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World Psychedelic Classics 3 - Love's A Real Thing - The Funky Fuzzy Sounds Of West Africa

the best of 2005 part 1
World Psychedelic Classics 3
"Love's A Real Thing
"The Funky Fuzzy Sounds Of West Africa"
(Luaka Bop, 2005)

Si vous vous êtes fait plaisir avec les compilations de funk africain "Ghana Soundz 2"et "Afro Baby" de chez Soundway (voir ci-dessus), alors vous pouvez aussi foncez sur celle-ci, tout aussi mortelle, mais avec sa propre personnalité, dans la lignée des compiles de chez Comet Records, "Racubah", "Ouelele" ou "Bilongo". Le spectre des musiques représentées y est plus large, regroupant afrobeat, afro-jazz, afro-cubain et afro-funk. Les tracks funk/rock/afrobeat viennent bien évidemment du Nigeria et du Ghana, mais on y visite aussi l'Afrique de l'ouest, avec par exemple des morceaux de rhumba ou de blues du Mali. En fait c'est toute la sensibilité de David Byrne, ex-leader des Talking Heads et aujourd'hui responsable du label Luaka Bop en parallèle avec sa carrière solo, que l'on retrouve dans ce disque: un éclectisme pointu et raffiné pour un panorama de la musique psychédélique africaine. Imaginez ce qu'a pu donner le psychédélisme dans un continent qui adore les couleurs et a des siècles d'expérience en psychotropes, et vous aurez une petite idée de ce que vous trouverez dans ce CD. Ah? Vous êtes déjà parti l'acheter/le télécharger (rayer la mention inutile)??

A voir : une vidéo quictime de l'Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou Dahomey, sur Luakabop.com
Downloads MP3s "Super Eagles - Love's A Real Thing" et "Tunji Oyelana and The Benders - Ifa" sur Notlame.com

Tracklisting :
01. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou Dahomey - Minsato Le, Mi Dayihome
02. Super Eagles - Love's a Real Thing
03. Moussa Doumbia - Keleya
04. Manu Dibango - Ceddo End Title
05. Sorry Bamba - Porry
06. No. 1 De No. 1 - Guajira Van
07. William Onyeabor - Better Change Your Mind
08. Ben Ofoedu - Allah Wakbarr
09. Gaspar Lawal - Awon-Ojise-Oluwa
10. Bunzu Sounds - Zinabu
11. Tunji Oyelana & The Blenders - Ifa
12. Orchestre Regional de Kayes - Sanjina
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