Electric Africa, by Manu Dibango

Electric Africa

by Manu Dibango

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notsorandomlistening Kinetic and scintillating upfull funky fusion of the old and new from the late Cameroonian master. Effortlessly enjoyable. Favorite track: L'arbre A Palabres.

BeagleBay The production is sharp, the musicianship is stellar, and the songs are full of joy. This is a beautiful album, certainly a landmark album in the genre. Favorite track: L'arbre A Palabres.

DJ Angel B! aka: Soulfrica One of my all-time favs, the tracks sound brilliant and "Electric Africa" is truly electric by itself!!! Favorite track: Electric Africa.

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1.	Pata Piya 06:37	info	buy track
2.	Electric Africa 10:23	info	buy track
3.	Echos Beti 06:17	info	buy track
4.	L'arbre A Palabres 11:45	info	buy track

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released June 7, 2019

produced by Bill Laswell

Manu Dibango: tenor, baritone and soprano sax, piano, DX-7, vocals

Bernie Worrell: Prophet 5 synthesizer, Fairlight CMI (#1)
Wally Badarou: Yamaha DX-7, Oberheim OB-8 (#1)
Herbie Hancock: Yamaha DX-7 (#2, 4), Piano (#2), Fairlight CMI (#3, 4)
Mory Kante: kora (#4)
Bill Laswell: DMX (#1, 3), Fairlight CMI (#1, 2), AMS (#2)
Nicky Skopelitis: guitar (#1)
Aiyb Dieng: jimbe (#1, 2), talking drum (#1),
cowbell (#1, 3), chatan (#3, 4)

Manu Dibango “SOUL MAKOSSA GANG”
Valerie Lobe: drums, percussion
Brice Wouassy: drums, percussion
Joseph Kuo: simmons
Jerry Malekani: guitar
Vincent Nguini: guitar
Francis Mbappe: bass, vocals
Florence Titty Dimbeng: vocals
Sissy Dipoko: vocals
Segona Peter Tholo: trumpet

recorded & mixed at Plus 30 Studio, Paris, France
engineering: Robert Musso
assistant: Joelle Bauer
Fairlight programming: Frederick Rousseau
remastered by James Dellatacoma

artwork by Satori

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