Dia ©by Sekou Kouyate

Passport ©by Sekou Kouyate & Joe Driscoll
"FAYA" 2012
All songs composed and performed by Sekou Kouyate & Joe Driscoll 
Recorded at Six Studio in Marseilles, France by Cyril Pelegrin 
Produced by Cyril Pelegrin and Joe Driscoll
Mastered by John Hendicott
Localization Records 

Passport ©by Sekou Kouyate & Joe Driscoll

Folike ©by Sekou Kouyate
"DIA"
Sekou Kouyate kora, vocals, bass
Igor Leonardi guitar 
Damir Mazrek percussion 
Enos Kugler drums 
Nino de Gleria bass

Folike ©by Sekou Kouyate

Faya ©by Sekou Kouyate & Joe Driscoll
"FAYA" 2012
All songs composed and performed by Sekou Kouyate & Joe Driscoll 
Recorded at Six Studio in Marseilles, France by Cyril Pelegrin 
Produced by Cyril Pelegrin and Joe Driscoll
Mastered by John Hendicott
Localization Records

Faya ©by Sekou Kouyate & Joe Driscoll

"Kanakasi" ©by Sekou Kouyate Experience
"DIA"
Sekou Kouyate kora, vocals, bass
Igor Leonardi guitar
Damir Mazrek percussion
Enos Kugler drums
Nino de Gleria bass

Kanakasi ©by SEKOU KOUYATE

Wonamati ©by Sekou Kouyate & Joe Driscoll
"FAYA" 2012
All songs composed and performed by Sekou Kouyate & Joe Driscoll
Recorded at Six Studio in Marseilles, France by Cyril Pelegrin
Produced by Cyril Pelegrin and Joe Driscoll
Mastered by John Hendicott
Localization Records

Wonamati ©by Sekou Kouyate & Joe Driscoll

Aye ©by Sekou Kouyate Experience
"DIA"
Sekou Kouyate kora, vocals, bass
Igor Leonardi guitar
Damir Mazrek percussion
Enos Kugler drums

All music & texts ©by Sekou Kouyate
Recorded Mixed & Mastered by Richard Plougmann 
Recorded at Juicyhalftone´s Studio A
Copenhagen Denmark 2014 & 2015
“Atongo” Recorded at Groove House Recording Studio 
Accra Ghana by Francis Kweku Osei 2015
Photos & Artwork ©by Carolina Vallejo 
Graphics by Justin Jones
Produced by Sekou Kouyate & Carolina Vallejo
Executive producer Carolina Vallejo One World
www.oneworldsmusic.com I www.sekoukouyate.com

01 DELA 
02 DINDINYA *
03 ATONGO ** ***
04 GROOVE KORA *
05 FOUTA ** ****
06 EMOURAFAMA **
07 NADE
08 SKA ****
09 DESERT 
06 ASUIRA *
11 DIFICIL * **
12 MOBENY

Sekou Kouyate Vocals Kora Electric Kora Guitar
Sefoudi Kouyate Kora
Mohamed Kalissa Kora
Bouba Kouyate Bass
Mohamed Kaba Drums Calabash
Facinet Sylla Djembe Congas
Francis Kweku Osei Tama Udu Clave Congas
* Sekou Kouyate Guitar Bass
** Francis Kweku Osei Drums
*** Gaddiel Amoah Bass 
*** Carl Amoah Keys
**** Bouba Kouyate Backing Vocals

Mobeny

Dela

Sekou Kouyate 'Exuberant virtuosic fusion'
The Guinean Kora Master and inventor of the electrified Kora, presents an elegant mix of Funky Jazz & West African Mandingo Traditions. Sekou Kouyate is considered among the world’s finest Kora players. The album 'Sabaru', meaning patience, sums up Sekou´s musical history. Rooted in his West African traditions and influenced by the contemporary Blues, Soul, Funk and Jazz, that has also been his early inspirations. astonishing rapid-fire cascade of notes from the African harp that inevitably has drawn him comparisons with Hendrix.

Sekou's fine, soulful voice, extraordinary playing and the invention of the electric Kora with added experimental Wa Wa effects, has inspired a whole new generation of Kora players and earned him several Awards. 

Not only a great master of the classical musical tradition, Sekou Kouyate also amplifies his instrument, the pioneering idea he got at the age of 12, and that set new standards for West African traditional music to enter the stages of contemporary music. Yet preserving the virtues and techniques of the beautiful instrument, and the knowledge he has proudly inherited from his father, M´Bady Kouyate, and carried on the band with Ba Cissoko; and while you know it's still a Kora, the things he does with it, turn it on its head; it's little wonder he's been called the Jimi Hendrix of the instrument. The sound becomes totally new, exciting waterfalls of notes that are palpably thrilling. 

SEKOUKOUYATE

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