Dear music lovers & followers,

Super happy to share with you this excerpt of a rare Gnonnas Pedro’s interview shot in his house in Cotonou in the 80s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQeFLLrMwrQ

Thanks to Marius Gnonnas Pedro & all the Maestro’s family !

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𝐆𝐍𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐀𝐒 𝐏𝐄𝐃𝐑𝐎 – 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐀𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐔𝐀𝐆𝐄𝐒 (𝐍𝐁𝐊 𝟎𝟎𝟒)

🔎 Order here : https://bitly.cx/Wh5F

First official wide retrospective (1967 to 1985) of the legendary Beninese Composer, Gentleman & Salsero Gnonnas Pedro, who recorded dozen of albums & singles from the 1960s the 2000s with mythical bands such as Los Panchos, Les Dadjes & Africando !

– Approved by all Gnonnas Pedro’s children, exclusive licence ;

– Available in a beautiful limited Deluxe 2xLP gatefold edition (digital voucher included for a bonus track) & HQ digital format ;

– Every step of the reissue (sound quality, design, bio & liner notes) was carefully & daily submitted to the artist’s family for approval ;

– HQ remastered audio ;

– Very detailed biography & notes in French & English, exclusive pictures.

‼️ 𝐈𝐍 𝐀𝐍 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐀𝐂𝐇, 𝟓𝟎 % 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐅𝐈𝐓𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐆𝐎 𝐓𝐎 𝐆𝐍𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐀𝐒 𝐏𝐄𝐃𝐑𝐎’𝐒 𝐅𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐘.

🌀 Compilation, design & liner notes : Armand de Preseau

🌍 Worldwide distribution : The Pusher Distribution

Armand de Preseau / NANGA BOKO Records
WWW.AFRICANGROOVES.FR

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Very special post today, with a video interview of 𝐌𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐎𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐒𝐢𝐝𝐢 𝐀𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐝, who was the historical 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐕𝐢𝐧𝐲𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 & owner of the very well legendary local record store “𝐋𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐫 𝐝’𝐎𝐫” (which was actually the only one of the country !).

I shot this interview back in June 2017 in 𝐍𝐨𝐮𝐚𝐤𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐭 (Mauritania) during one of my 𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐲𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐬 there, when I had the great chance to meet him & spend with him several days at his home welcomed as his own son, talking about him & his story, record collecting & dealing, past & present & future musical scene in Mauritania.. and, of course, sharing some good mint teas !

There are special encounters in life that change you forever, and so it was for this one – Hope you’ll enjoy this precious musical moment !

🅾️ 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐛𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 (𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡, 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬) : https://youtu.be/B0MqYUPHVfs

𝘐𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘰𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘖𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘚𝘪𝘥𝘪 𝘈𝘩𝘮𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 !

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