Manu Dibango – Gone Clear
https://amf.didiermary.fr/manu-dibango-bob-marley-gone-clear-jamaica/
“Gone Clear” (ou “A la Jamaïque” en version CD avec plus de titres) est un album Reggae, paru en 1980. Et cette production a permis à Manu Dibango et Bob Marley de se rencontrer. […]
Les Vétérans du Bikutsi - Bonne Année
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tQNDhSH6ME
(Ignore the video - just dance to the song!)
Pop Makossa
https://amf.didiermary.fr/pop-makossa/
Compilation “Pop Makossa – The Invasive Dance Beat of Cameroon (1976-1984)”
[…] all the tracks are a revelation. The beat that holds everything together has its origins in the rhythms of the Sawa people; Ambassey, Bolobo, Assiko and Essewé, a traditional funeral dance. But it wasn’t until these rhythms arrived in the cities of Cameroon […]
Cameroon Garage Funk
https://amf.didiermary.fr/cameroon-garage-funk/
“Cameroon Garage Funk” is a compilation of “obscure” tracks from 1964 to 1979.
Yaoundé, in the 1970´s, was a buzzing place. Every neighbourhood of Cameroon´s capital, no matter how dodgy, was filled with music spots but surprisingly there were no infrastructure to immortalise those musical riches. The country suffered from a serious lack of proper […]
Manu Dibango – New Bell (Hard Pulsation)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/manu-dibango-new-bell-hard-pulsation-1972/
New Bell (Hard Pulsation) was released as a single in 1972 (B-side: Hibiscus), as the B-Side of an unofficial release of Soul Makossa in the US, and is of course part of the tracklist on the original Soul Makossa album.
Matadi – Dance My Love
https://amf.didiermary.fr/matadi-dance-my-love/
Matadi était un groupe de musiciens “mercenaires” africains basés à Paris et réunis pour un album unique afro-disco-funk en 1978 avec le célèbre bassiste et arrangeur camerounais Haladji Touré.
5 titres de cet album ont été utilisés pour la BOF du film et comédie musicale “Dance my love” (Danse mon amour) réalisé par Alphonse Beni, sorti […]
Manu Dibango – Electric Africa
https://amf.didiermary.fr/manu-dibango-electric-africa/
Released in 1985, Electric Africa is an album with Herbie Hancock, Wally Badarou & Mory Kante, produced by Bill Laswell. […]
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Franck Biyong – Liyomba Church
https://amf.didiermary.fr/franck-biyong-liyomba-church/
Franck Biyong‘s “Liyomba Church” (2016) is Afro-Jazzy-Pop-Electro-Rock from Cameroon…
The track opens with high-energy screeches and thumps that won’t let you go. It’s a fervent and unabashed call to dance, an astonishing afro/pop crossover aiming for the clubs.
Manu Dibango – Je Veux Etre Noir
https://amf.didiermary.fr/manu-dibango-etre-noir-nino-ferrer/
An instrumental cover of the late Nino Ferrer’s song “Je veux être noir” by Manu Dibango.
In the 70s, Manu Dibango became one of the musicians working with Nino Ferrer, playing organ, piano and sax. Ferrer’s original song is an homage to Black American music, Soul and Rhythm and Blues, as well as clearly committed […]
Francis Bebey – Un petit ivoirien
https://amf.didiermary.fr/francis-bebey-petit-ivoirien/
“On les aime bien” is a fun song (in French) on white tourists in Africa… from Bebey‘s album “Un petit Ivoirien” in 1979. […]
