{"id":40796,"date":"2020-03-18T19:30:37","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T18:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/the-emblematic-mauritian-claudio-veeraragoo-reissued-on-new-compilation\/"},"modified":"2020-11-19T11:19:42","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T10:19:42","slug":"the-emblematic-mauritian-claudio-veeraragoo-reissued-on-new-compilation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/the-emblematic-mauritian-claudio-veeraragoo-reissued-on-new-compilation\/","title":{"rendered":"The emblematic Mauritian Claudio Veeraragoo reissued on new compilation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38616 pam-featured-content\"  src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ea3c6dfb-claudio-marclaine-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"957\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ea3c6dfb-claudio-marclaine-01.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ea3c6dfb-claudio-marclaine-01-759x484.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ea3c6dfb-claudio-marclaine-01-1010x644.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ea3c6dfb-claudio-marclaine-01-1440x919.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ea3c6dfb-claudio-marclaine-01-661x422.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ea3c6dfb-claudio-marclaine-01-465x297.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ea3c6dfb-claudio-marclaine-01-375x239.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p1\">The track &#8216;Qui fine arriv\u00e9&#8217; by the emblematic Mauritian singer Claudio Veeraragoo is reissued in the compilation <em>MORIS ZEKLER &#8211; Fuzz &amp; Soul Sega from 70&#8217;s Mauritius.<\/em><\/h4>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Pioneer of rock sound and saturated guitars in Mauritius, Claudio Veeraragoo is also known for &#8216;Ambalaba&#8217; which was covered by singer Maxime Le Forestier. This segatier of Indian origin takes his inspiration from Bollywood culture and the influence of African music to present another facet of sega. &#8220;At the time, African music was very much in vogue in Mauritius,&#8221; explains Claudio, who was contacted on the phone, &#8220;and we took inspiration from that to compose &#8216;Qui fine arriv\u00e9&#8217;.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3KMTmg359fE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Released in 1971, Claudio Veeraragoo&#8217;s spellbinding &#8220;Qui fine arriv\u00e9&#8221; is a track recorded with his group, which later became the Satanik Group. The artist was also inspired by his idols such as Santana, Jimmy Hendrix or the British rock band The Shadows. &#8220;During a concert tour in Reunion Island, I bought a double live album from the Woodstock festival in which there&#8217;s a passage by Santana. We were the first to introduce it to the Mauritians. It was great. In a way, &#8220;Qui fine arriv\u00e9&#8221; is very close to its mythical title &#8220;Jingo&#8221;,&#8221; says Claudio.<\/p>\n<p>In &#8216;Qui fine arriv\u00e9&#8217;, which translates as &#8220;what happened&#8221;, James Furcy gives us an extraordinary performance on his guitar with abrasive riffs, where Claudio&#8217;s voice mixes and tells us about his desperate love affair after the previous day&#8217;s setbacks. &#8220;It&#8217;s simple, the song explains the trials and tribulations of an alcoholic man who comes home after his binge drinking and can&#8217;t find his wife and wonders &#8220;Who finally arrived&#8221; (What happened?), why did his wife leave him? In those days, men drank and had a lot of fun and when they woke up, there was no wife left in the house. This song made many of them dance and vibrate. This song was played at balls, people danced, fell on their knees with their hands raised to the sky,&#8221; the segatier recalls.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Various MORIS ZEKLER &#8211; Fuzz &amp; Soul Sega from 70&#8217;s Mauritius is on pre-order now on <a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.bornbadrecords.net\/album\/various-moris-zekler-fuzz-soul-sega-from-70s-mauritius\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Born Bad records<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38528\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/81e14fd6-moris-zekler-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/81e14fd6-moris-zekler-cover.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/81e14fd6-moris-zekler-cover-759x759.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/81e14fd6-moris-zekler-cover-1010x1010.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/81e14fd6-moris-zekler-cover-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/81e14fd6-moris-zekler-cover-661x661.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/81e14fd6-moris-zekler-cover-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/81e14fd6-moris-zekler-cover-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/81e14fd6-moris-zekler-cover-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/81e14fd6-moris-zekler-cover-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/81e14fd6-moris-zekler-cover-73x73.jpg 73w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The track &#8216;Qui fine arriv\u00e9&#8217; by the emblematic Mauritian singer Claudio Veeraragoo is reissued in the compilation MORIS ZEKLER &#8211; Fuzz &amp; Soul Sega from 70&#8217;s Mauritius. 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