'INDIAN OCEAN SEGAS FROM THE 70'S' - In the 17th century slaves were deported from Africa, Madagascar to the pristine islands of Mauritius, Réunion and the Seychelles in the South Western corner of the Indian Ocean to work on coffee and sugar cane plantations where they gathered secretly to escape their daily woes by singing, dancing and beating rhythms. Afro- Malagasy-inspired sega, or (t)chega music was born. During the course of the 19th century, the Creole population's gradual adoption of Western instruments and traditional melodies of old Europe (quadrille, waltz, polka, schottische, romance, mazurka) together with the cultural impact of hired workers from India, laid the foundation for contemporary sega. These crossroads of influences kept expanding, especially in the '50s, when the first gramophones hit the market and all sorts of records were played, from pop to jazz, soul, rock and roll, and even Cuban and Brazilian music. For sega music, this hailed the beginning of an intense period of creativity which would linger on into the '60s and '70s when amplified instruments appeared and violins and accordions were replaced by electric guitars, bass guitars, drums and keyboards. Psychedelic keyboards, fuzz guitars and bouncy bass lines came to complement the manic ternary polyrhythms of drums, ravannes, bongos, claves, triangles and maracas, and created a unique style. FolkWelt and Bongo Joe Records have carefully selected and compiled some gems from this golden age of sega from Mauritius, the Seychelles and Réunion. If you liked Alain Peters you gonna love this! TRACKS: 01. Michou - Maloya Ton Tisane 02. Lélou Menwar - Pop L'Economie 03. Coulouce - Soul Séga 04. John Kenneth Nelson - Mo Piqué Zégouille 05. Claude Vinh-San - Maloya 06. Jocelyn Perreau - Séga Manivelle 07. Hervé Imare - Mêle-Mêle Pas Toué P'tit Pierre 08. Michel Legris - Elida 09. Allen Meller - Moi Qui Bizin Travail 10. Claudio - Raphaël Zougadeur