The Shleu Shleu are an mysterious African Tribe, so you might expect some highlife or juju music, but .... no. These people are Haitian musicians and the band is from New York. 7 fine tracks with Caribbean rhythms.
It is a nice mix because the guitar riffs and the rhythm section are clearly influenced by Congolese music but the main rhythms of the songs are really influenced by traditions from the island. This style of music is called Compas music, based on Creole merengue, but mostly from the French speaking parts of the Caribbean. In fact Zouk is Compas music as well, but zouk nowadays is shifting more to an upbeat modern style where compas stays way closer to the original style. It is also the most popular music in Angola and popular in parts of Africa. In Angola they play a lighter form called Cola-zouk (but there are many different names being used depending on where the music originates from).
I tag all these as Caribbean Traditions, except for (modern) zouk. Leader of this band is Tony Moisé.
I could not trace the release date of this album, but Original was only added on later albums, so this must be second part of the seventies.
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