Scorpio Universel - 1978 - Album II

    Born in Haiti and of Italian descent, Robert Martino,  started playing music and particularly the guitar at the young age of fourteen. One of his first major live appearance was at “Cabane Choucoune” with the creator of Compas Direct Nemours Jean Baptiste. Compas Direct  sometimes spelled “Kompa” is the popular rhythm and music from Haiti.

Robert Martino is one of the main creator of “Mini Jazz” a movement in Haitian music that started in the 1960’s with the worldwide emergence of The Beatles. This trend transformed Kompaby reducing the traditional number of musicians to only seven or eight.

In 1965,  Robert Martino started playing with “Les Difficiles” de Petion Ville of Henry Celestin, Jean Robert Herisse (Porky), Emmanuel Charles (Mama), Sony Louis (Ti Boeuf), Fredy Berenault, Paul Edme, Billy Degand, ect …. They became instant neighborhood sensation with hits such as: “Min Paulo”, “Ce La Vi”, “Composition / Espoir”, “Kenscoff”, “Les Ombres Du Temps”, ect ….

Les Gypsies de Petion Ville

In 1972,  Robert Martino joined the legendary group Les Gypsies de Petion Ville. This band became notorious for its many classics such as “Patience”, “La Tulipe”, “A Cote”, “Courage”, “Toi et Moi”, “La Priye”, ect …. The band included such great musicians as Tico Pasquet, Reynold Nadere (Cincin), Max Badette. The group was an instant hit and played regularly at then famous night spot “Chez Maxime”. The band was also famous for its many great Carnival songs.

In 1977,  Robert Martino took another turn when he became the lead guitarist for the famous group SCORPIO. He played alongside singers Olson Jean Louis and Gracia Jean Philippe “Ti Kit”. They became very popular and had hits such as “Map Mande Courage”, “Tande”, “Min Yayad La”, “Christianne”, “Opa Opa”. They played regularly at the “Caroussel Club”.

After moving to the United States in the 80’s,  Robert Martino started the “New Generation” movement by creating in 1986 Top Vice which became the first known band to play with a sequencer and drum machine. The group has hits such as: “Min Nou”, “Symphonie D’amou”, “Plezi Gaye”, “Fan’m Deyo”, “Min Aveg La”, ect….

Top Vice

Robert Martino introduced in Kompamusic guitar effects like chorus, delay, fith Dimension, distortion, tube-mouth and other sounds. To date,  Robert Martino has recorded over fifty albums. He has performed at Carnegie Hall in New York, Le Zenith in Paris, the Bayfront Park in downtown Miami, au Palais Des Congres in Canada, in New Caledonia with his sons and more ….. He has performed all over the world in countries such as: France, Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guyana, The Dominican Republic, Dom-Tom, The Bahamas, Saint Martin, Togo, Benin, Ivory Coast, Canada, The U.S., The Turks and Caicos, ect…

Robert Martino has worked with many music giants such as: Celia Cruz, Claude Marcelin, Reynold Nadere, Ron  Perez, Dadou & Tico Pasquest, Roberto and Reynaldo Martino, Alan Cave, Ralph Thamar, Stanley Toussaint, Cubano, Loubert Chancy, Shoubou, The Widmaer Family, Reginald Policard, Makarios Cesaire, Demer Seide, Fabrice Rouzier, Misty  Jean, Eric Virgal, Orlane, Hoaraw, Kassav, Emeline Michelle, Ralph Conde, Tuco Bouzi, Henry Debs, Ronald Rubinel,  Jocelyne Labylle, Christiane Valejo, John Doane, Hoja Seca, Shleu Shleu, Tabou Combo, Coupe Cloue, System Band, Skah Shah, Dieudonne Larose, Message, Jacques Sauveur Jean, Skandal, Zin, Lakol, Phantom, Nu-Look, T-Vice, Kreyol La, Hangout…

Known as the “LEGEND”, his favorite guitar players are: Carlos Santana, Jimmy Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Peter Frampton, Joe Satriani, Jimmy Page and Pat Matheny. In 2007,  Robert Martino released his latest solo album “Oye Chica” that gathers yet some of his best work. Done in collaboration with long time partner Freddy, producers Ralph Conde & Jeff Wainwright, singers such as Misty Jean, Olivier Duret, Herly Jacques,  Robert Martino is truly one of the great artist that Haiti has produced. Today,  Robert Martino still records and performs regularly to the joy of his many fans.

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TRACKLIST:

A1 Pélérinage

A2 Blinginding

A3 Ti Lu Lu Pe

B1 Noú Rivé

B2 Roots, Rock, Reggae

B3 Carnaval Cole' Sou Yo

Credits:

Bass – Jn. Robert Louis

Chorus – Mario Jn. Gilles, Pedro Souffrant

Composed By, Arranged By, Guitar [1st.] – Robert Martino

Congas – Roger Laurent

Drums – Georges Jn. Gilles

Engineer [Recording, Mixing] – Robert Denis

Guitar [2nd.] – Reynold Nader

Organ, Synthesizer, Piano – Claude Montreuil (tracce: Nathan Montreuil)

Other [Impressario] – Pierrot Al-Kal

Photography – Henry Célestin

Producer – Patrick Amson

Tom Tom, Gong – Eddy Louis

Trombone – Saur Gelin

Trumpet – Mario Denis

Written-By, Vocals – Olson Jn. Louis

 

Zabranjeno Pušenje - 1985 - Dok čekaš sabah sa šejtanom

   Zabranjeno Pušenje (transl. No Smoking) is a Bosnian rock band formed in Sarajevo in 1980. The group's musical style primarily consists of a distinctive garage rock sound with folk influences, often featuring innovative production and complex storytelling. Currently, the band consists of founding member, vocalist and guitarist Sejo Sexon, longtime drummer Branko Trajkov, guitarist Toni Lović, bassist Dejan Orešković, and violinist and keyboardist Robert Boldižar.

In the early 1980s, when the rest of the Yugoslav popular music scene followed the trends in Europe of the early 1980s, chiefly punk rock and new wave, Zabranjeno Pušenje were part of a unique rock movement centered in Sarajevo that forged its own path. This movement, for the most part, centered on simple, youthful, garage rock, with folk influences and a distinctive Sarajevo urban feel called New Primitivism.

The songs range from punk rock to rock, frequently arranged to feature trumpets and saxophones, adding to the band's unique sound, along with many samples and soundbites from the period. Zabranjeno Pušenje captured the feel of Sarajevo, its idols and local heroes along with tales of love and loss, in a distinctive and often humorous way. Very visual and cynical, the band's lyrics were progressive enough to show the last stages of Yugoslav socialism (songs "Dan republike", "Srce ruke i lopata", "Abid", "Guzonjin sin"), alternate clubs ("Pišonja i Žuga u paklu droge", "Javi mi"), as well as providing morbid hints for the Yugoslav Wars ("Kanjon Drine", "Zvijezda nad Balkanom").

They were one of the most popular musical acts of the 1980s in Yugoslavia, selling hundreds of thousands of records. Many times they got in trouble with the authorities for their, usually mild and sympathetic, criticism of the socialist system, and the habit of making light of issues considered sensitive at the time. The band's first lineup, originally named Pseudobluz bend Zabranjeno Pušenje, featured guitarist Sejo Sexon and vocalist Nele Karajlić, alongside drummers Fu-Do then Šeki Gayton, bassist Munja Mitić, keyboardist Seid Mali Karajlić, saxophonist and flutist Ognjen Gajić, guitarist Mustafa Čengić, and synthesizerist Zoran Degan. Their debut studio album Das ist Walter (1984) was initially released in limited circulation; the final count was 100,000 copies sold, setting a record for exceeding the initial release by 30 times. Their subsequent album Dok čekaš sabah sa šejtanom (1985), also released through Jugoton, was boycotted by the mainstream media due to troubles with Communist authorities (ofr a pun about Marshal Tito expressed during a concert). In 1986, Šeki Gayton, Mitić and Čengić chose to leave the group, while drummer Faris Arapović, bassist Darko Ostojić, guitarist Kowalski and keyboardist Dado Džihan joined in. During the second half of 1980s with the new lineup of the band released two albums Pozdrav iz zemlje Safari (1987) and Male priče o velikoj ljubavi (1989) through Diskoton.

During 1992, the band split followed the Bosnian War, Nele Karajlić continued working in Belgrade under the names Nele Karajlić & Zabranjeno Pušenje and Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra, while Sejo Sexon and other members rejoined in Sarajevo, using the original name, continuing the band's career released the fifth studio album Fildžan viška (1997) with the changed lineup. The band's 1990s lineup alongside Sejo Sexon featured the leader of the New Primitivism movement Elvis J. Kurtović, vocalist Marin Gradac, a guest on the 1987 album bassist Dragan Bobić, guitarist Sejo Kovo and violinist Bruno Urlić. After one temporary drummer, Branko Trajkov joined the group in 1996. The same lineup recorded the album Agent tajne sile (1999). In 2000, Kurtović, Kovo, and Gradac left the group, while guitarist and producer Dragianni joined the group and played on their subsequent album, Bog vozi Mercedes (2001). That album was followed five years later by Hodi da ti čiko nešto da (2006). In the mid-2000s, Dragianni, Bobić, and Urlić chose to leave the group, while guitarist Toni Lović, bassist Dejan Orešković, and violinist Robert Boldižar came to their seats. 

The band's ninth studio album, Muzej revolucije (2009), was released on the Anniversary of the October Revolution in almost all former Yugoslav countries, on the same day. The band released their tenth studio album, Radovi na cesti, in 2013. Their eleventh studio album was released in 2018, titled Šok i nevjerica. The twelfth and another double studio album Karamba! was released in 2022.

TRACKLIST:

A1 Stanje Šoka 3:10

Lyrics By – Karajlić

Music By – Sexon

A2 Djevojčice Kojima Miriše Koža 3:51

Lyrics By – Sexon

Music By – Seid L. Karajlić

A3 Lutka Sa Naslovne Strane 3:32

Lyrics By – Sexon

Music By – Munja

A4 Dok Čekaš Sabah Sa Šejtanom 4:43

Lyrics By – Karajlić

Music By – Sexon

B1 Dok Jezdiš Ka Alemanji 3:07

Lyrics By – Sexon

Music By – Seid L. Karajlić

B2 Ibro Dirka 3:20

Lyrics By – Karajlić

Music By – Sexon

B3 Ja Imam Kuhinju 3:36

Lyrics By – Karajlić

Music By – Degan

B4 Ne Me Quitte Pas 0:10

Adapted By (Text) – Fu-do

Written-By – Jacques Brell

B5 Učini Da Budem Vuk 3:40

Lyrics By – Karajlić

Music By – Munja, Degan

B6 Baš - Čelik (Prvi Dio) 2:25

Backing Vocals – Senad Od Bosne

Lyrics By – Kaštelan

Music By – Sexon

Synthesizer [Oberheim] – Stanko Juzbašić

C1 Brut 2:29

Lyrics By – Sexon

Music By – Elvis J.

C2 Radost Prvog Žita 3:34

Written-By – Gajić

C3 Ujka Sam

Lyrics By – Karajlić

Music By – Sexon

3:40

C4 Nedelja Kada Je Otišao Hase

Lyrics By – Karajlić

Music By – Sexon

4:07

D1 Sanjao Sam Noćas Da Te Imam 3:31

Lyrics By – Degan

Music By – Elvis J.

D2 Kažu Mi Da Novog Frajera Imaš 3:42

Lyrics By – Sexon

Music By – Elvis J.

D3 Gospođa Brams 3:41

Lyrics By – Karajlić

Music By – Sexon

D4 Baš - Čelik (Drugi Dio) 2:43

Backing Vocals – Senad Od Bosne

Lyrics By – Kaštelan*

Music By – Sexon*

Synthesizer [Oberheim] – Stanko Juzbašić

Credits:

Pressed By – GIP "Beograd"

Arranged By – Zabranjeno Pušenje

Bass, Backing Vocals – Munja Mitić

Congas, Backing Vocals – Fu-do Đozić

Design – Srđan Velimirović

Drums – Šeki Gayton

Engineer – Vladimir Smolec

Guitar [Rhythm] – Sejo Sexon

Guitar [Solo], Backing Vocals – Mujo Snažni

Keyboards – Seid Little Karajlić

Lead Vocals – Dr. Nele Karajlić

Photography By – Elvedin Kantardžić

Producer – Mahmut Paša Ferović

Recorded By – Dragan Čačinović - Čač

Saxophone, Flute, Keyboards – Ogi Gajić

 

Paja Brava - 1977 - Herencia I

   Paja Brava was born on September 21, 1975 on the occasion of participation in the "II Festival Estudiantil de la Canción Boliviana" held in Oruro representing the Bolívar National College in the city of La Paz. It obtained second place in the conjuto category instrumental vocal. In November 1976 they recorded her first album for the Lauro y Cia label, interpreting native music. Starting this year, they performed different performances and offers concerts in different stages of the country and neighboring countries.

1976.

They gained a great popularity publishing several great albums, Among their most recognized albums we can mention "Herencia I y II", "Serenata Mestiza", "Vuelve", "Sueño Inca" and "Chuquiago Total". 

In 1987 the group is invited to participate in the Edinburgh Festival (Scotland). They begins a series of artistic tours through European countries, mainly in France and Great Britain. Visit countries like England, Ireland and Scotland.

Eulogio Poma, Isidro Puña, Julio Rojas, Roger Sería y Eddy Montes de Oca. 1986.

In 1987 in France "PAJA BRAVA BOLIVIA" was published

Upon his return to Bolivia in 1997, they recorded for Discolandia the album titled "Vuelve"

In February 1998 they participated in the "Raices" Festival in Iquique, Chile.

In the year 2000 they released the album "El Sueño del Inca" on the Discolandia label.

In 2003 they recorded the album "Chuquiago Total" which was released in February of

2004.

The promotion of the album "Vuelve". 1997.

In 2005 they celebrate with a great concert in La Paz 30 years of activity

With 10 productions on the market, this important group of the folkloric genre has managed to establish itself as one of the most worthy representatives of Bolivia abroad. For this reason, they have toured and they are still touring several countries in Europe and America, bringing Bolivian folklore. 

TRACKLIST:

A1 Fiesta

A2 Flor De Santa Rosa

A3 Nube Negra

A4 Quena Quenas

A5 Phalahuata

A6 Hijo Del Sol

B1 Herencia

B2 Choquelas

B3 Mocenhada

B4 Agua Uma

B5 Aguita De Phutinha

B6 Tiempo Al Tiempo

Credits:

Realized by – Industrias Fonograficas "Heriba"

Distribuited by – Heriba Ltda.

Pressed by – Impresora Heriba

Charango, Percussion – Hugo Ch. Yujra*

Guitar, Instruments [Wind], Percussion – F. Eulogio Poma*

Instruments [Wind], Instruments [Acoustic] – Agustín Silva, Antonio Coronel (2)

Percussion, Instruments [Wind] – Ernesto Tacachira

Discos Heriba - Bolivia

Manufacturado por " HERIBA LTDA." La Paz - Bolivia

Industria Boliviana

 

Rossy - 1989 - Madagascar

    Paul Bert Rahasimanana (born 20 September 1960), better known as Rossy, is a Malagasy singer and songwriter, generally considered the most popular Malagasy artist of the 1990s. Beginning his musical career as an accordionist and singer within a traditional hira gasy musical troupe, Rossy innovated a fusion of hira gasy instrumentation and vocal style with contemporary rock, funk and folk sounds to create a uniquely Malagasy genre of contemporary popular music. Rossy actively promoted former president Didier Ratsiraka through concert performances throughout his presidency and served within the Ministry of Culture to promote artists' rights and copyright law. When Ratsiraka fell into disfavor following the contentious 2001 Malagasy presidential elections, Rossy went into self-imposed exile in France. He returned to the island to give concerts beginning in 2008 and enjoyed enormous popularity despite six years of absence, setting an unbroken record of 35,000 tickets sold for a performance given that year. His compositions and style are frequently associated with the Ratsiraka socialist period and commonly evoke a sense of nostalgia among Malagasy fans. 

Paul Bert Rahasimanana was born in 1960 to a working-class family. At the age of seven, he was given an accordion as a gift and began teaching himself to play. In the early 1970s, Rahasimanana and a group of friends formed an a capella group called Hazo Midoroboka and began singing traditional consolatory songs (mamonjy jaobany) for those grieving at wakes held in their neighborhood of Ampamarinana in the Mahamasina district of Antananarivo. Mourners paid the members of the group in the form of free cups of coffee and fritters. Like many other urban youth from working class and poor neighborhoods, Rossy also performed soava and vakisova, contemporary and typically a capella urban genres that expressed incisive social critique through slang-laden, rapped lyrics with complex hand-clapping accompaniment. While a high school student in 1981 he formed his first band, using African percussion rather than a Western drum kit to set the rhythm. In 1983, Rossy gave his first public performance of a song he had composed in the lively vakisôva genre. The performance occurred in the courtyard of the historic Ecole Sainte Famille located in Mahamasina and was attended by local television host Tsilavina Ralaindimby, who recognized the young man's talent. Ralaindimby brought him to the attention of the director of the Centre Germano-Malgache, who was sufficiently impressed to collaborate with WDR (the predecessor of Radio France Internationale) to organize a four-month series of performances for Rossy in Germany. Rahasimanana's youth was colored by the socio-political currents prevailing across the island under President Didier Ratsiraka's socialist Second Republic. The young musician was molded by his impoverished background, instilling in him a concern for the struggles of the Malagasy lower classes and motivating him to rise above his family's humble origins. Favorably impressed by policies of the president's AREMA party that provided scholarships and other benefits to underprivileged youth members, Rahasimanana became an early and enduring supporter of the party and its president.

Following his first overseas concerts in Germany in 1983, Rossy's popularity continued to grow both nationally and overseas. He performed abroad in such countries as the United States, France, Japan, Russia, England and Canada. These performances allowed Rossy to become the first Malagasy artist to introduce European audiences in Berlin and Paris to the genre of salegy, although Jaojoby would go on to promote the genre much more widely and successfully. Rossy's open and enthusiastic support for Ratsiraka throughout his presidency assured Rossy's band regular performances in association with presidential functions, and his band came to define the Ratsiraka era for many.

He recorded his 1991 album Island of Ghosts at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios in England.The following year he toured Europe with Rakoto Frah, an elderly master of the traditional sodina flute. His 1994 release, Bal kabosy, was a massive success in Madagascar and led Radio France International to award him a trophy, declaring him "The best ambassador of Malagasy music".

In 2001 he was named by Ratsiraka to the cabinet position of Cultural Adviser.

During the course of the 2001 campaign a conflict arose between Rossy and the opposition candidate, then-mayor of Antananarivo Marc Ravalomanana, which manifested in such indirect ways as the ostracism of Rossy's bodyguards by influential Ravalomanana supporters. Rossy chose to spend time in France to allow the political standoff to run its course. When Ravalomanana was ultimately declared the winner of the election, Rossy anticipated a further deterioration in his relations with the new political, social and economic leaders of the capital, and made the decision to remain with his family in France until the situation improved. He was to remain six years in France without returning home to Madagascar. Minister of Culture Patrick Ramiaramanana (2007–08) attempted to prohibit Rossy from holding concerts in Madagascar. Despite the friction between Rossy and Ravalomanana, Ramiaramanana's efforts were condemned by the president, who relieved the minister of his post.

During Rossy's self-exile in France, he continued to focus on projects that broadened his artistic abilities. He contributed to the album Vie Sauvage by French artist Antoine, and performed a concert in 2003 with Blankass, a French rock group

In 2008 Rossy returned to Madagascar, giving a series of concerts at Mahamasina Stadium in Antananarivo. These concerts were wildly successful; the first sold over 35,000 tickets, a number that in 2013 remained unsurpassed by any other Malagasy artist. He currently lives in Antananarivo with his family and gives regular performances. In addition, he serves as cultural adviser to the administration of Andry Rajoelina, current interim head of state for the High Transitional Authority following the 2009 Malagasy political crisis that removed Ravalomanana from power

Rossy's style draws its influences from musical genres across the island of Madagascar, including salegy, kwassa-kwassa, hira gasy, and vakisôva, as well as foreign genres ranging from reggae and soukous to pop and rock. The instrumentation of a typical Rossy song combines electric bass guitar and drum kit with a variety of Malagasy musical elements, most commonly including the brass section of a hira gasy troupe, an amplified kabosy guitar, accordion, folk instruments like the valiha or marovany, and traditional hand-clapping rhythms prominent in such local genres as salegy and vakisôva. Rossy and 1970s Malagasy folk rock supergroup Mahaleo were the first mainstream artists to integrate the kabosy into contemporary Malagasy pop music.

The accordion is Rossy's preferred instrument and the one he most often plays himself during live performances. He is also skilled in the sodina flute, guitar and valiha.

Like many other urban youth growing up in the working-class neighborhoods of Antananarivo, Rossy casually improvised with his friends to create songs in the vakisôva genre. This contemporary Malagasy musical genre is characterized by politically and socially incisive lyrics delivered a capella in a rhythmic, rap-like style over complex hand-clapping beats. Long after vakisôva performance launched his career, Rossy continued to draw upon its rhythms and sensibilities as a vehicle for expressing bold political and social critique while capitalizing on the genre's dance-inducing entertainment value. As a consequence, by the time he had achieved national popularity under his stage name Rossy in the early 1990s, he had developed a reputation for speaking truth to power and being unafraid to address sensitive issues through his music. Many of Rossy's songs raise awareness of such issues as environmental degradation and poor governance

TRACKLIST: 

1 Papa Mandela 3:21

2 Lehilahy Mahery 2:16

3 Any Imalala 3:17

4 Ambilahao Zaho 4:56

5 Avela Ho Avy 3:48

6 Manjelatra 2:49

7 Marary Africa 4:16

8 Mitombo 2:52

9 Soa Fa Nisy Anareo 3:43

10 Raha Manina 3:44

11 Madagasikara 3:58

12 Marobe 2:55

13 Hira-Gasy 3:37

14 Aza-Itsaninao 4:30

15 Vakisaoava 3:27

16 Ka Meloke 3:50

17 Alin Kisa 5:28

18 Mitotototo  3:14

19 Vakisiny 3:32

Credits

Recording studio – Studio Discomad, Antananarivo

Mixed at – Tonstudio B

Distribuited  – Mélodie Distribution

Bass – Luc-Henri Barege

Congas, Bongos – Jean-Roch Rakotomalala-Andrianasolo

Congas, Drums – Marie-Norbert Rakototafika

Drums, Kabosy – Laurent Razafindraibe

Keyboards [Additional] – Stefan Pape (tracks: 4, 7)

Keyboards, Guitar – Bruno Randrianasivelo

Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Zither [Valiha], Accordion, Flute – Rossy

Music By – Rossy / Paul Bert Rahasimanana

Vocals, Percussion – Marie-Josephine Rasoarimalala