New Album Releases: MR. MANAGER (Zazou Bikaye) - Afro-Beat

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Artist:
Zazou Bikaye

Genre:
Afro-Beat

Total Time:
01:15:21

Record Label:
Crammed Discs

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Vinyl, iTunes

Release Date
October 16, 2020



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Product Description: Following the acclaimed 2017 vinyl reissue of the Noir et Blanc album, Crammed presents a special edition of Zazou Bikaye's second record, Mr. Manager, which only ever came out on vinyl. In 1984, after the Afro-experimental adventures of Noir et Blanc, Zazou Bikaye turned into a proper band, and started developing their own special brand of digital Afrobeat/Afrofunk. Hector Zazou took on the task of writing and programming the music, and Bony Bikaye expanded on the more extrovert side of his vocal styles. They set out to record a large number of tracks, five of which came out in 1985 as Mr. Manager, a 32-minute mini-album. This 2020 CD edition comprises nine additional tracks, including six previously-unreleased recordings, and three which were only included on limited-edition singles. The vinyl version has eight tracks, plus a download card giving access to all fourteen tracks.

TRACK LIST:

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1 . Mr. Manager (6:01)

2 . Nostalgie (4:13)

3 . Soki Akei (4:46)

4 . (Little) Angel (4:58)

5 . Signorina (2:15)

6 . Angel 1(2:39)

7 . Viva La Musica (5:32)

8 . Le Menteur (Mokosi) (5:14)

9 . Sopa (Don’t Stand Back In Red) (5:24)

10 . Nakangi (3:42)

11 . Yondo (4:18)

12 . Dubby Musica (3:50)

13 . Get Back (Longwa) (5:44)

14 . Get Back (instrumental) (6:18)

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