Antoine Dougbé et L'Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou 1977 - 1982 (Analog Africa No.44) (New 2LP) *PREORDER*

Preorder item, releases May 8 2026

Label: Analog Africa

Who was Antoine Dougbé? Even the most dedicated crate-digger might go their whole life without stumbling across any of the three LPs he released in the late 1970s and early ’80s. Yet all the musicians who happened to cross paths with him remember with a mixture of admiration and fear; for Antoine Dougbé was not merely one of the most inventive songwriters to emerge from the fertile music scene of Cotonou, but also a powerful Vodún initiate whose close connection to the spirit world allowed him to refer to himself as “the Devil’s prime minister.”