Tchico Tchicaya & Orchestre African Kings – L’amour rend aveugle
https://amf.didiermary.fr/tchico-tchicaya-orchestre-african-kings-amour-rend-aveugle/
Soukous made in Bénin with Tchico Tchicaya and 2 great musicians:
— Bass: Gustave Bentho (TP Orchestre Poly-Rythmo)
— Drums: Sagbohan Danialou
Remembering Leonard Dembo
https://amf.didiermary.fr/remembering-leonard-dembo/
Death snatched the legendary artist Leonard Dembo (Leonard Tazvivinga Dembo, also known as Kwangwari Gwaindepi or Musoro We Nyoka), when he was only 37, on April 9, 1996, leaving a rich discography. As Zimbabwean guitarist and member of the band Barura Express, he incorporated traditional Shona sayings in his lyrics. His musical style was sungura-based, […]
The Art of Noise – Yebo!
https://amf.didiermary.fr/memories-80smusic-art-of-noise/
The Art of Noise featuring Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens in 1989… So many memories with all their music…
LÉVE LÉVE Vol. 1 & 2
https://amf.didiermary.fr/leve-leve-vol-1-2-sao-tome-principe/
2 compilations focusing on the golden age of São Tomé & Principe Sounds in the 70s and 80s.
The two Portuguese-speaking African islands of São Tomé & Principe, located in the Gulf of Guinea, created an unique music called Puxa : a refined mixture of various musical components from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. […]
Bebe Manga – AmiO
https://amf.didiermary.fr/bebe-manga-amio/
Bebe Manga rose to stardom and international fame in 1980 when she covered Ebanda Manfred‘s 1962 radio hit, “Amie” (meaning “friend” in French). Bebe Manga’s version known as “Amio” earned her the prestigious “Maracas d’or” award from SACEM, and a firm place in history as one of Cameroon‘s greatest voices […]
Wally Badarou – Hi-Life
https://amf.didiermary.fr/wally-badarou-hi-life/
Retracer la carrière musicale et artistique de Wally Badarou peu prendre un certain temps… Né à Paris en 1955, musicien français d’origine béninoise, c’est un spécialiste du Home Studio et du synthétiseur.
Ce titre présent sur l’album Echoes de 1983 a fait la joie des chaines de TV du continent africain qui l’ont régulièrement diffusé […]
King Sunny Ade live
https://amf.didiermary.fr/king-sunny-ade-live/
The King of Juju Music, King Sunny Ade live!
Chief Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye (born September 1946), known professionally as King Sunny Adé, is a Nigerian jùjú singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.He is regarded as one of the first African pop musicians to gain international success, and has been called one of the most influential musicians [...]
#80smusic #TV #JujuMusic #LiveMusic #Nigeria #OldAfricanMusic
Manu Dibango – Ma Marie (live)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/manu-dibango-live-marie/
“Ma Marie,” by Manu Dibango, is an instrumental tribute to his wife, Marie-Josée (aka Coco), model then photographer, who died in 1995. It appears on his album “Waka Juju” released in 1982. She was his muse, his guardian angel since 1957.
There’s another song dedicated to Coco, the love of his life: “Mouna Maria” on […]
Baaba Maal & Mansour Seck – Djam Leelii
https://amf.didiermary.fr/baaba-maal-mansour-seck-djam-leelii/
Djam Leelii (The Adventurers in Toucouleur) is the first widely distributed album of Senegalese musician Baaba Maal and guitarist Mansour Seck. First released as a cassette in 1984, it wasn’t available on CD immediately, as the original mixes were lost for some time, till the multi-track originals were found again.
[...] blending reggae rhythms, synthy disco grooves, gritty pop, house, and funk, a vibrant collision of genres that reflects Libya’s unique sonic landscape from the 1980s to the early 2000s.
Khaled Al Reigh - Zannik (reimagining "Another brick in the wall"...)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-xINadxrBA
https://habibifunkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/habibi-funk-031-a-selection-of-music-from-libyan-tapes
Pat Thomas & The Sweet Beans – Revolution
https://amf.didiermary.fr/pat-thomas-sweet-beans-revolution/
Ghanaian highlife master and “The Golden Voice Of Africa,” here’s Pat Thomas’ first full career retrospective, “Coming Home,” covering his career from his late ‘60s big band highlife recordings through to the “burger highlife” movement of the early ‘80s.
Growing up with music around him (“my uncle, [...]
#60smusic #70smusic #80smusic #Compilation #Ghana #Highlife #OldAfricanMusic #Reggae
Cameroonian classic! Zangalewa
https://amf.didiermary.fr/cameroonian-classic-zangalewa/
Zangalewa est un succès populaire Camerounais, mais dont la popularité est allée bien au-delà des frontières du pays…
#80smusic #Bikutsi #Cameroon #Makossa #Zouglou #OldAfricanMusic
Chicco – We Can Dance
https://amf.didiermary.fr/chicco-we-can-dance/
Sello Twala, born in Soweto, released his 1st solo single in 1985 as Chicco.
His songs are part of the pop & funky productions, known as “bubblegum music”. Check “I need some money” too.
In the 1970s, Twala played in soul bands including Umoja and Sipho “Hotstix” Mabuse’s Harari, as well as forming his own […]
Moreno Batamba & Orchestra First Moja-One – Adidja
https://amf.didiermary.fr/moreno-batamba-orchestra-first-moja-one-adidja/
Orchestra (First) Moja-One was a group formed in 1980 in Nairobi, Kenya, by Moreno Batamba, himself born in Congo. The band only lasted until the mid 1980s. They appear on the original “Sister Pili” album and the extended release “+2” from 2012.
Still fondly remembered in Kenya, this is the first international release for Moreno […]
Francis Bebey – Psychedelic Sanza
https://amf.didiermary.fr/francis-bebey-psychedelic-sanza/
The incredible “Psychedelic Sanza (1982-1984)” album is a beautifully dreamy celebration of the uniquely affective timbre of the sanza, or African thumb piano, by Francis Bebey.
[…] I did not participate in the production of the various records that my father devoted to the sansa. He did it himself, you might say, in his “laboratory.” […]
Jewel Ackah – Electric Hi-Life
https://amf.didiermary.fr/jewel-ackah-electric-hi-life/
Jewel Ackah is, for many Ghanians, synonymous with feelgood, old-school highlife dance music. Electric Hi-Life is a monument to old school brass-band highlife sound. […]
Alefa Madagascar
https://amf.didiermary.fr/salegy-alefa-madagascar/
“Alefa Madagascar: Salegy, Soukous & Soul from the Red Island 1974-1984,” the first compilation to document the unique music culture on the island during the ‘70s and ‘80s.
Originating as far back as the 15th Century through folkloric ceremonial music and an a cappella chanting style called antsa, salegy emerged as a fast-tempoed local dance […]
#70smusic #80smusic #Compilation #IndianOcean #Madagascar #Soukous
The Mixed Grill – A Brand New Wayo
https://amf.didiermary.fr/the-mixed-grill-brand-new-wayo/
“Brand New Wayo – Funk, Fast Times & Nigerian Boogie Badness 1979-1983”, 15 pulsing Nigerian boogie tracks on a 2xLP compilation, released in 2011.
The years between 1979 and 1983 were Nigeria’s Second Republic, when democracy finally returned after 23 years of uninterrupted military dictatorship. It was also Nigeria’s oil boom era. [...]
K. Frimpong and his Cubanos Fiesta – Me Da A Ɔnnda
https://amf.didiermary.fr/frimpong-cubanos-fiesta/
Me Da A Ɔnnda is a classic and essential Hi-Life & Afro Funk album from one of the greatest Ghanaian singer and composer, recorded in 1980 by the legendary K. Frimpong and his Cubanos Fiesta band.
K . Frimpong was born on July 22nd, 1939 at Ofoase in the Ashanti – Akim district and entered right […]
#80smusic #AfroFunk #FullAlbum #Ghana #Highlife #OldAfricanMusic
Zig Zag Band, Chigiyo
https://amf.didiermary.fr/zig-zag-band-chigiyo/
Zig Zag Band, a band from Kwekwe in Zimbabwe, fused traditional Zimbabwean rhythms with reggae to produce a hybrid genre they called “Chigiyo,” based on a traditional dance from Chimanimani, in East Zimbabwe. This was one of their biggest hits: “Makatukura” is a protest track against the rich and their corrupt accumulation of wealth. […]
Gasper Lawal – Ajomasé
https://amf.didiermary.fr/gasper-lawal-ajomase/
“Ajomasé,” originally released in 1980 on his own label CAP, is the groundbreaking debut album by legendary Nigerian percussionist Gasper Lawal.
Mixing traditional Nigerian percussions, Rock & Jazz, he starts working on his own compositions in 1976, in his spare time or when he can access a studio, with the best musicians available [...]
#70smusic #80smusic #FullAlbum #Jazz #Nigeria #Psychedelic #Rock #AfroJazz
Zazou Bikaye + Cy1 – Noir et Blanc
https://amf.didiermary.fr/noir-et-blanc-zazou-bikaye-cy1-1983/
“In the early ‘80s, Zazou released Noir et Blanc (Black and White) and despite its chaotic development and the fact that he didn’t play a single note, it was among his finest achievements. Everything stemmed from Zazou’s introduction of CY1 (two Frenchmen adept with electronics, Claude Micheli and Guillaume Loizillon) to Congolese singer Bony Bikaye. […]
Burger Highlife
https://amf.didiermary.fr/burger-highlife/
The first ever compilations focussing on the phenomenon of “Burger Highlife”, a crossover of West African melodies with synthesizers, disco and boogie that took over Ghanaian airwaves during the 1980’s and beyond.
The 1970s had witnessed an increased Western airtime and physical presence in Ghana introducing funk, soul and disco sounds [...]
#80smusic #90smusic #AfroFunk #Compilation #Disco #Ghana #Highlife #OldAfricanMusic
Lagos All Routes
https://amf.didiermary.fr/lagos-all-routes/
Lagos All Routes (Juju, Highlife, Apala and Fuji) is a compilation of Nigerian music from the mid-1960s through the early 1980s, often considered the ‘golden age’ of African popular music. In Nigerian pidgin English, ‘chop-up’ makes figurative reference to a bountiful feast.
‘Lagos All Routes’ refers to the fact that while the [...]
#60smusic #70smusic #80smusic #Fuji #Highlife #JùjúMusic #Nigeria #Remixed #OldAfricanMusic
