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Stanislas Tohon
Dans Le Tchink Système
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Labels
Catno
HC 33
Formats
1x Vinyl LP Album Reissue
Country
Release date
Dec 17, 2014
Genres
Styles
Afro-Soul holy grail by the “Soul Brother From Benin“, featuring the famous “Vis à Vis” band from Ghana and recorded in Kumasi in 1979.
Stanislas Tohon aka Papy Grande was born in the “ Country of the kings ” (Benin), in Abomey 1955. He’s “Chevalier de la legion d’honneur” in Benin for his brilliant musical career.
The famous soul singer from Cotonou started his musical career at this age of 9 , played with the greatest such as Gnonnas Pedro and recorded almost 35 albums. Influenced by the traditional “Tchingoume “ music , he invented his own rhythm called “Tchink Système”, a mix of soul and Beninese traditional rhythm .
“Dans le Tchink Système” is a four track album recorded in Ghana on 24 analog tracks channel with the incredible “Vis à Vis Band”, included a rare version of his first 7 inch “Africa “ that he recorded a year before with “Les Satelites” from Cotonou.
Sang in Fon, his native language from Benin, this album is a soulful call for peace and unity in Africa, a real definition of Afro Soul music !
This extremely scarce and obscure record is now remastered and stricltly limited to 1000 copies
$45*
*Taxes included, shipping price excluded
sealed
A1
Dja, Dja , Dja
7:39
A2
Yallow 2
7:08
B1
O Kou
7:09
B2
Paix Lo
9:06
B3
Africa
3:40
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