Radio Bemba Sound System

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Radio Bemba Sound System
Radio Bemba Sound System cover
Live album by Manu Chao
Released 2002
Genre Latin, reggae
Length 1:04:24
Label Virgin Records
Professional reviews
Manu Chao chronology
Próxima Estación: Esperanza
(2001)		 Radio Bemba Sound System
(2002)		 Sibérie m'était contéee
(2004)

Radio Bemba Sound System is a live album by Manu Chao that was released in 2002. It is the accompanying CD to the performer's live DVD Babylonia en Guagua, filmed over two nights (4–5 September) in 2001 during the tour for Proxima Estacion: Esperanza. Many of the songs found on Radio Bemba Sound System, such as "Machine Gun", "Peligro", and "The Monkey", are songs originally recorded by Manu Chao's previous band, Mano Negra. However the arrangements performed with Radio Bemba Sound System are more reggae-, ska-, and rock-oriented.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Intro" – 0:50
  2. "Bienvenida a Tijuana" – 01:55
  3. "Machine Gun" – 02:13
  4. "Por Donde Saldra el Sol?" – 02:41
  5. "Peligro" – 03:09
  6. "Welcome to Tijuana" – 02:50
  7. "El Viento" – 02:41
  8. "Casa Babylon" – 02:34
  9. "Por el Suelo" – 03:55
  10. "Blood and Fire" – 02:35
  11. "EZLN... Para Tod@s Todo..." – 01:41
  12. "Mr Bobby" – 03:36
  13. "Bongo Bong" – 01:05
  14. "Radio Bemba" – 00:20
  15. "Que Paso Que Paso" – 00:54
  16. "Pinocchio (Viaggio In Groppa Al Tonno)" – 00:45
  17. "Cahi en la Trampa" – 02:10
  18. "Clandestino" – 02:59
  19. "Rumba de Barcelona" – 03:31
  20. "La Despedida" – 04:02
  21. "Mala Vida" – 02:26
  22. "Radio Bemba" – 00:34
  23. "Que Paso Que Paso" – 01:10
  24. "Pinocchio (Viaggio In Groppa Al Tonno)" – 00:45
  25. "La Primavera" – 03:32
  26. "The Monkey" – 01:59
  27. "King Kong Five" – 02:44
  28. "Minha Galera" – 03:17
  29. "Promiscuity" – 01:44

[edit] Personnel

Radio Bemba Sound System is also the name of Manu Chao's backing band. The name Radio Bemba refers to the word-of-mouth system used by Cuban-led rebels under Fidel Castro and Che Guevara to communicate with each other in the forest of the Sierra Maestra in the early days of the Cuban Revolution. Radio bemba is Cuban slang for "rumor mill," bemba meaning "lip." The term "sound system" in this context is a likely reference to the Jamaican sound system culture.

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Manu Chao
Studio albums
Live album
Radio Bemba Sound System
Singles
"Bongo Bong" · "Clandestino" · "Merry Blues" · "Me Gustas Tú" · "Mr. Bobby" · "Rainin In Paradize" · "Me Llaman Calle" · "Politik Kills"
See also