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Zazou Bikaye – Noir et Blanc
Zazou Bikaye
Noir et Blanc
Style: Electronic
Label: Crammed Discs
Catalog Number: CRAM 025
Released: 1983, 80's
“Fela Kuti-meets-Kraftwerk-on-the-dancefloor” by French composer Hector Zazou, Congolese singer Bony Bikaye, and electronic music composers CY1. Released in 1983 on seminal Belgian label Crammed Discs, Noir et Blanc still sounds not quite like anything else with its wildly inventive modular synthesizers, live dub-style effects mixing, and abstract French-African vocal stylings. The group’s entire approach to this album centers on accidental and unpredictable events (Fred Frith just happened to be in town the week of recording + members of Aksak Maboul spontaneously added their contributions) giving the music a wonderfully organic, experimental feel that somehow manages to still sound relatively accessible.
Recommended – Full Listen
Tags: Cult Classic
Tracklist:
A1 M’Pasi Ya M’Pamba
A2 Mangungu
A3 Dju Ya Feza
A4 Munipe Wa Kati
B1 Eh! Yaye
B2 Mama Lenvo
B3 Lamuka
B4 Keba
B5 Woa
Credits:
Arranged By – Zazou*
Clarinet [Clarinets] – Marc Hollander
Directed By – Hector Zazou
Electronics – Cy 1
Guitar – Vincent Kenis
Mixed By – Gilles Martin, Marc Hollander, Vincent Kenis
Percussion – Chris Joris
Recorded By – Gilles Martin
Saxophone – Fred Wallich
Violin – Fred Frith
Written By – Bikaye / Loizillon / Michelli
Written-By – Bikaye*, Michelli*, Loizillon*
