Mena blues: musique

ghetto blaster

The boss of urban music in the indian ocean area:

Shao Boana

The Unity album is a chef d'oeuvre reggae/dancehall, 100% made in Madagascar.

more info here.

A legend

Monja, leader of the Manintsindava and Soroba bands.

Co-leader of Groove Power Project who's album is release on Roots Power(Madagascar)

Real sairy from the deep malagasy south , he is the incarnation of the traditionnal malagasy music.Period.

The album Marovany(Cinq planètes) under the name Monja is available online and in your favourite music store.:-)

Myth

Hazolahy...

For me , this band is a myth.

It's the first band to inverse "the electric instrument is better" tendancy.

A rootsy sound ,a modern feeling ,ahhhhhhhhh !!

Hazolahy à Paris en Décembre 2006 (photo AntonieK)

Ok the videos are not hollywood quality , but it's Madagascar...

a must have album on Mars(Madagascar)
An other on Tolimana(Madagascar)
The third one is coming soon.

only one thing to say:

mangaliba, mangaliba, mangaliba, mangaliba, mass murder, mangaliba, mangaliba, mangaliba....

tsapiky power

Teta Featuring Namavao et Marina at Coffee bar (Tana 2008)

The rythm who leads the musical charts in Madagascar...

An unique guitarist.

Teta

He got an album on the Mars label (Madagascar)

You can alson find some of his tunes on various tsapiky compilation.

I often see him onstage and he litteraly kills everything.

Please a minute of silence for the ones who get lobotomised during his concert with Rataza in the Angaredona Festival 2006.(See the website of the festival here , there 's a video available for download)