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01. Wganda Kenya - La Torta
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02. Wganda Kenya - Fiebre De Lepra
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03. Wganda Kenya - Tifit Hayed
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04. Wganda Kenya - El Caterete
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ARTIST
WGANDA KENYA
TITLE
Africa 5000
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
VAMPISOUL
CATALOG #
VAMPI 267LP
VAMPI 267LP
GENRE
WORLD
RELEASE DATE
10/21/2022
2024 restock; first time reissue of
Wganda Kenya
's
Africa 5.000
, originally released in 1975.
Africa 5.000
(1975) has a legendary reputation as one of Colombia's best hard-to-find Afro-funk records and is a highly prized collector's piece today. The epic "La Torta" (The Cake) kicks things off with a lively Colombian interpretation of Haitian compas. The tune is still remembered as a big picó (amplified sound system) hit at the verbenas (outdoor dance parties). "Fiebre De Lepra" (Leprosy Fever) was also released as a 45 single and is certainly one of Wganda Kenya's wilder tracks. Funky wah-wah guitar, makossa style bass, manic organ, and feverishly insane vocals (from
Wilson "Saoko" Manyoma
and
Joe Arroyo
) indicate that
Fruko
and his pals were having a ball goofing around in the studio. If for no other reason,
Africa 5.000
is sought-after for being the album containing Fruko and
Javier García
's outrageously funky and off-kilter "Tifit Hayed", which has become a tropical dancefloor favorite in recent years. Again the "kitchen sink" approach is employed, including massive Latin bass lines, tasty Farfisa organ stabs, a bluesy, jazzy piano solo, and plenty of humorous vocal sound effects (including animal noises and lip burbling). However, it's the stomping break beats and cowbell counterpoint that has kept dance floors busy. Side B leaps out of the speakers with the heavy, strutting "El Caterete", which was the flipside to the "Fiebre De Lepra" single and is based on the 1970 song "Cateretê" by Brazilian singer/songwriter
Marku Ribas
. Like its sibling Fuentes studio band
Afrosound
, Wganda Kenya was ahead of its time, anticipating current contemporary Afro-Latin-funk trends in a prescient way that has inspired a legion of fans across the globe, and this reissue of
Africa 5.000
will only serve to further cement the band's growing reputation amongst today's diggers of tropical psychedelia. Includes a non-album bonus cut, plus informative notes.
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