The Group NSI - 1981 - Roger A Ti Wawa

The Group NSI 

1981 

Roger A Ti Wawa

01. Oui Ce Yes (Roger A Ti Wawa)

02. Mande Moin On Lajan, Pa Mande Moin Za Fe An Moin (My Business)

03. Turn Your Face On Me

04. Steel Ka Dance

05. Moin Epi Vou

06. Nsi Ho (Dédié À Notre Père)

Edouard Decimus - (accordion)

Francoise Lancreot - (alto flute)

Georges Decimus _ (bass, synthesizer, guitar, chorus)

Serge Bourgeois - (drums, percussion)

Charles Gassette, Gustave-Marie Catin - (saxopone)

Pirmée Ramon - (synthesizer)

Nerva Gervais, Victorius Masse - (trumpet)

Malachi Thompson (trumept)

Jocelyn Moka - (vocals)

ULTRA RARE album from Guadeloupe. Fantastic proto-zouk from Georges and Pierre-Edouard Decimus, NSI (New Sound from the Islands) was a concept launched by the Decimus family.

The album was released at the end of 1981, at the same time as Kassav's album 'N'4' with the singer Jocelyn Moka. Georges Decimus has been the bassist of Kassav' since the beginnings of the group.

NSI stands for "new sounds from the islands" – and that's definitely what you'll get here from this combo who serve up a fantastic blend of Antilles rhythms and contemporary club funk – all very much in the best spirit of the early zouk movement at the time! There's lots of great bass on the record – often used as the key core element of the tunes, with keyboards, guitar lines, and vocals layered alongside – almost with a quality that seems to echo the way that American groups were borrowing bits from the Caribbean and using it to inflect funk and soul up in the New York scene of the early 80s. The music is plenty playful, and very groovy