Makhore - Acoustic instrumental version
From the album Kotan Kigne
📀 Athelas Records 

Makhoré — which means “the aunt” — is a tribute in sound to Diaty Thianga, a beloved maternal figure whose devotion shaped many lives.
Through the warm resonance of the acoustic guitar, this instrumental piece gives voice to unspoken gratitude, quiet resilience, and collective mourning.

This piece is part of Kotan Kigné (“The Moment Has Come”), an afro-mediterranean acoustic project born from the encounter between Angela Braito and Cheikhna Touré, blending the legacy of the Touré Kunda family with contemporary reinvention across continents and generations.

Original song: Cheikhna Touré
Artistic direction: Angela Braito
Musical arrangement: Daniele Belli & Angela Braito

Kotan Kigne

Makhore (acoustic instrumental version)

St John's Promises 
📀 Athelas Records

St John’s Promises opens the musical journey of LEVANTE. Carried by the light and expressive voice of the violin, this piece captures a moment suspended between hope and tension — a breath held at the edge of something unknown.
Drawing from Mediterranean modes and a dramatic acoustic aesthetic, St John’s Promises sets the tone for a deeply emotional and narrative odyssey.

Artistic direction: Angela Braito
Composition: Marcello Ulfo & Angela Braito


Levante

St John's Promises

Foam on the Lips
📀 Athelas Records

Foam on the lips is the first tableau of the LEVANTE project. This piece sets the tone for Levante — a luminous breath held between arrival and uncertainty. Led by the lyrical voice of the violin, it unfolds in three movements: a return to shore, a city pulse drawn from a reimagined tarantella, and a quiet descent into shadow.

Mediterranean modes, narrative textures, and acoustic tension define this threshold moment.

Artistic direction: Angela Braito
Composition: Marcello Ulfo & Angela Braito

Foam on the Lips

Father and Son
📀 Athelas Records

Second tableau from the LEVANTE project. A lyrical meditation on the bond between generations. At the heart of the piece lies a single melodic theme — evolving like memory itself. The violin, intimate and expressive, moves through Mediterranean modes and oriental-inflected phrasing, carrying the emotional arc of the story.

With its modal colors and fluid ornamentation, Father and Son offers a contemplative pause in the journey of Levante — a piece of light, tenderness, and unresolved time.

Artistic direction: Angela Braito
Composition: Marcello Ulfo & Angela Braito

Father and Son

St John's Promises
📀 Athelas Records

Set in a coastal village caught between fire and silence, Bread and Salt moves through three ritualistic phases: the gathering, the burning, the trace. The violin becomes both a storyteller and a dancer — fierce, ecstatic, then fading — echoing the rhythm of a collective rite under Mediterranean skies.

Drawing on Arab-Andalusian modes and flamenco gestures, this piece carries the pulse of ancestral memory and communal fever. It burns, and then disappears.

Artistic direction: Angela Braito
Composition: Marcello Ulfo & Angela Braito

Bread and Salt

Ardor
📀 Athelas Records

A slow-burning groove. Ardor unfolds like late light on skin — warm, deliberate, and unresolved. The guitar leads with dry resonance and offbeat phrasing, evoking echoes of Latin rhythms — fractured, suspended, reassembled. Somewhere between desire and distance, Ardor sketches a dance that never fully begins.

Artistic direction: Angela Braito
Composition: Daniele Belli & Angela Braito

Ardor

Nuru Yako

Twende Pamoja

Allah Gana Kiti - Instrumental version
From the album Kotan Kigne
📀 Athelas Records

This piece is part of Kotan Kigné (“The Moment Has Come”), an afro-mediterranean acoustic project born from the encounter between Angela Braito and Cheikhna Touré, blending the legacy of the Touré Kunda family with contemporary reinvention across continents and generations.

Original song: Cheikhna Touré
Artistic direction: Angela Braito
Composition & arrangement : Angela Braito & Daniele Belli 

Allah Gana Kiti (instrumental version)

Mbife - Instrumental version
From the album Kotan Kigne
📀 Athelas Records

This piece is part of Kotan Kigné (“The Moment Has Come”), an afro-mediterranean acoustic project born from the encounter between Angela Braito and Cheikhna Touré, blending the legacy of the Touré Kunda family with contemporary reinvention across continents and generations.

Original song: Cheikhna Touré
Artistic direction: Angela Braito
Composition & arrangement : Angela Braito & Daniele Belli 

Mbife (instrumental version)

Tulia

The Conspiracy
📀 Athelas Records

A pact in the dark, in the narrow alleys of a sleeping village. The Conspiracy unfolds — from whispers held in breath to spiraling tension. The violin plots its path in murmurs and cuts, tracing lines of suspicion, urgency, and restraint.

Built on modal tension and rhythmic asymmetry, this piece is a ritual of control — quiet, precise, and full of consequence.

Artistic direction: Angela Braito
Composition: Angela Braito & Marcello Ulfo

The Conspiracy

Tunaweza

The Dragon
📀 Athelas Records

A circle of light, a dance of vows. The Dragon rises not in fire, but in ceremony — a wedding of voices and rhythms. Inspired by the ancient chaconne, the piece spins on a slow, noble motif, repeated like footsteps around a sacred flame. The violin dances with grace, warmth, and control — between baroque elegance and Mediterranean harmony.

Artistic direction: Angela Braito
Composition: Angela Braito & Marcello Ulfo

The Dragon

Fascination

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