Manu Dibango - Sun Explosion
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- Artist : Manu Dibango
- Format : 1 x 12" (140g)
- Genres : AfrobeatDisco
- Estimated shipping date : Delivery within 2 to 7 days
Description
For the Sun Explosion album we are off to 1978 in Paris. Six years after his international breakthrough with the track Soul Makossa, Manu Dibango is on a roll after scoring a couple of films.
The previous year Manu returned to the studio with long term collaborator and producer Roland Le Couviour and the engineer Claude Achallé to work on an artist album.
This Sun Explosion album features four tracks, which are all lengthy, straddling a series of styles from the lazy, reggae-jazz of opener Anty, to the more traditional afro-funk-jazz sound of Matumba for the A-side.
Keeping in mind that Disco was in the air in 1978, it’s now time to spin the records over to the B-side and to hear the sounds of the times that have made their way into the epic-funky strings of Motapo and the driving brass and funky xylophone of Sun Explosion.
A record that sounds surprisingly at home in todays current musical climate.
Manu Dibango, légende de la musique camerounaise et internationale, est l'une des figures les plus influentes du jazz africain et de la world music. Né en 1933 à Douala, au Cameroun, il s’est fait connaître mondialement grâce à son tube emblématique "Soul Makossa" en 1972. Saxophoniste virtuose, compositeur et chanteur, Dibango a su fusionner avec brio les sonorités africaines traditionnelles avec le jazz, le funk et la musique soul, créant un style unique qui a inspiré des générations d'artistes à travers le monde. Son héritage musical, marqué par une carrière de plus de six décennies, reste gravé dans l’histoire de la musique contemporaine.
Manu Dibango, a legend of Cameroonian and international music, is one of the most influential figures in African jazz and world music. Born in 1933 in Douala, Cameroon, he gained worldwide fame with his iconic hit "Soul Makossa" in 1972. A virtuoso saxophonist, composer, and singer, Dibango masterfully blended traditional African sounds with jazz, funk, and soul music, creating a unique style that has inspired generations of artists around the globe. His musical legacy, marked by a career spanning over six decades, remains etched in the history of contemporary music.