M'Bamina African Roll

• M'Bamina – Kyrie Paien
• M'Bamina – Wendo
• M'Bamina – Malonga
• M'Bamina – Bakoko
• M'Bamina – Messe Noire
• M'Bamina – Benguela
• M'Bamina – Ayewa
• M'Bamina – Watchiwara
• M'Bamina – N'zoumba
• M'Bamina – African Drums

• 1. Kyrie Paien
• 2. Wendo
• 3. Malonga
• 4. Bakoko
• 5. Messe Noire
• 6. Benguela
• 7. Ayewa
• 8. Watchiwara
• 9. N'zoumba
• 10. African Drums

A rare document of 1970s intercultural Italy arrives here with African rhythms, funk basslines and Afro-Latin percussion collided with Turin's emerging nightclub scene. Recorded in 1975, the ensemble of Congolese, Cameroonian and Beninese musicians channels polyrhythms, call-and-response vocals and light electric guitars into a hybrid sound that is neither strictly Afrobeat nor Western funk but a natural fusion shaped by experience. Tracks like 'Watchiwara' reveal playful reinterpretations of Latin standards through African grooves. Initially overlooked, M'Bamina's African Roll is now considered a classic and a testament to the great value of migration and ensuring musical exchange. Do not sleep on one of European Afro-fusion's hidden gems.