Electric Africa (remastered)

by Manu Dibango

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1.	Pata Piya (remastered) 06:34	info	buy track
2.	Electric Africa (remastered) 10:22	info	buy track
3.	Echos Beti (remastered) 06:18	info	buy track
4.	L'Arbre A Palabres (remastered) 11:40	info	buy track

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By 1985, Manu Dibango was one of the most successful African artists in the world. This same year, in France, Manu started 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 (Iggy Pop, Mick Jagger, Motörhead, Ramones, Sly and Robbie, Yoko Ono), 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 its 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). Now finally back available as a limited vinyl edition (Blue vinyl, limited to 500 copies) for the first time since 1985.

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released December 21, 2022

Executive Producer: John Matarazzo
Producer Bill Laswell
Piano: Herbie Hancock, Parliament-Funkadelic
Keyboard: Bernie Worrell (Parliament-Funkadelic)
Synthesizer: Wally Badarou
Guitar: Nicky Scopelitis
Drums: Aiyb Dieng
Kora: Mory Kante

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Manu Dibango Cameroon

Manu Dibango is a Cameroonian musician and song-writer who plays saxophone and vibraphone.

He developed a musical style fusing jazz, funk, and traditional Cameroonian music.

His father was a member of the Yabassi ethnic group, though his mother was a Duala. He is best known for his 1972 single, "Soul Makossa". ... more

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