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EF 082EP
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The third and final part of the Jacob F. Desvarieux anthology on Endless Flight brings two more hot productions of the fabled French zouk veteran with roots in Guadeloupe. "Rifyx" is taken from Desvarieux's 1985 album Oh Madiana and delivers arresting jazz-funk and zouk-suspense enlarged with touching horns, synth-enthusiasm, and longing female vocals. The second song comes from the Paris-based, West Cameroon-born singer Tala, produced by desvarieux for Tala's album Mother Africa (1982). Japanese producer Kuniyuki edits "Rifyx" and turns it into an epic, soulful, eight-minute-long dream house anthem.
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EF 080EP
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The second part of the Jacob F. Desvarieux anthology on Endless Flight. "Sika" by Georges Décimus, bass player of Desvarieux's band Kassav, features outer-national synth works driven by salsa-like percussions and sweet steel-drum melodies. It appeared on Décimus's solo debut La Vie (1983). "Avèou Doudou", written by the former Kassav keyboarder Jean-Claude Naimro, was released in 1985. His tune spreads feathery synth-laden Caribbean boogie vibes. "Do Bay Lan Main" comes from zouk pioneer and former Kassav singer Patrick Saint-Éloi. Japanese producer Kuniyuki delivers a unique edit of "Sika".
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EF 077EP
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Endless Flight present a reissue, credited by Jacob F. Desvarieux, a composer and also well known as the guitarist of Kassav - the one band which continually embodies the word "zouk" for last few decades. "Sweet Florence" shows psychedelic guitar phrases fused together with wobbling heavy synthesizer. "Emotion" is a tropical danceable tune with moving bass and impressive vocoder chorus. Kuniyuki joins with more deep spacey re-edit on the B side, probably we need few words to describe this man in our bio because of his right craftsmanship. Grab one and find yourself in Caribbean exotica.
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