This Covid-19 death hit a little close to home today. Can we please give this man a proper tribute with any songs or memories about Emmanuel N'Djoké "Manu" Dibango.
There's also the rare "Countdown At Kusini" soundtrack. The film was also titled as "Cool Red" and has not been released on any format since, as far as I know.
He also did the music for "Ceddo", which was a couple of years after. Full movie on YouTube:
^^ i've got some of his records, and soul makossa was one of my first "finds" when i was a teenaguh, but i haven't gone down a manu dibango youtube hole - thanks, i'm sure there's lots of great stuff there.
^^ i've got some of his records, and soul makossa was one of my first "finds" when i was a teenaguh, but i haven't gone down a manu dibango youtube hole - thanks, i'm sure there's lots of great stuff there.
the album he recorded with Sly & Robbie is my jam, even the mandatory version of Soul Makossa is good:
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manu_Dibango
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52017834
- spidey
Earl Young IMO. Invented Disco.
Popcorn was at least the first big EDM song.
- spidey
He also did the music for "Ceddo", which was a couple of years after. Full movie on YouTube:
the album he recorded with Sly & Robbie is my jam, even the mandatory version of Soul Makossa is good: