Label: Nouvelle Ambiance
Genre: African Boogie/Soukous
A seriously vital insight into what these twelve tracks (along with the incredible accompanying booklet) reveal to be a deeply inventive and progressive undergound dance culture in 80s Paris. There's a socio-cultural educative quality to such a collection, but let's not get this twisted up in cultural archaeology (or tourism) - this music twists, subverts, (re-)invents, and most crucially, bangs.
Tracklisting
1. Antoinette Konan - M'Ackô
2. Nicky M'Poto - Komba
3. Jean Paul Mondo - Zangalon
4. Ali Baba - Tcha! Tcha! Merengue
5. Esa - A Muto
6. Empire Bakuba & Papy Tex - Livre d'or
7. Siassia & Tokobina - Mana africa
8. John Jongos - Djandè
9. Bab Bhy-Gao Dombia - Dawsi (instrumental)
10. Bovick & Co - Bazombo
11. Tutu - Ayoyo
12. Lacques Loubelo - Ngando
