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Sin embargo, todos los m\u00fasicos que tuvieron la oportunidad de conocerlo lo recuerdan con una mezcla de admiraci\u00f3n y temor; pues Antoine Dougb\u00e9 no solo fue uno de los compositores m\u00e1s ingeniosos surgidos de la f\u00e9rtil escena musical de Coton\u00fa, sino tambi\u00e9n un poderoso iniciado del Vod\u00fan cuya estrecha conexi\u00f3n con el mundo espiritual le permit\u00eda autodenominarse \u00abel primer ministro del diablo\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>\n<p><p>De joven, se mud\u00f3 de Abomey a Coton\u00fa, ciudad que se hab\u00eda consolidado como uno de los centros de la escena musical de \u00c1frica Occidental. All\u00ed conoci\u00f3 la mayor\u00eda de los estilos populares de la m\u00fasica africana y latina y, como muchos de su generaci\u00f3n, se sinti\u00f3 atra\u00eddo por el son y la rumba cubanos. Aunque sent\u00eda una especial atracci\u00f3n por los ritmos congole\u00f1os, fue su fascinaci\u00f3n por los ritmos tradicionales de Ben\u00edn \u2014sobre todo los asociados a las ceremonias del Vod\u00fan\u2014 lo que permiti\u00f3 a Dougb\u00e9 llevar su m\u00fasica por caminos muy alejados de todo lo que ocurr\u00eda en el Congo.<\/p>\n<p>\n<p><p>Al principio de su carrera, Dougb\u00e9 era conocido por intimidar y amenazar a los m\u00fasicos que no tocaban a su gusto, y cuando lleg\u00f3 el momento de encontrar una banda dispuesta a grabar con \u00e9l, tuvo dificultades. Pero seg\u00fan M\u00e9lom\u00e9 Cl\u00e9ment, fundador de la poderosa Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou, Dougb\u00e9 no les supuso ning\u00fan problema, ya que el baterista de la banda, Yehouessi Leopold, y el bajista, Bentho Gustave, eran iniciados en el Vod\u00fan y Dougb\u00e9 nunca se atrevi\u00f3 a desafiarlos.<\/p>\n<p>\n<p><p>Dougb\u00e9 era \u00fanico entre los colaboradores externos de la banda, ya que ni cantaba ni interpretaba ninguna de las partes instrumentales principales. Se ha sugerido que su participaci\u00f3n en el Vod\u00fan \u2014en el que el canto desempe\u00f1a un papel crucial en rituales importantes\u2014 le imped\u00eda, de hecho, usar su voz para algo tan fr\u00edvolo como una canci\u00f3n popular. En su lugar, cedi\u00f3 sus canciones a Melome Cl\u00e9ment, quien las arregl\u00f3 para la banda; la mayor\u00eda de las voces fueron interpretadas por Lohento Eskill y Amoussou William.<\/p>\n<p>\n<p><p>Ya sea impulsado por la emoci\u00f3n de la m\u00fasica o por el temor a desafiar al mism\u00edsimo Diablo, todos los discos de Dougb\u00e9 presentan a la Orchestre Poly-Rythmo tocando en la c\u00faspide de su considerable talento.<\/p>\n<p><p>Dougb\u00e9 lanz\u00f3 tres LP y un pu\u00f1ado de sencillos bajo su propio nombre, el primero de ellos en 1977 con el sello Disques Tropiques. Y aunque Dougb\u00e9 alcanz\u00f3 un \u00e9xito moderado con el primer sencillo, \u00abNounignon Ma Kpon Midji\u00bb, sus otros discos nunca llegaron a tener el p\u00fablico que merec\u00edan, y a principios de los ochenta hab\u00eda desaparecido de la escena musical.<\/p>\n<p>\n<p><p>En 1992, una enfermedad lo oblig\u00f3 a trasladarse a Parakou, en el norte de Ben\u00edn, donde vivi\u00f3 y trabaj\u00f3 durante cuatro a\u00f1os m\u00e1s. Antoine Dougb\u00e9 falleci\u00f3 de cirrosis hep\u00e1tica el 20 de septiembre de 1996, mientras estaba de vacaciones en su ciudad natal de Coton\u00fa, dejando tras de s\u00ed una obra peque\u00f1a pero extraordinaria y un legado a\u00fan envuelto en misterio.<\/p>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Antoine Dougb\u00e9 \u2013 El Primer Ministro del Diablo<\/p>\n<p>\n<p><p>\u00bfQui\u00e9n fue Antoine Dougb\u00e9? 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Although he was particularly attracted to Congolese rhythms, it was his fascination with the traditional rhythms of Benin\u2014especially those associated with Vod\u00fan ceremonies\u2014that allowed Dougb\u00e9 to take his music in directions far removed from anything happening in the Congo. Early in his career, Dougb\u00e9 was known for intimidating and threatening musicians if they didn\u2019t play to his liking, and when the time came to find a band willing to record with him, he struggled. But according to M\u00e9lom\u00e9 Cl\u00e9ment, founder of the mighty Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou, Dougb\u00e9 posed no problem for them, since the band\u2019s drummer, Yehouessi Leopold, and bassist, Bentho Gustave, were themselves initiated into Vod\u00fan and Dougb\u00e9 never dared to challenge them. Dougb\u00e9 was unique among the band\u2019s external collaborators in that he neither sang nor performed any of the main instrumental parts. It has been suggested that his involvement with Vod\u00fan\u2014in which singing plays a crucial role in important rituals\u2014effectively prohibited him from using his voice for anything as frivolous as a popular song. Instead he provided his songs to Melome Cl\u00e9ment, who arranged them for the band; most of the vocals were handled by Lohento Eskill and Amoussou William. Whether driven by the thrill of the music or by fear of crossing the Devil\u2019s prime minister, Dougb\u00e9\u2019s records all feature Orchestre Poly-Rythmo playing at the absolute height of their considerable powers. Dougb\u00e9 released three LPs and a handful of singles under his own name, the first, which appeared in 1977 on Disques Tropiques. And although Dougb\u00e9 achieved moderate success with the early single \u201cNounignon Ma Kpon Midji\u201d, his other records never quite found the audience they deserved, and by the early eighties he had vanished from the music scene. Illness struck in 1992, prompting a move to Parakou in northern Benin, where he lived and worked for four more years. 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Although he was particularly attracted to Congolese rhythms, it was his fascination with the traditional rhythms of Benin\u2014especially those associated with Vod\u00fan ceremonies\u2014that allowed Dougb\u00e9 to take his music in directions far removed from anything happening in the Congo. Early in his career, Dougb\u00e9 was known for intimidating and threatening musicians if they didn\u2019t play to his liking, and when the time came to find a band willing to record with him, he struggled. But according to M\u00e9lom\u00e9 Cl\u00e9ment, founder of the mighty Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou, Dougb\u00e9 posed no problem for them, since the band\u2019s drummer, Yehouessi Leopold, and bassist, Bentho Gustave, were themselves initiated into Vod\u00fan and Dougb\u00e9 never dared to challenge them. Dougb\u00e9 was unique among the band\u2019s external collaborators in that he neither sang nor performed any of the main instrumental parts. It has been suggested that his involvement with Vod\u00fan\u2014in which singing plays a crucial role in important rituals\u2014effectively prohibited him from using his voice for anything as frivolous as a popular song. Instead he provided his songs to Melome Cl\u00e9ment, who arranged them for the band; most of the vocals were handled by Lohento Eskill and Amoussou William. Whether driven by the thrill of the music or by fear of crossing the Devil\u2019s prime minister, Dougb\u00e9\u2019s records all feature Orchestre Poly-Rythmo playing at the absolute height of their considerable powers. Dougb\u00e9 released three LPs and a handful of singles under his own name, the first, which appeared in 1977 on Disques Tropiques. And although Dougb\u00e9 achieved moderate success with the early single \u201cNounignon Ma Kpon Midji\u201d, his other records never quite found the audience they deserved, and by the early eighties he had vanished from the music scene. 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Even the most dedicated crate-digger might go their whole life without stumbling across any of the three LPs he released in the late 1970s and early \u201980s. Yet all the musicians who happened to cross paths with him remember him with a mixture of admiration and fear; for Antoine Dougb\u00e9 was not merely one of the most inventive songwriters to emerge from the fertile music scene of Cotonou, but also a powerful Vod\u00fan initiate whose close connection to the spirit world allowed him to refer to himself as \u201cthe Devil\u2019s prime minister.\u201d As a young man he moved from Abomey to Cotonou, a city that had established itself as one of the centres of the West African music scene. There he encountered most of the popular styles of African and Latin music and, like many of his generation, found himself drawn to Cuban son and rumba. Although he was particularly attracted to Congolese rhythms, it was his fascination with the traditional rhythms of Benin\u2014especially those associated with Vod\u00fan ceremonies\u2014that allowed Dougb\u00e9 to take his music in directions far removed from anything happening in the Congo. Early in his career, Dougb\u00e9 was known for intimidating and threatening musicians if they didn\u2019t play to his liking, and when the time came to find a band willing to record with him, he struggled. But according to M\u00e9lom\u00e9 Cl\u00e9ment, founder of the mighty Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou, Dougb\u00e9 posed no problem for them, since the band\u2019s drummer, Yehouessi Leopold, and bassist, Bentho Gustave, were themselves initiated into Vod\u00fan and Dougb\u00e9 never dared to challenge them. Dougb\u00e9 was unique among the band\u2019s external collaborators in that he neither sang nor performed any of the main instrumental parts. It has been suggested that his involvement with Vod\u00fan\u2014in which singing plays a crucial role in important rituals\u2014effectively prohibited him from using his voice for anything as frivolous as a popular song. Instead he provided his songs to Melome Cl\u00e9ment, who arranged them for the band; most of the vocals were handled by Lohento Eskill and Amoussou William. Whether driven by the thrill of the music or by fear of crossing the Devil\u2019s prime minister, Dougb\u00e9\u2019s records all feature Orchestre Poly-Rythmo playing at the absolute height of their considerable powers. Dougb\u00e9 released three LPs and a handful of singles under his own name, the first, which appeared in 1977 on Disques Tropiques. And although Dougb\u00e9 achieved moderate success with the early single \u201cNounignon Ma Kpon Midji\u201d, his other records never quite found the audience they deserved, and by the early eighties he had vanished from the music scene. Illness struck in 1992, prompting a move to Parakou in northern Benin, where he lived and worked for four more years. 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It has been suggested that his involvement with Vod\u00fan\u2014in which singing plays a crucial role in important rituals\u2014effectively prohibited him from using his voice for anything as frivolous as a popular song. Instead he provided his songs to Melome Cl\u00e9ment, who arranged them for the band; most of the vocals were handled by Lohento Eskill and Amoussou William. Whether driven by the thrill of the music or by fear of crossing the Devil\u2019s prime minister, Dougb\u00e9\u2019s records all feature Orchestre Poly-Rythmo playing at the absolute height of their considerable powers. Dougb\u00e9 released three LPs and a handful of singles under his own name, the first, which appeared in 1977 on Disques Tropiques. And although Dougb\u00e9 achieved moderate success with the early single \u201cNounignon Ma Kpon Midji\u201d, his other records never quite found the audience they deserved, and by the early eighties he had vanished from the music scene. Illness struck in 1992, prompting a move to Parakou in northern Benin, where he lived and worked for four more years. 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