and the verse of Derek Walcott SS22 sees the developer move her focus to the belle poque of post-independence Burkina Faso( formerly Upper Volta).Ī melange of community elders and emboldened youth spill from the brightly lit confines of Sanlé’s Volta Photo into the dimly lit nightclubs of Upper Volta's cultural capital, all compiled in a 120-page hardbound book.Ĭaptured on on 6圆 medium format Rolleiflex SL66, Sanlé’s keen eye provides an intimate look into the landlocked nation’s pop culture explosion of the 1970s, through changing hair and fashion, hats and sunglasses, swords and boomboxes, motorcycles and cars, the traditional and modern. Title: Bobo Yeye: Belle Epoque In Upper Volta (Various Artists). Bookending this coffee table worthy black and white monograph are multiple essays, 28 battered sleeves, and a complete pre-revolution discography. Draped in colorful Voltaic patterns are three accompanying discs, with dozens of rare and evocative recordings by Bobo-Dioulasso’s musical titans: Volta Jazz, Dafra Star, Echo Del Africa, Coulibaly Tidiane, and Les Imbattables Léopards, all darting in and out of Afro-funk, French yeye, and American R&B while still maintaining a grip on their pre-colonial heritage.ġ 152-page 12.5" x 12.Teeming with excitement from the independence of France, the Republic of Upper Volta in Africa became the epicenter of a music revolution in the Seventies. Buy Bobo Yy: Belle poque in Upper Volta (3LP) by Various Artists at Mighty Ape NZ. The cultural capital, Bobo-Dioulasso, exploded with new bands crisscrossing rock & roll and Afro-Cuban jazz, including Volta Jazz, Dafra Star, Echo Del Africa, and Les Imbattables Léopards, all chronicled on 3-CD overview Bobo Yéyé: Belle Époque in Upper Volta. Bobo Yy: Belle Epoque in Upper Volta provides an intimate look into a landlocked nation's pop culture explosion of the 1970s. From his studio in central Bobo-Dioulasso, photographer Sory Sanl. A melange of community elders and emboldened youth spill from the brightly lit confines of Sanl's Volta Photo into the dimly lit nightclubs of Upper Volta's cultural capital. as the poetry of Derek Walcott SS22 sees the developer shift her emphasis to the belle poque of post-independence Burkina Faso( formerly Upper Volta).Īccompanying this hardbound monograph are dozens of rare and evocative recordings spread over three discs by Bobo-Dioulasso's musical titans: Volta Jazz, Dafra Star, Echo Del Africa, and. Borrowing the Beatles' "yeah yeah yeah," the French Yéyé movement mirrored similar pop music movements in neighboring romance language centers (Italy, Spain), and found a global foothold in the success of Serge Gainsbourg in the early Sixties. A melange of community elders and emboldened youth spill from the brightly lit confines of Sanls Volta Photo into the dimly lit nightclubs of Upper. Chicago archivists the Numero Group rounded up 37 songs fusing that swash of international trends to an Afro-Caribbean identity.
Latin influence drives a mélange of conga percussion and tropical xylophones fused to American rock amplification, wherein sinewy guitar jangles and rumbling bass unfurls both exploratory jazz and Sixties guitar god improvisation.
Bobo Yy: Belle poque in Upper Volta is a goldmine for musical history buffs and an excellent purchase for anyone in need of a little more African jazz. Consider this Belle Époque (Beautiful Age) an Atlantis of discovery, imagination and innovation found in an unlikely place.
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