Name: Papa Wemba
Brand: Papa Wemba

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

STCD 1026CD

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Rough Trade Exclusive

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2015-10-19

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Forced Exposure

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

740042102620

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Total Cap

1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Papa Wemba

Genre US

African

Label US

Sterns Africa

1989 release. Almost two decades into a career that had brought him super-stardom in Zaire, Papa Wemba made his international debut. He worked with the French producer Martin Meissonnier, who had helmed King Sunny Adé's first international releases with great success. Meissonnier put both African artists and their bands in first-class European studios, convinced them to tighten up their long songs, and filled out their sound with discreet synthesizers, but otherwise let them do what they knew best. In Papa Wemba's case, that was soukous with high-energy beats, hypnotic guitars and, of course, his distinctive tenor voice. With this album's release in 1989, Papa Wemba embarked on tours of Europe, North America, and Japan that made him one of the top stars of the new "world music" craze. He was soon signed by Warner Bros., but that would not have happened without this now-classic Sterns album.

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