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Eugène Mona and Max Ransay - Tambours de Martinique (SOLPS007)

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Zouk =  fast, rhythmic, carnival style of music originating from the Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique, popularized by the French Antilles band Kassav' in the 1980s.

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For its seventh offering, Sol Power Sound taps into the pulse of the French Antilles for Tambours de Martinique, a blistering EP of original and remixed versions of rare, drum-centric dance floor workouts. Licensed directly from the legendary Martiniquan label Hibiscus Records, the EP features cuts by Eugène Mona and Max Ransay, two of Martinique’s most storied musicians. With reworks by Spanish DJ and producer Kiko Navarro and the Sol Power All-Stars, this one will be in the record bags of discerning DJs all summer long.

The A side features ‘Lizo’ by Eugène Mona, an essential figure in the folkloric music of Martinique based on the bamboo flute, bèlè drums, and the island's specific variant of Antillean creole.  Lizo was originally released in 1990 on Mona’s Blanc Mangé Blan Manjé? LP and is anchored by frenetic percussion, a driving bassline, and house-evocative key stabs. Mona's flute kicks off the tune which then jumps right into a call-and response vocal barrage. In the lyrics, Mona warns a local political figure to watch his back because he's surrounded by an untrustworthy crew. Kiko Navarro’s remix takes an already dynamic cut to deep Afro-space with thumping drums and a bubbling synth-bass groove that will put dancers through their paces.

With its powerful combo of urgent brass and ensemble vocals, Max Ransay’s 1988 recording of the traditional Martiniquan folk song ‘Ti Kanno’ fills the B-side. 'Ti Kanno' was previously recorded by Ti Émile, Ransay and Mona’s legendary forebear. Full of surprises, Ransay's version is a sonic melting pot of hand percussion, horns, unexpected synth lines, and bass. The Sol Power All-Stars edit fills out the low-end thump and teases out the groove for maximum impact.

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DC Promo Tracks #196: "Lizo" by Eugène Mona is part of the upcoming release "Tambours De Martinique" on Sol Power Sound @solpowerdc

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The A side features 'Lizo' by Eugène Mona, an essential figure in the folkloric music of Martinique based on the bamboo flute, bèlè drums, and the island's specific variant of Antillean creole.  Lizo was originally released in 1990 on Mona's Blanc Mangé Blan Manjé? LP and is anchored by frenetic percussion, a driving bassline, and house-evocative key stabs. Mona's flute kicks off the tune which then jumps right into a call-and response vocal barrage. In the lyrics, Mona warns a local political figure to watch his back because he's surrounded by an untrustworthy crew. Kiko Navarro's remix takes an already dynamic cut to deep Afro-space with thumping drums and a bubbling synth-bass groove that will put dancers through their paces.

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DC Promo Tracks #196: Eugène Mona "Lizo"

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We are very excited about the release of Sol Powers superb seventh EP ‘Tambours De Martinique’. Today we have the premier of Max Ransay's Ti Kanno a drum heavy excursion by one of Martinique’s most legendary recording artists.

Check out the full review by clicking the link below.
http://levisiteuronline.com/music/max-ransay-ti-kanno-le-visiteur-premier/

Tambours de Martinique

Max Ransay - Ti Kanno - Le Visiteur Premier

Founded in 2018 by DJ and Producer Déni-Shain & Thomas Vicente, Atangana Records is the fruit of a friendship and an unlikely alliance between Déni, a true digging globe-trotter, who has spent over twenty years traveling the world in search of artists and uncovering tropical hits, and Thomas an entrepreneur, who reached beyond his career in hospitality, to make a move on his and Deni’s passion for tropical music.
« MIZIK SOLEY SA BON » is the first volume of a tribute to the great Guadeloupean producer Henri Debs by Atangana Records & Henri Debs & Fils.
It is the result of a meeting which led us to listening to over 1400 hours of music, exploring the discographie of a visionary  inside his very own mythical studios.
Digging and putting together these 4 titles, the Atangana team really wanted to put the focus on the work of the producer. Producing a disque is always a rich human experience, Henri started his carrier as a perfume street seller  (poster of the maxi) during the week and doing gigs with his friends the week-end, he understood this right at the time.
The goal of this collaboration is to restore and re-edit the rare titles of Debs releases. In order to carry out this 3-year project, Atangana will be settling down at Henri Debs & Fils in Pointe à Pitre in September

Atangana Records 2019
Artwork by : Krokodil Deumildouz (WoozMoon – kofi deux mille)
Mastered by : MB Mastering 
Distributed by : The Pusher Distribution

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Esnard Boisdur - Mizik Bel
Cat Number: FVR156
Format : Vinyl 12" & Digital
Release date: 16th September 2019
Order here: https://favoriterecordings.bandcamp.com/album/mizik-bel

“You don’t need to be a fan of Gwoka or even Antillean music in general to fall in love with the deep, expressive voices of the singers of the genre. Artists like COSACK, ANZALA and ESNARD BOISDUR have fascinated music lovers around the globe for decades. It’s not only the drumming style accompanied by their beautiful melodic intonation, but also the revolutionary spirit of these songs that make them a unique and powerful document of the culture and the history of the Antilles and the Caribbean.

I remember the first time I listened to this type of drumming and signing, live at the re-enactment of the slave riots, and being completely emotionally overwhelmed by it. Some of my record collector/DJ colleagues and friends – first and foremost Hugo Mendez and Émile Omar – shared the same fascination for the genre and kept inspiring me, and countless others, by their DJ sets at Tropical Discoteq in Paris, where I have had the pleasure to be one of the residents for five years and counting. At one of those nights, I met my friend Pascal Rioux from Favorite Recordings and told him about an amazing unreleased track I received months before, on a home-burned CD, from ESNARD BOISDUR. Among other beautiful songs, it contained one outstanding track, a mix of modern Gwoka and Zouk called “MIZIK BEL”.

When I started playing that track out, there were fierce reactions on both ends. The crowds loved it and after a while you could hear people cheer when they heard the first notes. Many DJs and labels wanted it, demanded it, and would even go as far as to block or unfriend me if I refused to comply. It became clear to me that the track had to be released on vinyl for the first time and made accessible to people who wanted to play it, while giving the original artist full credit. At the same time, I knew a remix version of the track that would pay respect to the original could only be created by getting the original stems, and not by editing the main track and pressing it into an “electronic dance corset.” Pascal agreed to the idea and started the licensing work and the search for the stems, which resulted in an ongoing three-year quest that was crowned by the finding of the ADAT containing the original tracks.

As AFRICAINE 808, Dirk Leyers and I spent considerable time trying to re-create the composition of the original, respectfully slicing and re-arranging it, adding new instrumentation, and recording additional percussion and talking drum with our percussionist ERIC OWUSU (Pat Thomas/Ebo Taylor). We stretched it, adding a krauty synth part without losing the focus of Esnard’s beautiful voice and lyrics, describing Caribbean music in all its diversity and beauty.

With this in mind, I hope you can now enjoy the beauty of “MIZIK BEL” as much as we have so far.” 

– (DJ NOMAD, June 2019).

Esnard Boisdur - A. Mizik Bel (Original Version)

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