“A part James Brown, vive Poly-Rythmo!” Or, “James Brown aside, viva Poly-Rythmo. That’s what the youth were saying in Niamey.” Honestly, I didn’t know the Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou was still around. - Tom Devriendt
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Like Orchestra Boaboab, Poly-Rythmo reformed following reissues in the West. They toured Europe fall 2009/2010 and will tour Europe again summer 2010. Hopefully they will someday tour the USA.
They have been reissued on PAM (a varied release & my favorite), Soundways, and Analogue Africa. All the albums are great. They will release their first new album in 20 years in March on Strut Records.
Poly-rythmo actually did tour (well 2 venues) in the US, this past summer – as someone who was lucky to catch them in Chicago, they were wonderful