Bourg La Folie, by Gratien Midonet

Bourg La Folie

by Gratien Midonet

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1.	Osana 06:50	buy track
2.	La Pli Ya Ka Bat' To' La 03:43	buy track
3.	Exil I 03:59	buy track
4.	La Point' Dé Nég' 05:43	buy track
5.	Babel 05:27	buy track
6.	Exil II 02:22	buy track

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From 1984 Gratien Midonet's third album is the soundtrack to an impressionist film made by fellow Antillean Benjamin Jules Rosette, a movie director who was also the founder of the cult ‘Théâtre Noir’ in Paris, later to become the first black cultural centre in continental Europe. Sadly now lost (there is no known copy of the film), one’s imagination can run freely by listening to the soundtrack while looking at the cover art. Arranged by Congolese guitarist and singer Samba N’Go of M Bamina fame, and notably featuring Luther Perreau on keyboards, Amédé O Suriam on percussions and Jacky Arconte on guitar, the production is insanely good and shows us a tighter and more groove based side of Midonet (La Point' Dé Nég), while staying loose and experimental in some of its arrangements (Osana).

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released January 22, 2021

Arranged By, Chorus – Samba N'go
Arranged By, Chorus, Lead Vocals, Composed By – Gratien Midonet
Bass – Jean Luc Lian
Chorus – Jenny Dupin, Mireille Chovino, Roseline Chovino
Drums – Denis Hekimian
Guitar – Jacky Arconte
Keyboards, Chorus – Luther Perreau
Percussion – Amedeo Suriam, Esther Wilson

Recorded & mixed @ Studio Spade Music

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Gratien Midonet Martinique

“I always broke free from the rules, from codes being too narrow,” says poet, musician and sonic shaman Gratien Midonet. “I have always had this sense of peaceful knowledge that there is no separation between genres, beings and universal things.”

Not plain folk, not bélè, chouval bwa, beguine or gwoka but a transcendental fusion of all these and a true reflection of his personality. ... more

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