Bonjour

En dehors de la compilation Poly Rythmo qui vient de sortir à Cotonou
(je n'ai pas des infos précises sur le contenu, si vous en avez prière
me les envoyer), une autre compilation a été éditée en Angleterre (!) au
début de cette année 2005.(disponible à la Fnac en France à 20euros et
quelques).

Voir ici des infos sur la pemière compilation qui était il y a un an
disponible à la Fnac à Paris
http://www.thephatplanet.com/music.ihtml?pid=7582&step=4

Voir ci-dessous quelques commentaires sur le contenu de la dernière
compilation sortie en angleterre.


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""Nouvelle étiquette vachement intéressante : Soundway de son petit nom,
chercheur de perles d'Afrique empoussiérées de son métier. Mission :
déterrer de la musique underground dite tropicale, saveur funky obligée.

Après les deux excellents volumes de Ghana Soundz et celui d'Afro Baby,
la maison présente les secrets du T.P. (pour tout-puissant, une
prétention parfaitement assumée par un sens du rythme imbattable)
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo, autrement nommé Rois du Bénin, époque 1972-1980,
façon Urban Groove. Le DJ Miles Cleret, aux commandes de la recherche et
de la production, a encore fait un boulot remarquable pour retrou-ver et
sélectionner les meilleurs morceaux de ce big band de Cotonou qui, sans
jamais connaître la gloire internationale, n'en a pas moins frappé fort
sur les planchers de danse ouest-africains. Juteux mélange de tout ce
que l'Afrique compte de schémas rythmiques tripatifs, Poly-Rythmo touche
l'afro-funk, beat, latin, disco, le highlife, le jazz...""
http://lesoleil.cyberpresse.ca/journal/2005/03/19/critiques_de_disques/03546_tou\
t_puissant.php


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*The Kings of Benin Urban Groove 1972-1980* (Soundway Records SNDWCD004,
2004)

I'm so very glad there are people who seek out and make widely available
vintage African music that might otherwise never be heard outside of
Africa. Thanks to renewed interest in Afrobeat, highlife and varying
strains of Afro-Latin music, more and more rippingly good stuff is being
unearthed.

I'd hardly heard of T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo until I heard of this CD,
but they were by all accounts one of Benin's best-loved and most
prolific bands (still existing in name to this day). Coming about in a
time when much African music was influenced in equal measure by Latin
sounds, American soul and funk and the emerging groove-intensive work of
innovators like Fela Kuti, T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo came up with some
of the hottest and sweetest combinations thereof.

True to their name and the title of this disc, they made music that had
loads going on rhythmically and was more geared toward city folk than
country folk. But don't go thinking this is music that's sophisticated
in any highbrow way. Quite the opposite, really. This is music from a
time when the sort of studio glossing-over that's common today was not
an option, so musicians played their darnedest and had chops to spare.

Anchored by the superb drumming of Yehouessi Leopold (one of Africa's
finest kit players and now sadly deceased) and the dazzling lead guitar
of Bernard "Papillon" Zoundegnon (who also died far too soon), the band
excelled in the keyboard, horns, bass, percussion and vocal departments
as well. This disc is a feast of monster jams layered with tasty riffs,
fevered rave-ups with James Brown intensity and medium tempo burners
that penetrate to the core.

There's loads of intricacy and nuance in the arrangements, including
sharp solos that keep indulgence at a minimum, quirky sounds that spread
the fun and perfect pairing of crunchy African beats with raw electric
energy. Though these 70 minutes represent only a small fraction of T.P.
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo's total recorded output, it's a fraction that any
African music and/or rare groove lover will savor while hoping there's
more on the way. Cheers to Soundway Records for putting together and
releasing this absolutely essential disc.

http://www.worldmusiccentral.org/article.php?story=20050406000859660

KL



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