Les Frères Guisse - Fama (African Folk Music)

This was the first release by Les Frères Guisse from Senegal who are still more or less active and released their last album in 2008 (Yakaar) which may still be available at various online traders. Some of their actual songs can be heard here at MySpace.

Enjoy this tape!


In St. Louis, 1998

Youssou N'Dour - Xippi Vol. 2

Some time ago I offered Xippi 1. So I have to add Xippi No. 2, which came with a white instead of the black cover. I just realised that there are seven tracks instead of six indicated on the cover. I hope that you will enjoy it!

Youssou N'Dour - Xippi

Twenty years ago, this was the first part what became later and newly mixed for "European ears" Eyes Open. Youssou N'Dour backed by The Super Etoile.

Enjoy!

Les Fréres Guissé - Siré

Les Fréres Guissé started mid 1990s with an acoustic approach to Senegalese music. The brothers Djibi, Cheikh and Aliou play guitar and percussion and they sing. More at Frank Bessem's Musique d'Afrique and at Au-Senegal.

This one is the trio's second cassette produced in Dakar at studio PCS, and released in 1998. Enjoy!

Tracks:
A-side:
1. Fouta
2. Siré
3. Baay lahad
B-side:
1. Dèmocratie
2. La hi la lah
3. SIDA

Babacar Mboup, thank you very much for leaving me with their music! The Fréres recently released a new CD in the Netherlands available via Amazon et. al.

Nicolas Menheim - Néné Chérie

Coming back to late 1990s Senegal, where Nicolas Menheim served with a strong salsa sound. He was around 1990 founding member of Africando and recorded in the late 1990s material with his own group, The Super Sabador, for two local tapes, Néné Chérie and Commandante Ché Guevara, the second one gave title to a CD reissue of these recordings on Günther Gretz' Popular African Music label which is eventually still available at Stern's.

I love the trombone sound by Wilfred Zissou. Enjoy!

Once The Beat wrote on the CD: "The standard of the music throughout this release is outstanding: This has some of the best Sengalese salsa we have heard, with strong songs beautifully sung. The horn section of Théophile Preira, Malick Barry on trumpets and Wilfred Zissou on trombone is outstanding and there is some really nice guitar from Mamadou Diack. Nicolas' honeyed vocals float majestically over the proceedings. Le Super Sabador is unique in Senegal in having a female vocalist, the magnificent Maguette Dione, described as the Senegalese Celia Cruz. She provides lead on "A Puerto Rico" and probably the best track on this release, the classic Labah Sosseh track "El Divorcio." Maguette really does have an incredible voice: I look forward to hearing more of her in the future."

Alioune Mbaye Nder - Aladji

Aladji is Nder's tape from 1998. he started singing in 1991 with Lemzo Diamono, but left the group in 1995 to start with his own project, Le Setsima Group. Enjoy!
Tracks:
1. Serigne Mansour
2. Aladji
3. Nguëam
4. Thiaat
5. Tivaouane
6. Drogue
For more information see his discography at Toshira Endo's page and Wikipedia.

Pape Fall - Doomou Ndeye

Pape Fall, born 1947, is one of the well known salseros from Senegal who earned a little interenational reputation during the late 1990s when he featured high on Earthworks' compilation "African Salsa". Here we present his second K7, Doumou Ndeye, who's tracks made on the afore mentioned CD. More on Pape Fall at The Leopard Man's site and Jama Rico wikia. Enjoy!

In St. Louis, 1990s.

Omar Pène - Navetanes

Recently Nauma shared with us a newer record by Omar Pene, Aduna offered earlier this year a tape from the 1980s. Now I would add something from the late 1990s. It was a time when I made several voyages to Dakar and Thiès and where I bought at least some tapes. Let's start with Navetanes.

Omar Pene made and still makes great music. And he is my age group! He could have birthday the same day. But I don't know exactly his date. Wonderful imagination, strange idea. So please enjoy!

O.k., I have a technical question. My tapedeck is not of best quality and most tapes are extremely overmodulated while I can't help the problem. Do you hear it? Please give me a feedback.

To Oro: thank you for your good wishes. A long life - I don't know, my ressources are not comparable with yours or those of some other friends here. I'll go slowly and try to go step by step.