Antoine Dougbé Et L'Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou Antoine Dougbé Et L'Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou

• 1. We Tayi Sin Assi Tche
• 2. Ze Nou Mi
• 3. Djomido Ma Dougbe Tche
• 4. Gnin We A Na Mon
• 5. Ye Ko Gni Me Towe Dea
• 6. Adin Gban Non Chouwe
• 7. Gbe Nan Tche
• 8. Vile De Nan Gni Noude
• 9. Mon Non Doto Nagbe Leo
• 10. Towe Nin
• 11. Vio Se Gan
• 12. Ma Won Min Towe Leo

Even the most dedicated crate-digger might go their whole life without stumbling across any of the three LPs Antoine Dougbe released in the late 1970s and early '80s.

Yet he is remembered with a mixture of admiration and fear; for Antoine Dougbe was not merely one of the most inventive songwriters to emerge from the fertile music scene of Cotonou, but also a powerful Vodun initiate whose close connection to the spirit world allowed him to refer to himself as "the Devil's prime minister." Whether driven by the thrill of the music or by fear of crossing the Devil's prime minister, Dougbe's records all feature Orchestre Poly-Rythmo playing at the absolute height of their considerable powers. But Dougbe was unique in the sense he neither sang nor performed any of the main instrumental parts. It has been suggested that his involvement with Vodun prohibited him from using his voice for anything as frivolous as a popular song. Instead he provided his songs to Melome Clement, who arranged them for the band; most of the vocals were handled by Lohento Eskill and