Antoine Dougbé et L’Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou 1977-1982

Benin-born songwriter Antoine Dougbé fused Cuban rumba, son, Congolese guitar music, and Vodún ceremonial rhythms into a singular strain of trance-inducing West African funk. Backed by the mighty Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou, the late ’70s and early ’80s recordings collected by Analog Africa move with hypnotic force: phased guitars, rolling percussion, wiry synth lines, and call-and-response vocals locked deep inside ecstatic grooves.

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