France

Guadeloupe 1986. The football World Cup has all the Islanders' eyes riveted to their TV sets. At every half time breaks, local TV channel RFO broadcasts a music video on repeat: ‘’Tou’t Jou Pa Min’m". Max Rambhojan, the local singer responsible for this monster tune, has arrived.In the video, he effortlessly sings and kickstarts a joyous street party with his band, Show Man, his dancers, kids, friends, family and what seems like the whole neighbourhood. The song will gain cult status from then on, cementing the power of the 'Zouk Chiré' sound, a high tempo version of Zouk, highly influenced by Guadeloupe's Carnival mass drum bands. Max self-releases his first solo album on vinyl in 1985, enrolling some of the best musicians the scene has to offer: his band leader King Klero, Guy Jacquet of les Vikings de la Guadeloupe fame on production duties, Ramon Pyrmée on synths, Claude Vamur, Meliza… In 1992 a new solo album follows. By then the artists have familiarized themselves with computers and the sound has gone full-on digital. In that album Max records an updated version of his “Tou’t Jou Pa Min’m” anthem to great effect.Reducing Max Rambhojan to a zouk artist would be a mistake. He’s first and foremost a master of Gwo-Ka, a musical practice born during the transatlantic slave trade and performed by all ethnic and religious groups of Guadeloupe. It has never ceased to exist and has become a major part of the Island folk music culture. Max Rambhojan was schooled as a kid by Gwo-Ka pioneer Guy Conquette, and quickly joined the backing band of another legend, Ti-Sélès. That sound is the root of his particular style, especially vibrant on two tracks in his repertoire: “Cecilia” and “On Jou Matin”, both featured on this release's b-side. A touch of Spiritual Jazz is also palpable, allowing a magical vibe to spread, giving birth to some of the deepest music from this era.In 2019, Max still performs Gwo-Ka every week-end in Guadeloupe and also hosts a show on local radio Media Tropical, 88.1FM. Secousse and Hot Mule are proud to present those 4 lost gems on wax and digital, carefully restored and remastered.

Limited edition vinyl LP 250 copies only

2nd pressing - Limited edition 250 copiesRed sticker (different than on the first pressing) :"Paris DJs Featuring 20 guests including Tony Allen, Oghene Kologbo, Sandra Nkaké, RacecaR and members of Antibalas, The Breakestra, Brownout, Fela Kuti's Egypt 80, Jungle Fire, Les Frères Smith, Ebo Taylor's Afrobeat Academy… 2nd Edition"

After launching Le Très Jazz Club, Fuzati (Klub des Loosers) and Modulor are now starting Le Très Groove Club, their new label dedicated to vinyl reissues of groove masterpieces.This second release keeps on honouring Jacky Giordano’s work, who is going disco on this “Boucles Rythmiques” album. Le Très Groove Club keeps on honoring Jacky Giordano’s work who appears here under his « José Pharos » pseudonym. On this record, which is under the radar of many record library collectors, Jacky Giordano goes disco but in a melancolic and low-fi way (even if some tracks could have been on his « Pop in devil’s train » library), which makes this sound library so unique.

After launching Le Très Jazz Club, Fuzati (Klub des Loosers) and Modulor are now starting Le Très Groove Club, their new label dedicated to vinyl reissues of groove masterpieces.The first record which launch this brand new label is a true “holly grail” of French library music : “Pop In Devil’s Train” Le Très Groove Club is proud to reissue a true « holy grail » of french library music : « Pop in devil’s train ». Originaly released in 1976 on « Montparnasse 2000 », this record is a pure example of the Jacky Giordano style, european Jazz-funk with a kind of low-fi sound. Iconic for the sound library lovers (even if it disfigured many library covers), this reissue comes with a « Montparnasse 2000 « sticker.