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Manu Dibango - Electric Africa flac album
  • Performer Manu Dibango
  • Title Electric Africa
  • Date of release 2000
  • Country France
  • Style Dub, Electro, Afrobeat
  • Other formats VOX AAC RA MP4 AU AUD AA
  • Genre Electronic / Jazz / Soul & Funk / World & Folk & Country
  • Size MP3 1551 mb
  • Size FLAC 1109 mb
  • Rating: 4.4
  • Votes: 534

Manu Dibango - Electric Africa (1985). Songs in album Manu Dibango - Electric Africa (1985).

Exclusively for Prime members. Sample this album Artist (Sample). In the eighties he met a Western rld enthusiest Bill Laswell. Together they put together one great global album, "Electric Africa". Beside Dibango and his African band, several Western musicians join in including Laswell on DMX, Fairlight and Herbie Hancock playing a Yamaha DX-7. This is a blend of Afro-Western music that really works. Fans of global music should be very pleased with this superb album.

Electric Africa ‎(LP, Album, Ltd, Blu). Electric Africa ‎(LP, Album). Electric Africa ‎(CD, Album, RE). Movieplay Gold. 302 061 232 2. Manu Dibango.

Manu Dibango needs little introduction, born in Cameroon in 1933, Manu developed a musical style fusing jazz, funk, and traditional Cameroonian music. He’s definitely among the best known African artists outside of Africa. Collaborations were numerous and include top acts like Fela Kuti, Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell, Sly & Robbie, Don Cherry and Bernie Worrell. By 1985, Dibango was back in Paris, one of the most successful African artists in the world, to start on the recordings for the Electric Africa album. This album hooked Manu and the Soul Makossa Gang up with New York avant garde producer Bill Laswell, jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, c keyboard player Bernie Worrell, Pan African synthesist Wally Badarou, New York guitarist Nicky Scopelitis, African drummer Aiyb Dieng and Malian kora virtuoso Mory Kante.

Electric Africa by Manu Dibango, released 07 June 2019 1. Pata Piya 2. Electric Africa 3. Echos Beti 4. L'arbre A Palabres. Got it. + add. album. produced by Bill Laswell. Manu Dibango: tenor, baritone and soprano sax, piano, DX-7, vocals.

Tracklist: 1. Pata Piya, 2. Electric Africa, 3. Echos Beti, 4. L’Arbre A Palabres. More albums from Manu Dibango: Surtension by Manu Dibango. Live ’91 by Manu Dibango. Home Made by Manu Dibango. Ambassador by Manu Dibango. Anthems Volume 4 by Manu Dibango. African Voodoo by Manu Dibango. Gone Clear by Manu Dibango. Bande Originale Du Film Ceddo by Manu Dibango. View all albums . Electric Africa.

Tracklist

1 Pata Piya 6:35
2 Electric Africa 10:27
3 Echos Beti 6:20
4 L'Arbre A Palabres 12:00

Credits

  • Musician – Ayib Dieng*, Bernie Worrell, Bill Laswell, Mory Kante*, Nicky Skopelitis

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Other (emusic.com code): 2175

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
824 745-1 Manu Dibango Electric Africa ‎(LP, Album) Philips 824 745-1 France 1985
TWM10 Manu Dibango Electric Africa ‎(LP, Album, Ltd, Blu) Tidal Waves Music TWM10 US 2018
CELL 6114 Manu Dibango Electric Africa ‎(LP, Album) Celluloid CELL 6114 Netherlands 1985
MPG 74062 Manu Dibango Electric Africa ‎(CD, Album, RE) Movieplay Gold MPG 74062 Portugal 2000
302 061 232 2 Manu Dibango Electric Africa ‎(CD, Album, RE) Fuel 2000 Records 302 061 232 2 US 2002