Disc 1

01. Boney M. - Ma Baker

02. Harpo - Moviestar

03. Kc and the sunshine band - That's the way

04. Village People - Y.M.C.A.

05. Gloria Gaynor - I am what I am

06. Grace Jones - La vie en rose

07. Third World - Now that we've found love

08. Stacy Lattisaw - Jump to the beat

09. Luisa Fernandez - Lay love on you

10. Clout - Save Me

11. Sheila B. Devotion - Spacer

12. The Drifters - Kissin in the back row of the movies

13. Leo Sayer - You make me feel like dancingt

14. Dr. Hook - Sexy Eyes

15. Earth, Wind & Fire - September

16. Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight

Disc 2

01. Garland Jeffreeys - Matador

02. Donna Summer - Bad Girls

03. Labelle - Lady Marmalade

04. Dschinghis Khan - Genghis Khan

05. Lou & the hollywood bananas - Kingston

06. Jimmy Cliff - You can get it if you really want

07. The hues corporation - Rock the boat

08. George mccrae - Rock your baby

09. Curtis Mayfield - Superfly

10. Showaddywaddy - Under the moon of love

11. Dee D. Jackson - Automatic Lover

12. Van Mccoy and His Orchestra - the Hustle

13. the Spinners - Working my way back to you

14. Rose Royce - Car Wash

15. Blondie - Heart of glass

16. M - Pop Muzik

Sufi trance musicians and rituals – from the depths of the Tunisian desert – in conversation with post-industrial sonics. 

‘No theatre or stage or audience. The rûwâhîne have possessed and contorted the bodies of the Banga. Teenagers leap to the floor, their legs arched and tense, glaring transfixed [while] girls dance wildly, … accelerating the rhythm of the hand percussion’ 

‘This is, then, most certainly not a “world music” project (still less an ethnomusicological one), but a wild process of improvisation and re-composition that brings traditional instruments face to face with computers and electric guitars… [My work] is driven towards elevation, sweat, blood, poetry and tears – not to some pretty colour postcard’ — François R. Cambuzat / Ifriqiyya Electrique

1. Laa la illa Allah 02:49 

2. Qaadrii - Salaam Alaik - Massarh 07:32 

3. Mawwel 01:09 

4. Zuru el Haadi - El Maduulaa - Maaluuma 06:34 

5. Stombali - Baba ‘Alaia 03:39 

6. Annabi Mohammad - Laa la illa Allah - Deg el bendir 09:15 

7. Lavo - Baba Marzug - Sidi Saad - Allah 04:46 

8. Arrah arrah abbaina - Bahari - Tenouiba 05:42 

9. Sidriiya 02:05

tracks list:

01. La llave - Albi Wa Muftaho

02. Afro - Ana Wel Azab We Hawak

03. Cuando - Imta Ha Ti'raf

04. El mambo de los recuerdos - Aala Bali

05. El huerfanito - Ya Habibi Ta'ala

06. La flor - Ya Zahratan Fi Khayali

07. El gallo - Il Hilwa Di

08. El día feliz - Kan Ajmal Yom

09. Pot pourri - Medley

10. Descarga

11. El mambo de los recuerdos - Aala Bali (remix Michel Eléftériades)

Boulpik is a group that was formed in Port-au-Prince a dozen years ago that, since its inception, have given continuity to a musical tradition that emerged in the streets, as entertainers in squares and private events, recalling times when street orchestras They performed a multitude of pieces, but also a few years when tourism came to the island and today is rare to find. Boulpik mainly interprets konpa, a danceable sound that appeared in the fifties of the last century, rhythms with an artisanal texture that would quickly spread throughout the streets and that would become the sound soul of the entire island, the konpa lakay.

The story of Boulpik is the story of Franckel Sifranc (founder of the group), which began around fifty years ago, in La Grand Anse, a remote region of the Republic of Haiti, to the west. Thinking back to his childhood in the seaside town of Dame-Marie, he recalls the sounds of the "ti djaz" (little jazz): acoustic bands of amateur musicians who were called that to distinguish themselves from the more prestigious "gwo djaz" (big jazz). , bands with their modern instruments and amplifiers). The ti djaz played at local gatherings using rudimentary local instruments: the Matamò six-string guitar (its name is a reminder of the strong influence of the Trío Matamoros on the genre), the trè (a guitar of Cuban origin with three double strings) or even a banjo. The instrumental formation was completed by the strings of a double bass or a maniboula (a plucked idiophone based on the Cuban marímbula) and percussion: drum, maracas and scratch board or kaskayèt (keys) to accompany the vocal choir that responded to the lead singer.

Later, in 1980, he decided to form his own group: Frère Desjeunes. He continued to perform with them for more than twenty-four years, despite frequent interruptions caused by the endless socio-political upheavals that rocked the country. It was in 2004 when Franckel proposed a new approach to the band, becoming Boulpik and incorporating five young musicians who he considered more talented and committed than his predecessors.

Since Franckel started, the situation in Haiti has changed radically. From the time when musicians used to perform to earn a little extra money, today music is his means of work. Unlike many others, Boulpik's musicians have refused to emigrate (always a temptation for life-seekers). They continue to believe in their lucky stars and show no signs of defeat or self-pity, but rather an unwavering determination to trust in happiness and good vibes. These are other times and Boulpik do not give up singing to peace, love and their country, dignity in the face of adversity.

tracks list:

01. Alakanpay

02. Boulpik Twoubadou

03. Si Lavi Te Fasil

04. Nèg Dafrik

05. Karol

06. Lakay

07. Rele

08. Jeremie

09. Twa Zan

10. Je Reviens Chez Nous

11. Souvenir d'Afrique

12. Lavi a Di

Fuente: Vecinos: Boulpik – Nèg Dafrik"

Recorded in Ethiopia by Jean L. Jenkins, Horniman Museum, London

Enregistrements de Jean L. Jenkins

Disques Vogue, 1967, collection Musée de l'Homme, CLVLX - 164

Fuente: https://tradandfolk.blogspot.com/2021/06/