Ocora - Mauritius - A Tribute to Ti Frere

Mauritius - A Tribute to Ti Frere
[Ile Maurice - Hommage à Ti Frère]
Ocora C 560019, recorded 1989, CD released 1991

Ti Frère - vocals
Marlène Ravaton [Ti Frère's niece] - vocals
Henri Toussaint alias Louloune [Ti Frère's adoptive son] - vocals, maravane, triangle
Ange and William Ravaton [Ti Frère's nephews] & Dino Toussaint - ravannes
Antoine Toussaint - triangle

The 'ravanne' is a goat-skin drawn taut over a circle of wood to form a flat drum.
The 'maravanne' is a kind of hanging rattle; branches of sugarcane flowers or a metal leaf perforated with tiny holes are fixed to a wooden rectangular frame. Grains or little pebbles are placed inside the rattle and sounded by moving it from side to side. The 'triangle' is the classic instrument, a little iron rod which strikes the three sides of the triangle.

01. Roseda
02. Roseda
03. Caïambo
04. Papitou
05. Charlie O
06. Angeline
07. Chacha Ramgoolam
08. Pas faire comme moi
09. Bare
10. Ça petite femme-là
11. Fidélia
12. Elise
13. Anita
14. La grain café
15. La colère me prend
16. Noir Noir
17. Qui a balayé là
18. Ti Pierre Ti Paul
19. Ti Pierre Ti Paul
Total Time: 67'22