MaAuLa-o-rama Volume 8 - Exotic Joie de Vivre

Thibaut Kret

The MaAuLa-o-rama series returns with Volume 8, Exotic Joie de Vivre, a compilation designed as a moving postcard. Ten tracks, ten ways to capture "music from elsewhere" without freezing it: here, exoticism isn't just a backdrop, it's living material to twist, blend, and reinvent.

From global groove to more electric escapes, Volume 8 draws a simple line: make people dance, but with depth. Catchy choruses, percussions that take the lead, production details that shimmer at just the right moment. A soundtrack for night drives, impromptu parties, and mornings that still crave sunshine.

MaAuLa-o-rama is also a spotlight: highlighting a French-speaking scene that deserves many more ears. If a track moves you, share it, slip it into a playlist, send it to someone. That's how joie de vivre becomes contagious.

Pre-order available here: https://maaularecords.com › products › maaula-o-rama-vol-8-exotic-joie-de-vivre
Streaming: https://link.maaularecords.com/maaulaorama8

Release date: March 13, 2026.

Tracklist

  1. Mokhtar — Azadi
  2. Lolita Delmonteil-Ayral — Dames Carmin
  3. Cumbia Boom Box — Electrochica Bomba
  4. Simon Chenet — Dianako
  5. The Clarkiis — Madeleine
  6. Metro Combo — Tout Moun Boule
  7. Neco Flud — Travailler
  8. Super Panela — Arroz Con Coco
  9. Bosko — Bosko Stomp
  10. Baron S.C — How To Surf With Dewey

  • Mokhtar — a French quintet that blends Arab world heritage and modern grooves, creating a very rhythmic and travel-inspired music.
  • Lolita Delmonteil-Ayral — singer-songwriter from Gascony, blending French chanson and Occitan folk, with an assertive intimo-political side and a "feministo-tropical" touch.
  • Cumbia Boom Box — a female group based in Poitiers, born from the encounter between the singer of La Saugrenue and four musicians from Las Gabachas. A cumbia boosted by machines and electro productions, designed for the dancefloor.
  • Simon Chenet — guitarist and composer born in Paris: an instrumental "road movie" sound, between swing, musette, surf-rock and Afro-Latin rhythms, where melody and groove take precedence over demonstration.
  • The Clarkiis — the Ligurian all-star band that does anything and everything, and especially anything.
  • Metro Combo — an orchestra (9 musicians) that brings kompa and major Antillean styles back to the center of the dance, in a "tropic system" formula designed to make people dance.
  • Neco Flud — French singer-songwriter: French songs with Afro, jazz and Balkan influences, with a taste for bravado and a sideways step.
  • Super Panela — a Franco-Spanish octet based in Toulouse: "La Onda Neotropical", a tropical-urban blend that combines Afro-Colombian rhythms, jazz and tropical music, between catchy melodies, modern grooves and sharp lyrics.
  • Bosko — a "trad-garage-cajun-zydeco" formation that bridges the gap between rock energy and Louisiana roots.
  • Baron S.C — a Nantes-based surf/garage instrumental band, somewhere between vintage twang, salty reverb and B-movie spirit.

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