Manu Dibango - Electric Africa - Blue Vinyl LP - NEW & SEALED
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Vinyl LP repressing comes with the original 1985 artworks and obi strip. By 1985, Dibango was one of the most successful African artists in the world. He arrived in Paris to start on the recordings for the Electric Africa album. This album hooked Manu and the Soul Makossa Gang up with New York avant garde producer Bill Laswell, jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, Parliament-Funkadelic keyboard player Bernie Worrell, Pan African synthesist Wally Badarou, New York guitarist Nicky Scopelitis, African drummer Aiyb Dieng and Malian kora virtuoso Mory Kante. This means of working gave Manu and Laswell license to fuse synthesizers and kora, talking drums and samples, ngoni and electric guitar. What it all boils down to is world beat in it's truest sense. Electric Africa remains one of Manu's strongest albums. His deep growl of a honey and sandpaper voice and the energetic honk of his saxophone merge with the seamless samples and the myriad hand percussion and overt funkiness of his band. Herbie Hancock plays on three tracks, contributing an amazing electric piano solo on the title track and interacting with Manu's sax while weaving to the warp of Mory Kante's kora during "L'arbre a Palabres." Similarly but more subtly, Laswell, Badarou and Worrell play dueling synthesizers in and around the band throughout "Pata Piya." All of this makes the album an hypnotic & upbeat Afro-Funk classic that will rock every part your body (and mind). TRACKS A1 Pata Piya Djembe [Jimbe], Talking Drum, Cowbell – Aiyb Dieng Drum Machine [DMX], Synthesizer [Fairlight CMI] – Bill Laswell Guitar – Nicky Skopelitis Synthesizer [Prophet 5, Fairlight CMI] – Bernie Worrell Synthesizer [Yamaha DX-7, Oberheim OB-8] – Wally Badarou Djembe [Jimbe], Talking Drum, Cowbell – Aiyb Dieng Drum Machine [DMX], Synthesizer [Fairlight CMI] – Bill Laswell Guitar – Nicky Skopelitis Synthesizer [Prophet 5, Fairlight CMI] – Bernie Worrell Synthesizer [Yamaha DX-7, Oberheim OB-8] – Wally Badarou 6:35 A2 Electric Africa Djembe [Jimbe] – Aiyb Dieng Piano, Synthesizer [Yamaha DX-7] – Herbie Hancock Synthesizer [Fairlight CMI, AMS] – Bill Laswell Djembe [Jimbe] – Aiyb Dieng Piano, Synthesizer [Yamaha DX-7] – Herbie Hancock Synthesizer [Fairlight CMI, AMS] – Bill Laswell 10:27 B1 Echos Beti Drum Machine [DMX] – Bill Laswell Percussion [Chatan], Cowbell – Aiyb Dieng Synthesizer [Fairlight CMI] – Herbie Hancock Drum Machine [DMX] – Bill Laswell Percussion [Chatan], Cowbell – Aiyb Dieng Synthesizer [Fairlight CMI] – Herbie Hancock 6:20 B2 L'Arbre A Palabres Kora – Mory Kante* Percussion [Chatan] – Aiyb Dieng Synthesizer [Fairlight CMI, Yamaha DX-7] – Herbie Hancock Kora – Mory Kante* Percussion [Chatan] – Aiyb Dieng Synthesizer [Fairlight CMI, Yamaha DX-7] – Herbie Hancock 12:00
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