For today, I wanted to share with you “Crépuscule Insolite“, an epic bouncy digital Island Boogie Synth Funk Disco-ish instrumental track from Haïti (Ayiti, in the West Indies) with dreamy synth parts that sounds like an 80s video game soundtrack.

This song is taken from the sole album of the Haitian composer & musician Jeanne Bylon-Héloïse, wife of the composer Joel Héloïse, who both were part of the Haitian band “Fregate“, alongside with some of the greatest Haitian musicians from that era such : Hervé Martiny, Joël Gourtaud, Michel Bambou, Mickaël Boe & Romuald Sainte-Rose.

This album includes the following musicians :

Jeanne Bylon-Heloïse : Keyboards, Mix ;

Joel Heloise : Drum Programming, Mix, Producer ;

Claude Rodap : Mix ;

Joël Gourtaud : Drums ;

Jean-Marc Albicy : Bass Guitar ;

 Raymond Ragot : Timbales ;

Dominique Durepaire, Jean-Pierre Bullot : Drum Programming ;

Very unique sound from the West Indies of that time, where French Caribbean musicians were searching for their own sound, mixing Gwo-Ka, Bel Air, Biguine, Folk with funk, boogie & synthetic sounds – Hope you’ll like it, enjoy !

Jeanne Bylon-Héloïse – Crépuscule Insolite (Haïti, 1985, Joel Héloïse Records) 

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

Armand de Preseau

For today, I wanted to share with you “Syka“, an amazing uptempo catchy Island Soul Jazz Synth instrumental track with crazy synth, piano, horns parts, taken from the sole album privately recorded & released in 1980 by the composer & musician “José Manclière” (former drummer of the band “Les Kombass“), along with the finest musicians from the French West Indies :

Leader, Drums, Percussion, Electronic Drums, Vocals, Producer : José Mancliere ;

Alto Saxophone : Germain Cécé ;

Bass : Jocelyn Otto-Curier, Pierre-Édouard Décimus ;

Congas, Percussion : Jean-Robert ;

Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Synthesizer : Ramon Pyrmé ;

Flugelhorn : Herbert “Happy” Lewis ;

Guitar : Gilbert Coco ;

Piano : Patrick Jean-Marie ;

Strings : Ramon Pyrmé ;

Synthesizer : Philippe Dambury ;

Tenor Saxophone : Roland Gallas ;

Trumpet, Bugle : Roger Coco ;

A really beautiful album from start to finish, hard to find gem nowadays, hope you’ll like it – Enjoy !

José Manclière – Syka (Guadeloupe, 1980, JMD)

You can also listen to this song on my Youtube Channel here : https://youtu.be/C4nOUFtPz8E

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

Armand de Preseau