Marius Cultier - The Way (1976)

23 May, 11:54
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Artist: Marius Cultier
Title Of Album: The Way
Year Of Release: 1976
Label (Catalog#): Magidisco [LP 1001]
Genre: Jazz-Funk, Zouk, Afro-Cuban Jazz
Quality: Mp3 / FLAC (tracks,vinyl)
Bitrate: 320kbps / Lossless [44.1kHz/16bit / 96kHz/24bit]
Time: 42:21 min
Full Size: 101 mb / 240 mb / 894 mb

There isn't much information out about Marius Cultier. Released several albums through the 70's and then died in 85, my guess is he was quite young at the time. I didn't know what to expect coming into this album, and I put it in my African folder before looking into it more.

The album starts off with "The Way it Should Be", a very sensual loungey jazz type of song, with heavy emphasis on vocals. The next few songs are mostly Afro-Caribbean rumba/souk/jazz music, with a few more soul type songs thrown in as well. A real mix. "Piano A Marius Cultier" is one of the rumba songs while "Nathalie" is another of the soul ones.

Then we get to "Zouk" which starts off with a cat meowing and is rumba taken to extremes. If not the best song on the album it's certainly the most interesting.

TRACKLIST:

A1 The Way It Should Be
A2 Eso Guede
A3 Easy
A4 Nathalie
A5 Piano A Marius Cultier
B1 Qui Coule Manman Ou
B2 Nestor Ti Patte
B3 Ochung
B4 Zouk
B5 Ce Roule Man Ka Roule

Bass – A. Theodose, J. Bernard (tracks: A4, B3)
Congas – Phene J.M. (tracks: A1 to B2, B4, B5)
Drums, Percussion – D. Dantin
Leader, Piano, Electric Piano, Synthesizer, Vocals – M. Cultier
Liner Notes – Gerald Merceron
Producer – M.G.C. Productions
Violin – M. Lagier
Vocals, Percussion – R. Thamar
Vocals, Percussion, Effects, Artwork By [Cover], Management – Giselle Cultier
Written-By – Henri Gueydon (tracks: A4, B3)
Written-By, Arranged By – Marius Cultier