Optical illusion by Master *****Akiyoshi Kitaoka***** :
http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/kic/~akitaoka/index-e.html
ESB 030 *LE PAPILLON* 3 first tracks POLY-RYTHMO by Z j A k
*****Samy Ben Redjeb***** according to the interview made with *****Kineffo Michel***** explains in notes of *Vodoun Effect* (see chapter {34}) the producers of ESB and other small labels only had access to the most bare-bones of recording equipment. All they had to record was a Nagra, a Swiss made reel-to-reel recorder and a sound engineer courtesy of the National Radio. These sessions, as extraordinary as it may sound, were often recorded in private homes, sometimes at Lohento Eskill's uncle's place. It the case of this album.
A rare photo shows what is even more astonishing: that recordings were mostly done using just one or two microphones. As Mr. Keniffo explains that was actually standard operating procedure for the smaller labels:
"The singer would be placed directly in front of the microphone. The rest of the band would form a half-circle behind him."
Many thanks to Samy Ben Redjeb and -Analog Africa- for this picture and fantastic inner notes in general but most of all on *Vodoun Effect*. One more time Samy , Miles, Frank following Duncan were the european initiators...then we are followers, poets, lovers, fans ...of the TOUT PUISSANT ORCHESTRE POLY-RYTHMO !
Details about this album on chapter {16}
