Member Since: 3/22/2007
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Analog Africa DJ Set Series - Vincent Ahehehinnou & Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou Dahomey
4 tracks LP (Vinyl-AADS 01) (Release Date May 2008)
This is Orchestre Poly-Rythmos first LP, recorded in Nigeria in 1973 and released on Albarika Store as ALS 005. The 4 tracks on this album have been recorded on two occasions. Adissa Seidou, Albarika store Owner, rejected the first recording session (too much feedback noise from a naughty Organ amplifier is my guess) and as a consequence the whole thing was re-recorded, this time in Mono(?). The second session is the one which made it on Vinyl in Africa.
Luckily Sean Uppal, DJ extraordinary from Toronto, found the test pressing of the rejected recording and unselfishly forwarded it to me. Ive selected two tracks from each session, basically two of the tracks are released here for the first time on Analog Africa...still can't believe it myself!! This is one of Benin Rarest record and one of the very best. All tracks composed by Benins No.1 Afrobeat composer, Vincent Ahehehinnou.
ALL TRACKS OFFICIALLY LICENSED FROM VINCENT AHEHEHINNOU.
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ANALOG AFRICA No.3 - AFRICAN SCREAM CONTEST
14 track compilation on CD and double vinyl (Release Date February 2008)
30 Months in the making, Contains 40 pages booklet-Full liners notes with many super rare photographs handed to us by the musicians. 16 interviews conducted in various cities in Benin & Togo with artists and producers, reconstructing the history of the 70s music scene. ALL TRACKS OFFICIALLY LICENSED.
1.Lokonon André & Les Volcans - Mi kple Dogbekpo
2.Picoby Band D..abomey - Mi Ma Kpe Dji
3.Gabo Brown & Orchestre Poly-Rythmo - Its a Vanity
4.El Rego et ses commandos - Se Na Min
5.Napo de Mi Amor Et Ses Black Devil..s - Leki Santchi
6.Orchestre Poly-Rythmo - Gbeti Madjro
7.Roger Damawuzan - Wait For Me
8.Ouinsou Corneille & Black Santiagos - Vinon so
Minsou
9.Orchestre Super Jheevs des Paillotes - Ye Nan Lon An
10.Tidjiani Kone - Djanfi Magni
11.Discafric Band - Houiou Djin Nan Zon Aklumon
12.Le Super Borgou de Parakou - Congolaise Benin Ye
13.Vincent Ahehehinnou-Ou c..est Lui Ou C..est Moi
14.Les Volcans De la Capital - Oya Ka Jojo
"One of the party albums of the year ... extraordinary
music that mostly never heard in the west." The
Guardian ****
"One of the most satisfying and exciting records of
the year so far." Music Week
"An explosive afro-funk collection dripping in the
feel of hot nights in crumbling mud-brick nightclubs."
The Daily Telegraph
"Samy Ben Redjeb has struck black gold here." Time Out
*****
I can't think of a more invigorating way to start the
day than with this wriggling bag of jagged, ragged 70s
funk." Songlines ****
"The rawest funk, roughest guitars and squawkingest
saxes." Mojo ****
"The music lives up to the title: funky electric
guitars, honking saxophones and voodoo rhythms, with
strong influences from soul, highlife and Latin
music." Evening Standard ****
"Wonderfully eccentric arrangement and tuning ...
Browntastic." The Wire
"An exuberant blend of Cuban, Congolese and high-life
strains, streaked with slithery psychedelic guitar
fills." The Independent (Independent Music supplement)
"When New York slicksters thought they were at the
centre of the universe - Studio 54, say – these bands
were taking the coolest parts of funk, soul and disco,
reinventing it and, at the same time, transforming
their own music and culture... A lot of the reaction
to West African blues has focused on origins and a
going-back-to-roots, but the groove in Benin and Togo
was far deeper and far more inventive than that." BBC
Music Online
"One funky freak-out of a history lesson." Straight No
Chaser
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Analog Africa No.1
The Green Arrows -‘4-Track Recording Session’ (AACD 061)
A 20-track compilation by legendary band, out now on CD and double vinyl. Release date: February, 2007
"a CD to treasure." BBC
"A model compilation with excellent notes that put the music in
context and even convey the personalities of the artists.†Afropop
Worldwide
"Contagiously danceable CD." The Independent on Sunday ****
"Glorious trip through The Green Arrows' finest moments." One Week To
Live (6 out of 7)
"It's high time their story and their music was given the recognition
it clearly deserves." Songlines ****
"Terrific low-fidelity recordings ... dance grooves that set the
stage for the future of southern African pop." Chicago Tribune
"Timeless stuff." Downbeat ****
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Analog Africa No.2
Hallelujah Chicken Run Band - 'Take One' (AACD 062)
Release date: October, 2007
No.1–Editor’s Top 10 - Global Rhythm magazine
"An hour later, you’ll be wanting to press replay" - BBC
“Almost all these songs are thoroughly addictive, the analog production and consequent slight distortion only making it more appealing, like a radio broadcast from a long-lost planetâ€â€“ Global Rhythm
“.........definitive Analog Africa series, each packaged with extremely fat and informative liner notes" – AllAboutJazz.com
Influences:
Africa.........
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo
The Green Arrows
Anibal Velasquez
Grupo Abharca
Roger Damawuzan
Julian Angulo
Napo De Mi Amor
The Police
Les Volcans De la Capitale
Vincent Ahehehinnou
Grupo Yoyi
Urbano De Castro
Ray Fernandez
Jose Barros
Amadou Balake
Os Kiesos
Ignace De Souza
Money Mark
theophile do Rego
Artur Nunes
Alemayehu Eshete
Antoine Dougbe
Orchestre Super Jheevs
Super Borgou de Parakou
Tidiani Kone
Alayew Mesfin
Melome Clement
Jackie Mittoo
Honore Avolonto
Teta Lando & Africa Show
New Tuttenkhamen
Michi Sarmiento
Os Bongos
Record Label: Analog Africa
Type of Label: Indie