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Artist......: Songhoy Blues
Album.......: Optimisme
Label.......: Transgressive Records
Genre.......: Rock
Catnr.......: TRANS469CD
Source......: CD
Rip.date....: 2020-11-14
Str.date....: 2020-10-23
Quality.....: 935kbps / 44.1kHz / 2 channels
Url.........: http://www.songhoyblues.com
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1. Badala 2:40
2. Assadja 2:52
3. Fey Fey 2:53
4. Gabi 2:51
5. Barre 3:43
6. Pour Toi 2:33
7. Bon Bon 3:12
8. Worry 3:05
9. Korfo 3:48
10. Dournia 3:35
11. Kouma 3:40
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\ / ________ Runtime 34:52
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,: If Optimisme is about anything, then it's about freedom. It's :,
: been eight years since the members of Songhoy Blues were forced :
:' to flee their homes in northern Mali, forced out by a murderous ':
,: Jihadist regime that banned music. Since then, the band have :,
: made it their mission to spread a philosophy of freedom, making :
:' protest music that you can dance to û a joyous, booty-shaking ':
,: fuck you to oppressors everywhere. :,
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:' On their latest record, the band nail their colours to the mast ':
,: straight away. æBadala', the album's opening track and first :,
: single, is the story of an unarmed Malian woman fighting back :
:' against the patriarchy. Propelled by a riff Tom Morello would ':
,: be proud of, the song (whose title roughly translated into :,
: English as "I don't give a shit") is both a taster for a record :
:' and one of the most in-your-face calls for justice you're going ':
,: to hear in 2020. :,
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:' Mirroring this no-nonsense approach, Songhoy Blues have mostly ':
,: returned to the stripped-back production of their 2015 debut :,
: Music in Exile. By keeping the sound refreshingly :
:' straight-forward, the emphasis has been thrown on the band's ':
,: knack for hitting the riffs and finding a groove. All this means :,
: is that we get a record that punches as hard as an early AC/DC :
:' album, but is still as danceable as a Rick James cut. ':
,: :,
: It's a recipe that turns Optimisme into a pissed-off record that :
:' somehow still celebrates the sheer joy of just being alive. ':
,: And, let's be honest, we can all do with something like that :,
: right now. :
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