Following this former post, I wanted to share with you for today another masterpiece from Erick Cosaque, one of my favorite musicians from Guadeloupe island (French West Indies), recorded in France in 1978 with one of his early band, “Les Voltages 8“, that included some of the best Caribbean musicians from that era, such :

Erick Cosaque : Composition, Arrangements, Vocals ;

Christian Hubert Jean Romain : Percussion, Bass Guitar ;

Jean-Phlippe Ysmaël, Serge Marne : Drums ;

Henri Nanor : Backing Vocals, Cabasa ;

Francis Dendele : Percussion [Solo] ;

Metry-Avenant : Piano, Synthesizer ;

Michel Joiyo : Guitar, Bass Guitar ;

Jocelyn Sellapin : Percussion ;

Edouard Labor : Saxophone ;

Max Labor : Guitar ;

The song presented here, “Guadeloupe, Île de Mes Amours“, is an awesome melancholic Island Soul Jazz track with beautiful deep saxophone parts, dealing about the Caribbean diaspora from the West Indies exiled to France from the 50s in order to look for work, and the difficulties they faced with, far away from their hometown.

Cherry on the cake : this cute artwork by painter Yves Bussy – Enjoy !

Erick Cosaque & Les Voltage 8 – Guadeloupe, Île de Mes Amours (Guadeloupe, 1978, Capriccio)

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Have a nice Wednesday, see you on next Sunday for another musical rediscovery !

Armand de Preseau

For today, I wanted to share with you “Arrete Mal Pale“, an instant dance floor friendly and now classic furious Island Funk Cadence Soul track from the French West Indies, taken from the first album recorded in 1978 by Fair-Nick Stars, the band founded in 1974 by Monique & Guy Fanfant (a very well-known Guadeloupean family of musicians), and composed by musicians from Guadeloupe, Martinique and French Guyana, such as (for the album presented here) :

Lead Guitar : Max Labor ;

Bass Guitar : Jean-Pierre Misaine ;

Drums, Cowbell & Cymbal : Charles Fanfant ;

Piano & Organ : Ralph Victoire ;

Saxophone : Victor René-Corail ;

Trumpet : Guy René-Corail ;

Vocals : Edwige Rechal ;

Xylophone, Congas & Percussions : Guy Fanfant ;

Chorus : Monique & Veronique Fanfant ;

Fair-Nick Stars – Arrete Mal Pale

You can also listen to this song on my Youtube Channel here : https://youtu.be/maMHhIa-hks

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Have a nice Sunday, see you on next Wednesday for another musical (re)discovery !

Armand de Preseau

For today, I decided to share with you another masterpiece from Eric Cosaque, one of my favourite musicians from the Guadeloupe island backed by one of his early band, “Les Voltages 8“.

The song presented here, “De Chate Cole“, is an uplifting Cadence with beautiful jazzy saxophone parts – Enjoy !

Erick Cosaque et Les Voltages 8 – De Chate Cole

You can also listen to this track on my Youtube channel here : https://youtu.be/6NrfQSRfNcc

Best regards,

Armand