VA - Africa Airways Five (Brace Brace Boogie 1976 - 1982) (2019)
FLAC (tracks) | 40:22 | 237 Mb
Genre: Funk, Soul / Label: Africa Seven

It's that time again. The skies are calling and its time to board our trusty jet for the 5th outing of Africa Seven's premiere class compilation Africa Airways. For volume 5 its time to brace yourselves for 10 slices of Afro boogie goodness.

We up the boogie time groove with The Black Bells Group (the first band of lead singer Sidney 'Patrick Duteil' who went on to become the godfather of French hip-hop and a well know TV presenter. Here the groove is swinging. the perfect opener. Next up is German-based Cameroonian musician and cousin of Manu Dibango, Charly Kingson with this bass-synth boogie stomper. Big brass and jazzy trumpets add layers of sparkle too. Next its time for some highlife inspired boogie from Ghanian Gyedu Blay Amboley. Highlife fused with reggae, disco, boogie and jazz just as the lyrics say. Next we pair up with Africa Seven friend Eko once more under his Dikalo guise. The Cameroonian master musician is on fine form with his heavy brass and deep percussion with a driving afro boogie groove. To round off Side A its off to Cameroon again to groove with Jean 'Mekongo President'. Think Bernard 'Chic' Edwards on the bass with some African style and you can see it's the bottom end groove and afrobeat drums that power this gem along.
Track List:
1 Sweet Sidney (Edit) - Black Bells Group 04:13
2 Nanga 'Boko - Charly Kingson 04:17
3 Highlife - Gyedu Blay Ambolley 04:59
4 Fine Biscuits - Dikalo 02:42
5 Angona Mana - Mekongo Président 04:09
6 French Girl - Fotso 03:30
7 Sugar Lump (Edit) - Tala AM 05:00
8 Chibidaba, Chibidaba - JK Mandengue 02:55
9 Too Young - Jide Obe 05:12
10 Dashiki (Version Instrumentale) - Mulamba 03:10

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