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01. FRANCIS BEBEY - New Track
02. FRANCIS BEBEY - La Condition Masculine
03. FRANCIS BEBEY - Wuma Te
04. FRANCIS BEBEY - Divorce Pygmée
05. FRANCIS BEBEY - Fleur Tropicale
06. FRANCIS BEBEY - Tiers Monde
07. FRANCIS BEBEY - Agatha
08. FRANCIS BEBEY - Pigmy Love Song
09. FRANCIS BEBEY - Catching Up
10. FRANCIS BEBEY - Sahel
11. FRANCIS BEBEY - The Coffee Cola Song
12. FRANCIS BEBEY - Super Jungle
13. FRANCIS BEBEY - Savanah Georgia
14. FRANCIS BEBEY - Il N'y A Pas De Crocodiles À Cocody
ARTIST
TITLE
African Electronic Music 1975-1982
FORMAT
2LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
BORNBAD 039LP BORNBAD 039LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
5/8/2012

2024 restock; Double LP version. Cameroonian musician Francis Bebey is truly one of a kind. He entered the music scene with his African compositions for classical guitar. He gave recitals while pursuing a career in journalism and then as an international civil servant. The same creative impulse also led him to write pop songs, some of which (based on novels he had written) became big hits in Africa and in the French-speaking world. But few people know that in the '70s, Francis Bebey delved into electronic music. The first electronic keyboards, organs and drum machines offered him new possibilities of totally controlling his compositions. He embraced the technique of "sound on sound" recording (recording several tracks, sequentially juxtaposed on the same tape). This new stage in his musical career included the production of several records (Savannah Georgia, New Track, Haiti), rarities both for their creative explorations as well as their manifestations on vinyl. This was a particularly rich period for him, as he tested the limitless possibilities of the medium, and made use of surprising and novel instruments. Incredible sounds -- in the literal sense of the word -- would soon appear on the planet Bebey. Full-color printed innersleeves with notes in English and French.