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Siassia & Tokobina Siassia & Tokobina EP

Nouvelle Ambiance | Item No: 561165
Vinyl 12" | 2017 / UK – Original | New
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Nouvelle Ambiance is the new label from Hugo Mendez, co-founder of Sofrito!

A series dedicated to cross-cultural experimentation, kicking off with this exhilarating dive into the African underground of 1980s Paris: a four-track EP from Congolese singer Albert Siassia, backed by a group of young French dreads, rechristened Tokobina — “let’s dance,” in Lingala — for the occasion. A mixture of post-punk, rumba, afro-disco and reggae, in two dancefloor sureshots reviving their sole 12” from back in the day, plus previously unreleased fire from the same session.
This great EP contains 4 tracks of New Wave, Rumba, Disco crossover, recorded in Paris in the mid 80s spanning rumba, disco, new wave and reggae experiments from Congolese singer Albert Siassia and his group Tokobina, including two previously unreleased tracks taken from original demo tapes.
Originally from Pointe Noire in Congo, Albert Siassia came to Paris in the early 80s as part of the Ballet Nationale du Congo and joined forces with a young French reggae group called Dread Lion – a band he re-christened “Tokobina” (Lingala for “let’s dance”). Keen to broaden their audience the group played a mixture of reggae, rumba, disco and new wave styles, often using drum machines and synths.
They released one 12” EP, further altering the spelling of the name – “Tokobina” was phonetically anglicised to “Talk-Hoby-Night” in an unsuccessful effort to increase international sales. The record failed to make much of an impact and soon after Albert Siassia moved back to Pointe Noire to become an evangelical preacher. He passed away in 1999.
Dancefloor sureshots “Mama Africa” and “Pointe Noire” are taken from the group’s only 12” release. In the world and “Sangui” are taken from demo cassettes from the archive of drummer Franck Benhamou. “Sangui” was originally scheduled for release on a 7” but the release was withdrawn due to a pressing fault.
Item Details
Item No: 561165
Artist: Siassia & Tokobina
Title: Siassia & Tokobina EP
Label: Nouvelle Ambiance
Catalog No: AMBIANCE001
Format: Vinyl 12", Vinyl, Singles, 12"
Pressing: UK – Original
Release Date: 2017
Genre: Organic Grooves
Style: Afrobeat
Available since: 2017-11-29
Condition: New
Price: $ 10.98
Weight: 250g (plus 250g Packaging)
Tracklist
A1 Mama Africa
A2 In The World (Previously Unreleased)
B1 Pointe Noire
B2 Sangi (Unreleased Demo Mix)
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