NO CONDITION IS PERMANENT [Episode #479 ~ 01-17-26]

Pictured: Coupé Cloué.

With European appetite for sweets and stimulants surging, then-verdant Hay-iti (the Taíno name for the area) became the most profitable outpost of Louis XIV’s empire. A virtuous circle of elevated Parisian tastes, fuelled by colonial wealth and the resulting expansion of fashionable demand for sugar and coffee, paid for the indulgences of the Sun King’s court. This required slaves and more slaves, and planters hadn’t the patience to purchase females for breeding, preferring to buy endless boatloads of young men and work them to death. Eighteenth-century Haiti became a hellish outpost, marked by avarice, brutality and White fear at being so outnumbered. It was also a pleasure-loving land where younger sons sent off to make their fortunes tried to recreate the château life of home. Decadence requires a soundtrack, and African musicians were pressed into service to play the English ‘country dances’ (contredanses) that were so popular with the French aristocracy. The history of popular music sparkles with styles born out of failed attempts at mimicry. Brits trying to play American rock ’n’ roll created something fresh, as did Jamaicans imitating New Orleans rhythm and blues, to name but the most obvious and recent of countless examples. In providing the music for French dances, Africans in Haiti planted the seeds of what we now call ‘Latin music’.

— Joe Boyd, And The Roots of Rhythm Remain: A Journey Through Global Music.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 479 of No Condition Is Permanent:

FIRST SLICE O’SCHEIßE...

The O’Jays — “I Love Music” — Family Reunion

Gboyega Adelaja — “Funky City” — Colourful Environment

The Mermen — “Varykino Snow” — Songs Of The Cows

Benny Soebardja — “Circle Of Love” — The Lizard Years

The Koobas — “Face” — I Love to See You Strut: More 60s Mod, R&B, Brit Soul & Freakbeat Nuggets

African Stone — “Choose Me” — Dennis Bovell & Friends Different The Dennis Bovell Singles Collection 1977-1981

It’s Madison Time…

Gert Wilden — “Dirty Dancing” — Schulmädchen Report & Other Music from Sexy German Films 1968-1972

SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Los Dandy’s — “Normal Nomás” — Lindo Amorcito

The Ringleaders — “All Of My Life” — The One-Derful! Collection Vol 3: M-Pac Records

Bim Sherman — “Ghetto Dub” — Ghetto Dub

The Slits — “Vindictive” — The Peel Sessions

Fumaça Preta — “Vou Me Libertar” — Fumaça Preta

Manfred Mann — “Dont Ask Me What I Say” — British Mod Sounds of the 1960s

Jo Tongo — “It’s The D Day” — African Funk Experimentals (1968-1982 + 2017)

The Morells — “Let’s Dance On” — Think About It

THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Husnu Ozkartal Orkestrasi — “Su Derenin Sulari” — Psych Funk 101: A Global Psychedelic Funk Curriculum

Herbie Goins & The Night-Timers — “No. 1 In Your Heart” — Ain’t Nothing But A House Party: 60’s & 70’s Club Soul Classics

The Martins Brothers Dance Band — “Ochonma” — Afro Baby: The Evolution of the Afro-Sound in Nigeria 1970-79

New York Dolls — “Puss ‘N’ Boots” — Too Much Too Soon

Ara Kekedjian — “Ayn Oren” — Bourj Hammoud Groove

Funkadelic — “Stuffs and Things” — Let’s Take It to the Stage

Lloydie Slim All Stars — “Why Did You Version” — Roots from the Record Smith In Dub

THE FINAL SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Donald Austin — “Crazy Legs” — Everything Is Gonna Be Alright: Celebrating 50 Years Of Westbound Soul & Funk

Vecchio — “Megaton” — Africafunk: The Original Sound Of 1970’s Funky Africa

The Pretty Things — “Havana Bound” — Freeway Madness

Joe Gibbs & the Professionals — “No Bones for the Dogs” — 100 Years of Dub

The Nutmegs — “Gift O’ Gabbin’ Woman” — Rumba Doowop ’56

Hùng Cường & Mai Lệ Huyền — “Trách yêu” — Saigon Supersound Vol. 3

Earl Palmer & The Partytimers — “Johnnie’s House Party Part 1” — Rock’n’Roll Versus Rhythm And Blues

Coupé Cloué et Trio Select — “La Vie Vieux Negre” — Tanbou Toujou Lou: Meringue, Kompa Kreyol, Vodou Jazz, & Electric Folklore from Haiti 1960-1981