Alain Diamond honors Guinea’s musical legends with funky 'Paulette' remix.
The Guinean group Balla et ses Balladins — named for its trumpet player Balla Onivogui — originally released “Paulette” in 1980 on their album. It’s unerringly handsome, with pinwheeling, casually virtuosic guitar, reverent massed vocals, a quavery, bleating brass section, and a cooled-out, questing horn solo. To the extent Balla et ses Balladins have a presence on modern streaming services, this is their hit, with 4.
One of Onivogui’s many devotees includes the DJ and producer Alain Diamond, who has been filling dancefloors since July with a groove-forward, highly percussive update of “Paulette.
The resulting track is a wonderful collision of time periods — 1980 and 2021 seem to keep trading lead — and tones: The slickly programmed modern drums nod to the latest afro-house, but the guitar and horns blare with the force of tradition. The new “Paulette” is as danceable as it is dissonant.
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