On bosq meets poly rythmo uptown, bosq tastefully reworks 4 of orchestre poly rythmos legendary recordings. Over one million legal mp3 tracks available at juno download. Their output, both in quantity and quality, was astonishing. Though legendary back in the day and long sought after by crate. Their music took traditional rhythms from benin with its voodoo vodun culture as a starting point and was very much influenced by soul music. As a diehard fan, bosq took a subtle approach to the project. Mar 24, 2011 a fter a delay of more than 20 years, theres a new album from one of west africas great dance bands.
Discover top playlists and videos from your favorite artists on shazam. Long regarded as benins most innovative outfit, opr as well call em from here on in have featured on numerous previous analog africa. More than two decades away from anything is a long time, but in popular music, 20 years is practically a geologic epoch everything changes, from the sounds on the records to the social conditions under which theyre made. Its been over 20 years since the tout puissant orchestre polyrythmo last made a studio lp. The band was formed in 1966 and still records to this day, although band members have changed along the way. Orchestre polyrythmo cotonou club download torrent tpb. Maybe i should have just said, buy anything thats released on analog africa. Free customizable online radio with unlimited skips. Echos hypnotiques from the vaults of albarika store 1969. Cotonou club by orchestre polyrythmo, released 01 january 2011 1. Even if they have performed along with the greatest african stars as fela kuti, manu dibango or miriam makeba, and have been broadcasted on the national radio, the orchestra had never went out of.
This, the first, covers licensed funk and sato an energetic rhythm performed using an immense vertical drum from 19721975 recorded for an array of small and obscure labels based around cotonou, benins largest city, and porto novo, the capital city of benin republic. Orchestre polyrythmo album giveaway africa express. Orchestre polyrythmos heyday was the 1970s, as their funk, soul and afrobeat influences underline. From the late 1960s through the early 1980s, the group recorded around 500 songs in a variety of musical styles for various beninese record labels. They released hundreds of records in their own continent before being rediscovered by everywhere else via sublime compilations on soundway and analog africa. The album follows the release of cotonou club in 2011, their first new record since the early 80s. Rebita 1st long play recorded and pressed in angola 1973 limited dance edition afrobeat airways 2 return flight to ghana 19741983. Imoikeme ododo limited dance edition diablos del ritmo. Its been over 20 years since the tout puissant orchestre poly rythmo last made a studio lp.
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