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THE ORIGINAL SOUND OF MALI 2 VARIOUS ARTISTS

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Release date: Feb 07, 2025
Catalogue number: MRBLP278
Barcode: 5024017001527

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Restoring, reissuing and contextualising iconic tracks from Ousmane Kouyate & Ambassadeurs Internationaux, Rail Band, Les Messagers du Mali, Mystere Jazz de Tombouctou and many more, the second compilation in this series dives ever further into the richness of post-independence music emanating out of Mali. One in which traditional foundations and instrumentation, blended with modern musical advances and influence.
 
Following Mali's independence, after ten years of maturation, the 1970s saw modern Malian culture revealed to the world through musical anthologies and overviews of national and regional productions. It was a remarkably fertile period of the country's musical history, with state- sponsored bands and orchestras now able to be documented and recorded by sound engineers. Mali has always had a diverse storytelling tradition through music, with each province and ethnic group having its own unique character and nuances. As influences and sounds from the West drifted over the Atlantic, Malian musicians began hearing artists like John Lee Hooker, Wilson Pickett, Johnny Pacheco and Celia Cruz. Elements and ideas from blues, soul, rock and funk led to bands covering artists they'd heard from these genres. The Tjiwara Band de Kati's raw cover version of Pickett's soul / R&B classic 'In The Midnight Hour' and the James Brown funk-channelling cut 'Get Up James' from Les Ambassadeurs du Motel de Bamako, are two such examples featured on this compilation.
 
Most bands also relied on playing in hotels in Mali's capital, Bamako, which naturally became where they honed their sound. With guests wanting to hear the influence of foreign styles and modern instrumentation becoming more available, this fusion of Western ideas with traditional Malian rhythms and organic instruments led to a one of-a-kind musical excellence.

Track List:
1. Ousmane Kouyate & Ambassadeurs Internationaux - Kefimba
2. Bouba et Sokona Sacko - Mamaniya
3. Les Ambassadeurs du Motel de Bamako - Get Up James
4. Allata Broulaye - Moussokeleyato
5. Tentemba Jazz du Mali - Yayoroba
6. Tjiwara Band de Kati -- Kogola
7. Rail Band - Massare Mousso
8. Les Ambassadeurs du Motel de Bamako - Matou Kagni
9. Mystere Jazz de Tombouctou - Sidi Yahia
10. Allata Broulaye - Yayoroba
11. Les Messagers du Mali - Diamana Diarra
12. Tjiwara Band de Kati - Midnight Hour
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