https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoRFAci90Ag François N'Gwa - N'Gondjet From François N’Gwa – N'Gondjet / Odette Released on Studio 1, 1986, France When someone tells you about a cosmic electronic African track your interest arouse and you generally don't really know what to expect... If you add to this a cover featuring a picture of a Gabonese musician floating in…Lire la suite SPACE IS THE PLACE
Music From The Club
SOUTH-AFRICAN MADNESS #3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8qZfv3W5a0 Splash - I've Lots Of Money To Spend From Splash - Peacock Released on Celluloid, 1986, France Summer is coming back and so is our passion for South-African Kwaito, Bubblegum, Proto-House, etc. So we thought we needed to share with you this little-known song from one of the biggest South-African dance acts from the…Lire la suite SOUTH-AFRICAN MADNESS #3
SUGAR DADDY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5nLwNQ3dHg Emmanuel Ezeagu - African Problem From Emmanuel Ezeagu - Sugar Daddy Released on Melody Records, 1992, Nigeria we have always believed that there's still a huge amount of undiscovered great music out there and especially in the motherland, Africa. This statement seems particularly right if you take into account the incredible amount of music recorded…Lire la suite SUGAR DADDY
RAP ATTACK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X_3e1eavDs Frantz - Exhibition Tonight From Frantz - Exhibition Tonight Released on Barclay, 1983, France "Everybody must get high ! Oh get up ! Oh get up !" there's something weird about Exhibition Tonight's lyrics. Well, that's maybe because they've been written by a guy who learned to speak English by listening to Kurtis Blow and…Lire la suite RAP ATTACK
BOOM-BOOM-TCHAK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW8oyZY76fw Hoodoo Fushimi - Furarete Nambo From Hoodoo Fushimi - ケンカおやじ (Kenka Oyaji) Released on Syntax, 1987, Japan Hoodoo Fushimi is such a mysterious and talented man : he self-released four albums in the late 1980's - early 1990's , playing the Guitar , the Bass , Synths , Scratching , and even playing the Shamisen, making…Lire la suite BOOM-BOOM-TCHAK
FROM WEST TO EAST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI8lWavQNpE&feature=youtu.be Hiroshi Sato - Bad Janky Blues From Hiroshi Sato - Time Released on Wave Concept, 1977, Japan We never made a post about Hiroshi Sato, but it was as if he has been around since the launch of OYT. Indeed, the man highly influenced our views on music, opening for us a whole new…Lire la suite FROM WEST TO EAST
SPEAKING CREOLE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rmc3r3VmnGU Gaoulé Mizik - Léòno From Gaoulé Mizik – Konbòch... Not On Label, France We couldn't find any information about Gaoulé Mizik ... However, it makes no doubt that it is a band from the French West Indies who may have privately released a few albums in the 1980's and 1990's. The album contains some…Lire la suite SPEAKING CREOLE
GOOD MORNING JAMAICA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHJgLQyRFOw&feature=youtu.be Desmond Chambers - The Morning Show From Desmond Chambers – I Have Seen Love In Your Eyes Released on Fameous, 1987, Jamaica We love "almost hit" tunes, the kind of songs that never became huge for many reasons but still sounds like hits. Well, Desmond Chambers' The Morning Show got all the elements of the…Lire la suite GOOD MORNING JAMAICA
WOODOO RAEGGAE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXXjswSnWsg&feature=youtu.be Twenston - Black Soul From Various – Woodoo Raeggae Released on Disco Soup Ltd, 1981, Italy Sometimes, no matter hard you try, you just can't get any information about a record. Woodoo Raeggae is an Italian compilation with an absolutely amazing cover that was released in 1981, but that's about all we know this…Lire la suite WOODOO RAEGGAE
THE DARKEST HOUR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwYtCMYy2Ag&feature=youtu.be P.I.T.T. & The Dreamers - Longing For A Lost Fatherland From P.I.T.T. & The Dreamers - Drakron Released on Radium 226.05, 1989, Sweden P.I.T.T. is a Swedish experimental new wave band whom members are Johan Söderberg , Lars Åkerlund, Sebastian Öberg and Zbigniew Karkowski. The three of them were prominent musicians of the Swedish experimental, electronic, wave scene…Lire la suite THE DARKEST HOUR