Bassekou Kouyate

afrique

africa land

new world

Evergreens

african b e a t s

African music

2009 Free Downloads

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William Onyeabor - Good Name

Amy Koita - Diarabi

Jobarteh Kunda Gambia Bajschio

N'Dagna (The Way I Am)

Yakole CD AHA

Sumama CD AHA

I Speak Fula

Musow (For Our Women)

Bassekou - Musow

Black River Killer

Blitzen Trapper - Black River Killer

"Vancouver, Detroit, and Bears!" from the October 5, 2009 Eugene Mirman album 'God Is a Twelve-Year-Old Boy with Asperger’s' 
  

God Is A Twelve-Year-Old Boy With Asperger壽猻

Vancouver|Detroit And Bears!

Eugene Mirman - Vancouver, Detroit, and Bears!

I Told You I Was Freaky

Sugalumps

Flight of the Conchords - Sugalumps

The Ruminant Band

My Unusual Friend

Fruit Bats - My Unusual Friend

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"WHAT?! - William Onyeabor Remixed" will be dropping on vinyl only for Record Store Day, April 19. Made in collaboration with Moog, it features a series of fantastic Onyeabor covers and remixes by Hot Chip, JD Twitch (Optimo), Daphni, Joakim, Justin Strauss, The Vaccines, Scientist and many more.

Side A
Hot Chip - Atomic Bomb (cover)
The Vaccines - Do You Want A Man (Remix: John Hill, Rich Costey. Re-work of Heaven and Hell)

Side B 
Justin Strauss & Bryan Mette - Body and Soul (Whatever/Whatever remix)
Joakim ft. Akwetey (Dragons of Zynth) - Good Name (cover)

Side C
JD Twitch (Optimo) - Why Go To War? (cover)
Daphni - Ye Ye (Re- work of When The Going Is Smooth & Good; Courtesy of Merge Records & Daphni aka Caribou [Dan Snaith]) 
Javelin - Heave and Hell (remix)

Side D 
David Terranova - Body and Soul (remix)
Policy - Something You Will never Forget (remix)
Scientist - Body and Soul (remix)

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William Onyeabor vs. Hot Chip - Atomic Bomb

Shyness

Your Love Runs Still

Never Known Love

Noncomercial Song

Original mix : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMM044eL56c&feature=kp
Danmad Bootleg Remix : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUklcVoD-Hg

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Saint Germain - Sure Thing (Danmad Bootleg Remix)

BASSEKOU KOUYATE & Ngoni ba – I speak Fula

press reactions:
“This is a cracker.” **** Mojo
“A contender for African album of the year.” ***** Uncut

After his award winning album ‚Segu Blue’ the ngoni wizard from Mali is back with a new offering: ‚I speak fula’. The album captures the incredible live energy of Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba and is the next step in the career of one of Malis most exciting and innovative musicians.
The back of this album shows Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba standing on the street with the legendary train station ofBamako behind them. In the 80s a young Bassekou Kouyate played a concert there together with members of the famous Rail Band. During the show Bassekou suddenly stood up and walked up to the front of the stage. For the first time a ngoni player strapped his instrument over his shoulder like an electric guitar and was playing a solo standing up. The audience was stunned. Traditionalists even started a debate after the concert about whether this young man was allowed to chan

Bassekou Kouyate - Musow

BASSEKOU KOUYATE & Ngoni ba – Segu Blue (release date: March 2007)

“First there was African tribal music which evolved into slave songs which became the blues which gave birth to the funk. Bassekou and his band tell the whole of this journey in one chapter. The most delicious mix of the finest musical ingredients make a stew that warms the heart and shakes the hips. Trust me, it tastes good!”
Fatboy Slim (Mali, 2006)
“… a fantastic example of how music can lift your mind and soul at the same time … the perfect proof of how inspirational African music can be, how it can touch so many people on so many levels.”
Damon Albarn (after hearing Bassekou & Ngoni ba in Mali, 2006)
“The album Segu Blue is a MUST for anyone seeking new musical adventures.”
Dee Dee Bridgewater
“… a genius, a living proof that the blues comes from the region of Segu.”
Taj Mahal
“I was inspired watching music being performed in it’s truest form”
Scratch – The Roots
“There’s a delicious sound to this record, whose warm, cohesive textures l

Bassekou Kouyate - Jonkoloni

New Walker Black Remix!! Produced by the Good Homie RCA MilesHIgh!!!

Big shouts to RCA for this epic production and drops!!! 

Flatbush2Cactus Comin Soon...

"pull up a seat, smoke a haystack, gimmie some time let's go Wayback"

Thank you All!!!

Flatbush 2 Cactus

Way Back Remix (Prod by RCA MilesHigh)

Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - Muscow

05 suku

Sekouba Diabaté est né en 1964 à Kintinya près de Siguiri en Haute-Guinée de parents griots. Sa mère, Mariama Samoura, est une chanteuse rendue célèbre par un titre que reprendra plus tard son fils : Apollo. Bien que son père s'oppose à ce que le jeune Sékouba devienne lui même chanteur, il se fait remarquer dans plusieurs orchestres locaux de Siguiri et reçoit, en 1979, le prix du meilleur chanteur de Guinée. Il rejoint alors l'orchestre national le Bembeya Jazz à la demande expresse du président guinéen Ahmed Sékou Touré. C'est là qu'il acquiert son surnom Bambino pour ne pas le confondre avec son homonyme, guitariste virtuose de cet orchestre.

En parallèle à une carrière solo, il rejoint, comme invité puis comme permanent, le groupe "salsafricain" Africando. Déjà présent dans "Gombo Salsa", il chante "Sonfo", qui appelle les hommes à "être à la hauteur", à faire preuve de sagesse, d’attention, d’écoute réciproque.
Avec son album Sinikan, où il mobilise les arrangements de François Bréant qui était intervenu sur l'album "Soro" de Salif Keita, il se fait connaître par un large public comme l'un des meilleurs représentants de la musique mandingue contemporaine. Sa voix de ténor lyrique est proche de celle de Kouyaté Sory Kandia, autre célèbre chanteur guinéen qui a contribué à révéler la musique mandingue.

En 2004, à l'initiative du producteur Ibrahima Sylla, il enregistre avec notamment Kandia Kouyaté, Bako Dagnon, Kémo Kandé, Kerfala Kanté, Kassé Mady Diabaté, une série de standards de la musique mandingue. Ces enregistrements donneront deux CD intitulés "Mandekalou", fleurons des plus grands djéli (griots) mandingues contemporains.

Sekouba Bambino, AYEMI

Pour son grand retour en 2012, Sékouba Bambino publie Innovation un album très dansant qui rassemble plusieurs titres d’inspiration lusophone, sous l’égide du grand producteur Manu Lima, avec lequel il compose d’ailleurs le titre phare du disque, Sinontena.

Pour plus d'informations, rendez-vous sur : 
 http://www.sekoubabambino.fr

 Page Facebook Officiel:
http://www.facebook.com/SekoubaBambinoDiabate

Simontena

Sékouba Bambino - Sinontena

David Bowie - Heroes

Saint-Germain-Des-Prés-Café 2

Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba return with a new single, new album and live dates

Mali's ngoni ace returns. After his celebrated debut album Segu Blue and the Grammy nominated follow up I speak fula, hundreds of concerts all over the globe, an appearance headlining the AfroCubism project and, just a few months ago, stunning appearances at the latest Africa Express events performing with Sir Paul McCartney, Damon Albarn and many others, Bassekou Kouyate is back with his new album.

Jama ko means 'a big gathering of people'.  It is the first song to be released from the forthcoming album of the same title. It is a call for unity, peace and tolerance in a time of crisis: no matter who you are, let us come together and enjoy life, and celebrate the true spirit of Mali.

“Jama ko, c’est pour tout le monde”, says Bassekou Kouyate, the celebrated ngoni player, explaining the title of his third album, “There are over 90% Muslims in Mali, but our form of Islam here has nothing to do with a radical form of Sharia: that is not our culture. We have been singing praise songs for the Prophet for hundreds of years. If the Islamists stop people music making they will rip the heart out of Mali.”

The recording of Jama ko took place in March 2012 in Mali's capital Bamako. It was recorded with an entirely new line-up including Bassekou's two sons Madou and Moustafa Kouyate, ngoni ace Abou Sissoko and a number of other young talented musicians from Bamako. It became political by accident. In the afternoon of the first day in the studio the military overthrew the president Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT).  It was a shock for Bassekou as the former president was a great supporter of his music. Somewhere between power cuts, fuel shortages and the uncertainty of daily curfews the recording went on. Meanwhile the situation in the north of Mali was getting worse and worse by the day. In the studio a musical answer started taking shape: Instead of keeping quiet Bassekou plugged in his wah wah pedal, cranked up his amp and let loose: Ne me fatigue pas: don't wear me out. You can hear the heartbeat of Malian music pulsing in this music.

Kasse Mady Diabate is featured on the Latin-flavoured Sinaly singing about Sinaly Diarra, a Bamana king famous for resisting forced Islamisation in the 19th century. Kele Magni is a duet between Amy Sacko and Khaira Arby from Timbuktu, calling for peace in Mali. Zoumana Tereta praises the cotton farmers of Mali in Mali Koori with a voice that takes you back into the time of the great Bambara warriors. Jama ko also features an incredible duet between Bassekou and Taj Mahal (vocals / electric guitar) and ends with the touching song Moustafa by Bassekou’s son Moustafa dedicated to his parents thanking them for all they have done for him.

Howard Bilerman (Arcade Fire, Hotel 2 Tango) recorded the album in Mali and ended up mixing and co-producing most of it back home in Montreal. Andrew Barr (Barr Brothers) and Max Weissenfeldt (Poets of Rhythm) added drums. Mocky Salole (Feist, Jamie Lidell) contributed to the production and played organ and drums.

Jama ko digital single out now 19 November 2012
Jama ko album out in the UK on 28 January 2013
Live in the UK: 26 January 2013 - Barbican, London + 27 January - Glasgow Royal Concert Hall as part of Celtic Connections (Sahara Soul triple bill with Tamikrest and Sidi Touré)


Watch preview video:
http://youtu.be/lfU4rxQL4Dw


Jama Ko
SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/outhererecords/bassekou-kouyate-ngoni-ba-jama
YouTube: http://youtu.be/lfU4rxQL4Dw

Bassekou Kouyate online:
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bassekoukouyate
Twitter: @Bassekou http://twitter.com/Bassekou
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/bassekoukouyate

Out Here Records online:
http://www.outhere.de
http://www.outhere.de/jamako

Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - Jama ko (Single - Song for Peace)

Sizzla Kalonji - Real Rastaman

Fatou Guewel - Tope sa ndaw

Alala - Cansei de Ser Sexy

This track rocks! First single from new album (also titles Jama Ko) which is released in Australia March 1st, in front of their WOMAD Australia & New Zealand appearances. 

Jama Ko - Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba

DEBADEMBA - Nousso Dia (from new album Souleyman to come in 2013)

Ismael Kouyate came to my attention when seeing the band "Mandingo Ambassadors" back in 2008. We got into the studio quickly after & he floated like a butterfly over this instrumental in his native Mandingo flow. A year later I'm sitting with friends watching the new musical by Fela & I see this amazing dancer singing something familiar... Ismael singing N'Dini! Beautifully!! More collaborations on the way... stay tuned! 

"N'Dini" by Nickodemus feat Ismael Kouyate

Mashrou3 Leila - Sawsan | مشروع ليلي - سوسن

FRANCIS BEBEY, pionnier de la musique électronique africaine dans les années 70 a été rehabilité l'an passé grace à l'indispensable compilation "Francis Bebey - African Electronic Music 1975-1982" sortie l'an passé sur Born Bad Records. Sous la houlette de PILOOSKI, initiateur du projet, c'est aujourd'hui la crême des producteurs DJ qui s'est mobilisé pour lui rendre hommage avec un casting imparable allant de Pilooski à Daphni (Caribou) en passant par IT'S A FINE LINE (Ivan Smagghe et Tim Paris), YOUNG MARCO, POPULETTE et ETIENNE JAUMET ( Zombie Zombie).
 
PILOOSKI : https://soundcloud.com/pilooski
DAPHNI :https://soundcloud.com/caribouband
IT'S A FINE LINE MIX : https://soundcloud.com/welove/its-a-fine-line-tim-paris-ivan-smagghe-we-love-space-ibiza
FRANCIS BEBEY : http://www.bornbadrecords.net/releases/francis-bebey-african-electronic-music-1976-1982/

FRANCIS BEBEY "BISSAO" (Pilooski Edit) - REMIX

We're not the best, but we're pretty good.

Bassekou - Musow

Sub Pop