Comments on: Pan-African Griot

By: tiscert

tiscert — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:37:51 +0000

‘Idiba’ is Francis Bebey composition from the sixties or seventies. The guy who wants to know what he’s singing about could listen to Manu Dibango’s bluesy bilingual (douala/french) version which should be somewhere on the web. Check out Francis Bebey’s son Toups Bebey: http://www.musicprom.com/e_tbebey.html

By: Benn loxo du taccu » Blog Archive » Sunday morning music

Benn loxo du taccu » Blog Archive » Sunday morning music — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 12:10:47 +0000

[...] We’ve heard him before on Benn loxo, and the now-defunct audioblog, Akwaaba Sound System, named their blog after one of his earlier, trippy albums. [...]

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 16 Dec 2004 03:30:20 +0000

So we are open for business over at the Akwaaba Sound System, with the first post a couple of tracks from the Francis Bebey album I mentioned above. Thanks again, Matt, for pushing us out of talk and into action. (PS Pieter, who guest posted a few days ago, is part of the crew — but he’s about to become a father, so it may be a while before we get more music out of him…)

http://akwaabasound.blogspot.com

By: Jesse

Jesse — Fri, 10 Dec 2004 00:03:16 +0000

Oooh, that’s nice. Can you tell us what he’s singing about here?

Thanks for the great music — please keep it up!

By: Denis

Denis — Tue, 07 Dec 2004 00:58:08 +0000

your right..THis is westacfrican capital of canada..so I’ll be sure to report back if my pursuits fail!!

By: mattgy

mattgy — Mon, 06 Dec 2004 10:53:24 +0000

Bebey is pretty well-known so you can find his music almost anywhere. You’re from Montreal, it looks like, so just head to the nearest HMV and hit-up the World/Africa section for a sample.

I’ll be posting some lesser-known stuff later this week thanks to a generous reader.. stay tuned.

By: Denis

Denis — Mon, 06 Dec 2004 08:26:13 +0000

First time on the site, nothing as refreshing as the welcome i got from Bebey’s Idiba..(and apporporately so..its like 3.24 am!)
Now that im officially hooked, can u direct me to a source of his music..I would love to sample it all…

Wicked site! Keep up the good work…

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 05 Dec 2004 15:32:38 +0000

Now, since we’ve been talking about Original Music and then you bring up Francis Bebey, I have to say that my all-time favorite OM issue is Bebey’s incredible “Akwaaba: Music for Sanza”. It’s nothing at all like his classical-style guitar work; instead it’s groovy and funky and dirty – it often sounds like no one was watching the levels in the recording studio, but I think that buzz and burr of analog overload is both appropriate to a lot of African asthetics, and also the kind of thing that will make this album a crossover hit with the a certain rock audience as soon as someone discovers it and reissues it.

Sorry to hijack your post, but I almost mentioned it the other day — so when you brought up Bebey, it seemed appropriate to share.