Antilles Mechant Bateau / Various: Antilles Mechant Bateau
Antilles Mechant Bateau / Various: Antilles Mechant Bateau
Format: VINYL LP
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Artist: Antilles Mechant Bateau / Various
Label: Born Bad Records
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 3521381548716
Genre: International
LP version; includes 4-page booklet and download. Born Bad Records present Antilles Mechant Bateau, a compilation of percussion-based music from Guadeloupe. More properly, the subject of this collection is musicians drumming on percussion as a way of asserting their creolized identity. Songs that tell, in veiled terms, a different reality from that what which mainlanders were fed. Special cases, with cries of joy and laments accompanied by cadences, as an invitation to trance, all immersed in the Caribbean melting pot of rhythm. A symbol of Guadeloupe's struggle for independence, the prominently featured ka drum became the soundtrack of a new generation, who sped up the tempo in the '70s and definitely transplanted it to town, while the plantation economy (the original soil of the ka drum) was in crisis. From then on, the old tambouyés (drummers) finally were celebrated as they should be: Anzala, Carnot, Serge Dolor, Ti Seles, Robert Loyson, Arthème Boisban, Esnard Boisdur, and especially Velo (born Marcel Lollia), who nevertheless died in misery, in the street, in 1984. As in the United States, blues and ka music fought the same battle against centuries of oppression, of negation, before finding the path to possible redemption. Between them, the same language, that of the Creole spirits, flooded the great ocean. This is what this selection is about, and it's good, inborn sense of humor shouldn't hide the implicit commentaries. Here, jazz instills an emancipating energy from established formats, giving these songs a musicality that rhymes with spirituality. From infernal cadences borrowing from the Latin rhythms of neighboring islands, to beguines with percussion-spiced tempos, to more laid-back - nonetheless dark - ballads, this compilation takes the listener back to the early hours of a movement of rebirth synonymous with recognition, a rejuvenation in which all the music of the Black Atlantic diaspora naturally intertwine, like a wave of sounds, of sense and blood, reminding us that an original culture emerged from the holds of those 'wicked boats', the trace of which remains starkly persistent in 2018. Also features: Mahy, Guy Conquete, Joseph Lacides, Tino Saint Val, Gabby Siarras, Casimir Letang, Manuela Pioche, Gerard Valton, Beaujour Et Ses Diables Du Rythme, and Josiane Saint Louis.
Tracks:
1.1 Mahy - Antilles Méchant Bateau (4:13)
1.2 Guy Conquete - Ban Moin CLÉ a Titine (4:06)
1.3 Dolor - a Dardonnel (2:25)
1.4 Joseph Lacides - Yo Ka Biguiné (2:24)
1.5 Tino Saint Val - Mam'zelle Cancan (2:26)
1.6 Dolor Et Ses Etoiles- Ki Vino (2:37)
1.7 Dolor Et Ses Etoiles - Socié Cabrite (5:44)
1.8 Gabby Siarras - Moana (4:55)
1.9 Joseph Lacides - Citation Créole (2:45)
1.10 Casimir Letang - Ménage Chalviré (2:59)
1.11 Manuela Pioche - Pas Ban Moin Coup (2:17)
1.12 Gerard Valton - Bel MÉ a Présent (2:50)
1.13 Beaujour Et Ses Diables Du Rythme - Ti TÉ Ya (3:08)
1.14 Josiane Saint Louis - Jeines Gaçons (3:39)
1.15 Dolor - Vini Sauvé Moin (2:24)