Various - Ivory Coast Soul 2: Afro Soul In Abidjan From 1976-1981Bonne Arrive ! Ivory Coast Soul is back, with Djamel Hammadi aka Afrobrazilero and DJ Julien Lebrun have dug deeper into the countrys vinyl archives! After much painstaking research and investigative work, we are finally able to catch up and gather together some key members of seminal Afro and Psychedelic outfit. We selected 13 afro soul gems, centered mainly on the musically rich and creatively volatile Republic of the Ivory Coast during the 70s.

  According to him

who had produced The Birthday Party‰۪s groundbreaking ‰Û÷Junkyard‰۪ 21 years earlier

the strokes offer a rock and roll antidote to the plague of boy bands

part soul music

for the first time Erlend Ì÷ye stands alone

revenge and resilience in the face of impossible odds against the furies of man and nature itself

The Monkey

Built around a formidable rhythm section

multi-instrumentalist Klaus Dinger and occasional Neu

like a secret between her and the listener

furious punk

more percussion-heavy 'Moby Dick'