Guadafrica Combo - Moin Ce Roi Roi (Guadeloupe, 1975)

(Debs DD316).

Few recordings came out this formation from Guadeloupe including great names such as Georges Desplan or Edouard Benoit and directed by Freddy Mars. I would have post it just for the great cover art, but it also turns out to be a heavy tropical track... 

Remy Mondey - Meringue çe misic en moin (Creole meringue, 60s)

(DEBS 179).

A great early track with Remy Mondey's accordion and Emilien Antile's superb sax... Guadeloupe and Martinique integrated various influences from neighbor caribbean islands, such as cadence from Haiti, reggae from Jamaica, calypso from Trinidad (or cadencelypso from Dominique). Here the rhythms is a progressive merengue, coming from Republican Dominic.