The North needs so many things. The people who are causing problems are from the North. Why are they causing problems wrecking their country? There are no roads. The north is underdeveloped. The north needs everything, all the projects that were started to help us progress have been stopped.&#13;
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Album available From iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/tamala/id722299420
Bandcamp: http://amiwassidje.bandcamp.com
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FISF1T4
Deezer: http://www.deezer.com/en/album/6986109
eMusic: http://www.emusic.com/album/art-melody/wogdog-blues/13939852/



Aminata Wassidjé Traoré is a rising voice in Mali. Tamala is her debut album, recorded in Bamako between 2000 and 2008. Born in Diré, near the fabled city of Timbuktu, Ami was raised within northern Mali's rich cultural brew. From an Ethnic Songhai family, Ami started singing as a young child. Her music, like the environment that surrounded her growing up in Diré, near Timbuktu, incorporates various cultures and traditions. On Tamala, an album she self produced with the help of artist Mamadou Kelly (http://www.rockpaperscissors.biz/index.cfm/fuseaction/current.bio/project_id/721.cfm) and arranger Baba Simaga, she sings in Songhai and Tamasheq.

While northern Mali still suffers the repercussions of religious and ethnic warfare, Tamala sends a message of reconciliation and inclusion. Ami believes people can work together for a solution, she sees the vast potential of Mali's diverse north. Moving to the Southern capital of Bamako not only enabled her to develop as a musician, backing up well known artists like Baba Salah (http://www.npr.org/2013/03/21/174416220/baba-salah-a-malian-musician-speaks-to-his-nations-displaced), Khaira Arby (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UDecjaj4ek) and Afel Bocoum (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afel_Bocoum), it also enhanced her vision of a diverse and connected Mali.

Tamala is considered a modern-traditional album in Mali: it is rooted in northern folk musical traditions, but arranged in a contemporary way. it was conceived locally, for a Malian audience, and shines in its subtle simplicity. This album is also the first collaboration between Paul Chandler's Studio Mali (http://www.studiomali.com) and Akwaaba Music.

Paul set up Studio Mali as a label and artist management company, and has worked with legendary musicians such as Afel Bocoum, Vieux Farka (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vieux_Farka_Tour%C3%A9), Baba Salah, Andra Kouyaté (http://www.afropop.org/wp/3319/3319/), Samba Touré (http://www.samba-toure.com/) and most recently on Mamadou Kelly's album Adibar. Paul also founded i4africa.org (http://i4africa.org/), an NGO whose goal is to preserve traditional music, and provide training in the arts to underprivileged and at-risk youth in Mali.

Aminata Wassidjé Traoré - "Takamba"

The Spy From Cairo - Qanun In Dub

The beat

Several parts mixed in this track were played on my son's Dean Sea Green Palomino while he left it with me for some maintenance work.  Everything here was recorded through a Fender Vibrolux Reverb.

House Keys

compuesto por mati zundel
voces mati zundel/ santi mundo
guitarra mati zundel / seba zundel
vocal edit pio ut ut ut
mix mati zundel/ sebastian cordovez!
mastering sebastian cordovez


Machacon

01 MASANGANGO

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


Five Great Guitars - Titati (HQ)

Album Ma Ya
World Music
Mali
West-Afrika

Habib Koite & Bamada - Manssa cise

Il s’agit d’une captation de répétition.

Titati - Rokia Traoré et le choeur Passerelle

the second-single from Moroccan Gnawa-master (maâlem) Rabii Harnoune and Frankfurt electronic producer V.B.Kühl. Taken from their magical collaborative debut ‘GNAWA ELECTRIC LAUNE’(out 8th May Via Tru Thoughts), “Baniya” fuses traditional North African Gnawa with the sonic pleasantries of modern club music. More info here.

http://www.musicamacondo.com/2020/04/premiere-rabii-harnoune-v-b-kuhl-baniya/

Premiere: Rabii Harnoune & V.B.Kühl - Baniya

Vieux Farka Touré's beautiful latest album was recorded as an homage to his homeland. Being that his native Mali has been splintered by territorial fighting between Tuareg and Islamic rebels since January 2012, his new album, Mon Pays, is devoted to reminding the world about the beauty and culture of his homeland.

‘For me it is a statement for the world that this land is for the sons and daughters of Mali, not for Al Qaeda or any militants. This land is for peace and beauty, rich culture and tolerance.This is our heritage, what we must always fight to protect in any way that we can. For me, that means making music that reminds the world of who we are.’

Translating as ‘My Nation,’ this predominantly acoustic undertaking had been planned before the invasions began. Inspired by his work with Israeli pianist and vocalist Idan Raichel, Touré initially went into a Bamako studio to honor the acoustic blues tradition of Northern and Southern Mali. Since that time, Mon Pays transformed into an artifact of cultural preservation.

Two songs on the project -Future’ and ‘Peace’ feature Sidiki Diabate’s kora leading an emotional charge complemented by Touré’s spectacular guitar work. Both tracks represent an important generational "passing of the torch" as Sidiki’s father, Toumani is considered one of the greatest living kora masters and was a close friend of Vieux’s father Ali. Their two records together, In the Heart of the Moon and Ali and Toumani, were awarded Grammies. At the 2011 ceremonies, Vieux accepted the prestigious award for his father, who had recently passed from bone cancer.

Mon Pays is the most mature and lovely record yet from one of this generation's most exciting artists to come out of Mali and one of world music's true rising stars.

Habib Koite & Bamada - Manssa cise

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