Various Artists / Oté Maloya: The Birth of Electric Maloya on Réunion Island 1975-1986 [2017]
[Label: Strut | Cat#: STRUT151]
- Caméléon – La Rosée Si Feulles Songes (4:19)
- Michou – Maloya Ton Tisane (3:02)
- Jean Claude Viadère – Moin La Pas Fait Tout Seul (4:23)
- Daniel Sandié – Defoule 3e Age (2:57)
- Cormoran Group – P’tit Femme Mon Gaté (3:05)
- Marie Helen Et Ses Créol’s – Séga Le Sport (3:21)
- Francoise Guimbert – Tantine Zaza (5:39)
- Vivi – Toe Même Maloya (2:56)
- Pierrot Vidot – Commandeur (2:59)
- Hervé Imare – Mêle-Mêle Pas Toué P’tit Pierre (3:55)
- Groupe Dago – Réveil Créole (5:19)
- Ti Fock – Se Pi Bodie (4:03)
- Gaby Et Les Soul Men – C’est La Même Cadence (3:44)
- Vivi – Mi Bord’ a Toue (2:37)
- Gilberte – Serre Serre Pas (3:34)
- Maxime Lahope – Soul Pied D’Camelias (3:08)
- Gaby & Les Soul Men – Oh Maloya (4:01)
- Herve – Mi Donne a Toué Grand Coeur (4:00)
- Carrousel – Oté Maloya (6:19)
7 comments
God I love these world comps!
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Gracias por compartirlo
If you liked last year’s Strut Records release, Soul Sok Séga, a compilation of vintage music from Mauritius—and you should because it was amazing—then Oté Maloya is right up your alley. It’s one island over from Mauritius but has very similar musical style. Like séga, it comes from the slaves and indentured servants who labored under French colonists; unlike séga, it relies heavily on percussion and not a whole lot else, giving it a rhythmic drive and a simpler structure. Briefly banned in France because of its association with revolution-oriented groups on Réunion, the form has been preserved with astounding quality on Oté Maloya.
the stuttering rhythm on these tracks makes me imagine i’m tripping (not on drugs but actually tripping) while walking on the sidewalk or something. the cadence is just so. damn. odd.
just for this comment i will check this owt.
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