{"product_id":"francis-bebey-psychedelic-sanza-1982-1984","title":"FRANCIS BEBEY - Psychedelic Sanza 1982 - 1984","description":"Celebrating the uniquely affective timbre of the sanza, or African thumb piano, this compilation shifts focus from pop-wise anthems such as 'New Track' or 'Coffee Cola', onto the Cameroonian polymath's more stripped, rhythm-driven, and atmospheric workouts. And it's every bit as hypnotic, transcendent as that last sentence implies. Bebey's vocals are still key, but this time they're mostly used as rhythmelodic texture in chant and spectral vibings, moving further from Western styles and scales to a looser, more spacious mixture of African tradition and Western musical conventions resonating with John Hassell and Brian Eno's 4th world explorations.\r\n\r\nThat clash and exchange of ideas is exemplified in the chiming, twilit dialogue of opening cut, 'Sanza Nocturne', and the strange fusion of Baroque pipes and kicking groove to 'Africa Sanza', or to strangest degrees in the freakishly noisy, yet utterly compelling 'Tumu Pakara', while we find the more mellifluous Bebey crooning away in the Pygmy Polyphonics of 'Bissau' or the deeply spiritual 'Forest Nativity'. To be fair, it's uneccesary to draw any lines betweent he material - it's all the work of a singular genius - but for those more familiar with the last compilation, this set really steps it up and out a notch or three to spellbinding new zones.\u003cul class=\"tracklisting\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA1 Sanza Nocturne\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA2 Bissau\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA3 Sanza Tristesse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eB1 African Sanza\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eB2 Forest Nativity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eB3 Sunny Crypt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eC1 Binta Madiallo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eC2 Tumu Pakara\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eC3 Di Saegi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eD1 Ngoma Likembe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eD2 Guinée\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"FRANCIS BEBEY","offers":[{"title":"NM \/ NM \/ Born Bad Records \/ BB064","offer_id":45190347620646,"sku":"348748","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0223\/4339\/products\/image_2185898_842230db-382c-4b19-93f8-f9bbae3aa7d6.jpg?v=1686927783","url":"https:\/\/www.vinylexchange.co.uk\/products\/francis-bebey-psychedelic-sanza-1982-1984","provider":"Vinyl Exchange","version":"1.0","type":"link"}