AN INNOVATIVE AFRO-ELECTRONIC EXPERIMENT, ADORED BY SUCCESSIVE GENERATIONS OF FANS AND MUSICIANS AROUND THE WORLD. # AFROBEAT / AFROFUNK / ELECTRO WORLD #EXCEPTIONAL... FELA KUTI MEETS MARLEY OR JAMES BROWN! A FUSION OF AFRICAN VOCAL DIALOGUES WITH A D.A.F.-STYLE APPROPRIATION OF FUNK. THIS ALBUM WILL RECONQUER THE DANCEFLOORS....Following the successful vinyl reissue of the band's first album, Noir et Blanc, we are delighted to present an 'augmented' edition of Zazou Bikaye's second album, Mr. Manager, released in 1985 as a vinyl mini-album, and never reissued in any format since. This new edition includes nine new tracks, six of which are completely unreleased, and three were released on limited edition singles. "A CULT CLASSIC!!!" --- Pan African Music (PAM) ---. "A fusion of African chants and polyrhythmic percussion laid over hip-hop beats and colored by synths reminiscent of Kraftwerk... A sensual synthesis of Afro-European electro-jazz. A transcultural, hypnotic, and tribal musical experience." --- i-D, UK ---. To make all these recordings in 1985-86, Hector Zazou and Bony Bikaye surrounded themselves with a team of exceptional musicians, including Philippe de la Croix Herpin (aka Prof Pinpin) on saxophones, Luc van Lieshout (from Tuxedomoon) on trumpet and chromatic harmonica, Vincent Kenis on guitar, three superb backing vocalists (Mwamba Kasuba, Nicole MT & M'Bombo K) and two percussionists (Chris Joris & Bigoune). Marc Hollander played a little sax and produced some of the recordings alongside Hector Zazou, Vincent Kenis and sound engineer Gilles Martin.
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