The First 2018 Case of the Night at Club Safari
Hard to believe we are halfway through this year without new content in the Club Safari genre!!
Here is another show inspired by a string of recent reissues and compilations. The theme this week is vintage tropical sounds from both sides of the Atlantic: Angola, Nigeria, and The Congo are represented from Africa, and we throw in some New World content courtesy of a compilation from French territories of Guadalupe and Martinique along with the flavorful 2011 Sofrito compilation.
I kick off the show today with material from the recently reissued first 2 LPs from Angola's Bonga: "Angola 72" and "Angola 74," published on the Lusafrica label. I don't recommend any subsequent work from Bonga, but these first two albums are strong! The first hour progresses through vampy 60s material from the new compilation "Disques Debs International" on the Strut Records label, along with vintage Congolese rumba from the Soul Jazz Records box set "Congo Revolution," issued for International Record Store Day this year.
The second hour today starts with slowjams from Angola, followed by uptempo merengue and lambada from around the Caribbean. A rare pond-straddling mix on today's Adventures!
- 12:03pm Ku Tando by Bonga on Angola 72 (Lusafrica)
- 12:07pm Ai-Ue Mama by Bonga e Seu Conjunto Tiao Bonga on Angola 74 (Lusafrica)
- 12:11pm Muadikime by Bonga on Angola 72 (Lusafrica)
- 12:14pm Kubangeia by Bonga e Seu Conjunto Tiao Bonga on Angola 74 (Lusafrica)
- 12:18pm Ces P'tits Je T'aime by Daniel Forestal et sa Guitare on Disques Debs International Vol. 1 (Strut Records)
- 12:21pm Salvana by Dolor et les Diables du Rythme on Disques Debs International Vol. 1 (Strut Records)
- 12:24pm Travail Z'Enfants! Chantez Apres! by Casimir Letang on Disques Debs International Vol. 1 (Strut Records)
- 12:27pm Collie et Zanno by Georges Tinedor et Manuela Pioche on Disques Debs International Vol. 1 (Strut Records)
- 12:30pm Ou Pas Bel by Orchestre Esperanza et Jean Leroy on Disques Debs International Vol. 1 (Strut Records)
- 12:30pm Feeling Happy by Cyril Diaz et son Orchestre on Disques Debs International Vol. 1 (Strut Records)
- 12:33pm Lan Mise by Geno Exile on Disques Debs International Vol. 1 (Strut Records)
- 12:36pm Assez Fait Cancan by Guy Conquette on Disques Debs International Vol. 1 (Strut Records)
- 12:39pm Yo Me Moera by Beguen Band on Disques Debs International Vol. 1 (Strut Records)
- 12:42pm Mambo Hawaienne by Orchestre African Fiesta on Congo Revolution (Soul Jazz Records)
- 12:45pm Douce Kombass by Henri Debs Quintet on Disques Debs International Vol. 1 (Strut Records)
- 12:48pm Watchiwara by Bantous de la Capitale on Congo Revolution (Soul Jazz Records)
- 12:51pm A Mon Ami Lucien Jolibois by Raymond Cicault et son Orchestre Volcan on Disques Debs International Vol. 1 (Strut Records)
- 12:54pm Merengue Fafa by Orchestre African Jazz on Congo Revolution (Soul Jazz)
- 12:57pm Moin Ce On Malere by Henri Debs Sextet on Disques Debs International Vol. 1 (Strut Records)
- 1:02pm Paxi Ni Ngongo by Bonga on Angola 72 (Lusafrica)
- 1:05pm Luanda Nbolo by Bonga on Angola 72 (Lusafrica)
- 1:09pm Sodade by Bonga e seu Conjunto Tiao Bonga on Angola 74 (Lusafrica)
- 1:13pm Kiwita Kumunani by Orchestre OK Jazz on Congo Revolution (Soul Jazz Records)
- 1:16pm Ghinawa by Bonga e seu Conjunto Tiao Bonga on Angola 74 (Lusafrica)
- 1:21pm Lovency by Paul Blamar et Velo on Disques Debs International Vol. 1 (Lusafrica)
- 1:25pm Batterie Shupa by Les Shupa Shupa d'Haiti on Disques Debs International Vol. 1 (Strut Records)
- 1:28pm Popilation Basse-Terrienne Au Abois by Ti Celeste on Sofrito Tropical Discotheque (Strut Records)
- 1:32pm Si I Bon Di I Bon by Le Ry-Co Jazz on Disques Debs International Vol. 1 (Strut Records)
- 1:36pm Arrete Mal Parle by Fair Nick Stars on Sofrito Tropical Discotheque (Strut Records)
- 1:43pm Ohue (Frankie Francis & Simbad Edit) by Victor Uwaifo on Sofrito Tropical Discotheque (Strut Records )
- 1:49pm Fa'Waka (part 1) by Dany Play on Sofrito Tropical Discotheque (Strut Records)
- 1:54pm Dat Soca Boat by Mighty Shadow on Sofrito Tropical Discotheque (Strut Records)