Store Categories V/A Ote Maloya - The Birth Of Electric Maloya / 2x LP NEW VINYL / Strut 2017

Strut present a brand new compilation documenting the groundbreaking maloya scene on Réunion Island from the mid-70's, as Western instrumentation joined traditional Malagasy, African and Indian acoustic instruments to spark a whole era of new fusions and creativity. Compiled by Réunion DJ duo La Basse Tropicale, 'Oté Maloya' follows up last year's acclaimed 'Soul Sok Ega' release on Strut.

Traditionally maloya, originally called 'séga', describes the songs, music and dances of slaves on the sugar plantations of Reunion Island din the 17th century - maloya ceremonies paid tribute to ancestors and mediated between the living and the dead. The music and culture began to be more widely accepted by Réunionese society from the 1930s as folklorist Georges Fourcade began to play maloya songs. By the '50s, maloya tracks were appearing on 78rpm release and, in the '60s, it was used as a form of cultural protest music.

In the mid-'70s, a new generation began exploring new directions in the music, using Créole language; many were self-taught and learned their craft in 1960s dance band "orchestres". Andre Chan-Kam-Shu's Studio Royal in the south of the island became the main hub for experimentation and collaboration. Most notably, the band Caméléon honed their sound here - with maloya legends Alain Peters and vocalist Hervé Imare involved, Caméléon became the leading collective on the scnene, using poetic lyrics and creating their own potent fusion of maloya, jazz and psychedelia.

'Oté Maloya' tells the story of this fertile period in Reunion Island music for the first time and features the full spectrum of maloya styles. From Caméléon's genius to the teenage Michuo's classic 'Maloya Ton Tsiane', Daniel Sandie's breakbeat sleeper ' Defoule 3e Age' and more traditional styles from Maxime Lahope and Pierrot Vidot, this is an essential trip through a lost era of Indian Ocean blues and soul.

A1 –Caméléon (2) La Rosée Si Feuilles Songes
A2 –Michou (4) Maloya Ton Tisane
A3 –Jean-Claude Viadère Moin La Pas Fait Tout Sel
A4 –Daniel Sandié Défoule 3è Age
A5 –Cormoran Group P'tit Femme Mon Gâté
B1 –Marie Helen Et Ses Créol's Séga Le Sport
B2 –Françoise Guimbert Tantine Zaza
B3 –Vivi* Toé Même Maloya
B4 –Pierrot Vidot Commandeur
B5 –Hervé Imare Mele-Mele Pas Toué P'tit Pierre
C1 –Groupe Dago Réveil Créole
C2 –Ti Fock Sé Pi Bodié
C3 –Gaby* Et Les Soul Men C'est Le Même Cadence
C4 –Vivi* Mi Bord' A Toé
C5 –Maxime Lahope Sous Pied D'Camelias
D1 –Gilberte* Serre Serre Pas
D2 –Gaby* Et Les Soul Men Oh Maloya
D3 –Hervé Imare Mi Donne A Toué Grand Coeur
D4 –Carrousel (2) Oté Maloya

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