Same guy did a similar but not identical remix (see below) of "Yuh Yuh" that had a YouTube upload 5 years ago. Is very good, maybe better, more echo, richer bass, and the poster called it "Deep House." But the one you posted does seem to be a genuine May 2023 release (also has a "Various Artists - Topic" upload that dates it so, and a bunch of unofficial uploads. all last month). Anyway, one for my list.
"I'm curious about how something like bikutsi's flurry of triplets in 6/8 finds its way into other music in Cameroon over time, or if lots of music from Cameroon has this feel and bikutsi is just one variation."
--I have no idea, and don't always have the ear to know when I'm hearing a flurry of triplets in 6/8. Tenor's a modern rap guy who sometimes incorporates bikutsi. Here's someone referencing him and using the bikutsi hashtag (and I'd love to find an upload of the original track):
Not sure *I* even have that right -- generally curious about "6" in Cameroonian music, though, because I hear a lot of it and in different flavors, a lot of which I may not have the rhythmic chops to identify? Had a whole thing about my annoyance with punting to the word "polyrhythm" (which is my own impulse when I hear stuff I can't quite follow), not really sure how to get a handle on what's going on musically, though. I'm usually better with chords/melodies.
Same guy did a similar but not identical remix (see below) of "Yuh Yuh" that had a YouTube upload 5 years ago. Is very good, maybe better, more echo, richer bass, and the poster called it "Deep House." But the one you posted does seem to be a genuine May 2023 release (also has a "Various Artists - Topic" upload that dates it so, and a bunch of unofficial uploads. all last month). Anyway, one for my list.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veEzwyAefEc
"I'm curious about how something like bikutsi's flurry of triplets in 6/8 finds its way into other music in Cameroon over time, or if lots of music from Cameroon has this feel and bikutsi is just one variation."
--I have no idea, and don't always have the ear to know when I'm hearing a flurry of triplets in 6/8. Tenor's a modern rap guy who sometimes incorporates bikutsi. Here's someone referencing him and using the bikutsi hashtag (and I'd love to find an upload of the original track):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcYKQUqornA
And here's a Tenor track from 2018 that (among other things) interpolates Les Têtes Brulées.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YihmpQdTj54
And one by sometimes-Tenor-collaborator Mani Bella that I found via the bikutsi hashtag:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AySFZg7CSmw
Not sure *I* even have that right -- generally curious about "6" in Cameroonian music, though, because I hear a lot of it and in different flavors, a lot of which I may not have the rhythmic chops to identify? Had a whole thing about my annoyance with punting to the word "polyrhythm" (which is my own impulse when I hear stuff I can't quite follow), not really sure how to get a handle on what's going on musically, though. I'm usually better with chords/melodies.