"These 17 tracks were recorded in the first half of the 1970s, when the Cameroonian saxophonist was hoping to score money by providing music for adverts, films and television. Although the perfectly titled Groovy Flute was used to sell chicken, the progressive jazz-rock of Du Bush, A Bush was unlikely to shift much soap powder: Dibango was too far ahead of the game. Just as his 1960s recordings were a revolutionary blend of Africa and psychedelic funk, he was now pre-empting the disco explosion by five years and the trippy electro of Air et al by 25. And all the while remaining rooted true to the nightclub maxim that if you don't get people dancing, you don't get paid."
by DAVID HUTCHEON - THE TIMES
by DAVID HUTCHEON - THE TIMES
