Gratien Midonet - Bourg La Folie (2023) [Hi-Res]

From 1984 Gratien Midonet's third album is the soundtrack to an impressionist film made by fellow Antillean Benjamin Jules Rosette, a movie director who was also the founder of the cult ‘Théâtre Noir’ in Paris, later to become the first black cultural centre in continental Europe. Sadly now lost (there is no known copy of the film), one’s imagination can run freely by listening to the soundtrack while looking at the cover art. Arranged by Congolese guitarist and singer Samba N’Go of M Bamina fame, and notably featuring Luther Perreau on keyboards, Amédé O Suriam on percussions and Jacky Arconte on guitar, the production is insanely good and shows us a tighter and more groove based side of Midonet (La Point' Dé Nég), while staying loose and experimental in some of its arrangements (Osana).



Tracklist:
1 01. Gratien Midonet - Osana (06:50)
1 02. Gratien Midonet - La Pli Ya Ka Bat' To' La (03:43)
1 03. Gratien Midonet - Exil I (03:59)
1 04. Gratien Midonet - La Point' Dé Nég' (05:43)
1 05. Gratien Midonet - Babel (05:27)
1 06. Gratien Midonet - Exil II (02:22)