January 17, 2011

Panoramic interlude

I suppose this is not the most spectacular compilation of Senegalese music imaginable, but in the 1980s it did fill a gap in my appetite for more, after getting into contact with the likes of Number One and the early Etoile records.

Omar Pene's vocals in "Bass" still manage to pierce through concrete walls, as they did when I first heard this decades ago. And Baobab's "Utru Horas", titled "Loi Di Nos" in this collection, is still cool enough to elicit a kiss from my wife. I prefer the version of "Sutukum" by Canari de Kaolack on Touba Auto K7 because of the exaggerate stereo. On this album it seems to have been 'corrected', - which is a pity...
But, as I said, it is an interlude.

Bellot MCA 306 (new link July 25, 2014)
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16 comments:

  1. Mouhamadou Falilou Mbacke Ndiaye17 January 2011 at 21:20

    Great post. I was looking for that lp for years. Thanks for sharing

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  2. internetbob18 January 2011 at 11:18

    Thx great post

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  3. thiol18 January 2011 at 16:04

    Excellent post!
    I was looking for this compilation for long time.
    Thanks for sharing this rarity.

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  4. Chris Jackson19 January 2011 at 09:42

    Very nice, though I agree about Track 3. Particularly like the Canari, but it does seem familiar. I've not heard of the group though.

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  5. Anonymous24 January 2011 at 16:03

    Canari, was a great band, they did 4 cassettes. I have in my possession all their Reels with their recordings and the sound is fantastic, nothing like the cassettes or this LP.

    Adamantios Kafetzis

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  6. zim27 January 2011 at 08:22

    @ Adamantios

    One of Canari's tapes (as well as many senegalese treasures) is here:

    http://aduna.free.fr/aduna.blog/blog2009.htm

    is this one of the 4 you refer to? I would love to hear more from them, as what i have heard from Aduna's page and from Dakar Sound has been great

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  7. Anonymous30 January 2011 at 13:35

    to Zim,

    Yes this is more than one of the tapes, the other stuff they did is similar to these tracks, but the quality recording is top, nothing like what you get from this site. You get only the 50% of the sound on the link you sent. Great band!!!

    Adamantios Kafetzis

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  8. zim30 January 2011 at 18:28

    @ Adamantios - are you planning to re-release their music? and is Diamonoye tiopité going to be available in the US?

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  9. Anonymous31 January 2011 at 03:41

    To Zim

    Yes I am planning to release a Canari album in the future. About the Diamonoye album, we are trying to put it in the US market but is not easy. Please contact me personally on my email, you will find it in the www.terangabeat.com site.

    Adamantios Kafetzis

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  10. LeFranck31 January 2011 at 13:46

    I'm really missing your weekly releases.
    Hoping for some Congolese special :-)

    LeFranck

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  11. Anonymous31 January 2011 at 15:21

    Many thanks for this. I used to have the LP but it got lost in a house move. CAn't wait to hear it again.

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  12. aduna2 February 2011 at 09:42

    @ Adamantios & Zim,

    Please, please, please,

    Let me know, inform, listen your project. I'm such a fan!!!

    @ Worldservice,

    Many thanks for your great work... Read your post is a pleasure (even despite my bad english)

    Regards.

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  13. Anonymous11 February 2011 at 09:44

    To Aduna,

    You can contact me whenever you want. Visit my site.

    Adamantios

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  14. Unknown18 February 2011 at 13:17

    I really enjoyed your postings and would love to see them back again. Please carry on!

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  15. Anonymous12 July 2014 at 02:36

    Es posible subir otra vez "esta joya" ?
    El Enlace no es válido y es un cisco de coleccionista

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  16. WrldServ25 July 2014 at 02:59

    @Anonymous (the last one): the link has been renewed. Thanks for informing me!

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