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    Nouvelle Ambiance!!! Sounds from the Pan-African Paris UndergroundVarious Artists

    Nouvelle Ambiance
    • Antoinette Konan – M'ackô
    • Nicky M'Poto – Komba
    • Jean-Paul Mondo – Zangalon
    • Ali Baba – Tcha! Tcha! Merengue
    • Esa – A Muto
    • Empire Bakuba & Papy Tex – Livre d'or
    • Siassia & Tokobina – Mama Africa
    • John Jongos – Djandè
    • Baba Bhy-Gao Dombia – Dawsi (Instrumental)
    • Bovick & Cie – Bazombo
    • Tutu – Ayoyo
    • Jacques Loubelo – Ngando
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    • 2. Nicky M'Poto – Komba
    • 3. Jean-Paul Mondo – Zangalon
    • 4. Ali Baba – Tcha! Tcha! Merengue
    • 5. Esa – A Muto
    • 6. Empire Bakuba & Papy Tex – Livre d'or
    • 7. Siassia & Tokobina – Mama Africa
    • 8. John Jongos – Djandè
    • 9. Baba Bhy-Gao Dombia – Dawsi (Instrumental)
    • 10. Bovick & Cie – Bazombo
    • 11. Tutu – Ayoyo
    • 12. Jacques Loubelo – Ngando

    A superb second release from the excellent, Nouvelle Ambiance who focus on the underground Pan-African music scene centred around Paris in the 80s. This compilation features never-before-reissued productions and dancefloor sure-shots taking in new forms of dancefloor-ready rumba, bikutsi, soukous, boogie and more! Comes with 28 page magazine format booklet featuring previsouly unpublished photos from the archives of photographer Bill Akwa Bétotè.

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