{"id":9229,"date":"2026-08-20T18:04:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afrocaribbeanbeats.com\/?p=9229"},"modified":"2026-08-20T18:04:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:04:04","slug":"back-to-the-light-serge-ponsar-1983","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afrocaribbeanbeats.com\/en\/back-to-the-light-serge-ponsar-1983\/","title":{"rendered":"Back To The Light &#8211; Serge Ponsar, 1983"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddf6 \ud83c\udfa4 \ud83c\udfb6 \ud83d\udc83 \ud83d\udd7aEn 1983, <strong>Serge Ponsar<\/strong> sort ce qui restera malheureusement son seul et unique album, Back To The Light. Le chanteur martiniquais a d\u00e9marr\u00e9 dans de petits orchestres de r\u2019n\u2019b, avant d\u2019int\u00e9grer, au d\u00e9but de la d\u00e9cennie, le groupe Black White and Co de son ami, le batteur Pierre Marie, alias Mams. Le groupe produit d\u00e9j\u00e0 un funk \u00e0 la fran\u00e7aise, tr\u00e8s disco-boogie, qui n\u2019a pas grand-chose \u00e0 envier aux productions am\u00e9ricaines. Au sein du groupe, on retrouve \u00e9galement un certain Sydney dont les nostalgiques de l\u2019\u00e9mission H.I.P H.O.P. se souviennent s\u00fbrement. C\u2019est avec Mams \u00e9galement qu\u2019il sort <em>Back To The Light<\/em>, d\u2019abord le single, qui lui ouvrira les portes du label WEA. L\u2019album suit, dans la m\u00eame veine, \u00e9crit et enregistr\u00e9 entre 1982 et 1983. <strong>Back To The Light<\/strong> est une sorte d\u2019album concept, qui raconte l\u2019histoire peu reluisante d\u2019un producteur volant \u00e0 son artiste, sa musique et sa petite amie\u2026 Ce sont surtout sept titres taill\u00e9s pour le dancefloor, d\u2019un funk aux sonorit\u00e9s \u00e9lectro, piochant quelques samples \u00e7a et l\u00e0 (les tiroirs caisse de <em>Money<\/em>, d\u2019un certain Pink Floyd), et terriblement addictif (le riff de basse d\u2019<em>Out In The Night<\/em> devrait vous rappeler quelque chose). Apr\u00e8s l\u2019album, Serge Ponsar collabore avec Simon Jurad, Jean-Paul Pognon ou encore Michel Alibo. En 1989, il est invit\u00e9 sur D\u00e9, premier album d\u2019Ultramarine, puis Mario Canonge lui \u00e9crit quasiment sur mesure, <em>Peyi Mwen Jodi<\/em>, dont il dira qu\u2019il est \u00e0 jamais le seul \u00e0 pouvoir le chanter. Viendront d\u2019autres apparitions, aupr\u00e8s de Jocelyne B\u00e9roard, Tony chasseur et Khalil Chahine, avec Sakiyo. Avant que Serge Ponsar ne disparaisse brutalement en 1993, alors qu\u2019il travaillait \u00e0 un nouvel album. Celui-ci sera finalement produit par Mario Canonge et Michel Alibo, sous le titre Hommage.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddf6 \ud83c\udfa4 \ud83c\udfb6 \ud83d\udc83 \ud83d\udd7aEn 1983, Serge Ponsar sort ce qui restera malheureusement son seul et unique album, Back To The Light. Le chanteur martiniquais a d\u00e9marr\u00e9 dans de petits orchestres de r\u2019n\u2019b, avant d\u2019int\u00e9grer, au d\u00e9but de la d\u00e9cennie, le groupe Black White and Co de son ami, le batteur Pierre Marie, alias Mams. 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