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 |
