Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou Concert History

Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou is arguably West Africa’s best-kept secret. Their output, both in quantity and quality, was astonishing. During several trips to Benin, Samy Ben Redjeb managed to collect roughly 500 songs which Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou had recorded between 1970 and 1983.

Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou Tours & Concerts

Date Concert Venue Location
Nov 14, 2015
Les Z'Eclectiques Festival
"Les Z'Eclectiques Festival" / Gramatik / Birdy Nam Nam / Deluxe / Naâman / Clap! Clap! / Alo Wala / Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou / Babel
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Theatre Foirail Camifolia Chemille, France
May 25, 2013
Primavera Sound
"Primavera Sound" / Wu-Tang Clan / Meat Puppets / Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds / Apparat / Dead Can Dance / Camera Obscura / Oh Sees / The Suicide of Western Culture / The Sea And Cake / The Magician / The Babies / Tarantula / Roll The Dice / Pantha du Prince / Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou / Omar Souleyman / Nurse With Wound / Nils Frahm / My Bloody Valentine / Mount Eerie / Melody's Echo Chamber / Mac DeMarco / Los Planetas / Liars / Jessie Ware / Hot Chip / Guadalupe Plata / Dj Coco / Dexys / Dan Deacon / Crystal Castles / Cayucas / Adam Green & Binki Shapiro / Hal Flavin / Band of Horses Show all bands
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Parc del Fòrum Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
May 22, 2013 –
May 26, 2013
Primavera Sound Festival 2013
The Jesus and Mary Chain / Phoenix / Disclosure / Band of Horses / Tame Impala / Blur / James Blake / Hot Chip / Grizzly Bear / Crystal Castles / Local Natives / Wu-Tang Clan / Animal Collective / Daughter / The Vaccines / The Postal Service / She & Him / Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds / Jessie Ware / Deerhunter / The Knife / Kurt Vile / Four Tet / Mac DeMarco / Dinosaur Jr. / Django Django / Simian Mobile Disco / Wild Nothing / My Bloody Valentine / Neko Case / Phosphorescent / Solange / Camera Obscura / The Breeders / Rodriguez / How to Dress Well / Apparat / DIIV / Thee Oh Sees / Death Grips / Dan Deacon / Delorean / Liars / Swans / Woods / Savages / Killer Mike / Peace / Dead Can Dance / Nils Frahm / Poolside / Menomena / John Talabot / Daniel Johnston / Titus Andronicus / Fuck Buttons / Fucked Up / Meat Puppets / The Magician / Cayucas / Bob Mould / Glass Candy / Tinariwen / Adam Green / Melody's Echo Chamber / Goat / Mulatu Astatke / Guards / White Fence / Metz / Neurosis / Do Make Say Think / Shellac / Nick Waterhouse / Mount Eerie / Matthew E. White / The Babies / Merchandise / Daphni / Los Planetas / Hot Snakes / Christopher Owens / The Bots / Manel / Omar Souleyman / La Bien Querida / Daughn Gibson / Jackmaster / Ethan Johns / Sean Nicholas Savage / Jozef Van Wissem / Nurse With Wound / Dexys / Chris Cohen / Antònia Font / Toundra / Guadalupe Plata / Dope Body / Jim Jarmusch / Evans the Death / Adam Green and Binki Shapiro / Pony Bravo / Dead Skeletons / Hidrogenesse / Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou / Roll The Dice / The Suicide of Western Culture / Ghostigital / Extraperlo / Tarantula / El Inquilino Comunista / Betunizer / The Free Fall Band / Aliment / Guardian Alien / L'hereu Escampa / The Ringo Jets / Wilhelm and the Dancing Animals / Jupiter Lion / Moonflower / Fred I Son / Honeybird & the Birdies / Dj Coco / La Brigada / Bored Spies / Wild Balbina / Hal Flavin / Blue Willa / Rodriquez / Coriolà / Gaurds / Degreaser / LAS TOCAYAS / Carles Viarnès / Duot / Christoper Owens / Barry Hogan / The Sea And Cake / king tuff / OM / PAUS Show all bands
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Parc del Fòrum Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Jul 04, 2012 –
Jul 08, 2012
Winnipeg Folk Festival 2012
Iron & Wine / Feist / The Head and the Heart / James Vincent McMorrow / K'naan / Bahamas / Blitzen Trapper / Billy Bragg / Beth Orton / Devotchka / Tedeschi Trucks Band / The Barr Brothers / Good Old War / Charles Bradley / Ozomatli / Carolina Chocolate Drops / The SteelDrivers / Bill Frisell / Todd Snider / Sam Amidon / Kim Churchill / Pokey LaFarge / Adam Cohen / Elliott Brood / Mary Gauthier / Abigail Washburn / Steep Canyon Rangers / Junior Brown / Ruthie Foster / Emmanuel Jal / Royal Wood / Doug Paisley / Eliza Gilkyson / Matt Andersen / Ellis Paul / Jimmy Lafave / David Bromberg / Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three / Justin Rutledge / Snowblink / Willy Porter / Madison Violet / Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou / Pharis & Jason Romero / Martyn Joseph / Chic Gamine / Besh O Drom / Sket©h / Fretless / Sidi Toure / The Beauties / Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem / Iron Age / Natalia Zukerman / DUSTIN BENTALL / De Temps Antan / Orchestre Poly-rythmo / Yves Lambert / Fish and Bird / Sarah & Christian Dugas / Belle Starr / Esl / Radoslav Lorković / Rani Arbo / Asani / The Atomic Duo / Kevin Mcdonald / Aaron Burnett / Ruthie Foster & Cyd Cassone / The Black Sea Station / Shelley Bean & the Duckety Muds Show all bands
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Bird's Hill Provincial Park Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Jun 22, 2011 –
Jun 26, 2011
Amsterdam Roots Festival 2011
Sergent Garcia / Inti-Illimani Nuevo / Imam Baildi / Eva Ayllón / Terakaft / Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou / Manolito y Su Trabuco / Oquestrada / Parno Graszt / Karsu Dönmez / Tentempiés / Arifa / Narasirato / LA MAKINA DEL KARIBE / Oudaden / Rebel Up Soundclash / Tabadoul Orchestra / DJ Mauri / Bloque53 / DJ Gülbahar Kültür Show all bands
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Jul 23, 2010 –
Jul 25, 2010
Womad 2010
Nouvelle Vague / Imelda May / Salif Keita / Afro Celt Sound System / Mayra Andrade / Dan Sultan / Novalima / Calypso Rose / LaBrassBanda / Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu / Tanya Tagaq / Staff Benda Bilili / Hanggai / Ska Cubano / La-33 / Dobet Gnahoré / Little Axe / The Ukulele Orchestra Of Great Britain / DJ Kentaro / Bibi Tanga & The Selenites / Kanda Bongo Man / Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou / Jazzsteppa / Toumast / Don Letts / Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara / Syriana / Kâmkârs / The Drummers Of Burundi / Rango / Lepisto & Lehti / Anxo Lorenzo / Alim Qasimov Ensemble / Steven Sogo / Horace Andy & Dub Asante / The Bays & Heritage Orchestra / Rolf Harris and His Band / Poirier Feat. Face T / Sentimento Gypsy Paganini Show all bands
Malmesbury, UK
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Jul 01, 2010 –
Jul 04, 2010
Roskilde Festival 2010
Muse / Gorillaz / Paramore / Jack Johnson / Vampire Weekend / Florence + the Machine / The National / Beach House / The Temper Trap / Kasabian / Alice In Chains / The Prodigy / Miike Snow / Local Natives / Robyn / LCD Soundsystem / Tech N9ne / Pendulum / Biffy Clyro / Prince / Die Antwoord / Killswitch Engage / Patti Smith / Kings of Convenience / NOFX / Pavement / Moderat / Dirty Projectors / Them Crooked Vultures / Motörhead / Wild Beasts / Porcupine Tree / Meshuggah / Japandroids / The Asteroids Galaxy Tour / Brother Ali / HEALTH / Efterklang / Teddybears / Susanne Sundfør / Tinariwen / Delphic / Céu / Converge / Iceage / Lindstrøm / Titus Andronicus / Wooden Shjips / Gallows / Hypnotic Brass Ensemble / Mexican Institute of Sound / Nile / Gonjasufi / Sick of It All / Chocquibtown / Kashmir / Shantel / Tok / Hocus Pocus / When Saints Go Machine / FM Belfast / Bonaparte / Julian Marley / Nephew / Gilles Peterson / Fallulah / Matias Aguayo / Casiokids / Sleep Party People / Sólstafir / Prins Thomas / Chico Trujillo / Turboweekend / Systema Solar / Lindstrøm & Christabelle / The Kissaway Trail / The Rumour Said Fire / Dizzy Mizz Lizzy / Ikonika / CV Jørgensen / Van Dyke Parks / Roberto Fonseca / Cooly G / Roska / Valient Thorr / Staff Benda Bilili / Rootz Underground / Rubik / Serena-Maneesh / The Floor Is Made of Lava / Schlachthofbronx / Chimes and Bells / Blackie And The Rodeo Kings / Bad Lieutenant / Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba / Circle / John Olav Nilsen & Gjengen / Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar / Canteca De Macao / Kråkesølv / Den Sorte Skole / Kellermensch / Beat Torrent / Nisennenmondai / Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou / Tim Sweeney / Nedry / Fontän / The Bear Quartet / Shantel & Bucovina Club Orkestar / The Rising / Ghost Society / Florence / Thee Attacks / Speed Caravan / Daara J Family / Freja Loeb / Afenginn / Aurelio Martinez / Kasper Spez / Rebekkamaria / ElectroJuice / New Keepers Of The Water Towers / Jacob Kirkegaard / The Kandidate / Kill Screen Music / Mouritz/Hørslev projektet / Night Fever / Joensuu 1685 / My Evil Twin / IGNUG / Eim Ick / Les Espoirs de Coronthie / By The Patient / DJ Umb / Khal Allan / Havana Cultura / Mescalin, Baby / Kandy Kolored Tangerine / Dulsori / Mouritz / Baron Criminel / Russ Jones / Sensational & Spectre / Analog Africa Soundsystem / Arriba La Cumbia / Dala Dala Show all bands
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Roskilde Dyrskueplads Roskilde, Zealand, Denmark
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Genres:

Funk
Psychedelic
Orchestra
World
Afropop
Afrobeat
African
French Orchestra
Afro-Funk
Classic Afrobeat
Beninese Pop
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Concerts Per Year:

2015 1 concert
2013 2 concerts
2012 1 concert
2011 1 concert
2010 2 concerts

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

How many concerts has Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou had?

Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou has had 7 concerts.

What genre is Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou?

Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou is most often considered to be Funk, Psychedelic, Orchestra, World, Afropop, Afrobeat, African, French Orchestra, Afro-Funk, Classic Afrobeat, and Beninese Pop.

When was the last Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou concert?

The last Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou concert was on November 14, 2015 at Theatre Foirail Camifolia in Chemille, France. The bands that performed were: "Les Z'Eclectiques Festival" / Gramatik / Birdy Nam Nam / Deluxe / Naâman / Clap! Clap! / Alo Wala / Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou / Babel.

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