{"title":"Los Camaroes","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"resurrection-los","title":"Resurrection Los","description":"\u003cp\u003e The electrifying final album from Cameroon's legendary Los Camaroes, available on LP for the first time since 1979. Recorded live to two track at the Mango Bar in Yaoundé, Resurrection Los was the last collaboration between bandleader Jean Gabari and groundbreaking guitarist Messi Martin. Deluxe LP reissue features notes on the history of the band by original keyboardist Mbambo \"Johnny Cosmos\" Simon, plus all new interviews with producer Nicolas Mongué and engineer Emmanuel Guyssot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCameroon, 1978: it's like any good western movie. A man drifts through the plains at the furthest edge of the country in search of two former gunslingers, hoping to coax them out of retirement for one last showdown. Except this time, the weapons are guitars and the gunslingers are Jean Gabari and Messi Martin – the calm sheriff and his hot-headed deputy – who had led the band Los Camaroes to superstardom at the beginning of the decade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLos Camaroes emerged at the end of the 1960s from the town of Maroua in the northern, predominantly Islamic area of Cameroon. After changes in name, in lineup and in management, they worked their way south to the capital to make a name for themselves; in the span of only a few years they changed Cameroon's music scene forever, leaving a trail of sold-out nightclubs and monster radio hits in their wake. Then, at the height of their popularity, they broke up.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Analog Africa","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":57228863996235,"sku":"R0232-8262","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/2000x2000bb_95e7f1b4-a1af-4718-98f9-df1a544541c6.jpg?v=1778074924"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/los-camaroes.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}