Post by captain on Jul 4, 2007 13:11:31 GMT
Some vibes from Cameroon for those interested.
Sound quality is not so great on some encodings (encoded from low quality tapes).
A mixed bag, with ballads, popish songs, raw & raunchy bikutsi + some makossa.
Link:
www.megaupload.com/?d=MRM08GR1
Tracks:
01 donny elwood - negro et beau (from album Negro et beau)
- nice singer with funny and thoughtful lyrics
02 henri dikongue - c est la vie (from album Bulu)
- ballad with beautiful text about how great it is to become a father/mother
03 henri dikongue - na tem te idiba (from album Bulu)
- nice song on the pop side but with a reggaeish feel
04 mbarga soukous - nsono nsono (from album Nsono nsono)
- grass roots bikutsi, energetic singer who happens to be a cousin of my wife, love that track!
05 zele le bombardier - si j'avais su (from album Si j'avais su)
- another bikutsi number I really like, great backing vocals
06 k-tino - egalite oblige (from album Egalite oblige)
- popular female bikutsi singer, usually associated with slack lyrics
07 racine & le club sagath - nem mintie (from album Nem minitie)
- this title was the number one hit in Yaounde when I was there to marry, 2001 I think (see pics below to get a feel)
08 j. m. paris onambele - ane meve (from album Ane meve)
- another hit tune from the time I was in Yaounde
09 petit pays - mandela axania (from album Le cv de petit pays)
- makossa star, not a great singer IMO but very energetic and well known for his excentric / crazy / scandaleous behaviour, has many self given nick names among which 'jesus nephew' ......
Captain
nice church choir
my wife birth village
the party uptown
Sound quality is not so great on some encodings (encoded from low quality tapes).
A mixed bag, with ballads, popish songs, raw & raunchy bikutsi + some makossa.
Link:
www.megaupload.com/?d=MRM08GR1
Tracks:
01 donny elwood - negro et beau (from album Negro et beau)
- nice singer with funny and thoughtful lyrics
02 henri dikongue - c est la vie (from album Bulu)
- ballad with beautiful text about how great it is to become a father/mother
03 henri dikongue - na tem te idiba (from album Bulu)
- nice song on the pop side but with a reggaeish feel
04 mbarga soukous - nsono nsono (from album Nsono nsono)
- grass roots bikutsi, energetic singer who happens to be a cousin of my wife, love that track!
05 zele le bombardier - si j'avais su (from album Si j'avais su)
- another bikutsi number I really like, great backing vocals
06 k-tino - egalite oblige (from album Egalite oblige)
- popular female bikutsi singer, usually associated with slack lyrics
07 racine & le club sagath - nem mintie (from album Nem minitie)
- this title was the number one hit in Yaounde when I was there to marry, 2001 I think (see pics below to get a feel)
08 j. m. paris onambele - ane meve (from album Ane meve)
- another hit tune from the time I was in Yaounde
09 petit pays - mandela axania (from album Le cv de petit pays)
- makossa star, not a great singer IMO but very energetic and well known for his excentric / crazy / scandaleous behaviour, has many self given nick names among which 'jesus nephew' ......
Captain
nice church choir
my wife birth village
the party uptown
