V.A. Disque La Rayé - 60's French West-Indies Boo-Boo-Galoo

Over the year 1966, a new pulse spreads like wildfire on the sidewalks of New Yorks Spanish Harlem. "This is boogaloo", you could hear. Like no music genre ever before, it brought together African Americans and Latinos. Boogaloo's energy seduced young people from different backgrounds, well beyond the borders of the U.S.A., and especially in the Caribbean cradle land: in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominica, and all the way to the French West Indies. When boogaloo overtook the West Indies this new wave knocked out hierarchy and habits. On the dancefloors of the most prestigious nightclubs, such as La Bananeraie in Martinique or La Cocoteraie in Guadeloupe, musicians dabbled with boogaloo coming up with rather unorthodox interpretations, and this is precisely what gives this compilation its singularity and panache. More than three years spent the compilers digging the best records of the Creole boogaloo. The charm of the restored sound of these old 7" vinyl records is only matched by the ardor of the interpretations. "Sauvagement sexy", wildly sexy, as Gabby Siarras sings.