco)<br />
B3° BA MOIN L’AGENT MOIN MANGO (Francisco)<br />
B4° CÉ OU MINME DOUDOU (A.Lirvat)<br />
B5° CAPULLITO DE ALLELI (D.R.)<br />
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To start the summer on the good foot!<br />
Here is a selection of tracks found in Colombia by My Old Friend Fred Martin while a trip over there on late 2016! The comp’ is focusing on Barranquilla and more specifically on the huge and diverse musical culture of this fantastic port city of northern Colombia, located at the edge of the Caribbean Sea, and famous for his colourful Carnival! Uepa!<br />
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Here is a selection of tracks found in Colombia by My Old Friend Fred Martin while a trip over there on late 2016! The comp’ is focusing on Barranquilla and more specifically on the huge and diverse musical culture of this fantastic port city of northern Colombia, located at the edge of the Caribbean Sea, and famous for his colourful Carnival!<br />
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In fact, It also clearly is a tribute to the Picoteros, those Colombian crate-diggers that you’ll find in Barranquilla’s southside. They build those big and great sound system called Pico and they then liven whole neighbourhood to the sound of Cumbia, Porro, Salsa, Guaguancó, Soukous - the Picoteros are huge connoisseur - Champetta, Palenque, traditional Carnival music and more!<br />
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We invite you to check out the excellent blog of our friend Fabian Altahona to learn more about this quite unique, genuine and wonderful cultural movemement:<br />
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But enough talk, now It is time to press the play button and to remember while listening to this tape that the first thing a Barranquillero will ask you is: “Sabes bailar?”<br />
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001° CRESENCIO CAMACHO // Cumbia Marlene<br />
002° AURITA CASTILLO // Chambacu<br />
003° GERTUDIS BONILLA // Yo soy El currulao<br />
004° GROUPE FOLKLORIQUE BAYANZI & MUSINGENE ALPHONSE // Mission Mben<br />
005° SANTOCAS // Arrependimento<br />
006° ANDRES LANDERO // La Sanjacintera<br />
007° ROMAN Y SU COMBO // Cumbia negra<br />
008° JOE ANDINO // Botalo Pa la Mar<br />
009° FRUKO // Lamento Del Campesino<br />
010° THE ORCHESTRA SOLEDAD // El ritmo soledad<br />
011° SONORA TROPICAL // Lluvia con nieve<br />
012° FRUKO // El preso<br />
013° LOS SONEROS DE GAMERO // Llorar que me voy manana<br />
014° ALFREDO GUTIERREZ // Cumbia Sampuesana<br />
015° LISANDRO MEZA // La bola Cuadra<br />
016° HERMANOS DE LEON // La tumbadora va a sonar<br />
017° LOS DIABLOS DE VALLEDUPAR // Fiesta Del mar<br />
018° PEYO TORRES // La veterana<br />
019° CLIMACO SARMIENTO y su orquestra // Maquina Landera<br />
020° JOHNNY BOKELO // Liwa Ya Ndika Somo<br />
021° ABELARDO CARBANO // El Baile del indio<br />
022° THE LORD RHABURN // Baptisan<br />
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We are very proud and happy to present to you all the third volume of the Tempero Brasileiro serie by São Paulo's master digger and close friend Edson Carvalho.<br />
This time he offers us 2 hours of the purest love, heat and swing that come from both North and Northeast regions of Brazil.<br />
Côco, Carimbó, Baião, Ciriá, Forró and the likes. Enjoy!<br />
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We are very proud and happy to present to you all the third volume of the Tempero Brasileiro serie by São Paulo's master digger and close friend Edson Carvalho.<br />
This time he offers us 2 hours of the purest love, heat and swing that come from both North and Northeast regions of Brazil.<br />
Côco, Carimbó, Baião, Ciriá, Forró and the likes.<br />
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001° MANDACARÚ // Trio Mossoró<br />
002° MENINO DA FEIRA // Carlos Diniz<br />
003° BENZEDEIRA // Dalvina Lopes<br />
004° SÃO JORGE // Hélio Lacerda<br />
005° MEU PINHÃO // Zé do Norte<br />
006° OS CABELUDOS // Guaracy do Pandeiro<br />
007° A COR DO PANO // Keila Vidal<br />
008° TÁ BOM TÁ // Gerson Filho<br />
009° DUAS FLORES PRA NÓS DOIS // Os Caçulas do Baião<br />
010° CATIRINA // Paulo Roberto<br />
011° FILHO DE TUPINAMBÁ // Ary Lobo<br />
012° O BOM QUE O CÔCO TEM // Marinês e sua Gente<br />
013° CÔCO DE PERNAMBUCO // Nerize Paiva<br />
014° O BALAEIRO // Claudia Regina<br />
015° CIRIÁ // Alypyo Martins<br />
016° RAINHA DO MAR // Agnaldo Alencar<br />
017° CARIMBÓ NA PRAÇA // Beka & Gadelha<br />
018° O TUBARÃO // Carlos Real<br />
019° A MANGUEIRA DA CIDADE // Conjunto Paraense de Carimbó<br />
020° MOLHO DE MURUPY // Carrapeta<br />
021° O GALO CANTA E O MACACO ASSOVIA // Messias de Holanda<br />
022° CIRIÁ DA GOIABEIRA // Luiz Eduardo<br />
023° FESTA DO LARI LARI // Carlos Santos<br />
024° CAFONA E COROA // Frank Carlos<br />
025° PREGÃO // Ibejy<br />
026° ORA NHEM NHEM (pra Oxóssi) // Cardan Dantas<br />
027° VAPOR DE CACHOEIRA // Edson e Aloisio<br />
028° CABOCO BEBEU JUREMA / SINHO DO BÊ-A-BÁ // Folclore Musical Baiano<br />
029° GANGA ZUMBA // Roberto Becker<br />
030° MEU BIRIMBAU ESTA TOCANDO // Firmino de Itapoã<br />
031° EU VOU BATER DE BERIMBAU // Luiz Wanderley<br />
032° O POVO TÁ LÁ // Nazaré Pereira<br />
033° FORRÓ TEMA // Dominguinhos<br />
034° CANTIGA DO CEGO // Schangay<br />
035° MINDUBIN // Geraldo Nunes<br />
036° XOTE DAS MENINAS // Gilberto Lima<br />
037° É DE DOIS DOIS // Ivon Cury<br />
038° UM CONTO E UM CANUDO // Angelo Antonio<br />
039° DANDO PAULADA NO COQUEIRO // Grupo Capote<br />
040° PRA ADIANTE NORDESTE // Heleno Luiz<br />
041° BENEDITA BOLE BOLE // Haroldo Francisco<br />
042° MARIA DO CÔCO PELADO // Hugo Vilaça<br />
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Our overseas brazilian friends at Goma Gringa has just launched their first ‘international’ release, a 10 tracks compilation made in partnership with Antal (Rush Hour) out of Goma Gringa’s references. Metá Metá, Rodrigo Campos, Thiago França and others, the compilation aims at portraying São Paulo’s boiling contemporary scene.
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Our overseas brazilian friends at <a href="http://gomagringa.com" target="_blank">Goma Gringa</a> has just launched their first ‘international’ release, a 10 tracks compilation made in partnership with Antal (Rush Hour) out of Goma Gringa’s references. Metá Metá, Rodrigo Campos, Thiago França and others, the compilation aims at portraying São Paulo’s boiling contemporary scene.
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001° Thiago Franca // Na Multidão <span style="font-size: small;">from “Malagueta, Perus e Bacanaço” LP (2015)</span><br />
002° Metá Metá // Rainha Das Cabecas <span style="font-size: small;">from “MetaL MetaL” LP (2012)</span><br />
003° Rodrigo Campos // Velho Amarelo <span style="font-size: small;">from “Conversas com Toshiro” LP (2015)</span><br />
004° Rodrigo Campos feat. Criolo // Ribeirão <span style="font-size: small;">from “Bahia Fantastica” LP (2012)</span><br />
005° Juçara Marçal // Pena Mais Que Perfeita <span style="font-size: small;">from “Encarnado” LP (2014)</span><br />
006° Vicente Barreto // Karina <span style="font-size: small;">from “Cambaco” LP (2015)</span><br />
007° Metá Metá // Cobra Rasteira <span style="font-size: small;">from “MetaL MetaL” LP (2012)</span><br />
008° Rodrigo Campos // Abraço De Ozu <span style="font-size: small;">from “Conversas Com Toshiro” LP (2015)</span><br />
009° Thiago Franca : Space Charanga // Abdu <span style="font-size: small;">from “R.A.N.” LP (2015)</span><br />
010° Metá Metá // Obatalá <span style="font-size: small;">from “Metá Metá” LP (2011)</span><br />
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For a very long time São Paulo, « a cidade cinza » (the grey city), had the sinister reputation of being samba’s grave. Not anymore. Today, it definitely is the place to be, the cradle of the liveliest music scene of all Brazilian cities. This first compilation of the young Goma Gringa label stands as a manifesto of this effervescence.<br />
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<b>Desconstrução</b> gathers tracks from several albums already considered landmarks in Brazilian music of the 21st century: Juçara Marçal’s Encarnado (2014), the trio Metá Metá’s Metá Metá (2011) and MetaL MetaL (2012), Rodrigo Campos’s Bahia Fantástica (2012) and Conversas com Toshiro (2015), Thiago França’s Malagueta, Perus e Bacanaço (2013) and Space Charanga R.A.N. (2015), and Vicente Barreto’s Cambaco (2015).<br />
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Juçara Marçal, Kiko Dinucci, Marcelo Cabral, Rodrigo Campos, Romulo Fróes, Sérgio Machado, Thiago França and a few others are not a movement. They are togetherness in motion, always linked from one project to the next. The desconstrução is the first step. Their project as a whole is to dismantle traditional patterns whether they be from samba, jazz, rock, afrobeat or most of all MPB. The aim is not to definitely take them out but is instead to build up their music from them. Undoing to rebuilt.<br />
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Together, these artists have created a striking sonic signature, always unpredictable, avoiding the paths they’ve already taken. What makes their music so unique is the feeling that it grows like an improvised conversation, around a main theme, they all have much to say but always leave space and listen to one another. <br />
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I used to say that Brazil is Africa’s little sister. As a matter of fact, It is really impressing to see how African roots are present basically everywhere in Brazilian traditional and popular culture. Throughout the country’s five centuries of history, those roots has evolved, being blended with other cultures, other influences, result of the encounter between African slaves, European settlers and Natives.<br />
This mix of influences over several culture is called syncretism.<br />
Actually, the notion of syncretism is usually used for religion. And the Brazilian religion par excellence is the <span style="font-style: italic;">Umbanda</span>, which blends African traditions with Roman Catholicism, Spiritism, and South Americans Natives beliefs.<br />
The compilation that we are presenting to you now is a collection of early recordings (1930-1957) resulting of <span style="font-style: italic;">Umbanda</span>’s tradition, sometime authorial, some of those tracks are also sometime exact retranscription of <span style="font-style: italic;">Umbanda</span>’s praise and invocation - named <span style="font-style: italic;">Ponto</span> - to specific <span style="font-style: italic;">Orixás</span>.<br />
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I used to say that Brazil is Africa’s little sister. As a matter of fact, It is really impressing to see how African roots are present basically everywhere in Brazilian traditional and popular culture. Throughout the country’s five centuries of history, those roots has evolved, being blended with other cultures, other influences, result of the encounter between African slaves, European settlers and Natives. This mix of influences over several culture is called syncretism.<br />
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Actually, the notion of syncretism is usually used for religion. And the Brazilian religion par excellence is the <span style="font-style: italic;">Umbanda</span>, which blends African traditions with Roman Catholicism, Spiritism, and South Americans Natives beliefs. The African roots of <span style="font-style: italic;">Umbanda</span> are direct descendant of Beninese <span style="font-style: italic;">Vodun</span>, Nigerian <span style="font-style: italic;">Yoruba</span> and Angolan <span style="font-style: italic;">Candomblé</span>. This last is also very present in Brazil since the arrival of the first African slaves until today while <span style="font-style: italic;">Umbanda</span> emerged in the early XXth century.
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Umbanda</span> has many branches, each one with a different set of beliefs and practices. A common beliefs are the existence of deities called <span style="font-style: italic;">Orixás</span>, most of them syncretised with Catholic saints that act as divine energy and forces of nature.<br />
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The compilation that we are presenting to you now is a collection of rare and early recordings (1930-1957) resulting of <span style="font-style: italic;">Umbanda</span>’s tradition. Sometime authorial, some of those tracks are also sometime exact retranscription of <span style="font-style: italic;">Umbanda</span>’s praise and invocation - named <span style="font-style: italic;">Ponto</span> - to specific <span style="font-style: italic;">Orixás</span>.<br />
While in <span style="font-style: italic;">Umbanda</span>’s rituals and ceremonies those <span style="font-style: italic;">Pontos</span> are sung by the faithfuls backed by the percussions of the Atabaque, an Afro-Brazilian percussion, the tracks presented here are all adapted with the musical influences of the period they’ve been recorded, blended with string arrangements, horns, cavaco and more.<br />
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001° MEIA NOITE // J.B. de Carvalho <span style="font-size: small;">(Antenor Borges - Príncipe Pretinho) Ponto de macumba - 1939</span><br />
002° Ê RÊ RÊ // J.B. de Carvalho <span style="font-size: small;">(J.B. de Carvalho - Rossini Pacheco) Batuque - 1953</span><br />
003° OGUM MEGÊ // J.B. de Carvalho <span style="font-size: small;">(J.B. de Carvalho - Zé Ferreira) Ponto - 1957</span><br />
004° RAINHA DO MAR // Ataulfo Alves <span style="font-size: small;">(Ataulfo Alves) Macumba - 1957</span><br />
005° BAGÉ // J.B. de Carvalho c. Conjunto Tupy <span style="font-size: small;">(Raimundo Ferreira - Odilon Carvalho) Maracatu - 1938</span><br />
006° SÃO BENEDICTO É ORO SÓ // Motta da Motta <span style="font-size: small;">(Motta da Motta) Jongo - 1930</span><br />
007° YEMANJÁ // Heitor dos Prazeres <span style="font-size: small;">(Heitor dos Prazeres) Ponto de Macumba - 1954</span><br />
008° QUEM TÁ DE RONDA? // Francisco Senna com os Diabos do Céo <span style="font-size: small;">(Principe Pretinho) Macumba - 1935</span><br />
009° SEREIA // João da Bahiana <span style="font-size: small;">(João da Bahiana - Getúlio Marinho "Amor") Macumba - 1938</span><br />
010° MÃE D'AGUA // J.B. de Carvalho <span style="font-size: small;">(Amado Régis - J B. de Carvalho) Macumba 1953</span><br />
011° ARUANDA // Jorge Fernandes <span style="font-size: small;">(Jorge Fernandes - Léo Peracchi) Curimba - 1955</span><br />
012° MEUS ORIXAS // Francisco Senna com os Diabos do Céo <span style="font-size: small;">(Gastão Viana) Macumba - 1935</span><br />
013° CANTO A IEMANJÁ // J.B. de Carvalho <span style="font-size: small;">(Amorim Roxo - Nelinho) Batuque lamento - 1956</span><br />
014° CANGIRA // J.B. de Carvalho <span style="font-size: small;">(Paulo Rodrigues - Valdir Machado) Macumba - 1953</span><br />
015° ABALUAIÊ // George Fernandes <span style="font-size: small;">(Waldemar Henrique) Ponto de ritual - 1950</span><br />
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So that’s it! Here we are!<br />
After 7 years feeding the blog with our musical and graphical researches, Les Mains Noires is now officially also a record label!<br />
Humbly and unpretentiously, we’ll try to offer you on physical format - vinyl only - super selected official reissue of wonderful forgotten music from the past.<br />
In a first moment, we’ll focus on a place we deeply love, the French West-Indies island of Guadeloupe and Martinique!<br />
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And so, for our first release, we are very proud and happy to present to you “Tijan Pou Velo”, a stellar gwo ka jazz fusion masterpiece recorded in 1988 by Edmony Krater, a former member of Gwakasonné (one of the most famous Gwo Ka modern group from Guadeloupe) with the help of the group Zepiss.<br />
Through this long time underrated album, Edmony pays a tribute to the heroes of traditional music from Guadeloupe, starting with Marcel Lollia better known as Vélo.<br />
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So that’s it! Here we are!<br />
After 7 years feeding the blog with our musical and graphical researches, Les Mains Noires is now officially also a record label!<br />
Humbly and unpretentiously, we’ll try to offer you on physical format - vinyl only - super selected official reissue of wonderful forgotten music from the past.<br />
In a first moment, we’ll focus on a place we deeply love, the French West-Indies island of Guadeloupe and Martinique!<br />
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And so, for our first release, we are very proud and happy to present to you “Tijan Pou Velo”, a stellar gwo ka jazz fusion masterpiece recorded in 1988 by Edmony Krater, a former member of Gwakasonné (one of the most famous Gwo Ka modern group from Guadeloupe) with the help of the group Zepiss.<br />
Through this long time underrated album, Edmony pays a tribute to the heroes of traditional music from Guadeloupe, starting with Marcel Lollia better known as Vélo.<br />
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This 500 copies only limited reissue has been made in partnership with <a href="http://diggersdigest.com/" target="_blank" >Digger’s Digest</a>, the man behind the amazing and critically acclaimed “Kouté Jazz”, “Mobilisation Générale” and “Freedom Jazz France”.
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A1° TIJAN (Edmony Krater & Tisseur)<br />
A2° GWADLOUP (Edmony Krater)<br />
A3° CREPUSCULE (Freddy Tisseur)<br />
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B1° CHIMIN SPIRIT (Edmony Krater)<br />
B2° WEST INDIES (Eddy Lebouin)<br />
B3° OCCITAN DANCE (Edmony Krater pour Larrazet)<br />
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With 3 tracks on each side this album strikes by the originality of the compositions, Tijan Pou Vélo the eponymous opening track is a soulful version of traditional song played in toumblak. Gwadeloup - compiled on Kouté Jazz - is a uptempo groovy ballad transended by electric jazz arrangement. Crépuscule - last track of side one - is a kaladja (a slow rhythm) with Edmony Krater, strongly inspired by Don Cherry and Miles Davis, playing trumpet.<br />
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On the B-side Chimin Spirit offers a lighter, more danceable view of the world led by the boulagyel (the traditional mouth drum that ka singers use to mark the rhythm) and silky arpeggios on the guitar, singing a message that couldn’t be any simpler: “Let’s follow nature; she will guide us!”. In West Indies, Edmony Krater mixes a variety of Caribbean rhythms in with the lewoz rhythm, which is so warlike and mystical, tough and courageous. “We are all children of a common, shared history.” And this history even contains a sense of “terroir” or place, a notion that the Guadeloupian found in the work of Bernard Lubat. “That’s why I wanted to call this piece Occitan Dance. It’s a fusion based on my encounters with Bernard Lubat, with whom I share a common vision of music and its relationship to creation.”.<br />
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Like Lubat, Edmony Krater is incredibly open-minded to a variety of influences as well as a masterful player of numerous instruments (trumpet and drums as well as guitar and keyboards). He has managed to surround himself with a group of musicians who are well in sync with his vision: Eddy Lebouin, bassist and guitarist from Gwokasonné, the guitarist Freddy Tisseur, a childhood friend, the saxophonist Filip Augusty, the drum major Roger Raspail, the drummer Jean-Pierre Coco, the flutist Roseline Pougeol, whose brother played with Konket, and Jean-Claude Predantos on keyboards.<br />
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If you’re following us, you can only remember of São Paulo’s master digger Edson Carvalho and the portrait we made of him! That portrait came along with a selection of 7 inches named “Tempero Brasileiro”.<br />
Well, good news, Edson is back with another “Tempero Brasileiro” extensive selection of 30 rare tracks, this time focusing on the different Samba’s style and once more made out of 'Compactos' only!<br />
Samba Jazz, Sambalanço, Bossa Nova, Samba Soul and Afro Sambas bliss on menu for this 80 minutes delight that will please your ears and make your day!
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If you’re following us, you can only remember of São Paulo’s master digger Edson Carvalho and the portrait we made of him! That portrait came along with a selection of 7 inches named “Tempero Brasileiro”.<br />
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Well, good news, Edson is back with another “Tempero Brasileiro” extensive selection of 30 rare tracks, this time focusing on the different Samba’s style and once more made out of 'Compactos' only! 90% of them are coming out from that – now legendary – basement in downtown São Paulo that has been Edson’s second home for a while!<br />
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01° AGENOR RIBEIRO - Capitão de areia <span style="font-size: small;">(Oswaldo Matheus - Zé do Violão) - Philips</span><br />
02° SILVINHA SOARES - Menino de rua <span style="font-size: small;">(Joel Bandeira) - MZ Produções</span><br />
03° FÁTIMA REGINA - Até não mais <span style="font-size: small;">(Kledir Ramil) - RCA</span><br />
04° TELMO SOARES - Seresta do gato <span style="font-size: small;">(Telmo Soares - Waltel) - Philips</span><br />
05° EDITH VEIGA - Matando a miséria a pau <span style="font-size: small;">(Roberto Carlos - Erasmo Carlos) - Chantecler</span><br />
06° LUANA - Acauá <span style="font-size: small;">(Waldemar Pimentel-Aparecido de Souza) - Chantecler</span><br />
07° PENHA MARIA - Sol demais <span style="font-size: small;">(José Messias - Anicio Bichara) - Mocambo</span><br />
08° FRANCINETH - Cambão <span style="font-size: small;">(Luiz Vieira) - Copacabana</span><br />
09° TRIO MOSSORÓ - Cavaco chinez <span style="font-size: small;">(Almeida Lopes - João de Sá) - Copacabana</span><br />
10° LUIZ CARLOS SÁ - Inaiá <span style="font-size: small;">(Luiz Carlos Sá) - RCA Victor</span><br />
11° CARLOS MAGNO - Senhora de Nazaré <span style="font-size: small;">(Carlos Magno) - Philips</span><br />
12° DJALMA DIAS - Sabado não dá <span style="font-size: small;">(Jorge Costa) - Continental</span><br />
13° DENISE BARRETO - Sol demais <span style="font-size: small;">(José Messias - Anicio Bichara) - Odeon</span><br />
14° GEORGINA JUNQUEIRA - Quadradinho vai, quadradinho vem <span style="font-size: small;">(Paulo Rogério - Mario Aguinaldo) - Chantecler</span><br />
15° HAYDÉE SILVA - Castigo divino <span style="font-size: small;">(Rossini Pinto) - Continental</span><br />
16° DALVA BARBOSA - Samba rei <span style="font-size: small;">(Orlann Divo - Roberto Jorge) - RCA Victor</span><br />
17° GERMANO BATISTA - A moça do maillot amarelo <span style="font-size: small;">(Benito de Paula) - Copacabana</span><br />
18° RADAMANTO - Gata mansa <span style="font-size: small;">(Boca de Ouro - Corisco) - RGE</span><br />
19° ULYSSES LUCAS - Morena faceira <span style="font-size: small;">(Ulysses Lucas - Bernadette Albadeira) - Copacabana</span><br />
20° TRIO ABAETÉ - Pisa no taboado <span style="font-size: small;">(Bonfim) - Copacabana</span><br />
21° JOÃO NOGUEIRA - Pizindim <span style="font-size: small;">(João Nogueira) - Odeon</span><br />
22° ROSE - Pérola negra <span style="font-size: small;">(Oberdan Oliveira) - Star</span><br />
23° ALCIONE - Figa da Guiné <span style="font-size: small;">(Reginaldo Bessa - Nei Lopes) - Philips</span><br />
24° ALCIONE MENEGAZ - Esse mundo tem <span style="font-size: small;">(Marcelo Duran) - RCA</span><br />
25° LENY - Yemanjá <span style="font-size: small;">(Walter Santos - Teresa Souza) - Tapecar</span><br />
26° AGEPÊ - Kirié <span style="font-size: small;">(Catoni - Norival Reis - Joel Menezes) - CBS</span><br />
27° BETO BAIANO - Salve a Bahia <span style="font-size: small;">(Noemia - Rodrigo - Oswaldo) - Musidisc</span><br />
28° GEREMIAS FERRAZ - Gonguê <span style="font-size: small;">(J.Mabial) - Imbolo</span><br />
29° CARLOS BUBY - Lendas de beira mar <span style="font-size: small;">(Carlos Buby) - Arlequim</span><br />
30° OS TINCOÃS - Atabaque chora <span style="font-size: small;">(Mateus - Dadinho) - RCA</span><br />
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Keeping on the French West Indies matter and four years after the previous volume, we are very happy to now present to you the 4th Dirty Caribbean Jazz volume!<br />
It could actually be volume 3.2 since this selection is again 100% focused and composed of recordings from Guadeloupe and Martinique islands.<br />
45 minutes made of the 13 best tracks from the 60’s and early 70’s we found in the last 4 years! Biguine Jazz, GwoKa, Guaracha, Serenade, Afro-Guajira and more… Enjoy!
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Keeping on the French West Indies matter and four years after the previous volume, we are very happy to now present to you the 4th Dirty Caribbean Jazz volume!<br />
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45 minutes made of the 13 best tracks from the 60’s and early 70’s we found in the last 4 years! Biguine Jazz, GwoKa, Guaracha, Serenade, Afro-Guajira and more… Enjoy!<br />
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01° MAHY et les Amis des Ondes// Tu N'as Qu'Un Mois <span style="font-size: small;">(Aux Ondes RC.32)</span><br />
02° ANZALA et son groupe // Cé Peché <span style="font-size: small;">(Erase VAR 119)</span><br />
03° FRITZ PIERRE & son orch. Haitien // Çé Moin Caso <span style="font-size: small;">(Debs DD-19)</span><br />
04° Joseph Lacides // J'ai Écrit Ton Nom <span style="font-size: small;">(Sondor SD 4)</span><br />
05° DOLOR acc. par Les Vikings // Dazes, Cebies : Poussuite <span style="font-size: small;">(Unnamed private label PC 1)</span><br />
06° Henri Guedon // La Pli <span style="font-size: small;">(Hit Parade GR-91)</span><br />
07° Les Amis des Ondes // Ti Fi La <span style="font-size: small;">(Aux Ondes RC.1)</span><br />
08° Joseph Lacides acc. par Les Amis des Ondes // Rythmes des Iles <span style="font-size: small;">(Aux Ondes RC.3)</span><br />
09° Geno Exilie // Lan Misè <span style="font-size: small;">(Debs DD-55)</span><br />
10° MAHY et les Amis des Ondes // Antilles Méchant Bateau <span style="font-size: small;">(Aux Ondes RC.32)</span><br />
11° Paul Blamard // Lovency <span style="font-size: small;">(Debs DD-169)</span><br />
12° DOLOR acc. par les Diables du Rythme // Vini Sauvé Moin <span style="font-size: small;">(Debs DD-56)</span><br />
13° Joseph Lacides // Quand Je Mourrai <span style="font-size: small;">(Sondor SD 2)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Once more, special thanks to master digger <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010475292376&fref=ts&ref=br_tf" target="_blank">Nico Skliris</a> and <a href="http://superflyrecords.com/" target="_blank">Superfly Records</a> for their amazing job! Nothing of this would be possible without their help and discoveries! Hats down Sirs!</span><br />
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At last! At last a new French West Indies compilation! And not the least! <br />
We are very happy and quite proud to present “Bel Biguine La”, a special selection focusing on rare early Biguine dirty recordings from Guadeloupe and Martinique from late 50s and 60s!<br />
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12 rare tracks accompanied by liner notes about the songs, the musicians and the incredible Disques Emeraude, very first record label to record Guadeloupian music in Guadeloupe and run by Robert Mavounzy’s brother, Marcel Mavounzy.
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At last! At last a new French West Indies compilation! And not the least! <br />
We are very happy and quite proud to present “Bel Biguine La”, a special selection focusing on rare early Biguine dirty recordings from Guadeloupe and Martinique from late 50s and 60s!<br />
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12 rare tracks accompanied by liner notes about the songs, the musicians and the incredible Disques Emeraude, very first record label to record Guadeloupian music in Guadeloupe and run by Robert Mavounzy’s brother, Marcel Mavounzy.<br />
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01° Raymond Cicault // Appréciation De La Biguine <span style="font-size: small;">(Debs DD-36, 196?)</span><br />
02° Les Viking's // Diriz Et Poisson <span style="font-size: small;">(Emeraude EM-30, 1967)</span><br />
03° Manuela Pioche // Pas Ban Moin Coup <span style="font-size: small;">(Emeraude EM-012, 1957)</span><br />
04° Joseph Lacides // Fété Cannaval La <span style="font-size: small;">(Debs HD-6, 1961)</span><br />
05° Orchestre Caraibana // Plus Ta Plus Tris <span style="font-size: small;">(Madinina MID4, 195?)</span><br />
06° Joseph Lacides // Yo Ka Biguiné <span style="font-size: small;">(Aux Ondes RC.3, 1961)</span><br />
07° Robert Mavounzy // Adans On Vide <span style="font-size: small;">(Emeraude M.43, 1958)</span><br />
08° Honoré Coppet // Prends Courage <span style="font-size: small;">(Odéon SOE3446, 1959)</span><br />
09° Barrel Coppet // Pas Oublié Ti Commission La <span style="font-size: small;">(Philips 432.797, 1962)</span><br />
10° Robert Mavounzy // Roulez Roulez A Zote <span style="font-size: small;">(Emeraude EM-003, 1957)</span><br />
11° Josianne St Louis // Jeines Gaçons <span style="font-size: small;">(Aux Ondes RC.5, 1961)</span><br />
12° Mahy // Priere Noire <span style="font-size: small;">(West Indies Sound VAR04, 196?)</span><br />
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Until the early 50s, all the creole records were produced and recorded in Paris by majors like Columbia, Pathé-Marconi, Odeon, etc… The musicians were, between others, Sam Castendet, Eugène Delouche, Alexandre Stellio, Al Lirvat. Honoré Coppet track and the other from his brother Barrel Coppet are perfect example of those metropolitan recordings even if they are from late 50s and early 60s.<br />
Willing to promote music and culture from Guadeloupe, Marcel Mavounzy – little brother of the famous saxophonist Robert Mavounzy - decides to make the first phonographic recording in the French West-Indies. On the 16th of April 1953, he records with rudimentary equipment, in a woodworking site, a first 78rpm featuring <em style="font-style: italic;">Paul-Emile Haliar et son orchestre Jeunesse</em> on a side and the <em style="font-style: italic;">Orchestre Esperanza Jazz</em> on the other. The record label <em style="font-style: italic;">Disques Emeraude</em> was born!<br />
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A great emulation and a great excitation between the Guadeloupians musicians has followed. They were all crazy to be recorded, to hear them on record and be able to correct their play! Emilien Antille, Paul Blamar, Robert Mavounzy, El Calderon, Anzala, Robert Loyson, Velo, Orchestre Fairness, Alain Jean-Marie, Les Vickings, etc… they all have been recorded by Marcel Mavounzy.<br />
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Those records are pretty tricky to find, the 78rpm… something close from impossible. We’ve been lucky enough to put our hands and a few ones, presented here, in this selection. Being based on the catalog number, the earliest recording presented here is from <em style="font-style: italic;">Robert Mavounzy et ses Guadeloupéens</em> and the track we’ve selected is “Roulez Roulez A Zote”, a Biguine-vidé – that type of Biguine that is being played for Carnival – and features singer Daniel Florestal. According to Marcel Mavounzy himself, this recording is from the 16th of March 1957.<br />
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Apparently from 1957 too, “Pas Ban Moin Coup” is such a beautiful, deep and sad Biguine sung by Manuela Pioche accompanied by <em style="font-style: italic;">Alain Gervais and the Emeraude Boys</em>. The lyrics of this song are:<br />
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<em style="font-style: italic;">Pas ban moin coup, bel boureau !<br />
Pas ban moin coup, doudou !<br />
Pas ban moin coup,<br />
Pas cassé deux jambes an moin !<br />
Pas ban moin coup,<br />
Pas cassé deux bras an moin !<br />
Jou-la ou pale baan-là,<br />
Ou té savé, an cé on fame à bôdé.</em><br />
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Do not beat me, beautiful executioner !<br />
Do not beat me, honey !<br />
Do not beat me,<br />
Do not break both my legs !<br />
Do not beat me,<br />
Do not break both my arms !<br />
The day you spoke to me,<br />
You knew that I liked to have fun.<br />
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But what also makes this 7inch very special is that those <em style="font-style: italic;">Emeraude Boys</em> features the pianist Alain Jean-Marie, he was 15 years old at that time and this is his very first recording!<br />
Speaking of first recordings, the other Robert Mavounzy track presented here, “Adans On Vide”, Biguine-vidé from 1958, is quite a piece of history. As you can see on the label-sticker, the singer credited is a certain Henri. Any ideas? Yes, of course, It is Henri Debs – who will then open the famous record label <em style="font-style: italic;">Disques Debs</em> - singing and being recorded for the first time! And according to him, the members of the <em style="font-style: italic;">Guadeloupéens</em> – the band accompanying Robert Mavounzy – was composed of Henri Pineau (trumpet), Guy Alcindor (tenor sax), Fred Fanfant (piano), André Condouant (guitar), Henri Debs (double bass), Robert Joseph (drums), and of course Robert Mavounzy on Sax Alto.<br />
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Definitely, so many things started with or because of Marcel Mavounzy and his record label <em style="font-style: italic;">Emeraude</em>! He opened a new space and new perspectives for the Guadeloupians musicians and showed the way for producers like Debs and Celini in Guadeloupe or Hit Parade in Martinique. Actually, in front of the success in Guadeloupe, Marcel Mavounzy decided to create Emeraude’s Martinican equivalent; <em style="font-style: italic;">Madinina</em>. Named after the former name of the island, the record label unfortunately did not last long. By chance, we’ve been lucky enough to put our hands on the 4th release of this Madinina label. Featured in this selection, he presents the <em style="font-style: italic;">Orchestre Caraibana</em> interpreting the beautiful melancholic Biguine “Plus Ta Plus Tris”.<br />
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The fourth <em style="font-style: italic;">Emeraude</em> recording presented in the selection is from ten years later, in 1967. It is the first recording by the young band <em style="font-style: italic;">Les Vikings</em>. Originally formed by Camille Soprann Hildevert, Guy Jacquet, Pierre-Edouard Decimus, Widdly Haliar and Jacques Loulandeau, they have then made countless recordings and releases. In 1979, after some problems, the band has been reformed on the initiative of Pierre-Edouard Decimus, Guy Jacquet and Jacob Desvarieux to become <em style="font-style: italic;">Kassav</em>, internationally renowned band. Camille Soprann Hildevert is now a renowed saxophonist jazz player and has been recently compiled on the great <em style="font-style: italic;">Kouté Jazz</em> compilation by <a href="http://www.diggersdigest.com/" target="_blank">Digger’s Digest</a> and released on <a href="http://www.heavenly-sweetness.com/" target="_blank">Heavenly Sweetness</a>.<br />
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To finish, we can only conclude deeply thanking Mr Marcel Mavounzy for having dedicated his life to Guadeloupian music and culture, for having created this record label that allows us, almost 60 years later, to rediscover those amazingly beautiful recordings.<br />
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We personnaly want to deeply and sincerely thanks <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010475292376&fref=ts&ref=br_tf" target="_blank">Nico Skliris</a> and <a href="http://superflyrecords.com/" target="_blank">Superfly Records</a> for their amazing job! Nothing of this would be possible without their help and discoveries! Hats down Sirs!<br />
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And now, well, we hope that you enjoyed this selection as much as us and, on our side, we'll keep searching and digging with the hope of finding some more 7 inches and those still mysterious 78 rpm!<br />
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Here is a super sweet selection of rare and less rare, known and less known Brazilian MPB under Berimbaus and Atabaques influences selected by Gabriel RadioVitrola, active digger from São Paulo, friend and partner on some projects at Goma Gringa Discos. Good news, you're just a click away from feeling good!
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Here is a super sweet selection of Brazilian MPB under Berimbaus and Atabaques influences - Berimbaus being the famous Capoeira single-string percussion instrument and Atabaques the traditional Afro-Brazilian hand drum - selected by Gabriel RadioVitrola, active digger from São Paulo, friend and partner on some projects at <a href="http://www.gomagringa.com/" target="_blank">Goma Gringa Discos</a>.<br />
Rare and less rare records, known and less known tracks, all extracted from Gabriel's extended record collection and originally posted on his <a href="https://www.mixcloud.com/gabrielradiovitrola/" target="_blank">Mixcloud</a> page.<br />
Full portrait with photos, questions and sounds to come soon but so, waiting for it, press the play button and enjoy, It's good for health!<br />
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01° Paulo Alencar // Capoeira na Pituba <span style="font-size: small;">(Copacabana, 1961)</span><br />
02° Dirceu e Suassuna // O Congo Chegou <span style="font-size: small;">(Musicolor, 1978)</span><br />
03° Bebeto // Preto Velho <span style="font-size: small;">(Copacabana, 1981)</span><br />
04° Candeia // Saudação a Toco Preto <span style="font-size: small;">(Equipe, 1971)</span><br />
05° Nara Leão // Berimbau <span style="font-size: small;">(Philips, 1964)</span><br />
06° Os Ipanemas // Berimbau <span style="font-size: small;">(CBS, 1964)</span><br />
07° Os Uirapurus // Capoeira <span style="font-size: small;">(Odeon, 1968)</span><br />
08° Dalmo Batista // Tamborete da Vovó <span style="font-size: small;">(Continental, 1965)</span><br />
09° Jorge Ben // Capoeira <span style="font-size: small;">(Philips, 1964)</span><br />
10° Jackson do Pandeiro // O Assunto é Berimbau <span style="font-size: small;">(Philips,1965)</span><br />
11° Os Originais do Samba // Pirão e Colher de Pau <span style="font-size: small;">(RCA,1981)</span><br />
12° Transamba // Esquindin-din <span style="font-size: small;">(Caravelle, 1973)</span><br />
13° Noriel Vilela // Ganga Zumba <span style="font-size: small;">(Copacabana, 1972)</span><br />
14° Zeno Ribeiro // Batuque <span style="font-size: small;">(Artec-Som, 1973)</span><br />
15° João do Vale // Viva meu Baião <span style="font-size: small;">(Philips, 1967)</span><br />
06° Cátia de França // Sustenta a Pisada <span style="font-size: small;">(Epic, 1979)</span><br />
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Thiago França’s new record has just been released, and once more it sounds amazing!
Record live within’ a day, R.A.N. - Rhythm And Noise - is a heavy, deep and percussive Jazz Lp!
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It is not enough to know only one Thiago França's project to decipher his musical personality - still the flagship, the band Metá Metá, synthesizes a bit the spirit. He played on the records and was a prominent musician in Criolo's stage band; integrates the experimental jazz trio Marginals; heads Sambanzo; he is responsible for the pearl "Malagueta, Perus and Bacanaço”; his flesh is carnival as the Espetacular Charanga do França makes clear.<br />
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And what else? Well, now he presents to us the Space Charanga!<br />
"Space is the place", so says Sun Ra in the music-synthesis of a Jazz movement fully opened to psychedelia, to chaos, to Rock and Funk influences, to the afro-futurism, et cetera and so on. The motto inspires Thiago in this project. Yet, his way to make jazz is thoroughly Brazilian - not only in the zip code but throughout aesthetics. Moacir Santos is an explicit reference in the stunning "Moacíria" and a certain sanguineous samba swing runs through the veins of the work, from the springiness of Serginho Machado's drumsticks to the gafieira scheme that guide some of the painstaking brass arrangements.<br />
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Chaos leads the sextet in this work, but by no means cohesion is missing - chaos is the cohesion. "Ngoloxi / R.A.N.” is a composition in which the four horns seem to bump as unguided bats in a dark room. Any resemblance with John Coltrane’s “Ascension" dynamics is no mere coincidence but yes inspiration.<br />
“Fakechá” sweats Reggae. "Abdu" has a flavor of the 70's Blue Note jazz. “Conta”, “Cerca Lourenço” and the vignettes “Tão Rápido Quanto Uma Paixão de Metrô” and “Enquanto Ficamos Sem Água” rounds off the repertoire of this record, which already has its "space" in the history of Brazilian jazz. Believe it.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12px; float: right; margin-top: -10px; font-style: italic;">Ramiro Zwetsch / Radiola Urbana / Patuá Discos / July 2015</span>
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Especially for this record, Goma Gringa's team has rescued one more cover design, inspired by the 60s English Jazz covers, which has the characteristics of being laminated on the front and to have the flaps glued over the back cover.</br>
Printed in two colors - black and gold - the result is singular, Goma Gringa's graphic signature.</br>
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The cover artwork, from 1964, is one of the images from the series "Diamantine" by Jean-Pierre Sudre, French photograph artist. He performed a thorough technical research on photographic prints using unusual materials, emulsions and rare salts.</br>
Thus, the series "Diamantine" is the result of several crystallizations of chemicals on a glass slide. This same card is used again as a photograph negative and printed on paper.</br>
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Only 300 copies of it has been made! Be quick to grab yours <a href="http://www.gomagringa.com/pd-23170f-lp-thiago-franca-space-charanga-r-a-n.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>!<br />
You can also officially download the full LP on Thiago's site, <a href="http://thiagofrancaoficial.blogspot.com.br/" target="_blank">HERE</a>.<br />
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Here is a selection that is prepared since several years but that remained aside for too long!<br />
Focusing on the Cuban music recorded and released in France only in the late 50s and early 60s, here are 13 tracks carefully selected and extracted from 7 inches records only.
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Here is a selection that is prepared since several years but that remained aside for too long!<br />
Focusing on the Cuban music recorded and released in France only (except one) in the late 50s and early 60s, here are 13 tracks carefully selected and extracted from 7 inches records only (except one).<br />
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01° VINCENT CASINO & OSCAR LOPEZ// Mambo de Paris <span style="font-size: small;">from Surprise Partie à Cuba 10" - 1959</span><br />
02° CHIQUITA SERRANO // El Cajon <span style="font-size: small;">from Acurrucame 7" - 1958</span><br />
03° BERNARD BASSIÉ // Chabachicha <span style="font-size: small;">from La Marcacha 7" - 1961?</span><br />
04° ORCHESTRE KEUR SAMBA // Que Bueno Baila Ud <span style="font-size: small;">from Une Soiré à Keur Samba 7" - 1961</span><br />
05° LES CHAKACHAS // Canalla <span style="font-size: small;">from Eso Es El Amor 7" - 1959</span><br />
06° LOS CANGACEIROS // Gypsy Mambo <span style="font-size: small;">from Shish Kebab 7"- 1958</span><br />
07° BENNY BENNET // Ma Ma Du <span style="font-size: small;">from Petit Night-Club Val D'Isère 7" - 1960</span><br />
08° BENNY BENNET // Pepe Zanito <span style="font-size: small;">from Carnaval À Cuba Vol.2 7" - 1958?</span><br />
09° LOS CARAÏBES // Dondé <span style="font-size: small;">from Dondé 7" - 196?</span><br />
10° MAÑO LÓPEZ & CUBAN PETT// Cana y Azucar <span style="font-size: small;">from Jamchacha 7" - 1960</span><br />
11° GILL DAYVIS et les CONJUNTO CHUNGO // Los Antillanos De Paris <span style="font-size: small;">from Nous les Antillais de Paris 7" - 1970?</span><br />
12° LOS CARAÏBES // Vaiven De Mi Carreta <span style="font-size: small;">from Dondé 7" - 196?</span><br />
13° CHAPOTIN // Chez Samba <span style="font-size: small;">from Une Soiré à Keur Samba 7" - 1961</span><br />
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Jazzman Records strikes again!<br />
What might be - at least for us - the very best label from last decade keeps on digging and on offering us the very best of their discoveries.<br />
This time, archivist and music historians Francis Gooding and Duncan Brooker has been diving into the unknown world of British Jazz private pressing.
Result of this deep dive is the compilation “A New Life”, freshly released on Jazzman Records and presenting us some of the rarest and wildest British Jazz ever recorded.
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Jazzman Records strikes again!</br>
What might be - at least for us - the best label from last decade keeps on digging and on offering us the very best of their discoveries.</br>
This time, archivist and music historians Francis Gooding (once more!) and Duncan Brooker has been diving into the unknown world of British Jazz private pressing.
Result of this deep dive is the compilation “A New Life”, freshly released on <a href="http://www.jazzmanrecords.co.uk/various-a-new-life-14499" target="_blank">Jazzman Records</a> and presenting us some of the rarest and wildest British Jazz ever recorded.</br>
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Here are the words chosen by the team to explain the history of the compilation:</br>
<span style="font-style: italic;">“The major stars of British jazz such as Stan Tracey, Michael Garrick and Joe Harriott are now rightly recognised as the giants they were, and the legendary Brit jazz recordings of the 1960s are amongst the most highly prized of all collectable records.
But what happened to jazz in the UK when the recording industry lost faith in it?
A New Life is the first survey of British jazz labels and musicians that went their own way in the 1970s, bringing to the light the unknown indie gems and outsider private pressings that let jazz musicians keep the faith into the 1980s.
From the time-bending spirit music of London’s Lori Vambe to the psych-jazz of Birmingham’s Poliphony, via Spot The Zebra’s jazz dedication to David Attenborough and Indiana Highway’s modal Christmas carolling, A New Life chronicles a compelling selection of lost and obscure jewels of the British jazz underground.”
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<span style="font-weight: 600;">INDIANA HIGHWAY ‘We Three Kings’</span></br>
Recorded in 1970 at West of England Sound, Torquay</br>
From the Various Artists 7” EP “Good Tidings Of Great Joy” (RA 5002)</br>
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Dave Clinkenberg - drums; Dave Mumford - Bass; Barry Privett - keyboards; Bob Pring - guitar; Norman Linden - tenor sax; John Snell - flute; Steve Culverhouse - trumpet.</br>
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According to the liner notes, Tony Waldron and Elizabeth Usher’s Torquay-based RA Records was founded in 1969 to provide an outlet for musicians in the West Country.</br>
<span style="font-style: italic;">“The original concept was designed to give local and West Country artists the ability to have a record published”</span> explains Waldron today.
<span style="font-style: italic;">“This was at a time when it was nearly impossible to get an established record company to even listen to a demo recording!”</span>
Between 1969 and 1975, RA released over 40 titles on 45, EP and LP.</br>
Waldron recalls that the Good Tidings Of Great Joy EP was Elizabeth Usher’s idea. <span style="font-style: italic;">“She wanted a locally produced Christmas record to sell in local record shops and at gigs […]”</span>
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<span style="font-style: italic;">“Of the many jewels left scattered across the world by South Africa’s jazz diaspora, Ndikho Xaba and the Natives, the single album recorded by Ndikho Xaba in the US, is among the most lucent. A mesmerising blend of heavy spirituality and politicised avant-garde jazz seasoned with gutbucket soul, Ndikho Xaba and the Natives is arguably the most complete and complex South African jazz LP recorded in the US, making profound sonic and ideological links between the struggle against apartheid and the situation of African Americans in the era of Black Power. It is a critical document in the history of transatlantic black solidarity and in the jazz culture of the South Africa exiles, and until now its rarity has served to obscure both its beauty and its historical significance. With this reissue, Matsuli Music brings it back into print for the first time since its original release in 1971.”</span>
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<span style="font-style: italic;">“Of the many jewels left scattered across the world by South Africa’s jazz diaspora, Ndikho Xaba and the Natives, the single album recorded by Ndikho Xaba in the US, is among the most lucent. A mesmerising blend of heavy spirituality and politicised avant-garde jazz seasoned with gutbucket soul, Ndikho Xaba and the Natives is arguably the most complete and complex South African jazz LP recorded in the US, making profound sonic and ideological links between the struggle against apartheid and the situation of African Americans in the era of Black Power. It is a critical document in the history of transatlantic black solidarity and in the jazz culture of the South Africa exiles, and until now its rarity has served to obscure both its beauty and its historical significance. With this reissue, Matsuli Music brings it back into print for the first time since its original release in 1971.”</span></br>
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This how the liner notes written by archivist and music historian <span style="font-weight: bold;">Francis Gooding</span> starts. And I won’t be able to find better words to make you want to listen to that fantastic record now re-issued by the great <a href="http://matsulimusic.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Matsuli Music</a>.
If you don’t know yet that London based record label, well, you should give a look to their releases since there are some quite good ones! By good ones I mean essential ones, supreme music!</br>
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But so, the track we’ve decided to present to you today is <span style="font-style: italic;">“Nomusa”</span>, song co-written by Ndikho and his wife for whom the song is named.</br>
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According to Francis Gooding’s liner notes, in 1964, Ndikho Xaba was in NYC with Sponono’s company. Sponono was the first African play to run on Broadway. Like half of the play’s cast, he choose exile and stayed in NYC. He’s been taken there under Miriam Makeba’s wing. She found him a place to live, helped him to organise legitimate residency in the US, and gave him work.<br />
In 1969, he followed Hugh Masekela - recently divorced of Miriam Makeba - in LA but quickly moved to San Francisco, centre of the late 1960s counter culture. There, he quickly became involved in black politics at the Malcom X Unity House. It was there the he would meet his wife and long-life companion, Nomusa.<br />
Born Patricia Packard, Ndikho helped her to change her name for Nomusa (“the mother of kindness”). It was her that would introduce Ndikho to saxophonist James ‘Plunky’ Branch, with whom he founded Ndikho and the Natives.<br />
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Now run to grab a copy of that gem before too late! You'll get a beautiful re-mastered sound in a gatefold sleeve containing unseen photographs and concert bills from Ndikho Xaba’s personal archive together with a personal recollection from Plunky Branch and extensive sleeve-notes written by Francis Gooding.<br />
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Here is a band I wanted to talk about since quite a long time!<br />
Sao Paulo's most sought after trio Metá Metá is launching on Goma Gringa Discos the 2nd edition of their LP "MetaL MetaL", they are starting today a tour in Europe and on this occasion, they've released on their site a 3 tracks EP available for free download to promote the Tour! Check it!
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Here is a band I wanted to talk about since quite a long time!<br />
Sao Paulo's most sought after trio <span style="font-style: italic;">Metá Metá</span> is launching on <a href="http://gomagringa.com" target="_blank">Goma Gringa Discos</a> the 2nd edition of their LP "MetaL MetaL", they are starting today a tour in Europe and on this occasion, they've released on their site a 3 tracks EP available for free download to promote the Tour!<br />
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Initially, <span style="font-style: italic;">Metá Metá</span> is a trio formed by Juçara Marçal (vocal), Thiago França (sax) and Kiko Dinucci (guitar). They released in 2011 their first recording, unfortunately never pressed on vinyl.<br />
Acoustic and minimalist, this record might be the most beautiful thing I've heard from Brazilian contemporary scene so we strongly recommend you to download it officially and for free <a href="http://thiagofrancaoficial.blogspot.fr/2012/11/kiko-dinucci-jucara-marcal-e-thiago.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.<br />
A year later, in 2012, they are back with MetaL MetaL. In this opus, the trio is accompanied by Marcelo Cabral (bass), Sergio Machado (drums) and Samba Sam (percussions).
As suggested by the title, those additions results in an electric, heavy and dense sound melting perfectly the spiritual and rhythmic foundations of the Afro-Brazilian religion Candomblé ancient chants into a dirty brew of psychedelic sambas, distorted jazz and afro-punk.<br />
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Listening to MetaL MetaL means to enter into a wild world where Samba, Jazz, Punk Rock, Afro Beat, Freeform Jazz, Afro-Bazilian traditions and Be-Bop are divided into pieces, mixed up and re-assembled into a unique and genuine harmonic construction as spiritual than edgy.<br />
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The cover, received a special treatment. A beautiful 420gr red paper carefully silkscreened in golden ink on both side and simply fold in the middle, which turns her a double-sided cover so you can choose your favorite one. Artworks, naturally, are signed by Kiko Dinucci. Hand drawing on one side, woodcut on the other! Sweet! Strictly limited to 300 copies! Don’t sleep!<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">”What’s really compelling about this album is the way the band achieve a perfect balance between avant-garde boundary-stretching and a knack for memorable hooks and danceable grooves. The first really serious contender for album of the year thus far.”</span><br />
Howard Male (The Independent - UK)<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">"Urgents and ecstatics songs, an euphoric chaos, as a reflection of the time.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">"Dense, abundant, spiritual and passionant, Metal Metal asserts itself as one of the most creative albums that we have been given to listen to since a long time.”</span><br />
Libération - FR<br />
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The band, as a quintet, is now in Europe for a 13 dates Tour! Starting today in Strasbourg, here are all of their dates around Europe:<br />
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To promote this tour, the band has recorded last month a 3 tracks EP.<br />
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Here are the band's words to describe it:<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">"While we're still preparing our third record, here's an EP, released on the night before of our third euro tour departure. We recorded three songs that entered our setlist after the last album, but were not record, so we took the opportunity.<br />
The EP opens with "Atoto", by Kiko Dinucci, originally recorded by him and Juçara on 2007 "Pade". Second track is called "Me Perco Nesse Tempo", previously record on the album "Cadê as Armas", by brazilian post-punk band "As Mercenarias". At last, an acoustic version of "Sozinho", a samba composed by Douglas Germano, much like the trio's first album from 2011.<br />
This EP was recorded in April 2nd, 2015 at El Rocha studio. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Fernando Sanches."</span><br />
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Tristan Cordier, better known as <i>Melody Neslon</i> in the little world of african records collectors, became very respected for his amazing record sells on eBay.
Always strongly awaited, his records lists - as they are called - could be qualified as between the very best and the rarest of African music.<br />
Along with his records, he offers us the image of someone truly in love with African music, truly in love with Africa.<br />
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Tristan Cordier, better known as <span style="font-style: italic;">Melody Neslon</span> in the little world of african records collectors, became very respected for his amazing record sells on eBay.
Always strongly awaited, his records lists - as they are called - could be qualified as between the very best and the rarest of African music.<br />
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Indeed, <span style="font-style: italic;">Melody Nelson</span> offered to buyers a very very lot of stunning records, thing for which we are all extremely grateful to him.
But his listings also have a very singular characteristic, the records are always reviewed in a very personal way which denotes a very sensitive person completely impassioned for African music.<br />
Very little is known about him, he always remains discreet and never looked for some kind of "king of records" glory - disease unfortunately too present in the record world.
Along with his records, he offers us the image of someone truly in love with African music, truly in love with Africa.<br />
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Since we were in touch with him, we decided to propose him to realize a selection of tracks for the blog. Thing that he accepted with great enthusiasm.<br />
He returns to us with those words:<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">I chose 11 tracks from 11 different countries.
As a good Senegalese, I naturally gave priority to West Africa, adding a song from Congo...
I have placed them in geographical order, from west to east ...<br />
I do not know if you'll need it, but I've written a review for each and at the end, some words about me...
Mostly, do not hesitate to tell me if it is not good enough, both in the musical choices as in the texts.<br />
I sent you the sound files through WeTransfer and the scans of the covers in an email.
If all goes well, I think that the only thing missing is my photo!"</span><br />
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Tristan, please know that your selection and your texts are absolutely perfect and we are very grateful for the time you took and the dedication you put to prepare all this.<br />
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Have a nice trip!
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01° Bana // Pontin Pontin <span style="font-size: small;">from "Disco" LP on Capriccio - 1970 - Cabo Verde</span><br />
02° Orchesta Number One de Dakar // Yaye Boy <span style="font-size: small;">from "Vol 1" LP on Private label - 1978 - Senegal</span><br />
03° Idrissa Soumaoro & l'Eclipse de l'I.J.A. // Nissodia <span style="font-size: small;">from "Le Tioko Tioko" LP on Eterna - 1978 - Mali</span><br />
04° Compare Issouf & The Noble Kings // Kadiogo <span style="font-size: small;">from "Kadiogo" LP on Lido Musique - 1978 - Burkina Fasso</span><br />
05° Super Mama Djombo // Seiango <span style="font-size: small;">from "Na Cambança" LP on Cobiana - early 80's - Guinea Bissau</span><br />
06° Amara Toure // Lamento Cubano <span style="font-size: small;">from 7" single on Sonafric - 1975 - Guinea Conakry</span><br />
07° Soro Ngana & son Ensemble Guilaha-Na // Mon Falou-man <span style="font-size: small;">from "Côte d'Ivoire, c'est bon" LP on Soro Disco - early 80's - Ivory Coast</span><br />
08° Celestine Ukwu & his Philosophers National // Onwunwa <span style="font-size: small;">from 7" single on Philips - 60's - Ghana</span><br />
09° Stanislas Tohon & Les Satelites // Yallow <span style="font-size: small;">from 7" single on Satel - 70's - Benin</span><br />
10° I.K. Dairo & his Blue Spots // Salome <span style="font-size: small;">from 7" single on Decca - 1962 - Nigeria</span><br />
11° Kalle & l'African Team de Paris // Africa Boogalo <span style="font-size: small;">from 7" single on African - 1970 - Congo</span><br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Tristan Cordier. Born in 1968 in Nancy (France).<br />
My passion for movies led me to Brussels at the age of 20... My love for a woman in Senegal at the age of 28...<br />
I spent 10 years in Dakar. I opened (not alone) a music store (selling tapes and cds) and I created (not alone...) a monthly party called "koulgraoul" (reaching 700 to 800 people from the 4 sides of the world, boys and girls, young and older, even from different social background... mixed music for everyone...).<br />
Back in Belgium in 2006, I specialized in selling African records and also animating (djing) Afro parties from time to time...<br /></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">CABO VERDE</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Bana "pontin pontin" (from the lp "Disco") - 70's - Capriccio</span><br />
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There is a big Cape Verdian community in Dakar.
All Djs play funana, coladeira, kuduro in every parties... There was a restaurant in the 90's called "Les Iles" where a band used to play every sunday.
This is where I discovered this song of Bana (one of the major artists of Cape Verde).<br />
Total wickness for this song... Power of the nostalgia. Absolute romance.<br />
The top of the "Saudade". To listen to, to dance, to cry, to scream... and to love.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">SENEGAL</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Orchesta Number One de Dakar "Yaye Boy" (from the lp "Vol 1") - 1978 - Private label</span><br />
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For me, not easy to choose one track from Senegal.<br />
I thought about Etoile De Dakar with Youssou Ndour…”Thiely" from the album “Xalis" is one of my favorite. Or of course, Orchestra Baobab.<br />
But there is two records that I always take with me for parties : Number One (vol 1 & 2). I love to play "Nongi-nongi", “Guajira-ben" and “Yaye Boy" (listen to the fabulous voice of Pape Seck !).
Base of mbalax (modern senegalese music) mixed with latin rhythms.<br />
The best sides of Orchestre Baobab and Etoile de Dakar together...<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">MALI</span><br />
Well... Which band? Wich town? Kanaga de Mopti? Mystere Jazz de Tombouctou? Sidi Yassa de Kayes? Super Djata de Bamako?...<br />
Ah, the vastness of Manding music...the power of "Mandjou" (Ambassadeurs)....<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Idrissa Soumaoro & l' Eclipse de l'I.J.A. "Nissodia" (from the lp "Le Tioko Tioko") - 1978 - Eterna</span><br />
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My meeting with Idrissa Soumaoro in 2009 in Bamako was really impressive...<br />
Author-composer, singer, organist and music teacher, Idrissa Soumaoro is the author of the timeless hit «Ancien Combattant» which was first recorded in 1968 in the studios of Radio Mali.
The recording was stolen, sold for a few CFA francs and edited (4 tracks EP) in Ivory Coast.
Covered in 1974 by Balla et ses Balladins and popularised by Zao in 1978, Idrissa has never earned a cent of copyright on this track, and this up today!!!<br />
The album "Le Tioko Tioko" was recorded in 1978 with the young blinds from the school where Idrissa was teaching music (he still teaches there nowadays).
The orchestra’s name, the Eclipse, is a metaphor (sun/moon, day/night, blind/non blind).
It is also a piece of history. It's the first recording of Amadou and Mariam!
In partnership with a German institute, this record was given as a gift but never sold on the market.
And it seems that most of them have been lost or destroyed during the revolution in 1991...<br />
Words are really too poor to describe the musical miracle of this recording. Some records are essential. This one certainly is.
It contains musical, instrumental and lyrical flights. Completely psychedelic by all meanings of the word.
A devastating organ (played by Idrissa), a fabulous guitar with rock and funk tones (Amadou), an enchanting voice (Mariam).
And the top is probably "Nissodia"...<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">BURKINA</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Compare Issouf & The Noble Kings "Kadiogo" (from the lp "kadiogo") - 1978 - Lido Musique</span><br />
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Total hypnosis... you ride on a camel... sand on your skin... your bones heated up... desert as far as your can see... lost sens of orientation...
the Harmattan blows on your cheeks... your sight becomes blurred... encens plumes... the snake charmer... the dancer’s belly... misleading glows... the buried oasis... 1001 nights... hallucination?<br />
No, “Kadiago” is probably not a mirage... you certainly are where you think you are.
Compare Issouf brought you there. And he will take you there as often as you wish.
A journey from west to east Africa, between Mauritania and Ethiopia...
Absolutely fascinating !<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">GUINEA BISSAU</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Super Mama Djombo "Seiango" (from the lp "Na cambança") - Early 80's - Cobiana</span><br />
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A small country, a small musical production. But something unique in the sound...
Super Mama Djombo is a major musical discovery for me...
Particular style, many influences (soukouss, psyche, afro-beat, coladeira, latin, folk...), divine feelings.
If you want more informations, please, call an angel!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">GUINEA CONAKRY</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Amara Toure "Lamento cubano" (single) - 1975 - Sonafric</span><br />
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Of course, there is the inevitable Syliphone label. And a small production beside... but Amara Toure with his unique lp (as far I know) and 3 singles only...
"Lamento Cubano" is one of the most beautiful afro-latin song that I know.<br />
What a feeling ! Sublime...To cry or die right know!
Plenty of nostalgia and sadness...
I imagine all the African continent, dancing and singing with this really wonderful musical masterpiece...you can close your eyes, it works!
I already see your tears behind your eyelids...<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">IVORY COAST</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Soro Ngana & son Ensemble Guilaha-Na "Mon falou-man" (from the lp "Côte d'Ivoire, c'est bon") - Early 80's - Soro Disco</span><br />
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No hesitation! I'm crazy about this record! Irresistible! Incomparable rhythms! Mind-expanding musical kaleidoscope!<br />
"Mon falou-man"? Pure madness ! Afro lunacies ! Rampageous afro-beat/soukouss, interminable rhythm with guitar looping and alien cosmic sounds, nasty organ...<br />
Feverish transe !<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">GHANA</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Celestine Ukwu & his Philosophers National "Onwunwa" (single) - 60's - Philips</span><br />
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So much things produced, so much things reissued (mostly funky highlife, afro-funk and afro-beat productions)...
I found a single of Celestine Ukwu, a fantastic deep highlife...<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">BENIN</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Stanislas Tohon & Les Satelites "Yallow" (single) - 70's - Satel - single</span><br />
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Obviously, I was tempted by Poly Rhythmo. Or Gnonnas Pedro. Finally, I chose a less obvious single... but that I like very much...<br />
Indescriptible. Total Tropical dancefloor bomb!<br />
Really groovy, makossa rhythm with soukouss reminiscences, wonderful vocals, amazing organ, heady drums, and a fantastic irresistible melody (famous in the whole continent...the same that you will find in Boma l'heure (Franco), Nosala tokosalaka (Matata) and of course, popularized by Sam Fan Thomas, has covered the universal "African Typic Collection".<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">NIGERIA</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">I.K. Dairo & his Blue Spots "Salome" (single) - 1962 - Decca</span><br />
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Huge country, huge musical industry... <br />
I intentionally left out the amazing afro-funk and afro-beat production to take a folk single from the 60's, juju-highlife style.<br />
Efficient for the dancefloor...it's delighting to play it between heavier stuff!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">CONGO</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Kalle & l'African Team de Paris "Africa boogalo" (single) - 1970 - African</span><br />
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10 tracks? No, 11 ! As a football team!<br />
Impossible to forget the biggest african country and his huge musical influence on the whole continent.<br />
This is one of my favorite track. Irresistible. It was the generic of my radio show and I like to play it first for afro-parties...<br />
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So it is with very great pleasure that we are pleased to present to you exclusively 9 Spiritual Tracks selected by Gerald Short, owner and creator of Jazzman Records.<br />
When we asked him to tell us what has led his choice, he answered us <i>"This is a selection of European modal & spiritual jazz tracks that for one reason or another did not make it onto our series of Spiritual Jazz albums on Jazzman. The quality is there for all to hear; these are not rejects."</i><br />
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When we asked him to tell us what has led his choice, he answered us <i>"This is a selection of European modal & spiritual jazz tracks that for one reason or another did not make it onto our series of Spiritual Jazz albums on Jazzman. The quality is there for all to hear; these are not rejects."</i><br />
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01° Berndt Egerbladh // Ja, Kom Då! <span style="font-size: small;">from Nybyggarland LP - 1973 - Sweden</span><br />
02° Bengt Berger // Bitter Funeral Beer <span style="font-size: small;">from Bitter Funeral Beer LP - 1981 - Germany</span><br />
03° Norbert Foltynowicz // Impression of Bossa Nova <span style="font-size: small;">from Jazz Today LP - 1967 - Germany</span><br />
04° Bulgarian Jazz Quartet // Autumn Sun <span style="font-size: small;">from Jazz Focus'65 LP - 1969 - Germany</span><br />
05° Nicolai Gromin // Corrida (alternate version) <span style="font-size: small;">from International Jazz Festival LP - 1965 - Czechoslovakia</span><br />
06° Jan Johansson // Moskovas <span style="font-size: small;">from Jazz På Ryska LP - 1967 - Sweden</span><br />
07° Bjorn Alke // Baskist Vals <span style="font-size: small;">from Fine And Mellow LP - 1976 - Sweden</span><br />
08° Brussells Art Quintet // Clitarabelles <span style="font-size: small;">from Clitarabelles 7" - 1969 - Belgium</span><br />
09° Nana Simopoulos // Through the Keyhole <span style="font-size: small;">from Pandora's Blues LP - 1983 - Greece</span><br />
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Freshly re-issued by São Paulo based record label Goma Gringa, Tribo Massáhi is considered as the Brazilian Holy Grail by records collectors around the globe.<br />
But besides his hard to define sound - "Afro-Brasilian psych-funk fusion" to quote Now Again - a quite singular point about that LP is that until today, almost nothing was known about it or about the leader of the band, Embaixador.
That was before one guy, Itamar Dantas, Brazilian journalist, decides to make the job and unscramble the story behind Embaixador and his band.<br />
Along with the full remastered B side of the record, we are pleased to offer you, exclusively, the complete English version of the liner notes that came with the reissue! Enjoy!
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Freshly re-issued by São Paulo based record label <a href="http://en.gomagringa.com/">Goma Gringa</a>, Tribo Massáhi is considered as the Brazilian Holy Grail by records collectors around the globe.<br />
But besides his hard to define sound - "Afro-Brasilian psych-funk fusion" to quote Now Again - a quite singular point about that LP is that until today, almost nothing was known about it or about the leader of the band, Embaixador.
That was before one guy, Itamar Dantas, Brazilian journalist, decides to make the job and unscramble the story behind Embaixador and his band.<br />
Along with the full remastered B side of the record, we are pleased to offer you, exclusively, the complete English version of the liner notes - signed by Itamar himself - that came with the reissue! Enjoy!
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<span style="font-size: x-large !important;"><b>TRIBO MASSÁHI - ESTRELANDO EMBAIXADOR, A RARE STORY</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small !important;">a text by Itamar Dantas - February 2015 - São Paulo</span><br />
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Tribo Massáhi - Estrelando Embaixador, is a record that has become legendary among records collectors and researchers in Brazilian music ... The LP, recorded in 1970, is nowadays very rare and its few existing copies are sold at high prices around the world.<br />
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The record’s characteristics, both acoustic and aesthetic, have helped to consolidate a myth. Tribo Massáhi – Estrelando Embaixador was recorded in two long continuous tracks, side A and side B, about 14 minutes each, where you can hear songs with a pop footprint and strong African influences, "a crazy and contagious rhythm," according to the LP’s liner notes. "This is a sound made in Brazil. All the members are Brazilians. But the goal is to show the young African music, with all the distinctive features that defines the black continent’s music.<br />
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One of the mysteries that has always surrounded Tribo Massáhi – Estrelando Embaixador concerns its main character. Among the record’s fans, it was only known that Embaixador participated in a film along with Roberto Carlos - Roberto Carlos em Ritmo de Aventura - that promoted the 1968 self-titled album. Embaixador was a villain who ran after Roberto Carlos in the shallow script and kitch movie. With this, Embaixador also had his photo appear on the VHS tape backcover, a shot in which he is seen fighting with the heartthrob Roberto Carlos in one of the film’s memorable scenes.<br />
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Ruy Ipanema, a guitarist who knew the singer in the early 1960s and took part years later in the recording of the album Tribo Massáhi, explains the excitement that accompanied Embaixador role in the Roberto Carlos movie: "Man, I loved Embaixador. He would go to the cinema, stay in front of the box office, but did not enter. It was to be recognized by people when they looked at the poster: 'Is that you?' He was so proud. He was such a figure..."<br />
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Another famous rumor about the singer and leader of the Tribo Massáhi is that he was the brother of Tony Tornado, a fact contested by the baptism names of both actors/musicians. Embaixador was the son of Geraldo Rosa de Oliveira and Joaquina Rosa de Oliveira, Minas Gerais. While Tony Tornado is from the Vianna Gomes family, from the interior of São Paulo.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large !important;">- Sebastião Rosa de Oliveira – the Embaixador -</span><br />
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While researching the reissue this record, Embaixador’s still unknown name came up in the midst of chat between the researcher and sambista Nei Lopes: "Do you know a musician and actor who was known as Embaixador? Yes, of course I knew him ... He was a great friend! Sebastião!" This was the missing key that unravelled the story of the singer.<br />
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Sebastião Rosa de Oliveira was born in Leopoldina, Minas Gerais, on the 10th of September 1934. Son of Geraldo Rosa de Oliveira and Joaquina Rosa de Oliveira, he was still a young man when he moved with his family to Rio de Janeiro, where they ended up settling.<br />
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It was alongside the poet Solano Trindade that Embaixador took his first steps as an actor. His first television work came in the late 1950s, for the late TV Tupi. Very perky , Embaixador soon went on to make appearances on shows and to enlist black friends in small television features.<br />
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Embaixador’s nickname comes from his fluency in other languages. He communicated well in English and had the basics of other languages. Always a part of the nightlife, Embaixador was constantly seen in the Beco da Fome, in Copacabana. There, many foreign actors gathered in search of employment opportunities. His resourcefulness allowed the artist to communicate with them and get them some work on television. However, it was in music that Embaixador felt most accomplished.<br />
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In the second half of the 1960s, the musician set up the band that would immortalize him posthumously: Tribo Massáhi. In 1970, a result of one of his many friendships, Embaixador got the studio Rio Som to record his LP. But it would have to be done in one day. He called the musicians, scheduled an hour and, on the appointed day, everyone was there to record.<br />
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"Everything has been combined at the last minute. He warned us on the weekend that we’d have to go on Wednesday to record. 'They showed up in the studio on the Senado Street'. I never saw $1 of that recording," says Ruy Ipanema, a guitarist that appears in the album credits as Rui Barbosa, his birth name.<br />
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With compositions of Embaixador himself, José Prates, Heitor da Costa, Wilson Guimarães and Rui Barbosa, the LP was recorded. Ruy Ipanema says that the recording was quite improvised. "There aren’t no arrangements on sheet music and stuff. It was at most a sketch of the song and let's go! The recording lasted all day", he recalls. In the recording, the guitar was led by Toninho Mil Acordes. Aladim commanded the drums. Ruy Ipanema played the guitar on some songs, including on his own, “Madrugada Sem Luar".<br />
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The band members were renamed in Nagô dialect (which has made it quite difficult to conduct research related to the band over the years). Present during then recording of the LP were Aymmi, Koffi, Korede, Kolawole, DuroTimi, Omopupa, Iyalode and Abeke. Also participating in the jam session were the musicians Lápis (cowbell), Romildo (contrabass), Rui Barbosa (guitar) and Nathalie (voice).<br />
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After the recording, the band performed shows in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. In Rio, they spent a season at the Schnitt, a nightclub in the Botafogo neighborhood. In São Paulo, they were based at the Casaforte, which also featured in the same period singers such as Beth Viana, who had already become famous with the hit "Meu Guarda Chuva". The band also played in the club named Castelinho in Rio de Janeiro. "Toninho on guitar, Me on doublebass and another guy whose name I cannot remember on keyboard. At that time, we liked to take a hit of grass. Each time, one of us was going in the favela to grab something for the others", says Ruy Ipanema.<br />
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It was on one of his visits in the Morro da Providência to fetch pot that Ruy was caught red-handed. From there, he was sentenced to one year in prison in the penitentiary Hélio Gomes. His copy of the LP Tribo Massáhi came to the jail, delivered by Embaixador. "He went to visit me only once during the time I was in prison", says the musician.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large !important;">- The near success on festivals -</span><br />
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The band's activitiescontinued. In 1971, the group participated in the Festival Internacional da Canção presenting the song "Karany Karanuê", written by Diana Camargo and José de Assis. With its upcoming participation, the group began to get mentions in newspapers.<br />
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However, the presentation of the music at the festival did not come to pass. The newspaper O Globo, of September 23rd, 1971, reported the absence of the band at the rehearsal for the official presentation. "The song 'Karany Karanuê', from Diana Carmago and Zé de Assis, should have been rehearsed by the Tribo Massáhi, but its members did not show up and Diana alone sang", reported the paper. The song was finally performed a few days later by Elson, Myrna and Diana herself, becoming finalist of the contest and being recorded and released as a 7-inch in the same year.<br />
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After 1972, there is no more information about the Tribo Massáhi. From the band formed by Embaixador remained the iconic LP and a 7-inch recorded in São Paulo with the participation of the pianist Luiz Mello. Later in this same year, Embaixador created the band Trio Moenda, which played in a hotel in Rio de Janeiro and then travelled to Philadelphia under the name of Brasil Moenda Trio. There, however, the band only lasted six months and Embaixador stayed in the United States working as a designer, another of his artistic talents.<br />
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In 1985, Embaixador took part in the movie Quilombo, directed by Cacá Diegues. In that work, he played the role of Congo, one of the black leaders of the Quilombo dos Palmares. Then, he acted in the series Tenda dos Milagres, based on the work of Jorge Amado, where he performed as Xangô.<br />
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In the late 1980s, acting work was scarce and the financial position of Embaixador becamestrained. Without money, after getting divorced from his wife, he turned to a friend who invited him to the Morro do Fubá, where the musician had a shack at his disposal and a machine to make silkscreen printings and small sewing works. In his workshop, he made stickers, banners, and cut molds for clothes.<br />
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At this time, he also worked on Adelzon Alves’s radio show that was broadcasted daily by Radio Globo. Even in a difficult situation, the musician kept building projects and working artistically. In an edition of the newspaper O Globo dated on October 13rd, 1989, the musician talked about his dream of building a music market in Rio de Janeiro. He was working to present his project to the mayor of the city.<br />
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In 1994, Embaixador was taken into the Retiro dos Artistas,an institution in Rio de Janeiro hosting aged artists with financial difficulties. There, he spent the rest of his days. He came to the institution without any goods, only with the clothes on his back. Hee had no family visits, but did fall into sorrow. He was always singing and telling stories.<br />
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However, at 60 years old, his health was not great. Two years after his arrival, on the 27th of December 1996, the musician died of an acute heart attack. At his funeral, only some friends from the Retiro dos Artistas and acquaintances showed up. Without recognition of his work during his lifetime, it is almost 20 years after his death that the story of his record was unveiled and his memory was honored with the first official reissue of his work. Long live the work of Sebastião, Embaixador, which is now enjoying wider circulation. May your thoughts feed other dreamers around the world!
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Something like 1 year ago, my good friend Edson Carvalho, who knew my interest in 78rpm, gave me a call telling me that a friend of him has just grab a radio stock of 78rpm, something like 3000 records!
He also added that if I'm interested, we should be fast since there are some guys in São Paulo that are buying everything they can find in 78rpm, not matter what it is, they just buy!
The answer I gave him was the only one conceivable: "I need to check that batch asap!"
Half an hour and a few phone calls later and It was scheduled, we were going to get our hands dirty a couple of days later!
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Something like 1 year ago, my good friend Edson Carvalho, who knew my interest in 78rpm, gave me a call telling me that a friend of him has just grab a radio stock of 78rpm, something like 3000 records!
He also added that if I'm interested, we should be fast since there are some guys in São Paulo that are buying everything they can find in 78rpm, not matter what it is, they just buy!
The answer I gave him was the only one conceivable: "I need to check that batch asap!"
Half an hour and a few phone calls later and It was scheduled, we were going to get our hands dirty a couple of days later!<br />
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Once there, It actually wasn't 3000 records but more something like a thousand, which is definitely not that bad!
After a few hours of digging into dozens of dusty boxes of 78rpm, I went out with around 70 pieces in my bag.
A few ones were like "sure shots", like this Abigail Moura (Orquestra Afro-Brasileira) for example, but the most were blind purchases, acquired because of the rhythm, the label or the composer.
It appears that almost all of them were absolutely beautiful tracks. Deep, obscure, raw and delicately perfumed of this 50's/60's mood that I love so much!<br />
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So this selection is the first set of tracks coming out from that lucky find!<br />
It goes from deep and raw Brazilian North Eastern sounds to super orchestrated production, passing by dancefloor killer Rojão and Jazzy Baião.<br />
Quite a singular mixture that will, I hope, delight you as musch as us! Volume 2.2 coming soon!
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01° ZITO BORBOREMA // Bichinho Da Goitana <span style="font-size: small;">(Elias Soares - Antônio Vilarinho) 1959 - Forró</span><br />
02° JORGE VEIGA // Chuviscou <span style="font-size: small;">(Francisco Anysio - Jayme Florence) 1954 - Côco</span><br />
03° NELSON FIGUEIREDO // Galinha Apaixonada <span style="font-size: small;">(Aloysio Figueiredo - Nelson Figueiredo) 1953 - Baião </span><br />
04° ARACY COSTA // Tequila <span style="font-size: small;">(Chuck Rio - Versão: Paulo Rogério) 1958 - Mambo Rock</span><br />
05° GERSON FILHO // Três e Trezentos <span style="font-size: small;">(Gerson Filho - Miguel Lima) 1959 - Baião</span><br />
06° NENÉTE - ZÉ PINHÃO e NINIHO // Passarinho Do Sertão <span style="font-size: small;">(Nenéte) 1951 - Toada Baião</span><br />
07° AMÉRICO DE CAMPOS // Só Gosto De Você <span style="font-size: small;">(Américo de Campos) 1963 - Maxixe</span><br />
08° WANDERLEY // No Mundo Da Lua <span style="font-size: small;">(Wanderley Esmeraldino) 1959 - Chôro</span><br />
09° AMÉRICO DE CAMPOS // Eu Preciso Saber <span style="font-size: small;">(Teixeira Filho - José Lopes) 1963 - Maxixe</span><br />
10° ZITO BORBOREMA // Padre Cicero <span style="font-size: small;">(José Cavalcante - Dilson Dóris) 1959 - Forró</span><br />
11° LAILA CURI // Minha Véia <span style="font-size: small;">(Adaptação e Arranjo de Laila Curi) 1958 - Folclore</span><br />
12° MARINA BARBOSA // Batuque Do Amor <span style="font-size: small;">(Mario Albanese - Heitor Carillo) 1960 - Macumba</span><br />
13° ABIGAIL MOURA e seu Jazz Band // Eu So Quero Beliscar <span style="font-size: small;">(Eduardo Souto) 1960 - Cateretê</span><br />
14° EVAN GENEY // Mangueira Chegou <span style="font-size: small;">(Generoso) 196? - Samba</span><br />
15° PAULO TITO // Pedida Legal <span style="font-size: small;">(Gordurinha) 1961 - Rojão</span><br />
16° ALTAMIRO CARRILHO // Rio Antigo <span style="font-size: small;">(Altamiro Carrilho) 1953 - Maxixe</span><br />
17° OSVALDO OLIVEIRA // Santarem <span style="font-size: small;">(Assumpção Corrêa - Arino Nunes) 1961 - Rojão</span><br />
18° TORRINHO & TIÃO CATIREIRO // Pedra Verde <span style="font-size: small;">(Torriha) 1957 - Ponto de Umbanda</span><br />
19° EVAN GENEY // João Baiano <span style="font-size: small;">(Generoso - Tripa) 196? - Batuque</span><br />
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