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GIBRALTAR DRAKUS Hommage A Zanzibar NEW CASSETTE Awesome Tapes From Africa reiss
US $12.99
ApproximatelyPHP 730.56
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Cassette Condition
- Mint (M)
- Case Condition
- Mint (M)
- Inlay Condition
- Mint (M)
- UPC
- 0843563161760
- Artist
- Drakus, Gibraltar
- Format
- Cassette
- Release Year
- 2023
- Record Label
- Awtp, Awesome Tapes from
- Release Title
- Hommage a Zanzibar
- Genre
- Rock
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Product Identifiers
Record Label
Awtp, Awesome Tapes from
UPC
0843563161760
eBay Product ID (ePID)
28061658259
Product Key Features
Format
Cassette
Release Year
2023
Genre
Rock
Artist
Drakus, Gibraltar
Release Title
Hommage a Zanzibar
Dimensions
Item Height
0.64 in
Item Weight
0.12 lb
Item Length
4.32 in
Item Width
2.68 in
Additional Product Features
Number of Tracks
4
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Tracks
1.1 N'nom Wom (Mon Époux) 1.2 Exode Rural 1.3 O Zanzibar 1.4 Mekeya A Dzal (Retour Au Village)
Number of Discs
1
Notes
No shortage of colorful characters emerged from Cameroon's bikutsi scene in the 1980's and early 90's. Gibraltar Drakus is one of the most enduring and enigmatic of the artists who helped transform bikutsi into a beautifully endless fabric of triplet rhythms that eventually reached ears around the world. Following the advent of Cameroon Radio Television in 1987, bikutsi began to supplant makossa and soukous for domination of the local airwaves and the attention of cosmopolitan, thrill-seeking residents of Cameroon's capital Yaoundé and beyond. Biktusi perfectly fused Beti traditional music and increasingly electronic, highly rhythmic guitar-based bikutsi. Mimicking the sound of village-based xylophone music by rigging a mute to electric guitar strings, bikutsi artists provided a relentlessly energetic dance format for those with a taste for music steeped in their hometown sensibility (countering the popular makossa that many felt sounded less indigenous).By the early 1990's, Les Tetes Brûlées were indisputably the most famous and influential artists in bikutsi, due in part to the innovations of their incendiary guitarist Théodore Zanzibar Epeme. Following their first European tour in 1987, the band blew up internationally but Zanzibar tragically, and mysteriously, passed away, which nearly brought an end to the band completely. In hindsight, the consensus among most Cameroonians is Zanzibar's contributions to biktusi were transformational and immeasurable. Swept up in all this was Gibraltar Drakus, who was the youngest member of Les Têtes Brûlées and was also the protégé of his biggest supporter, Zanzibar. So it was fitting that he dedicate his 1989 debut to their groundbreaking late guitarist who had meant so much to him. Drakus literally exploded from his first album Hommage A Zanzibar (1989), which sold over 100,000 copies despite rampant piracy. For the recording, Drakus made sure he engaged prolific producer Mystic Jim to record and mix the album. The innovation musically rests both within the guitar interplay and the discipline in the orchestration, which result in a mind-bending clockwork of cross-rhythmic harmony. He aimed for the sound to exist somewhere between the sensibilities of the famous Les Veterans, Zanzibar and Messi Martin. He had worked a lot of Zanzibar and Messi Martin, both of whom allowed him to fully immerse himself in bikutsi and Beti music. "Zanzibar is the one who taught me how to compose a song, and I learned a lot from Zanzibar musically. We spent whole nights working on methods and other approaches to compose beautiful songs. I owe half of everything I have today to Zanzibar!"
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