african leaders / the final bird (le temps d’une vie)
New or Used : Reissue new Format : 12 inch x 1 Grading Cover / Record : S / S Label : disques messager Year : 2024 Catalog No / Pressing country : MESS002 - France
For this second effort, New Parisian label, Disques Messager presents 2 underrated kind of musical UFO, both from the French scene. Not many info can be found about Yoanson & Karamie, two young artists from the French African diaspora, who only released the EP Kalimba (1988). Part of this EP, “African Leaders” is a stunning track melting Afro-Tropical percussions, Disco bass, Early-Electro beats and Leftfield vocals in a way that could remind of Dinosaur L or Arthur Russel productions. On the contrary, Philippe de Lacroix-Herpin (aka Prof Jah Pinpin) has a long musical career started in the mid-70s and became a renowned saxophonist playing and recording for many famous French acts such as Jean-Jacques Goldman, Alain Chamfort, FFF, or even rap band NTM. In 1994, he moved definitely to the Reunion Island where he quickly launched the Prof Jah Pinpin 4tet, in his own words willing to play “free/funk/jazz/rock/tropical” music… Only released as CD in 1996, the instrumental “The Final Bird” has indeed a unique sound and flavor mixing all kinds of elements together (even samples of Weather Report). (Disques Messager)
Yoanson And Karamie / Prof Jah Pinpin 4tet african leaders / the final bird (le temps d’une vie)
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For this second effort, New Parisian label, Disques Messager presents 2 underrated kind of musical UFO, both from the French scene. Not many info can be found about Yoanson & Karamie, two young artists from the French African diaspora, who only released the EP Kalimba (1988). Part of this EP, “African Leaders” is a stunning track melting Afro-Tropical percussions, Disco bass, Early-Electro beats and Leftfield vocals in a way that could remind of Dinosaur L or Arthur Russel productions.
On the contrary, Philippe de Lacroix-Herpin (aka Prof Jah Pinpin) has a long musical career started in the mid-70s and became a renowned saxophonist playing and recording for many famous French acts such as Jean-Jacques Goldman, Alain Chamfort, FFF, or even rap band NTM. In 1994, he moved definitely to the Reunion Island where he quickly launched the Prof Jah Pinpin 4tet, in his own words willing to play “free/funk/jazz/rock/tropical” music… Only released as CD in 1996, the instrumental “The Final Bird” has indeed a unique sound and flavor mixing all kinds of elements together (even samples of Weather Report). (Disques Messager)