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Andre Marie Tala

Title: Bend Skin Beats

Label: RetroAfric

Cat No:RETRO23CD
Format:CD

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Discovery Records
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• André Marie Tala has been at the heart of Camerounian music for over 30 years, collaborating with Manu Dibango and later giving the pan-African star, San Fan Thomas, his first break in the 1970s

• In the 80s Tala introduced Tchamassi, the infectious urban dance that swept the continent, and in the 90s he created Bend Skin, a funky-folklore fusion associated with the motorbike taxis that buzz around the dusty streets of Cameroun

• The album includes one of his earliest hits, ‘Hot Koki’, which was copied - and only later acknowledged - by James Brown, who reworked it as ‘The Hustle’

• With tracks from 1972 to 1998, this album covers some of the most important phases of his career and helps introduce a key artist of the West African pantheon

Track Listing for Bend Skin Beats
1. Bend Skin
2. Koki (Hot Koki)
3. Ye Nomtema
4. Otiha
5. Odoya
6. Mwouop
7. Mo Kwa Yie Mou
8. Saja Bouba
9. Saya
10. Me Te Ne Mse
11. Soul Tchamassi
12. Che Mutok
13. Piego Hela

Reviews

Songlines - Martin Sinnock

It makes for an extremely enjoyable listen. ***

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