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Carrie Brownstein recommended track Sanaga Calypso by Pasteur Lappe in African Funk Experimentals by Pasteur Lappe in Music (curated)

 
African Funk Experimentals by Pasteur Lappe
African Funk Experimentals by Pasteur Lappe
2016 | World
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Sanaga Calypso by Pasteur Lappe

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"Pasteur Lappé is a guy from Cameroon who was making music in the late ’70s, and “Sanaga Calypso” was on this collection of experimental African funk music. The first time I heard this song, it reminded me so much of the Clash’s Sandinista! The Clash were obviously influenced by dub and reggae, and they paid homage to those styles very openly and respectfully, but to hear something that reminded me of a song like “Charlie Don’t Surf”—dancey, soulful, very beautiful, and kind of elegiac—it just made me smile. I literally said, “Joe Strummer for sure heard this song!” I like building a small lineage between my own listening experience and the listening experience of somebody I’ve been inspired by, and that’s what this song does for me. It puts me back in the sphere of influence. And it’s catchy."

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