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[dmc]
Doom Generation Noises
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Artist : Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate
Title : Monistic Theory
Year : 2016
Label : Cumbancha
Genre : Ethnic
Type : Album
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Ripped on: 10.06.2016
Ripper : DGN Crew
Quality : avg. 249kbps
Size : 70,9 MB
Playtime : 39:44 min
Grabber : EAC
Encoder : Lame 398r
────[trax]──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
01. Tamala 03:31
02. Just Live 03:30
03. Tokira 04:17
04. Monistic Theory 04:00
05. Batafa 03:50
06. Barra 04:21
07. Rising Tide 03:34
08. Wama 04:35
09. Badiya 04:18
10. Master Blaster (Live) 03:48
────[Release Note]──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
"African, funk and rap influences combine in an energetic
performance that ends with a powerfully political surge. They
have developed into a tight, attacking unit, in which the
virtuoso kora work is integrated into sturdy playing from the
band. Exuberant virtuosic fusion."- The Guardian
Recently released in May, Joe Driscoll & Sekou KouyateÆs
electrifying second album, Monistic Theory, derives its title
from the concept that reality is a unified whole and that all
existing things can be ascribed to or described by a single
concept or system. It's an apt philosophy for this boundary-
crossing collaboration, one that brings together two musicians
from vastly different backgrounds in search of the
commonalities that are uniquely revealed by artistic
expression.
Joe Driscoll has gained fame over the last decade for his
unique blend of folk, funk and hip-hop. Sekou Kouyate, from
Guinea, is one of the most innovative and virtuosic players of
the kora, the 21-stringed West African harp. When these two
seemingly disparate artistic forces are combined, an incendiary
musical reaction takes place. "Our styles are totally different
but complementary," Driscoll explains, "It's like putting
baking soda and vinegar together."
Joe and Sekou first met in 2010 at a festival in Marseille,
France and this explosive combustibility was evident in their
jaw-dropping live shows and energizing debut album, Faya, which
was released by Cumbancha Discovery in 2014. Performing as a
quartet, backed by drums and bass, Joe & Sekou have performed
at hundreds of festivals and venues across Europe, North
America and Africa, earning rave reviews whenever they set foot
on stage.
It hasn't always been an easy ride. Music may be their common
language, but that doesn't help much with the day-to-day
communication needed for touring, recording and promotion. Visa
issues have provided a harsh reality check to their utopian
vision more then once. Add to that the fact that Sekou's
homeland was a victim of the Ebola crisis for over two years,
making anyone traveling with a Guinean passport a target of
excessive scrutiny. Once, when driving across the border from
Canada into the US, the band was detained by border agents in
HAZMAT suits, refusing to let them enter the country until they
were cleared by medical personnel. A group of spirited,
creative people stuck together in a small van for long
stretches of hard touring will do more then anything to put the
unifying power of music to the test.
Yet no matter what happens behind the scenes, the minute Joe &
Sekou get on stage or in the studio, all of the travails of
daily life in the music industry fall away and magic erupts.
While their personal histories and personalities are quite
different, there is an undeniable music-umbilical connection
that connects these two brothers from another mother. When Joe
& Sekou make music together, there is a chemical reaction that
is impossible to explain and even more difficult to restrain.
Joe & Sekou's sophomore album, Monistic Theory was recorded at
the Cumbancha studios in Vermont during one of the coldest
winters on record. While the weather outside was frightening,
the studio was ablaze with Kouyate's scorching kora licks,
Driscoll's lyrical acrobatics and the potent rhythmic
underpinning of drummer Jimbo Breen and bassist John Railton.
After years of presenting their high energy, broadly appealing
show to stages across the world, the ensemble had settled into
a deep groove. This dramatic evolution and solidification of
their musical interaction is clearly evident on Monistic
Theory, which features a selection of tight, catchy, and funky
songs.s
The album opens prophetically with the sound of trickling water
and the voice of Oren Lyons, a Native American author, activist
and Faithkeeper from upstate New York, near Joe Driscoll's
hometown of Syracuse. "Water is life, water is the foundation
of life. It is life. We are water," muses Lyons. From there
it's off to the races of the instrumental opener "Tamala," as
Sekou Kouyate's fingers fly effortlessly across the kora like
water trickling over rocks in a mountain stream.
The album's second track, "Just Live" finds Joe Driscoll waxing
poetic on his philosophy of life. "Now history's a mystery with
the ages unsung / We've forgotten all of their myths, even our
mother tongue / Some folks learn to compete, others love to
create / Some could eat until content, and yet they leave a
full plate à So keep your minds in the moment, the moment in
the mind / Open the doors, raise the blinds, cause it's about
time / Just live." Rarely has there been such a head-bobbing
life lesson.
"Tokira" is Monistic Theory's sing along anthem, the song that
will have lighters held high at future concerts. With "Tokira"
Sekou reveals he is not just a kora virtuoso, he's also a
talented songwriter with a gift for crafting a great melody.
Driscoll's lyrics give the song added poignancy, as he reflects
on what his 10-year old self would think about where life has
taken him so far.
Other highlights on Monistic Theory include the jaw-dropping
kora playing on "Barra" and the inspirational and timely call
for unity on "Rising Tide," on which Driscoll sings over a
children's chorus, "When we realize / There'll be nowhere to
hide / They can't divide once they see we're all one tribe."
Driscoll continues to provide words of wisdom on the dreamy jam
"Badiya," reminding us "Whether you break or bend / Whether you
fade or mend / The only true salvation is love in the end."
The album ends with a live, instrumental cover of the Stevie
Wonder classic "Master Blaster," although you've surely never
heard it played quite like this before. Recorded in front of
packed house at the Westcott Theater in Syracuse, New York on a
hot summer night, the track demonstrates the remarkable
musicianship and unstoppable groove of this astonishing
pairing.
There's been a lot of water under the bridge for Joe & Sekou
after over five years of collaboration, and neither of them
could have predicted that night they met in Marseille that
they'd still be making music together this far downstream. "I
met Sekou, and I said, 'Hey, man, let's work on this for a
while.' It was one of those 'follow the river' things, and I
went with it," Driscoll recalls. With Monistic Theory, Joe &
Sekou reveal that their odyssey is far from over, and if their
fans around the world have anything to say about it, itÆs a
voyage that will continue for years to come.
────[Group Notes]───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Dgn is around since 1998...
After a few years, a few rippers who left, a few who joined, people
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watching, we're still enjoying our aime: Let ppl listen to what they
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last few years, maybe it's because of them that (against all odds) we
are still releasing and doing well, those know who they are, and we'll
thank forever.
We remind our beloved public, we're against all kind of distrubution,
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