| Orchestre Poly Rythmo / Cotonou Club |
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| Album: | Cotonou Club | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Orchestre Poly Rythmo | Added: | 04/2011 | |
| Label: | Strut | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2011-05-30 | Pull Date: | 2011-08-01 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | 31 Jul | 24 Jul | 10 Jul | 3 Jul | 19 Jun | 12 Jun | 5 Jun |
| Airplays: | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jun 26, 2021: | Wee Animalcules (rebroadcast from Jun 3, 2011) Lion Is Burning | 4. | Dec 13, 2012: | Cacao! Ne Te Fâche Pas | |
| 2. | Oct 26, 2016: | At the Cafe Bohemian C’Est Lui Ou C’Est Moi / Mariage | 5. | Jul 30, 2011: | New World Disorder Koumi Dédé | |
| 3. | Jul 25, 2013: | maximum entropy C’Est Lui Ou C’Est Moi / Mariage | 6. | Jul 29, 2011: | Music Casserole Holonon |
| Album Review |
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| Don Farrell Reviewed 2011-05-31 | ||
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Voodoo funk Afro beat band from West African state of Benin. Played in the late 1960's, Regrouped in 2007, 10 members, 5 from original group. First studio album in 25 years, toured USA in 2010, All tracks are very good. ****1: 4:51 fast, non stop dance groove, male vocals, 7 sec fade 2: 4:06 mid fast e guitar brass groove, 23 sec low fade ****3: 3:53 mid tempo percussion, guitar/bass/brass/vocals/wails, call & response ****4: 4:16 mid to faster nice funky Latin sound 5: 3:13 fast, Angélique Kidjo vocal 26 sec low fade 6: 5:04 fast male vocal, e guitar percussion trance groove 7: 4:35 mid to faster, a bit more mellow, funky groove, 12 sec fade ***8: 4:59 hand clapping percussion, fem chorus then male & fem vocal, nice funky trance groove, fast ****9: 3:24 funky fast Afro pop groove, 7 sec fade 10: 3:48 mellow Highlife, 24 sec fade ***11: 4:43 fast, mellow, big horns, with musicians from Franz Ferdinand D Farrell 05/2011 | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Ne Te Fâche Pas | 6. | Océ | |||
| 2. | Pardon | 7. | Tegbe | |||
| 3. | Von Vo Nono | 8. | C?Est Lui Ou C?Est Moi / Mariage | |||
| 4. | Koumi Dédé | 9. | Holonon | |||
| 5. | Gbeti Madjro | 10. | Ma Vie | |||
| 11. | Lion Is Burning | |||||