In the Heart of the Moon

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Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté - Kaira, from In the Heart of the Moon (2005)

Presentation of my music on soundcloud and this song is my first sound technician exam work! 
I recorded and mixed!

Bemutatkozó zeném a Soundcloud-on!
Emellett hangtechnikusi vizsga munkáim egyike amit Én rögzítettem és kevertem!

Kora - Rain In Africa (Meditation Music)

Politiki, Ablaye Cissoko & Volker Goetze feat. François Verly, from album "Djaliya" (release 13 oct 2014)

www.ablaye-cissoko.com

TEASER : youtu.be/1ZvLu-oKEaE
Itunes: smarturl.it/cissoko-djaliya
Amazon Cd Album: smarturl.it/8sz9kj
Amazon Mp3: smarturl.it/k99xq7

Recorded and mixed in 2014 at Studio de Meudon (Fr), by Julien Bassères.

Ablaye Cissoko : kora, vocal
Volker Goetze : trumpet, bugle
François Verly : percussions

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POLITIKI (Cissoko)

la politique - Politics

La politique n’est pas un jeu. C’est une lourde responsabilité. Celui qui s’y engage, engage des vies : la sienne et surtout celle des autres. Alors, soyez-sûrs, messieurs les politiciens que chacun de vos actes est murement réfléchi. Gare à ne pas décevoir ceux qui placent leurs espoirs en vous et qui comptent sur vos œuvres. Lorsque Dieu exhausse votre vœu de présider aux destinées de votre peuple, faites-en bon usage.
 
Politics is not a game. It’s a heavy responsibility. He who commits himself commits lives; his own and especially those of others. So be sure gentlemen when you implement your politics, that each thing you do is well thought through. Be careful not to disappoint those who count on you and pin their hopes on your work. When God grants you wish to rule over your people’s destinies, put it to good use.




Politiki - Ablaye Cissoko & Volker Goetze - Djaliya - 2014

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Le lion misanthrope (Thème de Calypse)

Habib Koite - Manssa Cisse

Taken from album "Jardins Migrateurs" (by Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko - to be released 13rd of nov 2015)

Fleuve - Ablaye Cissoko & Constantinople - Jardins Migrateurs - 2015

Official bio :

Mamadou Diabate was born in 1975 in Kita, a Malian city long known as a center for the arts and culture of the Manding people of West Africa. As the name Diabate indicates, Mamadou comes from a family of griots, or jelis as they are known among the Manding. Jelis are more than just traditional musicians. They use music and sometimes oratory to preserve and sustain people's consciousness of the past, a past that stretches back to the 13th century when the Manding king Sunjata Keita consolidated the vast Empire of Mali, covering much of West Africa. The stories of these glory days and the times since remain important touchstones for people today, not only for the Manding, but for many citizens of Mali, Guinea, Gambia, and Senegal. So to be born to a distinguished jeli family in Kita is already an auspicious beginning.

Mamadou's father Djelimory played the kora, the jeli's venerable 21-string harp. He was widely known as N'fa Diabate, performing in the Instrumental Ensemble of Mali and recording on the National Radio of Mali. At the age of four, Mamadou went to live with his father in Bamako, where the Ensemble was based. When it came time for him to return to Kita and go to school, Mamadou knew that the kora was his destiny. His father had taught him how to play the instrument, and from there he listened and watched and devoted himself to practicing the kora, to the point that his mother worried that he was not concentrating enough on school. When she took it away, it only reduced his interest in studying, and he quickly resorted to making his own kora so he could continue.

Before long, Mamadou left school and began playing kora for local jeli singers, and traveling throughout the region to play at the ceremonies where modern jelis ply their trade, mostly weddings and baptisms. When he was fifteen, Mamadou won first prize for his kora playing in a regional competition and instantly became something of a local celebrity. The next year, he went to Bamako, and under the tutelage of his famous kora playing cousin, Toumani Diabate, he worked the jeli circuit, backing singers at neighborhood weddings and baptisms and entertaining the powerful at the city's posh Amitié Hotel. Toumani gave his cousin the nickname "Djelika Djan" meaning "Tall Griot," a reference to Mamadou's impressive physical stature. The name has stuck.

In 1996, a touring group from the Instrumental Ensemble of Mali offered Mamadou the chance to travel to the United States with a group of Manding musicians and cultural authorities. Following a successful tour, Mamadou decided to continue his work in the United States and, since then, he's made his home in and around New York. Mamadou gets frequent invitations to perform with visiting Malian stars including Ami Koita, Tata Bambo Kouyate, Kandia Kouyate, and Babani Koné. He has performed at the United Nations, Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan Museum, and at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington. In addition, he's delved into uncharted waters, jamming with all manner of expert musicians, including jazz luminaries Donald Byrd and Randy Weston, Zimbabwean legend Thomas Mapfumo, and blues masters Eric Bibb and Guy Davis. Mamadou's recording credits have expanded as he has laid tracks with artists ranging from Irish soloist Susan McKeown, jazz bassist Ben Allison, and Benin's celebrated Angélique Kidjo.

Mamadou says that his father advised him to listen to all the best kora players and to learn from each one. The kora itself came to Mali from Gabu, the region centered between Gambia, Senegal, and Guinea Bissau, and the Malian kora tradition has always put a premium on holding onto the old ways while constantly innovating and developing the art.



Mamadou Diabate - Yaka Yaka

Five Great Guitars - African Blues Tour
Live recording 2011

Special guest: Habib Koité
Zoumana Diarra: guitar, kora, balafon, n'goni
Mousse Pathe M'Baye: percussion
Dramane Diarra: percussion

Sound: Neil Denholm

Five Great Guitars - Wassiye

Dorygui-Ba

Sona Jobarteh -  Mamaké

New album "Traversées" with Constantinople. Released 25th of Jan 2019.  You can listen or order album at https://constantinople.lnk.to/traverseesso

Official suondcloud account for Ablaye Cissoko's release including solo work, Ablaye Cissoko & Volker Goetze, African Jazz Roots (Ablaye Cissoko & Simon Goubert), Constantinople ... 

Ablaye Cissoko is a worldwide known Senegalese Griot, singer and Kora player (african 21-strings harp)

www.ablaye-cissoko.com

Fleuve - Ablaye Cissoko & Constantinople - Jardins Migrateurs - 2015

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