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manu dibango - under-rated IMHO eclipsed in the muso's imagination by fela kuti and sunny ade but on the ground it's all about SOUL MAKOSSA [just ask the jacksons]

the ability to inculcate the spiritual high in his disciples

weeeeel. i wouldn't be so sure! i mean he's EXTREMELY effective. he's 100% doing it. his claims of lineage and all that might be tenuous. his grasp of theology is rudimentary. but he's definitely doing it.

"a couple of hundred dollars... A NIGHT!"

in a silent way AMAZING if you're on the in a silent way tip files de kilamanjaro is also lovely. bassline.

hey young woebot you should listen to this one!

:crylarf:

and ANOTHER smash "afrovision" :o DAMN i have all these records!

and an early bit of prog psychedelia

my fave dibango tune "mouna pola"... long alap - YOU MUST wait for the sublime break at 3.10... future compass point synth man wally badarou on board

always thought this must be a sample of dibango :o [go to 1:36]

the most rarified example of which being ray lema's "techno dream" - the homage to detroit

that's a cool one. it was overseen by hector zazou with electronics by CY1 but bony biyake was into stockhausen so not artificially spliced on

or this classic by souzy kasseya

or even more dancefloor friendly things like thomas frempong

but you can hear it on african-only tracks like his "bobby"

yes. "abele dance" is a particularly smashing one. yes. i think it was partially the influence of martin meissoner the french producer on sunny ade.

manu dibango died - i just heard https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/mar/24/manu-dibango-dies-coronavirus-cameroon-jazz-funk interviewed him in 1993. totally cool man. put us whiteboys at total ease. RIP :o

a very snappy punchline.

yes. they were good friends. and another friend of burbanks was arnold ehret https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Ehret ehret visited america to meet burbank and because of the war got stuck there. i know all of this stuff because i researched it for my booky wook.