A final disk collects the city’s other notable bands, with Le Imbattables Léopard’s dreamy Bissongo Lebguinw and Echo Del Africa’s rock’n’roll influenced He Ya Wannan amongst the highlights. Less frenetic than Volta Jazz, and with a more pronouncedly African rhythmic focus, they incorporated elements of rhumba on the likes of the excellent Yafamma. Volta Jazz’s lead vocalist Coulibaly Tidiane went on to form Dafra Star, whose music is collected on the second volume. Spilt over three discs, the first is taken up entirely by the music of Volta Jazz, whose deft melding of Cuban rhythms and West African harmonies, augmented by raw and fiery guitar work on the likes of Bi Kameleou and Fitri Mawaly, represent some of the finest African music unearthed this year. Accompanied by a hardback book featuring the famed contemporary photographs of local photographer Sory Sanlé, it’s a sumptuous work. Analog Africa’s 2011 compilation Bambara Mystic Soul provided an excellent introduction to the scene its superlative contents suggesting there was a treasure trove waiting to be discovered.įor this further exploration, Numero have fixed their gaze on one of the country’s cultural hotbeds the city of Bobo-Dioulasso. As musicians travelled throughout the West African region, they brought back influences from Mali, Guinea, Ghana and Nigeria, which were mixed with Cuban rhythms brought over by visiting ensembles. While many labels release varied, excellent portraits of music from the African continent, Numero's project illustrates a particular place and time that laid the foundation for an entire people to build a nation.Burkina Faso witnessed a musical golden age during the 60s and 70s.
Bobo Yéyé: Belle Époque in Upper Volta is one of Numero's most obsessively assembled artifacts, and given their high standards, that's saying plenty. Contrast this with Dafra Star's fusion of call-and-response Malian folk and Latin-inspired funk in "Sie Koumgolo." Echo del Africa opens disc three with the cooking, Afrobeat-drenched funk of "Gentlemen Doromina." Later, they showcase a driving, Yoruban-cum-Juju pulse and chant in "Yiri Wah." Les Imbattables Leopards move through sweet, tender Afro-soul on "Milaoba" then get salsa-fied on "Nene." This disc also includes the popping dance number "He Ya Wanna" by Ouedraogo Youssef - complete with Stax soul-styled horns - and "Arindo" by Idy-O-Idrissa, a waltz-time R&B ballad whose melody derives from the Sahel folk tradition.
Check Volta Jazz's mind-melting "Mousso Koroba Tike." Fuzzed-up psychedelic wah-wah guitars and rock drums run headlong into highlife, accompanied by polyrhythmic hand drums and souled-out vocal harmonies. Along the way, they encounter and build on Cuban rhythms, rock, and R&B sounds from the Americas. Across three discs of rough-hewed yet honeyed music, this three-disc set captures the cosmopolitan scene of Africa’s post-colonial Upper Volta in the 1960s and ’70s. They offer rare tracks illustrating a startling crossroads where Malian and Nigerian melodies and rhythms collide with those of Ghana and Niger. The set includes a disc each by Volta Jazz and Dafra Star. Full-color photos of various recordings adorn some pages, as do complete discographies of important labels. There are biographies of the country's legendary groups Volta Jazz, Dafra Star (led by former - and best - VJ vocalist Coulibaly Tidiani), Echo del Africa, and Les Imbattables Leopards, and interviews. A short note by photographer Sory Sanle offers his story, and is followed by dozens of his quietly stunning black-and-white photos that include studio portraits, promo shots of musicians, and night-time street scenes. The 176-page hardbound book provides an introductory essay with a fine historical overview of colonial, post-colonial, and pre-revolutionary Upper Volta. Revolution is a process, not an event, and this artifact offers one kind of proof. item 6 VARIOUS ARTISTS DIGITAL DRUGS, VOL. Belle Epoque In Upper Volta by Various Artists + Book.
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1 by Various Artists (CD) at the best online prices at eBay Free shipping for many products. It shines a light on Bobo-Dioulasso's music scene as an explosion of pop culture paved the way for 1983's coup d'etat led by Thomas Sankara (a former jazz musician) to rename the country. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for La Belle Epoque, Vol. Bobo Yéyé: Belle Époque in Upper Volta is a hefty, handsome box set it's equal parts photo exhibit and musical anthology documenting the landlocked nation (now known as Burkina Faso) during the 1970s.
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