Happy 2013 And next mixes/selections to come !!!!

I shot this photo at Andaman white beach, Phuket, Thailand

HAPPY 2013 Everyone !!!

Hey, this is my hundredth post, what a beautiful coincidence !!!

So, lets start this new year with the different selections / mixes for the next weeks :

Arabic psych / Rock stuff

Thai 60's and 70's deep molam and luk thung tunes

Psych records From Mali

Senegambian Selection

All the best, good luck for the beginning of this new year,

Armand

New Mix : Fly Me Back To Kinshasa - A Selection of 70's Congolese Afro Jerk and Soukouss Tracks

Merry Christmas everyone !!!

As a little Xmas present, here comes the last brand new selection of the year 2012 of some Afro Jerk / Afrobeat and Soukouss tracks from Congo (Zaïre) through some different orchestras and bands (Orchestre Veve, Orchestre Veve Star, Orchestre Cobantou, Orchestre Kiam) leaded by the great Georges Kiamwangana Mateta aka "Dynamite Verckys",a legendary Congolese musician that began his carrer at the end of the 60's - Enjoy !!

Armand de Preseau - Fly Me Back To Kinshasa

A 70's Afro Jerk and Soukouss Congolese Track

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Tracklist :

1 - Champro King et l'Orchestre Cobantou - Merci Roi Champro
2 - Bovick et L'Orchestre Veve - Venus
3 - Orchestre Bella bella - Milly
4 - Verckys et l'Orchestre Veve - Nakobala Yo Denise
5 - Orchestre Veve Star - Nitarudia
6 - Ndalani 77 Brothers - Nzaumi
7 - Orchestre Veve Star - Bassala Hot
8 - Franck Muzola Ngunga et l'Orchestre Kiam - Bamo Kangi

Merry christmas again and happy 2013 to everyone ! See you next week for the next selection !

Sincerely yours,

Armand de Préseau

Aktion, Blo, Comrades : A New Nigerian Afro Rock Fuzz Funk Selection

Hi dear readers !

Au menu cette semaine (as promised for a loooong time !) a selection of several huge afro rock tracks, taken from very hard to find Nigerian bands, such as Aktion, The Comrades, One world, Bongos Ikwue and The Apostles..

First part of the mix : Acid Fuzz Rock oriented

Second part of the mix : Afro Funk oriented

Third part of the mix : Afro Transe oriented

Fourth part of the mix : Soulful and Deep funk oriented

Enjoy !

Armand de Preseau - Nigeria Rock Fuzz Funk Selection

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From Kingston to Nassau - A Winter Bahamian Selection

Hi everyone !

As promised, here comes the new weekly selection. This week, we travel far from Africa, in the Barbados from Kingston to Nassau, trough St Lucia, St Marteens, Antigua and a few others small islands.

Armand de Preseau - From Kingston to Nassau : A Winter Bahamian Selection

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Tracklist :

1 - Wadadli Experience - We See Jah

2 - Hopeton Lewis - Funky Kingston

3 - H2O - Medusa

4 - Blue Rhythm Combo - Black Water Gold

5 - Babalu and his Headhunters - Head hunters Rock

6 - Boo and The Tru-Tones - Don't Blame This Joint

7 - Boo and The Tru-Tones - Let Me Get Stoned

8 - Rolling Tones International - It's A Feeling

9 - Bobby Raveen - Soca Fusion

10 - Frankie Zhivago Young - Disco Funkanoo

11 - New York's Top Sounds Inc. Combo - Light My Fire

Enjoy !

 

 

  

  

 

Highlife Time : EBO TAYLOR in concert 09/11/2012

Thanks for this awesome concert Mr. Ebo !!!!!

Selection of the week - African Garage Jerk Rock Selection

Hi there !

Au menu cette semaine, a selection of 10 tracks taken from terrific Afro Garage Jerk & Rock seven inches, from West To South Africa during the Golden 70's era - enjoy !

Armand de Preseau - African Garage Rock Selection

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A little game for you, dear readers : guess who are the artists or the songs of this selection, as some clues I give you the countries from where the bands are (not the countries where the songs were recorded!)

1 - Gabon
2 - Gambia
3 - Congo
4 - Burkina Faso
5 - Cameroon
6 - Ivory Coast
7 - Ivory Coast
8 - Cameroon
9 - Benin
10 - South Africa

Good search !

Guinea Conakry - The Discotheque Syliphone Series

 

Hi dear readers,

This week, a Guinean selection of tracks taken from the famouses "Discotheque" compilations, out each year from 1970 to 1976 on the well known "Editions Syliphone Conacry".

The aim of this label - that existed from 1958 to 1984 - was to promote the artists and the Guinean culture troughout Africa.

As a first step for some of you into the Guinean sound, I decided to take one track from each compilation for this weekly selection - Enjoy !

Armand de Preseau - A Guinea Trip, The Discotheque Syliphone Series

Tracklisting :

Super Boiro Band - So I Si Sa (Taken from "Discotheque 74" compilation)

Balla Et Ses Balladins - Moi Ca Ma Fout (Taken from "Discotheque 71" compilation)

Keletigui Et Ses Tambourins - Miri Magnin (Taken from "Discotheque 73" compilation)

Super Boiro Band - Kha Mu Lan Ma (Taken from "Discotheque 75" compilation)

Bembeya Jazz National - Kana Sarakabo (Taken from "Discotheque 76" compilation)

Demba Camara Et Son Groupe - Exhumation Folklorique (Taken from "Discotheque 70" compilation)

Les Freres Diabate - N'Fa (Taken from "Discotheque 72" compilation)

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