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Vwayajé

by Gwakasonné

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1.
Atmosphere 01:58
2.
W3 03:48
3.
Suzy 03:59
4.
Vou 04:08
5.
Karayib 04:46
6.
Siklon 03:24
7.
Pita 06:13
8.
Nirvacina 03:35
9.
Respe 05:07
10.
Lewoz 04:05
11.
Rekreasyon 03:38
12.
Algerie 62 10:35

about

Gwakasonné is the ecstatic articulation of Robert Oumaou’s artistic and political vision, a unified expression of his interests in American jazz, pre-colonial rhythms, Guadeloupian independence, and Créole poetics. Over the course of three albums, all released in the 80s, Robert piloted a revolving cast of musicians, a venerable who’s-who of Point-a-Pitre avant-jazz pioneers, to deftly intone his creative communal concepts. The songs on Vwayajé are compiled from these three releases, Gwakasonné, Temwen, and Moun, along with an electronic mantra taken from his 2007 solo album Sang Comment Taire. Viewed from our current artistic and cultural landscape, Robert’s work is exceptionally enduring, grounded in its declarations of freedom and foundational use of the Ka (drum) and voice, and prescient in its borderless explorations of protest folk, electronics, ambient atmosphere, music from the African diaspora, and spiritual jazz. The long-form hive-mind expression of the group has parallels with similar explorations by The Grateful Dead, electric Miles, Pharaoh Sanders, and even the Boredoms, but these are only oblique references for a truly peerless sound. Like other conceptual children of Gérard Lockel, the group was part of a progressive movement of like-minded musicians, such as Serge Fabriano, Dao, Erick Cosaque, and Gaoulé Mizik, who embraced Lockel’s modernist ideals, fusing Gwo Ka drumming and tuning systems with contemporary jazz and vanguard recording technologies. Robert’s ecstatic phrasings, embrace of electronic instruments, and daring lyrics set the group apart as the beatific expression of a sagacious soul.

credits

released July 21, 2019

All songs written by Robert Oumaou
Produced by Robert Oumaou except C1 produced by Olivier Mathurin
All songs licensed from Robert Oumaou, except C1 licensed from Golden Ears Studio
Research by Vincent Privat

A2, B3, B4, D2 from Gwakasonné (1984)
A1, A4, C2, C3 from Moun (1987)
A3, D1 from Témwen (1988)
C1 from Sang Comment Taire (2007) Robert Oumaou: Percussions, Boula, Congas, Basse, Synthé, Balafon, Banjo Gita, et Vocals

Gwakasonné (1984)
Boula – Edmony Krater, Pascal Palatin, Pierre Manicord, Rodrique Francillone, Willy Perrot
Marqueur – Max Kiavue
Percussions – Christian Bourgarel
Flit – Joseph Bigord
Gita, Boula – Eddy Lebouin
Synté – Aurel Thams, Roger Annerose
Trompett – Eddy Renoux Latour
Vocal – Martine Sylvestre

Moun (1989)
Vocals – Christine Vial Collet, Davidalex Angerville, Jean-Pierre Coquerelle
Fender Rhodes, Synthé – Aurel Thams
Flit – Felix Custos
Boula– José Bellerose, Max Kiavue
Sax – Eddy Pitard
Trompette – Edmony Krater

Témwen (1987)
Boula – Pascal Palatin, Willy Perrot
Maké – Aldo Middleton, Claude Kiavue, Marc Pandolf, Max Kiavue
Flit – Lubin Joannes
Synthé – Aurel Thams
Vocals, Triyang, Banjo Gita – Gerard Elice
Sax – Georges Troupe
Trompette – Eddy Renoux-Latour
Vocals – Jean-Pierre Coquerelle
Vocals, Timbales, Percussion, Banjo Gita – Claude Kiavue

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