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| + artist ........... ballakΘ sissoko |
| + album ............ tomora |
| + label ............ Label Bleu |
| + cat .............. LBLC 2596 |
| + year ............. 2005 |
| + genre ............ ethnic |
| + source ........... cdda |
| + quality .......... VBRkbps / 44,1Khz / joint-stereo |
| + release date ..... 24.11.2005 |
| + size ............. 78,7 MB |
| + link ............. www.label-bleu.com/artist.php?artist_id=57&c=d |
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|| tracklist |
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| 01.tomora 04:43 |
| 02.yaro 03:29 |
| 03.handarezo 05:21 |
| 04.kanou 05:11 |
| 05.sy 05:17 |
| 06.berekoy 04:51 |
| 07.berek⌠lan 05:18 |
| 08.nimΓn don 05:40 |
| 09.koungo 04:55 |
| 10.lasidan 04:09 |
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| (t!) total 48:54 min |
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|| release notes |
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| Ballake Sissoko - Kora |
| Mahamadou Kamissoko - N'goni |
| Fassely Diabate - Balafon |
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| Guests: |
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| Alboulkadri Barry - Voice (3/6) |
| Demba Camara - Bolon (2/3/6/8) |
| Toumani Diabate - Kora (4) |
| Fanga Diawara - Sokou (violon) (3/6) |
| Rokia Traore - Voice (8) |
| Aboubacrine Vattara - N'goni ba (3/6) |
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| Toumani DiabatΘ and his cousin BallakΘ Sissoko have music in their |
| blood, and in their thumbs. They are jalis who play the West |
| African instrument called the kora, whose 21 strings can sound |
| similar to a harp, but one with a driving, pushing, bassstring |
| thrust. |
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| Just as there is no Western equivalent of a kora, so we have |
| nobody to match the role of jalis; upholders of tradition who also |
| act as wise advisers, upkeepers of a moral code. It's in your |
| interest not to anger them, for it is said that they can put a |
| spell on you. The best Western equivalents are Geldof and Bono, |
| who berate us into coughing up money for the needy and bully |
| politicians into taking the proper path. But neither of them ever |
| figured out a way to let their songs carry their moral messages, |
| and we would doubtless wince if they tried. |
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| Toumani and BallakΘ's fathers recorded a classic album of kora |
| duets, Ancient Strings, in 1970. The cousins eventually dealt with |
| the challenge of escaping their parental shadows by recording a |
| tribute album, New Ancient Strings, in 1999. Until now they have |
| both remained much less famous outside their homeland than their |
| countrymen Salif Keita and Ali Farka Toure. These two albums set |
| out to redress the balance, with World Circuit taking advantage of |
| Ali Farka Toure's reputation to relaunch Toumani's career with an |
| album of easygoing duets. |
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| Ali is the guitarist from near Timbuktu whose international career |
| was launched with an album of duets (Talking Timbuktu) with Ry |
| Cooder in 1994, so there's a neat symmetry in this liaison. But |
| although Ali's name comes first in the billing, it's Toumani who |
| shines on almost every track, with Ali self-effacingly providing a |
| bedrock rhythm over which Toumani improvises with imagination and |
| finesse. Ali's short solos are in total sympathy with the mood of |
| the song. Occasionally, he hums a few words. No grandstanding in |
| sight. |
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| This is one of those albums that can slide behind you, not getting |
| in the way, but lending the room a welcoming atmosphere. Every now |
| and then you sense an extra instrument in the background, a swell |
| of organ here, a shuffle of brushed drums there, but mostly you |
| just enjoy the relaxed confidence of two masters sharing each |
| other's company. |
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| BallakΘ Sissoko's record is very different; an ensemble recording, |
| with balafon and n'goni playing under, over and through the kora. |
| The n'goni is a local type of guitar, while the balafon is a set |
| of wooden slats suspended over vegetable gourd sound boxes - hit |
| with mallets, it's the precursor of the xylophone and vibraphone. |
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| Where the Ali/Toumani record is mostly a relaxed groove, there's |
| more intensity here, as BallakΘ attacks his strings, driven on by |
| the n'goni player Mahamadou Maissoko. You get the impression that |
| the people involved felt they had something to prove, that they |
| could not take anything for granted. When Toumani makes a cameo |
| appearance on 'Kanou', he plays with more fervour than on his |
| duets with Ali. |
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| There are three songs with vocals which function as milestones on |
| the album and help listeners to keep their bearings. 'Berekoy', |
| featuring a new singer to me, Alboulkadri Barry, is particularly |
| powerful. There's little doubt that of these two albums, it will |
| be In the Heart of the Moon that most people choose first. But |
| there is much on BallakΘ's record to reward adventurers who opt |
| for the less well-known of these two maestros. |
| --------------------------------> Charlie Gillett @guardian.co.uk |
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