Belles Combo

The story so far.

Written and edited by Smokiller

Belles Combo is a band whose recordings are labelled cadence-lypso on YouTube. A YouTube upload by E4Mizik dates the band's "Simplify Yourself" to the 1970s. Two clips shared by Bruno Labonne list the cadence-lypso tracks "Jouer Music La" and "Mal Maillé" and credit the musicians: Francis Esprit for vocals and bass on the first, and Cletus Abraham for vocals on the second. Other songs found online include "Mal élevé" and "Libération de la femme". In 2021 a six-track release titled Belles Combo appeared on Deezer, gathering "Instant Groove", "Mal Elevé", "Me And You", "Libération de la Femme", "Coeur a Moin" and "Sweet Melody". Deezer dates that release to 11 June 2021, and because it includes both "Mal Elevé" and "Libération de la Femme", it is a convenient starting point for new listeners.