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- Record Label: Analog Africa
- Release Date: Jun 16, 2017
- Summary: The compilation features 12 song that include Cameroon's Makossa style of music that spanned the years of 1976-1984.
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- Record Label: Analog Africa
- Genre(s): International
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Jun 27, 2017Funk is the dominant addition to the music presented here, with Mystic Djim & The Free Spirits utilising Latin rhythms on the punchy Yaoundé Girls and Bill Loko’s addictive Nen Lambo – apparently so popular it caused its creator to flee the country – adding liquid jabs of synth. On Sanaga Calypso meanwhile, Pasteur Lappe harnesses disco’s ubiquitous grooves. The best stuff here keeps the additions subtle however.
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Jun 27, 2017Although the compilation only runs at a short 66 minutes, it's the pure quality of music involved, paired with the gorgeously laid-out extensive 44-page booklet included (filled with photos and obsessively researched liner notes), that makes Pop Makossa a must-have for fans of African music and disco purists.
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UncutJun 27, 2017With Pop Makossa, the music's backbone is exposed--the complexity of the genre, bringing together multiple national musics alongside Congolese rumba, highlife, and later, funk and disco, leads to singularly compelling long-form grooves. [Aug 2017, p.51]
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Aug 3, 2017This is not just an intriguing African music history lesson, it’s an exuberant dance set.
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Jul 17, 2017It all sounds like the best kind of disco, but warmer and funkier and rougher around the edges.
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Jun 27, 2017There’s absolutely nothing wrong with Pop Makossa, it’s just hard to pinpoint things about it that rise above any other Analog Africa album. Consider it a pleasant addition to your collection--just don’t expect to want to listen to it more than once.