Sunday, July 24, 2011

Gnonnas Pedro and his Dadjes Band International -
The Band of Africa vol.3, African Songs Ltd. 1977




















Long before being lead singer in Africando, Gnonnan Sossou Pierre
Kouassivi was leader of this group, the Dadjes Band International.
Gnonnas Pedro started his career aged 20 with leading Benin band
Los Panchos. Composer, singer, multi-instrumentalist (guitar, trumpet,
sax) but most of all performer of multi-sound music. Known worldwide
for Cuban influenced music and Agbadja, a modernized form of Fon
folkloric music. Music from Benin, Nigerian release, enjoy.

tracks;

1 Dadje von von von
2 Ngbahanov O.
3 Ennemi toton
4 Agbadja moderne no.2
5 Hommage aux dovaniers
6 Adigbedoto
7 Fini les pave's

promo

8 comments:

ajnabi said...

G'day and thanks from Australia. Amazing depth of material you have, I"m learning a lot. Thanks.

Oro said...

Thank you for this great and rare album.

Feq'wah said...

Wow! Thanks moos, i'm enjoying this one!

(Only 3 comments so far??)

moos said...

;)

Anonymous said...

Thanks Moos, don't think these were reissued on his "Musique Afro Cubaine vol 1 & 2" CDs. I'll have to dig them up and check, but i highly doubt it.

Alexsam

African Music Recycler said...

I miss the words to thank you.
thank you

recycler

Rhythm Connection said...

Really, really nice one. Thanks, Moos.

Anonymous said...

Ciao Moos,

I love this album so much! Many, many thanks for posting! Obrigado!

I have managed to filter some of the hiss out, by using WavePad. Have you ever tried something like this?

Unfortunately it looks like there's no open software for this kind of thing (MP3 license? When does it expire?).

I know a bit about acoustics (being a physicist) and have lots of programming experience. I would thus love to develop something for "cleaning" these records. Would that be useful, in your opinion?

Best, Fabricio