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ABOUBAKAR TRAORÉ & BALIMA :
Aboubacar Traoré : kamélé n’goni – chant 
Guillaume Codutti : percussions – chœurs 
Zonatan Dembélé : basse – chœurs 
Geoffrey Desmet : balafon – djembé – chœurs
Désiré Somé : Guitare – chœurs 

Auteur : Aboubacar Traoré
Compositions et arrangements : Aboubakar Traoré & Balima 
Composition et arrangement de Djuru Kan : Aboubacar Traoré
Invitée sur Turamagan : La Griotte Mariam Dioubate 
Enregistré au Low Man’s Land Studio
Son : Antoine Thonon [Low Man’s Land Studio]
Mix : Jérémy Michel [Low Man’s Land Studio]
Master : Fréderic Alstadt [Angstrom Mastering]
Graphisme : François Parmentier [PeurduLoup] 
d’après des photos originales de Out Box Photographie
Label : Zephyrus Records 
Booking : LaBestia
Management : Bertrand Veys [Tankono asbl]
Avec le soutien de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, la Sabam et la Fondation Baudouin

Tulon

Djuru Kan

Turamagan

Sababu

Djarabi

Gnani

SABABU

Sonfo

1 Wasso

Impovisation
Picture by Christian Carleer
Cover by Peurduloup (http://www.peurduloup.fr)

Tama Tama

Bámanaya

Celebration to Africa
Picture by Christian Carleer
Cover by Peurduloup (http://www.peurduloup.fr)

Farafina

Farafinna

Words for education;
Picture by Christian Carleer
Cover by Peurduloup (http://www.peurduloup.fr)

Kaalan

Kalan

Words of suffering.
Picture by Christian Carleer
Cover by Peurduloup (http://www.peurduloup.fr)

Ségèn

Words for work.
Picture by Christian Carleer
Cover by Peurduloup (http://www.peurduloup.fr)

Báara

Tribute to Women
Picture by Christian Carleer
Cover by Peurduloup (http://www.peurduloup.fr)

Musow Foli

Aboubakar Traoré from Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, is a prodigy of the Kamele n'Goni and an exceptional singer. He tells and renews the fabulous repertoire of the Mandingo Griots, denounces the daily difficulties of his people and pays tribute to the elders who have marked the history of his country and of Africa.

With its contemporary sounds, Aboubakar Traoré's music is resolutely oriented towards the future, without turning its back on the long tradition of Griots and West African songs. This music without borders reflects the climate of multiculturalism and crossbreeding in which our world is immersed.

Debut album "Tama Tama" was nomitad by Octaves de la Musique 2021 and the band was selected to showcase at Visa For Music (2023) in Morocco and Belgian Worldwide Music Night (2023) in Brussels.

Having gathered top class musicians such as Zonatan Dembélé (bass), former member of Rokia Traoré (Mali) , Désiré Somé (el. guitar), member of  Bai Kamar Jr. 's band The Voodoo Sniffers and Foofango, Guillaume Codutti (percussion) and Geoffrey Desmet (balafon, djembe), both part of percussive big band Sysmo, Aboubakar Traoré today, aspires to be one of the leading world music musicians who fuse tradition with modern sounds. His strength lies in his self-taught, traditional, rich and varied background. 

Aboubakar Traoré - Kamélé n'goni, lead vocal
Désiré Somé - Guitar, backing vocals
Guillaume Codutti - Percussion, backing vocals
Geoffrey Desmet - Balafon, djembe, backing vocals
Zonatan Dembélé - Bass

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