Various - Cameroon Garage Funk
We are extremely proud to announce our 32nd compilation from the Analog Africa regular serie, "Cameroon Garage Funk", highlighting Yaounde's 1970's underground music scene. The quest to assemble the puzzle-pieces of what seemed to be a long lost underground scene took us to Camroon, Benin and further on to Togo and it was in the cities of Cotonou, Lome? and Sotouboua that we managed to lay our hands on most of the songs presented in this compilation. Since there were no local labels, no producers, and almost nothing in way of infrastructure in Cameroon at that time, the artists had to be everything: musician, producer, executive producer, arranger, financier, promoter and sometimes even distributor. The sixteen tracks on Cameroon Garage Funk pulse with raw inspiration and sweat DYI mood uniting the featured diverse musicians around their willingness to do everything themselves in order to take a chance in the music scene.
Tracklisting:
- Africa Iyo – Jean-Pierre Djeukam
- Sie Tcheu – Joseph Kamga
- Ma Wde Wa – Los Camaroes
- Esele Mulema Moam – Los Camaroes
- Yondja – Ndenga Andre Destin et Les Golden Sounds
- Odylife – Damas Swing Orchestra
- Quiero Wapatcha – Charles Lembe et Son Orchestra
- Song Of Love – Louis Wasson et L´Orchestre Kandem Irenée
- Monde Moderne – Pierre Didy Tchakounte et les Tulipes Noires
- Les Souffrances – Tsanga Dieudonne
- Moni Ngan – Willie Songue et Les Showmen
- Mayi Bo Ya? – Johnny Black et Les Jokers
- Ma Fou Fou – Pierre Didy Tchakounte
- Woman Be Fire – Lucas Tala
- Ngamba – Ndenga Andre Destin et Les Golden Sounds
- Mezik Me Mema – Mballa Bony