Roseda - I
Release - TopicRoseda in an Ocora edition credited to Ti Frère. This is the first of two separately catalogued versions, allowing a closer encounter with one of his signature songs.
Ti Frère
Ti Frère’s singing is a foundational reference in the recorded history of Mauritian sega. His repertoire survives through releases and archival collections that preserve the character of his voice and its relationship with percussion. The Ocora recordings offer a particularly well-documented introduction, connecting a field recording made in 1989 with editions heard by later generations.
- Archive recording year
- 1989
- Ocora publication
- 1991
- Recordist
- Rémi Gouriou
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Papitou
Release - TopicPapitou offers another entry into Ti Frère’s repertoire through Ocora’s published recording. The date on YouTube belongs to this digital edition, not the beginning of the song’s history.
Anita
Release - TopicAnita is presented here in the Ocora collection credited to Ti Frère. Compare the vocal phrasing with Roseda and Papitou to explore different songs in his recorded repertoire.
The 1989 recording and its later editions
CREM-CNRS catalogues Hommage à Ti Frère as a field recording made in Mauritius in 1989 and published by Ocora in 1991. The recordist is Rémi Gouriou, with booklet contributions credited to J. M. G. Le Clézio and Lucien Putz. The collection record identifies nineteen components and names Roseda among the archived items. These details locate the album in a particular recording project, rather than in an undated category of island folklore.
Preserving a voice and a repertoire
Le Mauricien’s account of the recording project describes how reporting about Ti Frère and an appeal by Lucien Putz helped bring an Ocora team to Mauritius. Recording was an intervention in the survival and circulation of a repertoire, not merely the manufacture of another commercial release.
The Phonothèque Historique de l’Océan Indien also holds a record credited to Ti Frère and Marlène Ravaton with their ensembles. Its catalogue includes Ti Pierre Ti Paul. Keeping these ensemble and singer credits visible restores some of the relationships hidden when older music circulates online under a single famous name.
Explore the recordings
Follow the credited catalogue or artist archive below. Recording dates, releases and contributors belong to each source record; a later reissue is not a new performance.
Ocora release and catalogueRead the evidence
Île Maurice, Hommage à Ti Frère. Séga, musique de l’exilOcora Radio France
Île Maurice, hommage à Ti Frère, collection recordCREM-CNRS
Archives. La mémoire, monwar !Le Mauricien
Séga Mauricien, Ti Frère et Marlène Ravaton et leurs ensemblesPhonothèque Historique de l’Océan Indien
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