Show Notes
From a backroom studio in Guadeloupe to dancefloors across the Caribbean and beyond, Disques Debs became the heartbeat of the island’s sound. In this episode, recorded at Devon Turnbull’s Listening Room at 180 Studios, DJ and archivist Poly-Ritmo explores how one small label reshaped the musical landscape of the Antilles.
Founded by Henri Debs in the late 1950s, Disques Debs released more than 500 records, spanning Gwoka, Biguine, Cadence-Lypso, and Zouk, and became a bridge between local traditions and diasporic innovation.
Across five decades of releases, Poly-Ritmo reveals how Debs’ DIY spirit turned constraint into creativity by recording orchestras in a converted cinema, hand-printing sleeves, and mixing each track himself.
From a backroom studio in Guadeloupe to dancefloors across the Caribbean and beyond, Disques Debs became the heartbeat of an island’s sound. In this episode, recorded at Devon Turnbull’s Listening Room at 180 Studios, DJ and archivist Poly-Ritmo explores how one small label reshaped the musical landscape of the Antilles.
Founded by Henri Debs in the late 1950s, Disques Debs released more than 500 records, spanning Gwoka, Biguine, Cadence-Lypso, and Zouk, and became a bridge between local traditions and diasporic innovation.
Across five decades of releases, Poly-Ritmo reveals how Debs’ DIY spirit turned constraint into creativity by recording orchestras in a converted cinema, hand-printing sleeves, and mixing each track himself.
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