🇧🇯 🎶 NBK 004 – NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT + PRE-ORDER !

𝐆𝐍𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐀𝐒 𝐏𝐄𝐃𝐑𝐎 – 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐀𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐔𝐀𝐆𝐄𝐒 (𝐍𝐁𝐊 𝟎𝟎𝟒)

🔎 Discover it here : https://nangabokorecords.bandcamp.com/album/gnonnas-pedro-the-man-who-sings-all-african-languages

Hi dear friends, followers, family & music lovers !

As a pre-Xmas gift, I’m really proud to announce my forthcoming reissue on NANGA BOKO Records, a compilation I’ve been working on for ages :

The first official wide retrospective (1967 to 1985) of the legendary Beninese Composer, Gentleman & Salsero Gnonnas Pedro, who recorded dozen of albums & singles from the 1960s the 2000s with mythical bands such as Los Panchos, Les Dadjes & Africando !

21 tracks covering the extremely wide musical spectrum of this mythical artist in 40 years of career : Afrobeat, Salsa, Funk, Soul, Jerk & Folk frenzied grooves that will set any dancefloor on fire !

– Available in a beautiful Limited Deluxe 2xLP gatefold edition (with a digital voucher including a Bonus track) & in HQ digital format ;

– Fully supported by the whole Gnonnas Pedro’s family, under exclusive licence ;

– Every step of the reissue process (sound quality, graphic design, bio & liner notes) was carefully & daily submitted to the artist’s family for approval ;

– HQ Remastered audio by David Bergot (A la Pointe) ;

– Very detailed biography & liner notes in French & English with exclusive pictures, never seen before.

‼️ 𝐈𝐍 𝐀𝐍 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐀𝐂𝐇, 𝟓𝟎 % 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐅𝐈𝐓𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐆𝐎 𝐓𝐎 𝐆𝐍𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐀𝐒 𝐏𝐄𝐃𝐑𝐎’𝐒 𝐅𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐘.

As NANGA BOKO Records is committed to a fair and respectful approach with artists, it is important for me to communicate on this point.

Compilation, design & liner notes : Armand de Preseau

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💥 Release : Spring 2025.

🌍 Worldwide distribution & Stores pre-order : The Pusher Distribution

More infos soon, stay tuned & thank you all for your support !

Armand de Preseau / NANGA BOKO Records
WWW.AFRICANGROOVES.FR

Gnonnas Sousou Pierre Kwasivi was born on the 10 of January 1943 in Cotonou, Benin.

Singing and playing music since his childhood, Gnonnas Pedro became in the 60’s one of the Beninese musical Kings (among with L’Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou, Antoine Dougbe, Honore Avolonto or El Rego), and never stopped to play music beyond.

He led his own band in the 60’s, “Pedro y Sus Sanchos”, that later became “Gnonnas Pedro et ses Dadjes”.

Lover of the French language, he was strongly influenced by the French singer Charles Aznavour (he even recorded a cover of Aznavour’s song “Les Comediens” !).

From the 90’s to 2004, he was the singer of the interplanetary known Afro cuban band “Africando”, grouping of African Legends such as Boncana Maiga, Amadou Balake, Thione Seck, Tabu Ley Rochereau, Ismael Lo, Salif Keita or Koffi Olomide.

Known as “The man that speaks all African languages”, Pedro embraced many musical styles, including afrobeat, highlife, salsa, pachanga, juju or “Modern Agbadja” (an update og the traditional style of his home region, Lokassa).

Many of the tracks he composed are still big hits today, such as “Yiri Yiri Boum” (Afro Cuban Anthem) or “Von O Von Non” (Hymn of the Togolese national football team).

He died the 12 of August 2004, at the age in Cotonou, Benin.

Sincerely yours,

Armand

Hi Everyone !

It’s a loong time we didn’t seen each other uh ?

Here comes a special Mix of some of my personal favourite Afro songs sung in french, for your ears only ; ) – Enjoy !

Armand de Preseau – Kribi Kribi Twist

You can download this selection here !