EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou - Malin Kpon O
Among reissue labels with a specific focus — a time, a place — you’ll find none finer than Analog Africa, a favorite of Afro-minded DJs and fans the world over. As its name implies, the imprint dusts off the jaw-droppingly rich and diverse treasures of Africa’s happening ’70s, and its next sack of gold (coming in November) is a must-must: the second volume exploring Benin’s crazily prolific Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou. Don’t think of this as “just” some Afro-beat excursion — these cats absorbed and mastered every style of music that flashed across their viewscreen. Prime evidence is “Malin Kpon O,” a 1975 jam supreme that Analog Africa has been cool enough to share with us, with hot guitar licks and psychedelic organ bursts arranged around a killer Afro-funk rhythm. This magic could not have been made anywhere else in the world.
Orchestre Poly Rythmo - Malin Kpon O
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